Shannan Nath

Try taking lures there

Sounds like my old man going on about Fiji!

I caught the rat king at meadowbank and Im as confused as you however I met a guy flicking soft plastics for carp at parra river weir and he told me Sambos and Jewies come right up there so who knows?

I think more so than the brand of jig you use its the scent you apply and the technique you employ that will get you results. Just my 2 cents

asDogs, we are planning a land based shark session over the next few weeks near the gasworks bridge in Parramatta river. Youre more than welcome to join us just send me a PM and Ill give you my mobile number. I live very close to the spot so if we run out of supplies all is not lost!

Stink bait if it makes you feel any better I think I went two years without much success only now am I starting to really understand what Im doing. Maybe try some slow trolling as it gets warmer.

haha thats a heaps good story mate, do yuo remember what kind of retrieve you hooked her up on? fast or slow?

Try the Somali pirates just avoid any container ships bearing the Russians flag mate.

Thats pretty much it matey, well lit spot with clean water at night and you got yourself some squid. Research done by Tokyo University on behalf of Asahi Beer Co. Ltd has proven that drinking beer while squdding results in a 73.8% increased haul.

Congrats I remember getting my first at Rose Bay. try Balmoral Board walk Ive landed heaps there mate.

if it was a shark my money is a mako, most other noahs Ive hooked up take a leisurely swim away. My money is on it being a Tuna.

Last time I got a fair bunch from Cruwee Cove just outside Botany on the ocean facing platforms.

awsome no other word to describe it. Ill be at Meadowbank wharf praying for lost rat kingies if you need me :ranting2:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=213713683030577435375.00049750ca6ffd31662d8&msa=0 There you go OP

damn sorry I missed this Im from Fiji originally are you still over there? if so I can help

Yeah it freaked me out! at first I was thinking "what is this salmon doing this far up" Then I got it out of the water and my head spun! Thanks for the replies boys, I look forward to the day my great great great grandkids can pull leal kingies out of meadowbank and eat them! Gees maybe even from parra weir! :thumbup:

Boys and girls, I posted a thread in teh reports forum about catching a rat kingy in Meadowbank on Saturday but havent had a response. Does anyone have any idea what a Kingy would be doing that far up Parra river let alone this time of year?? Cheers Shannan

must be agonising watching fishos chase boil ups while stuck on an fn golf course!

anyone?

Went out for a bream session at Meadowbank wharf saturday night was fishing with servo prawns (not fresh at all!). Got there about 17:30 and all was quiet then ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ! after a few minutes pulled up a blue nosed bream around the 45CM mark and back he went since bream are one of the last fish Ill eat from that far up the river. Launched another prawn bait out then got the handline out and pulled a few live mullet but had nothing to hold them in so I kept one and butterflied (SP?) it then sent it out still half alive. All was quiet for about half an hour then just as the sun started to go down ZZZZZZZZZZZZ! after about 5 mins I pulled out a rat kingie @40cms! Now I was hardly expecting this so I didnt have a net, brag mat or even my phone to take a pic (Was in the car) so I sent him back. Tried for more mullet to have another go with but they were goneskis.... Anyone have any idea what a kingy would be doing in Meadowbank at this time of year????? Would you guys eat one from there? Cheers Shannan

Looks like it was still worth the trip. Thanks for the report mate. Cheers Shannan

OP thanks for the post, how do you cook sambos?

just buy however many licences you need (max number of people you take out) and leave them in a water proof container on the boat.

Sincere condolences mate. Getting busted off is the worst thing about fishing well apart from not getting any bites.

Never understood Kiwis this just adds to it!