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Man, EPs and a great jew in one session
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Loved the report. My there's some big fish in there! Good on you for taking DWAG in. Even better that you guys made it out! Ha Ha
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Roberta, congrats on the new wild bass PB. So early on, it must have been disappointing not to have more action as the day progressed. That's fishing! But I do think the scenery and serenity of being out on the water was worth it too!
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Man, what a way to start the season. That's an amazing double on one lure and great size too!
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Hey that's a great looking Sambo. Are the kingys biting this time of year at that location? Great looking piece of kit you've got there too ...
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Pete, send me an address or see me at the next social and I will give you a fishraider hat for him to wear
Donna,
Will definitely take you up on that offer - see you at the next social. Take care
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Glad you guys enjoyed the report. Sometimes writing a report allows me to re-live the moment. I always find fishing reports from elsewhere fascinating so I was more than happy to share my experience.
Hodgey - didn't know you could get tilapia here. They can go out of control if released in the wild though I think they are a warm water only species.
Matt - the snakeheads have a larger cousin locally called a Toman which is harder to find and can grow as thick as your calf or thigh. They're the ultimate local fish to target
duck168 - the Soon Hock is somewhat related to gudgeons as well and is the largest growing of the goby/gudgeon species. They taste great!
mrsswordfisherman - I've made a note to myself to get my dad a nice brown hat next time he's here! Don't know where he got the pink thing from ...
Iceman - swordfish off Kuala Rompin is probably where you're thinking of. On my to-do list sometime in the future.
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Gee Swordie, so much effort to drive there, hike in and casting all day for nought is tough, especially in freezing conditions. Just wondering if you also tried your favourite blades and if they work there.
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Hey Bassboy - 2 weeks of no fishing is a long time isn't it? Conditions in the Georges must be tough by all accounts but that trevally must have made your day. THey are one of my favourite species to catch on light tackle. Congratulations on your new PB.
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Like the Whiting with the ZX hanging out of its gob. Will definitely add some to my tackle box now ...
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Hi Fellow Raiders.
Just returned from a holiday in Malaysia where I was born and raised.
While parts of Malaysia may be well known for saltwater sportfishing, I was more interested in getting back to my roots, doing some inland freshwater fishing. Malaysian rivers and lakes have copped it bad due to it's rapid pace of development. Rivers and streams I used to fish have all gone or turned into giant drains. You'd have to travel a fair way inland and upstream in order to find clean productive waters. There is however a thriving stocked pond (pay pond) fishing scene where you can wet a line for a fee.
My dad had arranged for us to fish at a series of ponds at a private property run by a retired priest quite a distance inland. These ponds are stocked with Tilapia for the local markets and income from the sale goes to assisting the local indigenous residents. The ponds are filled with water diverted from a local river and some of the local fish species also get trapped in the ponds when they're sealed.
We were after two species in particular - the 'Haruan' or Snake Head fish and the 'Soon Hock' or Marbled Goby. The Haruan is a popular sportfishing target as they take lures readily and somewhat like bass in behaviour. Spinnerbaits are a popular lure used to target this species. The Soon Hock on the other hand is very much like our flathead in behaviour and are a bottom dwelling ambush predator.
Here we are - 3 generations of fishos all kitted out in our 'fancy' fishing shirts before our trip
View of a typical pond
First to score was my dad with a Soon Hock caught on his go to lure - a 2" Gulp worm in camo.
I first introduced my dad to SPs nearly three years ago when he was in Sydney for a visit. Got him a starter SP set-up, took him to Hawtorne Canal for his first SP session and he proceeded to catch bream, whiting, flathead and tailor in a 2 hour session. He's a natural and was the one who kick started my interest in fishing when I was a kid. He's now caught the SP bug and has been braining the local species.
As there were four of us hitting the ponds, I decided to have a go using hard bodies and was rewarded with this Haruan. You can see the black & gold/orange Daiwa SC Shiner stuck to its gob. I regretted not bringing any top water lures or poppers as these also work. I remember the days when we had to tie live frogs on large trebles and cast them out to catch these buggers!
My eldest was not having much success but persisted through the mozzie and ant bites and the high humidity to snare this Soon Hock on a Squidgy Pro critter.
The Soon Hock are lazy fighters and will do a strong burst initially but give up easily and are easily netted. What they lack in fighting ability however is more than made up when they are prepared for the table. They are an excellent eating fish with soft sweet white flesh. We had this one for dinner the next day!
My youngest was missing out on the action so in the end we had to resort to bait fishing for Tilapia instead - just dough moulded onto the lightest jighead and tossed in. This was the biggest he pulled out.
