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Yes she is [emoji4] Tomorrow 10am should be good with the wind if the forecast is right -- Huy

I'm currently sitting in my car while watching other blackies fishos (including @stapo) standing under cover. The storm has popped up after a morning of calm but rainy weather. The wind is strong so it is game over. One hour of fishing for me and there I'm making a report for last weekend... Anyway, with blackies season beginning I have joined The Entrance Crew by the wall. Saturday, I got there at around 11:15 and been told I was two hours late and the fish had just stopped bitting... [emoji33] Anyway, I stayed and took my chance and it was slow but by 5pm I caught 7 nice fish and Tim gave me two. Back home I tried some blackfish sashimi and it was good: Additionally my wife prepared some steamed one Sunday morning, with my mate Dom we got there at 7am, not wanting to miss the fun like yesterday. Steve and Tim were catching fish after fish while Dom and I were there still wondering what was wrong with us... Then master Steve came and taught us the art of baiting the weed on the hook and that made a whole world of difference. I finally started to have some downs. After casting close and far, left and right I started to see where they were and also started to get some good bites. Norm arrived a bit later and also encountered few problems. Then I lost my float due to line twist with my Alvey blackies side cast reel. I love alvey reels but line twist is a pain. I will make my own SpinDoctor twin removal sinkers... I recover the float luckily, and another fisho came and said it was his float he lost earlier [emoji15] yeah right and his float must have had swam against the current... Anyway... I resumed fishing. At around 1 or 2pm we called it a day. Dom caught one blackfish, he is starting with these picky fish and still has a lot of experience to get. I managed to get 8. Steve gave us 3, Marvin gave us 3. I kept 5 and gave Dom the rest so he can share them with his folks. I think tomorrow will be bad too... Oh well... Huy

Was nice to see you on the water again Norm. In the end I did catch 7 of them on both Saturday and Sunday hehe. Thanks to Steve and Tim for topping my bag up each time. Huy

Hi guys Do you know if the 455bxl spool is as sensitive (free spool) as the 475b? Huy Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If u have prawning gears u can get good livies between the wharf and the boat ramp at lions park Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You can also catch nice size blackfish and yakkas for bait. I think some people have caught jewfish from the bridge Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nah it was taken 30 December Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Waist high when prawning. They are actually almost everywhere but night time is best. Have not try this spot yet, will have to mark it with my handheld GPS next time Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This is how many flatheads were in about a 2x2m area in front of me Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Two flatties mate. See picture on the other post. Then got cold so left Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Both mate.Any size that does not go thru the net holes can be eaten. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nice to meet u yesterday papafish. You will have better catch next time. Thanks for the prawns Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

+1Not worth it with that much water. Went yesterday and did fish instead. Had a look in few buckets and the most I saw at midnight was 15 prawns... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

lolI didn't forget my socks. They were on the prawning float, i took them and went in the car but got distracted by something and cant remember where I dropped them... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I arrived yesterday at 8.15pm and met the Stapon and Papafish at the steps. What a chock when I saw the level of water! And the water was so murky. The current was confusing, it was running in AND out at the same time! Due to the tide and also the excess of fresh water. It did not started well for me. My plan was to fish a bit before the actual run out time. But I forgot my bait at home. Then I could not find my socks (for the wader), so I stole Steve's and went in the water. And Papafish gave me a bit of frozen prawns he just bought. Papafish and I started walking along the wall trying to find a shallow path that leads to the center of the lake. After a while we separated, papafish went along the shore and I continued to the middle where I know there is a deep hole and produces at night. As I progressed I discovered it was a but tricky to get out there as some parts are deeper and on top of my 1.60m I could go under if not careful. So I used my handheld gps and loaded a track I created before and which I know is shallow. Then got to the hole and started fishing with the water a bit above the waist. First cast behind the hole on the shallows gave me an undersize whiting. Fourth cast into the hole this time and I hooked up with something decent. The way it slowly but heavily pulled told me it was a flathead and I was right. Then more undersize whitings were caught and released until I got a second smaller flatty. A bit of water got into my wader making it very uncomfortable. After a while I also started to get cold so decided to call it a night. I will prawn next week and hopefully the water will be cleaner. At the steps I usually clean my fish on one of the rocks but the water was too high so my tried doing it on the floating prawning platform and it was great. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I went there during xmas break and Ettalong was not busy busy. But I've never had much luck with fishing there. Caught more at Patonga especially near corners Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My favorite bait for yakkas is minced beef. It does not stay long but you catch yakkas quick so it does bot matter. Also as the fish picks the bait it also acts as burley. You can mix with flour to make it sticky and stay better on the hook. Best is a handline with a swivel that is enough weight so no need for sinker. Or I would use a small rod with a very light line and a splitshot. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If going bream kind of fish then Shimano Sienna is great stuff for the money. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nice catch! I saw some squadron of big whiting last week. Might go tonight for some whitings. Have some frozen prawns left and would bring live compost worms (red wigglers). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Very ugly but works [emoji13] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

:-D Depends how I feel later on I might come for whitings. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I will be trying my luck on saturday evening. Tide will be late but Flatheads and Whitings will keep me busy till then. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I used an old wooden cupboard and liquid nailed some pvc tubes to the sides and back Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'd say Stealth are top choice for offshore, they are very fast and easy to paddle even on rough water. But if like me you have two left hands and often fish near oyster beds then plastic is better I think. I would love to try the Kraken as I see it as great fishing yak but not being a big guy I bought a RTM Tempo as it is very light at 26kg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The vietnamese prawn dumplings is called "bánh bột lọc" Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk