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    King fishing tommorrow sydney

    in Plan a Fishing Trip

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    Hey raiders, got one spare spot available tommorrow for a day out off Sydney, a bit of experience would be preferable as I'm taking a newbie out for his first time. Will be splitting bait and fuel costs so it will work out 55-60 dollars each for the 3 of us. Will be launching around 630 at wharf rd ermington(near putt putt) but can pick you up from Any wharfs in the river or harbour if that would be easier, cheers Mitch

    Sow and Pigs Reef

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    Well thanks for the info guys, seeing ill be close to south head, ill give south head a go after sow and pigs,,hopefully this Saturday morning if the rain stays away... ill be after my first Kingy.... Cheers, Muzza

    Hi Muzza,

    Scored a couple of Kingys on Monday at Sow and Pigs . Was burlying up Slimies and they turned up in the trail.

    I had live squid, slimies, yellowtail, sluggos and Poppers but they wouldnt touch anything other then unweighted 4lb hand lines and my bait jigs . Ended up putting on a slightly bigger/heavier bait jig cut in half which resulted in a couple of rats on seperate drops , both undersize around 55cm but still fun .

    Mitch

    Dollie virgin --> after some tips and techniques

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted · Edited by Workmate

    hi,

    Just wondering whats the best way to get onto some dollies.

    Planning on heading out to some of the FADs

    Got a 5m half cabin (no out riggers) so can only run 3 squirted lures, one in close one medium and a shotgun. how far out the back should i be setting these??

    The squirted lures i have have various head sizes and colours, any tips on what i should be running and where would be amazing. the heads are a large pusher, small pusher, a jet, a bullet and a slant head. coulors include, reds, pinks, greens, purples

    also have jigs and soft plastics.

    Thanks in Advance

    Hi mate, When chasing Dollies we try and grab a few Livies on the way out ,it can usually entice the bigger Dollies from the school.

    Upon arrival at the FAD we troll a mix of Lures usually a small Lumo skirt , a Rapala or similar diving lure and a larger skirt incase something bigger decides to play.

    After trolling we usually set up camps and drift down current from the FAD and set up a consistent burley trail without going nuts.

    A big mistake is that alot of blokes basically sit right on top of the fad, we have even seen an idiot or two tie off the Bouy #*%$@# , which is a big NO NO. Then start chucking mass amounts of burley in the water. Instead of Dollies all it attracts are the smallest kingys you are ever likely to see (fish around 30cm) , and it sends the dollies down deeper.

    When fishing with baits, fish as light as you can get away with and little or even no sinker if conditions suit. A general running sinker rig with about a metre trace of 20/30lb flurocarbon will be enough for your standard FAD dollies , all the way down to a set of hang hooks or a single hook whether it be a suicide or Live bait hook.

    Let your baits float down naturally as possible with your burley trail as you would when your cubing for yellowfin or floating baits for snapper.

    Some days Dollies will hit anything thrown at them, ranging from a bare hook to a peeled prawn. But over the last few years ive found that these days are few and far between as more and more people fish the FADS and the dollies are begining to wise up. So fish for them light and you should manage to snare a few

    If you have anymore question feel free to pop me a PM

    Mitch

    Lake Illawara

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    Mate !

    The lake itself is a great spot to get a feed itself. Like you said Flatties. Bream, There has been guit a few jew been caught inside the lake itself over the last few months. Great spot for Blue Swimmers. withches hat pots anywhere on the edges of the channel will produce crabs.

    I know the entrance to the lake is now a permanent opening but i dont know if i would take a boat out there. I have heard of boats using this entrance to go outside since the new entrance has been made. If i were to do it, i would pick a mid tide to head out out and only head back in on the top of the tide preferably a bit after it starts to run back in. Put it this way. This entrance ( Actually in the new channel entrance to the lake ) on the right conditions is some of the best surf in the area. sshhhh. Ive surfed it at 4-5ft plus in the entrance.

    The upside is you can drive 5 mins south and launch from shell harbour. Great spot. Fish it heaps. Lately ive been catching plenty of squid around the quarry loader off bass point. Plenty of flatties, Go out to in line with the end of bass point straight out off the harbour in 35-60 m of water and you will get flatties all day.

    Head north from bass point to windang island. Straight out off lake illawarra. If you get yourself just north of windang island, Pretty much in line with windang surf club, in about 32 m of water there is plenty of patchy reef. if you can pick some reef and fish up on your sounder anchor and berly for snapper. Caught plenty here. If you dont have the best sounder just drift until you pick up a pinky or some other reefy fish, then anchor and berly. You will find them this way, i did this before i got my new sounder and gps.

    And then you have kingies at the islands off port kambla just to the north of lake illawarra. Let me know if you want to chase kings from port kembla and i will tell you a bit about that too.

    Dave

    thanks so much mate great stuff!!

    kind regards

    Mitch

    live bait sydney

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    hi guys just after abit of help havnt fished the harbour much im will be putting my boat in at rose bay and im an looking at get some live yellow tails and squid any spots a should look at trying and help would be great cheers

    try Balmoral for both mate. Last weekend we found a few schools of Slimies just off Middle head

    Lake Illawara

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    Gday Raiders,

    Heading down to lake Illawara for a week with a mate for the first time. We'll be mainly fishing in the actual lake itself chasing flatties with a mix of Hardbodys, blades and plastics but if the weather allows we'd like to jump outside and have ago. Just wondering what the bar is like and if its even navigable? Have tried to do a bit of research on google but havent found anything.

    cheers in advanced,

    Mitch

    Nambucca River and outside

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    Gday Mero . Nambucca heads mmmm what a great place!

    I'd take Narooma or SWR combined with a strong Nor easter over that bar anyday, We've been stupid enough to cross that bar twice, mind you the first time crossing was ok, but the 2nd time well...... never again. A few locals and trawlers still do use it (including an old family friend- he heads out but is back before 10 am. This bloke has also crossed the Manning river Bar at Taree and the Bellinger river , all 3 are defiantely the worst in NSW and are considered hardly passable, so in other words he has a death wish lol .

    As for the fishing mate the reefs fish very well for big snapper at this time of the year so you should be in for a great time. I'd be happy to give you marks so send me a PM if youd like

    Cheers

    Mitch

    2 boats lots of fish

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted · Edited by Workmate

    Top work brettmann. Ive had a fair bit of success on those Octo jigs over the last year, even found them to be out fishing the lucanus jigs.

    Squidboy the Valiants a well known Wreck off Barenjoey Headland. It usually holds baitfish and reef species like small Snapper, Mowies, Sweep etc . In summer Kingfish are often caught there to on livebaits and weighted soft plastics. The GPS mark- 33 34 795 151 20 655

    Hope this helps,

    Mitch

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