[NSW South Coast Long weekend]

Hi raiders,

is anyone heading down to the NSW South Coast for the long weekend? We have booked a place in Orient Point but none of my friends that are going are fishos. Anyone keen to meet up for a fishing session or two? Anyone taking a boat with an open spot? I would love to join while sharing the fuel costI also wouldn't mind hiring a boat and trying some deeper water. It would be great to meet up with some raiders in person.

[Jervis Bay in Winter]

Based on the lack of responses I look forwarded to wide open fishing spots

Hopefully, this time I'll have better luck than last time.

[Jervis Bay in Winter]

Hi fellow raiders. I've got a short 2 day trip to Jervis Bay planned for the coming weekend. The last time I was in JB we stayed in Currarong and tried fishing the tubes on 2 occasions without any success. This time however I will be much better armed and prepared. Has anyone been to Beercroft and the Outer tubes lately? How does it fish in the colder months?

All the reports I have read so far have been for the warmer months.

[Clifton Gardens Fishing Report]

Not too long ago I was at Balmain wharf and watched a guy take a whole bucket of undersized fish (snapper, bream, anything that moved). When I told him these were ALL under the legal size limit he acted like he spoke no English. I called the hotline, got an automated answering system. Left a message with the location and the problem. No one ever showed up or called me back, and I continued watching the guy for another 4 hours filling up his bucket. At this point I think the illegal fishing hotline is useless.

[Maroubra Beach - North End Rocks]

Do the rocks still have all the algae on them on the northern end? Last time i was there 2 months ago, I caught a decent pike (I was told) but as I was pulling it out I slipped on the green stuff and fell pretty hard on my ass. Have been avoiding that spot since

[Clifton Gardens Fishing Report]

Thanks for the tip. I always thought the bigger the fish the less sensitive it will be to the sinker weight but that doesn't seem to be true.

[Clifton Gardens Fishing Report]

Hi Fishraiders,

this is going to be my first official post. I moved to Sydney about 6 months ago and have been trying various spots I have read about. I haven't had much luck so far since I am still learning the ropes but I have always liked the convenience and accessibility of Clifton Gardens. So I decided to give it a try last Saturday night. I arrived around 9:30 PM thinking the gates will be closed and the crowds gone.

The place was PACKED. Way more packed than usual with a few families even camping out on the wharf.

I decided to skip the usual spot at the end of wharf and move to the side since it was the only area with a spot open. As a rig, I was using a double paternoster rig with frozen pilchards.

Within 30 minutes I was able to catch 3 undersized snappers along with countless snags of other fisho's fishing lines. At the end the effort and the headache was worth it because I landed my first legal size Trevally. That's one hard fighting fish and good tasting as well!

Around midnights the bites suddenly stopped and I decided to call it a night. By that time the wharf was still as packed as before in addition to loud Arabic music blaring from a Ghetto blaster

I know many people dislike Clifton Gardens because of the crowds but now that I have caught my first legal Bream and Trevally there it has become my favourite spot. I hope I can find more convenient spots like it.