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Happy Be-Lated Birthday Donna, Hope ya had a great one! All the best Steve

Gday all, This is a bit off a long one Day1 The missus and myself arrived up at Forster Caravan park late yesterday arvo and were greeted by the blokes from the fishing club and a strong southerly. As night came the wind dropped and dropped to a nice breeze. With high expectations for the morning we had an early night and were in Noddy Land by 8:30. Day2 Alarm rang at 5am, through a bucket of water over Kate jokes, rang up the Forster coastal patrol, 10-15knots SE/NE, through the gear in the boat had a cuppa and off we went. Was both excited for me and the missus as it was her first trip out on my knew boat. Headed out through Wallis Lake about 6am, conditions were nice. Met up with the fellas at the Barge just off the bar and collected some Slimies and Yellowtail. No shortage of livies heaps of them out there. We proceeded south, us and a few other boats trolled the coastline from Cape Hawke to the Pinnacle. the missus had first strike as we trolled past a Bommie. A small Bonito on a pink christmas tree lure and she was stoked. Five minutes later and it was my turn my little Shimano outfit started Zzzzing a small King which was just under size could of stretched his tail out to 60cm but decided to let the fella go as the missus fell in love with him lol. As we neared the Pinnacle Kates rod buckled over again and another little Bonnie came into the boat. We arrived at the Pinnacle and floated a few Livies down the burley trail and a few baits on the bottom. Loads of pesky sweep kept bitting there heads off. The first few drops and the Sweep were doubling up on our Paternosters. After unhooking yet another sweep on Kates rig she got a nibble from something which felt a bit different to a Sweep. Turned out to be a nice looking Pearl Perch. Kate had no trouble identifying it and after unhooking it for her and kindly asking her if we could share him for din dins tonight she let out an almighty "NO ARE YOU KIDDING, HIS MINE" she placed him in the kill tank. I had a few bumps on my rod and it was my turn a double header of a Sergeant baker on the top and a back to front Nannygai. Kate soon began feeling quite ill as the condtions became a lil bit bumpier and I took her inshore. In a matter of minutes I was out there again and after hearing over the radio that my mate Ian had hooked up to a small Grey Nurse(offcoarse it was released) and a few other blokes pulling a mix of Decent kings and Reds aswell as a bloke who had hooked a small Stripe marlin trolling a few fish traps I was as ready as ever. Again set a few livies out, a few baits on the bottom and rigged up my jig rod. The slimies were getting ripped apart. Both my bottom rigs went off, first to surface was another Nannygai and the second was a nice Reddie 40cm. The livie was the next thing to be scoffed and I had my first legal King in the kill tank a nice 72cm speciemen. Called it quits just after 1. Ended up with 4 Snapper 32-40cm, 2 Mowies 35-45cm,2 Nannygai 28-35cm,1 King 72cm a Pearlie 36cm and a leatherjacket 30cm... Was a great day out there a little choppy in the afternoon but was still GREAT.Ready for round 2 tommorrow a solo effort down to Seal rocks with a few other boats. Cheers guys Steve PS Sorry about the long report again PPS go the Broncos!!!

Yeh mate, Swansea's one of the safest on the Nsw coast. Even the safest ones can get a bit hairy at times. As for the stories I've had a few minor incidents in the last 12 months on bars 1. Was up at Forster when a decent sized wave shattered the windscreen aswell as an outfit going over into the drink. 2. Was doing an early morining crossing off swansea and hit a big sheet of metal, took a big chunk out of the prop luckily the stearing didn't seize up or I would of been gonisky's lol Cheers Steve

Gday Joe, Another couple of spots that a worth ago is fishing point near Eraring Bay and the drift from Pullbah Island to Point Morisset great little spot to drift up some good Flatties and the odd Flounder. Might see ya on the water on Sunday mate as i'll be heading out if Conditions are decent Cheers mate Steve

I agree with you mate(Big Banana). I hate crossing bars, although I cross the bar up here regularly and find it in most circumstances quite predictable it still has its moments. I'm hold a big grudge on the Narooma Bar especially, it basically changed right infront of my eyes when I was down there last. Bermi next time for sure! Cheers Steve

