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hahahaha, That redfin got wrecked. I'd love to see a bream take a SP in slow-mo

I live here, I fish it with lures alot. Tis very quiet at the moment though with my only notable catch being a 32cm bream on bread near the mouth (using bait bored out of my brains) The perch will retern in the comming months which is a fantastic way to learn your SP/HB retrieves even land based. They are thick and fast when they return to the creek albeit most lacking size it is good fun to get out at 9am or so and catch 15-20 of them in an hour. When summer is in full swing and the prawns are running you CANNOT go past wading the flats at the mouth with fly gear or surface poppers for insane bream action. At the moment the water is very clear and I havent had a hit on plastics for weeks not even tailor.

This winter has REALLY slowed down the local bream/perch haunts as well as flathead in my local creek (cant even catch choppers!?) - That said the blackfish are on near the lakes entrance (having caught a few on blades and countless undersized models on Weed & Float). It all depends on what your targeting, Mates have gone out to certain areas in the lake with plastics and bagged out within 1 1/2 hours and the next day not even a hit. the same rule applies to landbased & Boated Anglers during winter: Keep moving about and if your using lures SLOW your action right down

My advice would be to use floating hardbodys or very lightly weighted plastics In ourimbah ck. Its extremley snaggy even at the mouth. Id havr atleast 100$ sitting on the bottom there. But large flathead,bass , bream and perch are on offer there

had a pair of size 8 trebles in the foot in a canoe *poor tackle management* - Nothing a pair or pliers cant fix. And 2 sets of sunnies grazed up from old mate casting low under snags. ALWAYS WEAR EYE PROTECTION.

Seen a 42cm Luderick caught there very recently

Actually It most likely is... Stapo you should submit it for a record under http://www.fishraider.com.au/Invision/index.php?showforum=22

Considering they only grow to 41cm and it was IN the lake itself & feeding on greed weed that's and impressive result. Usually caught by net offshore you were bloody lucky handling it, Each dorsal spine has its own poison sac capable of leaving you in agony for hours. Very Nice Fish Stapo. Tight Lines!

Actually had a poacher CAUGHT the other day near my house - Dropping drag nets. The so & so had 2 children onboard with no lifejackets and feet dangling over the bow as he did doughnuts around his net. The fisheries only took 30mins to attend after I made the call and took some photos and the sorry bugger was still hauling. Caught in the act.

The puffer-looking-fish is most likely a Toadfish.

Not a business plug but, A tackleshop in Long Jetty and one in The Entrance sell Live Bloodworms. Im sure a quick google can pinpoint them for you

Sorry to hi-jack but here are some of the floats I made for this season: Darker ones are Balsa Wrapped around tassy oak with Solder Coils Wrapped around the base - The ligher ones are Cedar / Cork with no weight. Sadly the blackfish season has ended somewhat abruptly at the usual haunts in tuggerah lake at the moment due to ever important commercial fishing.

Good Breams matey. I too, have notcied the water really heating up around my way and evening bites comming on suddenly. Just got a new jar of B/W GrubZ will have to give them a throw

We have had great days fishing on our doorstep ourimbah creek a feeder system to Tuggerah Lake for Bream & Perch suddenly shut down only to learn that a few blokes up the road saw the commerical fishos at night hauling nets through a creek. In a few months time it will be a common sight to see ATLEAST 3-6 boats per morning offloading bycatch on the weedbeds next to geoffrey road chittaway point. Welcome to tuggerah lakes, Enjoy your fishing whilst it lasts

You can wade out onto the sandbanks east of the bridge and use soft plastics for flathead or poppers for trumpeter whiting. Most places you can still pump nippers from at the entrance require boat access though. The bridge itself can produce bream tailor etc. and can be accessed from the stairs on the bridge itself otherwise the northern channel. There may still even be a black fish or two around the wall near the skate-park.

Usually the fish shutdown due to pressure or as more people have been seeing recently - BLOODY COMMERCIAL FISHOS netting the river in the late afternoon/evening about 2-3 times a week! It runs well, over 200kg onboard with petrol & electric mounted - Gets through the tightest holes for backwater bass fishing

Hey Raiders, Just had a few ripper days fishing our own backyard on tuggerah lakes for bream in our dual motor canoe. The bite was hot for 3 days before completley shutting off. Lots of video & pictures taken but I have summarised them into a video compilation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj195VMM8KI Biggest bream landed was 36cm, Flathead 35cm Eel ???????Cm Bait of choice? 1. Raw Banana Prawns (peeled & filleted) on a size #1 Circle hook (musted demon). 2. Squidgy Wriggler (blood worm) 1/16th 3. mullet strips Was an absolute hoot in the canoe. Tight Lines.

If Chopper and his mates ( tailor ) are around. And your caught flicking SP's you'd best walk the opposite direction, unless you were going to throw the plastics you were using out anyway

Most Likley an Evolutionary throwback (i.e Useless) That is a STONKER reddie. Grats Mate!!

You took a snap picture of an old printed photograph.... Why?

Look for vessels sporting the Rego numbers "LFB XXXXX" - Liscenced Fishing Boat. Horrible day yesterday using baits (banana prawns). Was having better luck with plastics and perch that morning

Yep Water is still very Dirty - Fresh water weirs are still moderatley flowing, so the system still needs a couple of weeks clean up assuming no rain. My personal catches within tuggerah lakes creeks have been VERY hit and miss. Still yet to catch a bream on plastics since the last dump & Estuary Perch are there but are very hard to pinpoint. The Dredging was a failure since the recent mass-exodus of fresh water from the lakes have preety much redeposited what the dredger removed. ::PROTIP:: Try the outer entrance channels during the start of the run-in for flathead. The hour that the channel slows at low or high tide for whiting on surface poppers. Mouths of the major creeks (using bait) for Bream. (lures) for E.P EDIT: Nth Entrance Beach apparently doing well for Salmon & whiting.

I've heard from multipul sources that: "IF they banned commercial fishing tomorrow - it would take a FULL 10 years for the lake to 'fully recover" Living near the end of chittaway point myself, Every morning theres 3 to 6 'prof' boats net hauling off the point accompanied by atleast 100 pelicans making sure no bycatch gets away. As it stands there are 130+ licenses allowing holders to use the lake. Back on Topic: This morning was another successful EP haul- mostly in the 10-25cm range taken on squidgy wrigglers in blood-worm. The Bream again seem to be off the chew even on fresh banana prawns. You'r best bet for fishing the lakes at the moment are in and around the mouths of Wyong & Ourimbah Creeks.

Mate, Ive been fishing the past 3 mornings off my property in ourimbah creek i've been getting nothing but perch almost every cast in some locations using simple plastics (land based) - Bream are slowly re-claiming their snags within the creek

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