In all, about half a dozen or so of each of the target species were caught with about 1/3 of them falling to hardbodies and the rest Gulp worms, 2" grubs and Pro critters. My dad has fished these ponds before and though they are relatively small (biggest is about half a soccer field), they hold a good population of Haruan and Soon Hock which must feed on the Tilapia. There are elusive big ones in the ponds as my dad has been busted off before - most probably a big haruan. The big one will have to wait for our next trip ...
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Thanks for the kind words guys. Bit of a morale booster for the younger one since his older brother seems to get big flatties frequently. Staying in this weekend - looks windy on Sunday. Good luck to those going out this weekend ...
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Great read. Keep them coming - I like the whole being alone in the wild thing but can't imagine doing it myself!
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OMG that's a monster trevally
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Hello Fellow Raiders,
Been away for a month for an overseas holiday - managed some fishing of course which I'll put a report up when I get the chance. Had not been out fishing since the Soft Plastic social so I was out at 7am today at the bay.
Towra and Kurnell were quiet for us except for a lone trevally. Called into Woollooware Bay on my kids' insistence before heading back and my youngest was rewarded with his new PB bream at 32cm. (Technical details - 3" jigging grub on 1.5g #2 jighead, 4lb braid, 4lb leader, 7'6" Lox rod with 2000 size Daiwa Tierra reel, caught water 0.8m deep at around 12pm)
Eldest son also managed a bream - just under sized and a couple of flatties also came out to play with us. Fishing was a little slow but gee it was good to be out on the water. Weather was great - glad to be back ...
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Looks like upstream of the Georges is producing the goods! That's a good haul after a slow start ...
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A Botany Bay comp? We had one last year and if this year's is run the same way then we'll have a comp on our hands. Gonna be great! I took out the biggest trevally last year but I reckon there's going to be heaps more competition this year. Would like to catch up just to share knowledge anyway ...
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Breambucket - 10min fight on 3 pound gear must have been great fun. Did it take a blade, grub or flick bait?
Basscatcher - still landing the big ones in mid-winter! Was that a jewie that busted you off at the bridge?
Didn't see you guys at the social. Maybe at the Botany Bay social - right on home turf!
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Thanks to the Admin Team for organising another great event and feeding us again. It was good to meet other raiders and put faces to names.
Thanks also to the guest lecturers for sharing their knowledge. Though I'm no stranger to lure fishing I know there's so much more to learn. Very grateful to guru Hodgey who gave some useful tips on knot tying and modifying SPs to get the right action.
Brought my boat along and took out two fellow raiders for a fish after the lessons(Mark & Mr Dalucius). It was a bit windy and we were fishing a new area. Still, Mr Dalucius managed a legal bream on a gold TT Switchblade - his first fish on a blade. It happended soon after Mark handed him his rod so have to credit Mark for 'tying on the lure correctly' for Mr Dalucius to catch the fish.
Special thanks to Donna for making this event happen - hard to believe it's been three months since your terrible ordeal. You're looking great!
Looking forward to the next Social.
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My suggestions would be:
2" or 3" Gulp jigging grubs in Moldy cheese or pumpkinseed
Squidgy pro Lobby in Lava
Any 3" stick/flick bait in natural colours
The above have served me well in the Towra / Kurnell area.
They also take small hardbodied lures trolled or slow rolled over weed beds.
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Sounds like a fantastic family fishing holiday. I'm sure the kids will have the experience etched in their memory forever. Well done PT. Those are cracker fish for sure.
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Gee, thanks for all the wishes guys.
Stop reminding me that I've reached the big 40 - everything goes downhill from this point onwards right?
Seriously though - I do feel like a little kid again every time I'm out on the water ...
Hope the other Raiders have a great birthday.
pmak
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Dan,
Congrats on the win and for sharing your strategies! Inspiring! And all on HBs too. Might see you at the social if I can get myself organised enough ...
pmak
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Hey Breambucket,
I was at WB on Sunday and found it quiet too. Ended up exploring the area off Towra Point along the 'elephant's trunk' to see if there was anything biting. Extensive weed beds but there were some bream, trevally and flathead in the area caught on 2" and 3" grubs as well as hardbodied lures.
Good luck this weekend to you and Basscatcher. Hope it doesn't rain on your day out. Forecast was sunny on Sunday but as it always happens - it rained for a little bit!
ps 60cm plus flatties each trip is a pretty impressive record! Get yourself an electric and your catch rate might go through the roof!
pmak
! How good is that!
! Sounds like you guys had a great session. What's happened to the blades lately 
? Maybe the fish are holding higher in the water column to get some sun ...
Great Day In Woolooware Bay
in Saltwater Fishing Reports
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Congrats on the PB man. Sounds like a hot session with those MF40s again. Looks like you've kicked off the spring session at WB big time! Glad to see your dad get into the action too.