Hey Dudes , For the first time in 6 weeks I managed to get out for a fish. Blackmagic aka Nathan picked me up Near Swansea RSL band on at 6am. With the wind blowing around 15 knots W/NW we headed out in search a few Livies a couple of spots only produced a single Slime a few Leatherjackets and dozen or so Mados. Trolled past Moon Island to find the sounder full of bait and in no time had a tank full of Yakkas. A school of small rat kings turned up when we were catching our Livies. Couldn't manage to land one which was a bit frustrating as the only thing that the Kingies were interested in were our bits of scraps baited on size 12 long shanks and 6lb handline . The wing seemed to drop so we proceeded out to the shelf, Conditions went DEAD!!! We began trolling with a 2 skirts and small yakka and within 20 mins Nathan had his first fish hooked up on his 10kg Ugly stick. Nathan was stoked until the Yellowfin was sharked at boatside . I dived into my tackle box and rigged up my TLD 25 with wire. Threw about 8 pillies on a single hook which the small mako scoffed up as soon as he got a glimpse of the bait. A few solid runs and things began looking promising until all of a sudden the line went slack??? . Was strange as I had been bitten off about 10metres above the trace. Suspect, those bloody Leatherjackets. . With two lost fish and two pretty ticked of blokes onboard we both decided to make a run for it with the conditions outwide getting very sloppy indeed. As soon as we hit about 10kms out off Swansea all hell broke loose, the Westerly was blowing harder than before which made a very terrifying 10km journey back into land. We eventually made it back into the channel at 4pm after our original plan of 2. In all, Nathan and his 5 metre Qunnie handled the conditions very well as the day ended up not being a total disaster Cheers Guys Steve

Hey guys, Heard a report of a couple of small Dollies being taken around the traps near the pinnacle up at Forster. 3-4 months ago I was up at Coffs and landed one a few Kms off Mutton Bird Island was shocked to say the least as the water temperature was between 18.5 and 19 degrees. I posted it in a previous report a while ago, has a pick with it too. Cheerz Steve

A member of the Puffer fish family fellas I come across them all the time up here, ugly criters. Steve

hey buddy, check you Pms Steve

Hey mate, Don't know if this is much of a help but have used the SLT-30. Was a pleasure to use, very smooth drag. Can't toss up between it or the Tiagra would have to be a dead heat in my opinion. Steve

Well done mate Nothing wrong with Jackets that big Steve

Chirpie The missus had a say in that one hehe Steve

Have to agree with you there mate, Spooled up my Flattie outfit with 10lb. Do prefer it too Fireline, no doubt about it Steve

Good stuff mate, nice feed!Steve Nice size Leatherjacket ya got there to Steve Sorry about the second "Steve" mate bloody Laptops

Good stuff mate, how'd they cook up? Steve

Ahhh Yamba what a great place, Mate spent two wonderful weeks up there a few Easters ago. Palmers Island in the Clarence great spot to flick a few Soft plastics at some flatties, Turkeys wall( correct we if I'm wrong with the name ) According to the locals you can get some big Jewies using soft plastics. Casting off the shore into Thorny Island for Bream mate, tried there top bream spot, landed one fish well over the 40cm mark Steve Turkeys wall, place. Right near Iluka, if that helps lol

Common fellas the reels don't look that shotty hehe, someone's bound to of used one once atleast even if its bad feedback plzzz lol, planning to pick it up for him this arvo Steve

Gday fellas, With fathers day coming up my old boys looking for a new spin stick and threadline reel for Sambos etc. I was looking at a Penn Accord 5 or 6000 with a Penn powerstick pro 3-5 kilo. What do you blokes and gals reckon, worth purchasing ??? and any feedback on the accords would be great too Cheers Steve

hehe great stuff fellas, nice fish!!!

hehe Chris Mate would you mind coming over and explaining it too my lol she thinks i'm crazy

[quote name= Passed the bridge gained some speed only to slow down again past the 1st runway as the chop caused No 1 wife to suffer Boob Bounce mate glad everything turned out well in the end after the minor mishap. Driving on the M2 last year saw small speed boat come off a trailer amazing stuff. Will dig up the pic as I couldn't resist . sparks flying everywhere...poor bugger forgot the safety strap Steve

20 and another 20 the missus doesn't no about hehehe 40 all up Steve

hehe play lunch , chris all I can say Is my first time in ages Was a good day Nate, you whooped that Mowies ass Steve

Hey all, Heading up to Port Stephens tommorrow,weather looks a bit iffy but i'll give it a shot and possibly heading out off Swansea on Sunday too do a bit of bottom bashing at the Farm and see if any YFT are hanging around. Baught a new Alvey today spooled it up with 200lb Braid not happy jan Steve

Mate up here, Slightly shorter run to Norah Canyons then Browns. Is producing some good fish and know a bloke who boated one off the Farm 9 nautical miles out to sea...Ever in the area give us a buzz Steve