henryinnis

WOW!

Downrigger hasn't been as good lately.... Although we havn't been using it much Mike .... Yes I need the metre plus Jew to even the score Henry

Just on the subject of jews, and maybe even flatties, what sort of things should I be looking for on the sounder? Is it holes, channels, dropoffs, bumps, reefs?? Cheers. Henry

Thank you VERY much!

Does anyone have the GPS mark for the Flint and Steel? DOn't mind if its PM'd or anything, I'm just desperate to start sussing some spots in the Hawkesbury out for some flatties and jewies. Henry

Thanks Reely, will try and find out..... Determined to track it down Roberta, I will definately look into that video..... Looks like it could be a ton of help!

Hey Raiders, Dad and I have been out separately and together over the past few weeks.... Havnt made a report for a while so I thought i might.... 2 weeks ago, dad picked up a jew in our spot x (55cm).... Last week 50 cm flattie, 3 jews for dad... Numerous bream, whiting and catfish of the peir Now for today.... Went out at midday to catch some yakka's and then fish the run up tide till dark.... Hit the yakka's to BIG surging waves, which were forcing us rather close to the rocks .... Still mnagaed to pick up 15 yakka's and only 2 crap (sweep) ... The day was off to a gd start. Nevertheless, we tried the FLINT AND sTEEL FOR ZIP. if anyone has the co-ordinates for GPS that would be great, cos we sometimes get the reef and sometimes dont. Anyway, 1 flounder was caught. We then tried the road bridge, again for zip.... Ah well, not a good day, we usually pick up a flattie or something ... Henry

Nice idea, those were made in a bottle right?

This year has been a FANTASTIC year for the snow Went to Perisher and couldnt get enuf of it !! Henry

Amazing pics Henners

Very funny Henners

It would be fun to have another social at the Hawkesbury for Bream, flatties or whiting..... Or narra lakes, landbased for flatties n bream.... Maybe even a beach social for salmon or jews.... Henners

"Environmental grounds for banning estuary pros: They destory the habitat, food chain and stocks. Estuary profishing isn't sustainable and is terrible for the environment. What more do you want? I'm no expert, but they mustn't make any good money for all the damage they cause, either. moral grounds:buy backs are fairly generous considering they are all just scraping by at the moment due to the lack of sustainability. economic: They don't generate much economic activity. Compared to the surges in rec fishing industry that would no doubt follow such bannings. What wrong with buying back estuary pro fishing licences? I'd go for it no hesitation Yes but you said before ban all INSHORE commercial fishing. Now you have changed to estuaries. Commercial fishing already is banned in 30 of the states estuaries! Yes. Alot of the time it comes from countries with no environmental sanctions and theirstocks are already pillaged. Eating Nile Perch our like species is basically exploiting the third world. The local populations there can only afford to buy the frame of the fish - yes the same part we throw back. Its disgusting There should never be any compromises about (or apologies made for) over fishing. There is a fine line between maximum sustainable yield and ovefishing. The status of stocks is not always fully known. There is not much risk of monitoring of effort and catches and winding it back if signs of overfishing occur. Especially when a precautionary approch is also used. I already pointed out there 30 rec havens in NSW and there are also area bans on trawling to protect stocks. Eg a ban on ocean fish trawling in the Port Kembla region and waters noth of Smokey Cape." The Hawkesbury River Estuary System is still fished heavily commercially. Fish stocks have declined considerably, and I believe that all commercial inshore fishing within 1 km of the coast should be banned, as stocks are at risk.... I think aquaculture is the way forward. HOWEVER, I can understand that economically, this is not a sensible option for commercial fisho's. This is their livelihood. I think what we need to do is too create other opportunities for the commercial fisho's to work at (eg, more job solutions) as this is often the only way these people can get cash and earn a living. I think that if we do this, combined with the buyout options, we can gradually fade out most of the commercial fishing industry. The bottom line is do we risk the jobs of Sydney sider's or our recreational pastime... Henners

Anyone gonna be out there?

I havnt tried with circles.....

A flick and a kick for being so quick! guys have a gd one! Henners

i will be out there see u on the water!

MANLY!!!!!!! (if we played a full Sea Eagles team for origin we would have won!) Tigers Titans Sharks Bulldogs (give them some respect for beating us last time) Storm Cowboys Souths

CAT FOOD IS BEST BURLEY! We use match head sized prawns on a 12/0 sized hook..... we can usually pick up 20 in an hour

S - Store H - High I -In T - Transit An old navy saying for manure to ensure it did not explode in water or on the ship...... Henry

I totally agree. Wihlst I was spewing over the win, NSW played badly.

Uh huh, there are actually three of them. They eat WHOLE yellowfins and caracasses that the restauraunt gives to them. You get MASSIVE fines, and no one in their right mind would try. The guy who puts on the show cant control him with rope!

You beauty Mike! Dad will be out these hols, up for a fish? Henry