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Thanks Gianni, It is definitely something we could arrange particularly since it's the summer holidays. I think Witha would be down for it as well.

Solid bream Stan!

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Nicely done Stan. Good to hear you got stuck into some decent fishing! That must be a really light combo to fish with.

Thanks Richard! Always a lot of fun.

Nice one Stan, some respectable fish there. Were the carp taken on bread flies? I'm hoping to get some of this kind of fishing ticked off over this summer.

You can try hbs around Five dock bay, especially cranking the rock walls. Look for the deeper water if the tide is low. Iron cove to the south is also very good but not as prolific as it once was. There are plenty of flats around the north/western side and good spots to fish so long as it's west of the bridges. Good luck, let me know how you go.

After having an enjoyable week in the lead-up to and past Christmas, I decided to hit Drummoyne and surrounds this afternoon for my first decent fish in quite a long time. I tried my luck at several spots but I found only the smaller variety of flathead, bream and whiting. Still, it was good to get some decent fishing time in. Plastics (Zmans) did most of the damage and also a minor mention for the Austackle shinkus (sinking stickbaits). I also tried my luck for some topwater whiting which I have been craving since last summer but all I managed was a handful of missed hits. It's shaping up to be a cracking summer and I hope to have a few more chances to go out there and give it another go.

Yakka is a colloquial (and more widely recognised) term for Yellowtail scad.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year everyone!

Congratulations Stan.

Welcome to Fishraider. Fantastic catches especially the carp on lure.

An enjoyable report as always. Good to see that you guys got stuck into a fish each despite the appalling conditions.

Nice going and great pictures that reflects the ambience of the place and the impromptu/lazy evening you had.

Posts/discussion belonging to another thread have been moved or deleted to prevent derailment of this thread. P.S. Bad luck gregh1 on that rod. Hope you have a better time the next time you get out.

Hi James, Hope you've been well and here's my 2cents I'm no expert on lures but I don't think you are doing anything wrong even if you cannot hook up on every hit you can feel. Flathead are relatively easy to catch because they ambush prey and thus are not as selective. I guess they may lay in wait for a long time before a meal presents itself so that makes them less fussy. Also, they have a big mouth and engulfing an entire lure is easy. Bream are much more inquisitive and mobile. Sometimes they will follow prey and examine it before deciding to eat it. They have small mouths and won't swallow a lure deep, unlike a flathead which makes hookups less likely. In my experience, bream don't really spit lures out all that quickly. They are likely to pick it up and carry it away from the competition but the lure can become dislodged if there is line tension. Being a more active fish, they may chase lures and short strike at the tails only etc. leading to no hook ups but continual bites. Striking immediately might lead to a hookup (mouth or foul) but more often than not there is no weight on the end. Tentatively regarding jews, the common belief is that they spit out lures almost as fast as the hand can strike. In that case, timing is everything. If there are any jew experts out there, please feel free to add to this thread I generally strike at a hit but not when it feels like the hit was stopped by my line tension. In that case I continue to work the lure and entice another strike and hope that the fish hooks itself by loading into it. If the hits are persistent, it is more likely that really small fish are harassing the lure and may not be worth the time so moving to a different spot might be better.

I use HB's sometimes and and I try not to set the hook but let the fish turn around with it before loading up the rod. I cast them out and then quickly get them to the desired depth before slow rolling them. You can add a few pauses here and there which sometimes works better. Mono won't prevent you from feeling bites, but it is probably a better choice than braid because there is no give when a fish hits it hard and small trebles like those on a 3B fatdog will be easily pulled. In addition, most HB strikes are brutal, much more than SPs. Most dedicated HB setups use straight through flourocarbon line mostly due these reasons. Hope that helps.

Nicely done fisholb. I'm sure there are some people that appreciate reports like this.

Bad luck on the jewie. Otherwise it sounds like a fun and productive session.

First time in 6 months to fish must be a killer. Hope you get out more often than that this summer. At least you managed to get a couple of fish. Looking forward to your next report.

Another eventful report John. Always gutting to lose a decent flatty, especially a first. What kind of plastics are those? I've never seen them.

Nice report as always John. The crowds seem to be the case everywhere in Sydney where there is easy access to clean blue water and fishing shoulder to shoulder with strangers is not rare. Would still have been a great day, despite the fishing.

Well done on the trevally. Tough conditions out there this week.

Welcome to Fishraider. There's no need to work up any courage to start joining in the discussions. Sorry I have no idea on what the buzzing sound may be. Hopefully another raider will enlighten us.

Top post , or should I suggest article Jeff.