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Welcome to fishraider Joel. I'm glad you stepped out of the shadows and introduced yourself. You sound like many of the raiders on this forum and take every opportunity to spend some time on or around the water, wetting a line. We look forward to reading your posts. Cheers scratchie!!!

Unfortunately hank, I have to start looking for a job at the end of June. But I don't mind, there's plenty of fishing to do any spare minute I have just 100m away!

Wow, that fish on 4lb gear!!! What a challenge that must have been. I can picture the first run it took would have nearly spooled you. Awesome catch! Cheers scratchie!!!

Probably is to heavy. My purpose for this setup is to chase kings from a boat. There's not many places land based that a rod that size would be useful for. I'm not that familiar with the hacking, sorry. Maybe some other raiders could help out!

I just purchased a shimano spheros 8000 with ocea tcurve spin stick with 60lb power pro. Cost was around $600 all up! Good king and tuna rod. Able to troll, jig, live bait and throw poppers or stick baits. It should hold pretty much any big fish that hits it. Can't wait to use it! Cheers scratchie!!!

Cheers luc, sometimes the hardest decision is "making a decision". It is where I've always wanted to live! Good luck to you to champ!

That's a great report and knowledge shared in the true spirit of fishraider. Well done to you both Cheers scratchie!!!

Great first report and it sounds like a nice day on the water. The important thing with taking children is that they catch fish. No matter what size and you succeeded. Well done Cheers scratchie!!!

That was my son replying Pete! Sounds like a great day had by all and I could feel the excitement in Ethan's report. Well done

Thanks adventure man for helping out, your a bit more local to that area? I love snapper fishing in coffs! Cheers scratchie!!!

Sounds like a great day on the water. Plenty of fish caught on light gear What did you do with the kingy? Cheers scratchie!!!

Not sure about the rest if the sanctuary zone so grab a map. But that one there was definately marked last time I was there!

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Hey Tim, I holiday in coffs from time to time and have done a little bit of fishing there. Split solitary has bouys around it marking the santuary area. As for spots, the best spot I know is a reef 300m east of the split. Anchor up, get a burley trail going and there's plenty of snapper there! Good luck, Cheers scratchie!!!

It is the best fishing website you'll ever find. It has improved my fishing ten thousands times. There's some very knowledgable fishos on here that are only to happy to share. Glad you found us and look forward to your posts! Cheers scratchie!!!

Yes slimey mackerel scad, I think they call them. It was about 30cm and quite fat. Yes, it was difficult to put on a gang hook but I used the top hook through the nose and bottom hook as far as I could without upsetting the fishes ability to swim. As far a big baits go, no not really. I've used a 4kg bonito chasing kings and a 50cm+ tailor chasing jewy!

I know...... Sorry but I'm very excited. But it changes my fishing time from 3 minutes to 1 minute. A no brainer really!!!

And this is the view from my lounge room. The rocks you can see in the distance is where I was fishing! Oh yeah baby!

Cheers guys! It's an awesome place. It's in boat harbour, port stephens! I have 180deg view from my lounge room, so the whale migration will be awesome to watch. Ohhhhhhh I want to be in there already. A 100m walk to a great fishing spot is exciting! Life is good!!!!

G'day raiders, Firstly, I must say that I don't condone drinking alcohol and fishing off the rocks. Now to my story... My wife and I have spent a stressful week looking for houses in the area and yesterday arvo finally got approved for the house of our dreams! This is my new front yard...... So this morning, we started the pack up and made some progress. With all the kids at school I thought it would be nice to surprise the mrs and pack some cheese and biscuits, go for a drive to our new home/area and walk out to the rocks and have a picnic. The wife was overwhelmed at my idea until as I unloaded the car, she seen the rod and bucket coming with me. She says, "I knew you couldn't help yourself". But she knows me well and I could never be that close to the water without wetting a line. Although I resisted until we had lunch that I prepared and a small glass of wine. But after that, I had two rods set up, one with a float and ganged hook with pilly and the other was a metal halco that I was spinning. Not much action at first but then I seen a few nibbles and down went the float and up comes a really large slimey. Hmmmm, oh well bugger it. On it goes live on a gang hook and out she went. After 5 mins I could see random flashes around my float and I was a bit perplexed. Next minute zzzzzz, to my disbelief I'm on. I set the hook and see this thing jump out and spit my livie. I thought I dropped it but the hooks were well and truly set and the fight began. With no net and an inconsistent swell, I had to use all my experience and I came up trumps. A nice healthy 70cm sambo. After one look at the wife, it was the fishes lucky day and after a quick pic it was back to the water for this girl. Well, the wife was sorta impressed but I was ecstatic with my new found back yard! Thanks for reading! Cheers scratchie!!!

Sorry to hear of your loss. What area was it stolen from?

Nothing wrong with that picture! It's called...... MOTIVATION!!!

Yes they will. Fresh and/or live baits generally produce bigger fish. The bigger the bait generally bigger the fish. What bait are you using??? Is there a certain tide you are catching them?? Is there live bait on the area you are catching them? These questions may help you provide the answer! Cheers scratchie!!!

Great stuff boys! I'm with you stewy, a Jew is a Jew no matter what size, they are beautiful to look at. Congrats on the PB Reggie. Looks like a great day on the water fellas! Cheers scratchie!!!

I have checked the dpi website and cannot find any restrictions for fishing from this wharf. If anyone can provide further information please do so. Scratchie mod team