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yeah they just got back to me saying its booked out til jan 8, looks like ill need to find someplace else! Not sure if south west rocks is too far away for my mates, do you reckon it'd be any quieter than the camp sites more south?

Trying to find a campsite to spend the new years period and get out of Sydney around then. Anyone have a recommendation for Seal Rocks/Treachery Camp type of area? Relatively secluded, good beach to fish off, quiet I've read treachery camp can get pretty rowdy and packed. Not sure if its still true as apparently it changed owners recently. Cheers

Great report!

Cheers Good to know when its quiet as well as when its firing

Quite shaggy in front too. I've had bad experiences around there. I guess the nudists sometimes would prefer no clothed people hanging around? Not sure. There is a place near the headlands which has always looked promising, you get down via a chain edit: meant snaggy but both words are probably true...

Fair enough. Yeah 5m in front of me is still pretty shallow. The disadvantage of fishing some shallower rocks I guess. Thanks for the help

Cheers My problems being: I need a large star sinker to hold against the current. Makes fishing light pretty hard, fishing 20lb mono atm. If i cast the bait 40m in front, how do I get the burley stream near my bait if the current is going directly to my right? I've never seen am answer to this except, throw it there with a scoop. I should probably get on that it seems

Was this land based? I was out there this morning too and had not even a bite! Got any tips? I think I'll need to get on the burley, but theres a strong westerly current where I fish so i'm not sure what that'd even do.

I was out this morning again. Dead calm, dead in general. Had nothing but small fish nibbling the bait. Current was strong. Wonder if that affects things. I may move to the other side of Clifton's and try my luck at tailor Bay. Head north head is looking good but don't know any spots there

Nope, nothing of the sort. Birds seemed to be struggling to fly properly

Headed out yesterday arvo around 2 - 6pm near middle head. Strong NNE winds made things a bit difficult but i whacked on a big star sinker to keep the line taut Used combos of half pillies and some cuttle i caught a few weeks ago. Nothing, not even a touch... Absolutely dead quiet. Not sure if i just smell or if this part of the harbour just isnt firing. Saturday looked like a good day though, saw a few promising reports.

nice! what kind of rig were you using? Great fish

Got the Okuma Avenger ABF65 today. Will get some 30lb mono and spool it up and give it to dad tomorrow. Hopefully leads to a few fish. If it works well and we want to invest in a second one may look at the baitrunners. Thanks for the help guys.

Yep clifton gardens is a hell hole. How do you turn someone or yourself off fishing forever? Force them to fish at cliftons on a weekend. Linc how come you upgraded? I've considered getting a yak since theres less moving parts to clean. Is it safe yakking in the harbour? I've seen ferries send off some pretty large swells

Good point SF12... I've tried baitcasters before but i cannot cast them to save my life

C85 are you ballooning deep water on the coast or fishing the harbour?

Nice. Agree love the great looking fish!

Same here. Wonder why it's so dead in that area

Hm okay. Wonder why the other fish seems to have vacated my area. Surely the water is warming up and becoming more inviting?

Ah ok, that makes sense. Do they scare away other fish? My spots have been really quiet despite fishing the same as a few months ago

Kills the casting distance unfortunately.. How many metres off the bottom you reckon?

My usual spot seems to be over run with port jackson sharks. I either get no bites or end up pulling up one of these bloody things! They're so heavy you cant pull them up the rocks so you end up losing the rig half the time. Does this mean the marine environment where I am fishing has changed? I did throw out a cuttle on a float and I noticed the current was flowing pretty quickly East (despite a mostly Easterly wind ie heading West). I wonder if this is causing small fish to get swept away as the current makes it too tiring for them to stay in the water there? It was the run in tide, fishing near Middle Head.

Had a go the other night with the pylons, nothing. I think it needs to be high tide, I was right in the middle of low and high when I tried.

I usually gang my baits so never use circles. Guess I could move to circles for live baiting. I guess you just put it in gear and let the rod load itself up without striking. I eagerly await my reel coming!

Nice thanks guys. I'll give it a shot