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Mate i had so much sympathy for the holidaymakers in the region over the christmas period. The red weed was the worst ive seen it for some years and made fishing in the whole region near impossible! I had a fish near the entrance last week for whiting and every cast you would inevitably get massive clumps of it on your line. The only consolation was a couple of bream and lizards on plastics right at the top of the entrance almost near the beach. Thankfully the red weed has cleared out the lake now and the usual run of big elbow slapping whiting should come on very shortly! Great shame as the lake can really turn on some great fishing around this time of year. Where abouts did you stay in port Telco?

Thanks for the recipes Ken - theyll most definately be utilised in the near future! Jeff, Me and Pete both live in Port, actually a small coastal town just south of it - Lake Cathie. If your ever up here again let me know and we will hook up for a fish.

Im currently using the current batch of 4lb PINK fireline and have nothing but praise for it! Only exception is the line turns into a whitish colour after extensive use however is still functioning like the day i bought it. I gave mine a true test on some 2.5kg snapper recently and it held up well. However, i too have heard a heap of reports of the occasional bad batch, which - as mondo points out, is a great shame as the stuff is the best out there when at the top of its game.

Hi Mate, Depth was around the 20-25metre mark. Pete scored both of his fish on ecogear squids whilst i pulled both of mine on a 5" berkley jerk shad in some power penny colour i think (similiar to an opaque pumkinseed) Cheers Anthony

Cheers Ken, you bet they are! I had the big one to myself yesterday on the barbecue - it was one of the nicest feeds of fish ive ever had. Stuffed it with a heap of assorted vegetables and spices and wrapped in foil. Ten minmutes each side and it was done, the soft white flesh was just peeling off!

Hey guys, Hit a couple of in-close reefs of port macquarie this morning with a mate hoping to connect with a few pinkies on plastics. As pete and i cruised through the bar, a sense of anticipation slowly crept upon me and i was beginning to think we were in a for a good day. I wasn't far off the mark - the day was GREAT! We arrived at our first destination at 7am and Pete was already into a pan sized snapper! Minutes later, i was still tying my leader and plastic and Pete got NAILED - this was no pan sized fish he said, well over legal! Finally into the water, i let my plastic sink amongst the depths and managing to pull a consistent amount of seargent baker. Pete and i had began to lose hope when on my next cast the plastic was nailed big time - whilst still on its way to the bottom! Line peeled furiously off my open spool as i flicked the bail arm over and stuck the hook firmly in its gob. I looked over at Pete as if to say - this is no seargent mate! My little bream outfit was really being put through its paces with half the rod frequently being underwater for most of the fight as i struggled to get leverage on the fish. A couple of minutes passed and i eventually won the tug o' war wth this nice like 2-3kg red. My first snapper on plastics and a top fish at that! After a few dances around the boat we got back into things and within 5 minutes i was onto another solid fish! This fish had no where no near as much gusto as his older brother but still pulled the scales down to 1.5kg After the fourth fish between us, things went quiet and we decided to hit a few other reefs further out to no avail. At about 10 30 we headed in very content boys - both achieving out PB and in my case - a first snapper on plastics. Overall, a great way to spend the morning in great company - what more can a man ask for. Looking forward to a mid week session next week - getting out on the spot a bit earlier this time, hopefully smashing today's PB's.

Geez what an awesome site to gather so much info on. Cheers swordfisho, that diagram is about about concise and clear as they come and we should have no worries accessing that spot or indeed the tubes. Do any of the mentioned spots require one to climb down the cliff face in order to access it? Cheers Anthony

Thanks for the input guys, its all very appreciated Me and the guys have had a few less intense trips in the region and i was just amazed at how beautiful the whole place was. We've fished steamers beach in the national park a fair bit now and the amount of tailor and salmon at the place has to be seen to be believed, the place is an absolute paradise. This was great to wet our appetite - but its time for the main course I was actually thinking of heading sometime in January - but as maraudingmado pointed out, holiday time the place will be absolutely chocks. How does it handle numbers and how many people would one expect midweek at the place (non-holday time)? Might prolong the trip to February when everyones back at work and school. Keep the input coming guys - all very valuable.

Hi Guys, A few mates and i are contemplating heading down south to Terrorise the kingfish populations (or vice verca) - around the Jervis Bay area. Ive heard alot of stuff about the Tubes but have never really considered going until recently. So whats the go with this place, in relation to access and best times of year? If anyone could provide some information on accessing the place, and directions it would be GREATLY appreciated. I will emphasise that myself and a couple of close fishing mates are all environmental conscious fisherman who respect fishing locations and the environment - as ive heard the place has been subject to a few "$%#heads" in the past. Cheers Anthony

Guys i import z's from a friend overseas who gets the discontinued models. If anyone is after one let me know