gregh1

Thanks Rick! I was land based and didn't get any takers but had a great day out with family and friends.

Hi Raiders, Does anyone know what the fishing is like in Tucabia in the Coldstream? Thanks

I lived in Toongabbie for 10 years. I left there 5 years ago and live on the central coast now. You wouldn't want to eat anything that came out of there. It used to be very polluted and I doubt it if you would catcth much at all. If you did catch anything it is likely to be a chemical nightmare. I would be interested to see what if any, your catch looks like.

I live on the central coast and have learnt to stay away on long weekends. I put my boat in on the Friday before and it wasn't too bad but come Saturday, Sunday and Monday it is a nightmare anywhere on you go on the coast. I went down to Ettalong for a bite to eat with my wife and counted at least 20 jet ski's in and around the 3 green makers heading out to Broken bay. The noise was like being at a race track. In amongst it all were quite a few boats as well. The shore was packed with fisho's. I am happy to wait until they all go home before I go out!

Hi Raiders, I went out in Broken Bay on Friday 2/10/15 and to my surprise I counted 6 commercial trawlers around Patonga, Flint and Steel and Juno Point. I am no expert on over fishing however, it seems extreme to have so many in such a small area. I came home empty handed after around 6 hours. My concern is that this area will eventually get fished out. Any feedback from other fishos is appreciated! I did however have some fun chasing large mullet that were busting up the surface. I managed to hook a number of these large fish with assorted metal lures but couldn't manage to get them into the boat before they busted off. Some of these mullet looked to be 5kg plus and they put up a hell of a fight. In hindsight I wonder if the trawlers were hoping on catching them also. Not that I noticed them anywhere near the bustups.

Hi Raiders, I have a good spot to catch live yakkas but have not been able to find a good spot for live squid. Any help would be appreciated! PM me if you know of a reliable location. Thanks in advance. Hobbsie

Nice to see a good sized catch in BW. Ladders usually has plenty of yakkas. Great catch boys!!!

Good looking lizards there! I went out for a few hours today with my better half. The water all around BW was full of this slimey algae. It was like moss. Disgusting stuff. We ended up with one female swimmer that went back in. Still, it was nice to be on the water. From memory I was catching plenty of fish last November and December and then it died down in late January.

Thanks for the reply mate! I thought as much but was hoping for an easy option. Looks like I may have to get it resprayed.

Hi raiders, My boat is starting to shed some of the clear coat. The color underneath is still fine. I am looking for advice from anyone on how to best address this. Should I peel it all off and apply a coat of clear again or do I need to do a whole new color respray. Any advice would be appreciated! Hobbsie

A few pics of our fishing an photo adventure on the Daintree!!!

Hi Raiders, I recently spent a week in tropical north queensland for 9 days and went barramundi fishing with a charter (PM me for the charter). We went out for 3 hours fishing and photo shoots. The wife loves photography and I love fishing so everyone is happy! I caught 3 archer fish (all around 25-30cm) - have a read up on these fish, they really are smart fish. I also caught 2 good sized tarpon that I left with Jason for bait for the freshwater prawn traps and eventually after having a few bust ups finally caught a barramundi around 40-45cm. I couldn't believe the fight it put up for a smallish fish. We were lucky enough to get a snap of a crocodile on the bank and many other wildlife including birds, lizards and snakes. Barra fishing is quite different from fishing for flathead or bream. Here is a link to a video. I will post a few photos soon! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UvcQQJKr6c

I was surprised at the size of these whiting. Cooked up very nice. Very white flesh!

Hi Raiders, It's been about 5 weeks since I last fished and I finally got to go late this arvo with the lovely wife. I was pretty happy with myself as I decided to target whiting for a change and actually caught what I was targeting. I managed to get a few blood worms from Long Jetty and off we went about 5.00pm. The setup we had was very light with not much lead at all and I think no 4 long shanks (the red ones). As usual Chris got onto the first whiting after about 10 minutes drifting. I couldn't believe the size of it as I have only ever caught them at around 30cm or less and hers was 35cm. I did a second drift and picked up a personal best for me at 37cm. We hung around until about 8pm and ended up catching another 3 legal size and 3 undersize whiting as well. It was great to be back on the water again!! Cheers, Hobbsie