AdamK

Hi all, its been a while since I last fished and was hoping to see some reports but there seems to be a lack of them. Any reports of kingies around Sydney at all cheers Adam

Well done mate i called it quits after I got swamped with birds couldnt get anything past them Adam

Well done mate top catch you have Adam

Well done mate. I was at Bellambi as well but couldn't get a bait past the birds got off the water at 11am cheers Adam

Hi Rob how do you find the Tcurve for trolling. Isnt it too light thanks Brewboy, will be looking at the Saltiga rods this week. thanks Adam

Hi all Looking at an all round rod for jigging and light game (trolling for fins, small marlin etc) to match a Talica 12 two speed. game rods are just too heavy and jigging rods seem to light & thin. I need something in between. yet I still want it to be on the light side, if there's such a thing I looked at the Jigrex, Daiwa Monster mesh, heavy ugly stik jigging range but still dont think they are right. I am yet to try the Jigging masters but was told that they wont be right for what i want. Any suggestions please Adam

We fished Browns for a good half day on the bottom then pulled lures around for zilch. Not even mac's around got a good blue eye & a few jem fish though Adam

I think your right, it is a frost fish. I called it for a hairtail but didnt think they came out from those waters. Adam

thanks guys, it sure was a top day on the bottom dwellers. fishmaniac mate, I must admit the 2nd tuna i dropped was from my stupidity. After feeding about 100mtrs of line I left the reel in free spool so you can imagine the rest. fishin browns is all new to me as well but It is pretty exciting Warnie, mate dont know if there were makos as we didnt sight any but we did lose several fish in mid water level. However, we did have a huge seal also take our fish as well Mike the water temp was hovering around the 19.5 mark from browns to at least 7kms east. We trolled back from Browns to 12 mile and again didnt sea much of a break in the temp either cheers Adam

Fished Browns early yesterday. Baits down at 5:15am and first up was a double hook up on a blue eye and gemfish. Fishing was very good. Temp held at 19.5 all day. By 11am we had our bag limit of Gemfish, 3 Blue Eye & 1 Ribbon fish, a first for us all. Hung around Browns for tuna nothing so trolled further east looking for a break in temperature. No change at all so came back to Browns on the troll and dropped a small tuna, cubed for another hour again but nil. Just before we leave had a hit on the cube but dropped again. Back at the ramp close to 7. Great day out but no YFT landed Cheers Adam

nice bag of fish there DTROJAN how do you find the ramp in Bellambi especially when the wind is up a bit. I'm thinking of using it as I have a few snapper spots to try out as well. Any info appreciated Adam

mate, I was out on the same day. No YFT either we headed 10ks east of browns but no luck Adam

mate, I'm not quite sure to be honest, possibly strippie but not 100%. I called it for that but the other fellas said it was a sailfish so who knows. didnt know that sailfish were non existent in this area. Thanks for the info As for the blue eye, this is my 3rd outing now and must say it's different fishing. must be a dog eat dog world down there and apparently they get even bigger. cheers Adam

Mariner, you've done your homework. thanks for the info mate. Spanker this is only the 2nd time I've caught and have eaten blue eye and yes it is beautifulllllll nice firm flesh fillets, lightly salted & black pepper fried in very little oil does wonders for the appetite If you can get your hands on some, try it you will luv it cheers Adam

Well a disappointment it was on the YFT front but the blue eye made up for it. Out of Botany yesterday at 4.30am greeted by SE, heavy rain and lightning striking in the direction we were heading. Took close to 2 hours to get there in the rain and dark. Could not see anything on the water. Got to browns and the temp was hovering around the 22deg mark. I found the temp to be quite high. Anyway, started our first drift and straight up we were on to a small blue eye. An hour or so later picked up the 2nd fish that came in at around 12kgs and the third fish close to 20kgs Set of looking for fin. Put a spread of lures out and trolled for over an hour and all this time the temp seemed to be increasing. Nothing on the troll so we found a spot amongst 6 other boats 10ks out from browns and started a cube trail. This for a good 4 hours but could not even turn a real. We did however see a small sailfish jump out of the water twice but no YFT. All day the water temp was in the high 22 degrees. Could not believe it but another boat reported the same readings. Pulled the plug at 5pm and was back at the ramp at 5:50. cheers Adam