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On 12/8/2021 at 6:26 AM, Pickles said:
A really nice mixed bag of fish Sam - well done. Hope the weather holds so you can get out some more.
Thanks Pickles. Great fun so far !
20 hours ago, Rebel said:Great haul. Well done.
Your son seems to be having a good time.
Cheers.
Thanks Rebel. Hes been having a great time at the beach, in the pool, fishing and his favourite of all....rockpool hunting for crabs and other goodies
16 hours ago, masterfisho7 said:Looks like you had a great time and all so was able to get a nice bag of fish
Thanks Masterfisho
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Gday Raiders
Headed over to Burill Beach today to have a fish with the family. The forecast was for rain and it was pretty cool and overcast but it had been dry all morning so we made a mad dash over hoping we could squeeze in a cast or two before the rain rolled in.
The surf conditions were pretty strong and from the highest vantage point available there was no gutter visible in 400m of either direction. With three kids, beach chairs and wife with me i chose what appeared to be the deepest part of the beach and set up.
The kids decided to build a sand castle while i prepared the rods and sadly 2 of my plastic tube rod holders rolled into the ocean never to be seen again. First line in i wasn't optimistic at all as there was a cross wash taking my ball sinker full across the beach and onto the sand to the left. I upsized the sinker hoping to keep the bait more grounded and started getting a few bites. Adam was adamant that he wanted to fish with ""his favourite rod"" which is totally unsuitable for beach fishing, but i didnt want to break his spirit so agreed. Surprisingly he managed to snag a juvenile aussie salmon all on his own. Very proud moment for me. Ayah was next with a nice little whiting.
We got a few more undersize whiting and a flatty which we sent back and then packed up and headed over to the fishermans co-op at Ulladulla for fish and chips.
All in all a great day out.
Thanks for reading
Sam
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On 12/5/2021 at 6:36 AM, 61 crusher said:
Great catch & just goes to show what persisting through the ominous weather & making a move can achieve 👍
Thanks Crusher. Fishing is always about persistence. Glad it didnt rain on us !
On 12/5/2021 at 9:31 AM, zmk1962 said:Top stuff Sam. I may be breaking out my beach gear just to do the same in the near future. Agree 100% you have to move to work the water until you find them. Enjoy the goods buddy.
cheers ZoranThanks Z. Let me know when you want to go and we can do a trip together 👍
On 12/6/2021 at 10:45 AM, Scratchie said:That's a great haul there Sam. Fishing has so many alternatives. Casting a line off the beach is something that i haven't done in a while. Enjoy your trip south!
cheers scratchie!!!
Thanks Jeff. This time last year we were in port. I would have loved to come back but the family wanted to change it up !. PS theyre regretting it now. Ulladulla and Port Stephens are chalk and cheese apart!
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23 hours ago, Yowie said:
A nice tub of fish, and the reds are at a good eating size.
Thanks Yowie. They tasted great on the bbq
22 hours ago, zmk1962 said:Excellent result Sam. I wouldn’t mind a tub of flatties mixed with reds any day of the week!! Congrats. Enjoy the break.
cheers ZoranThanks Z. Hope to see you soon for a trip onboard the fin
20 hours ago, papafish said:Nice one there, any crabs or prawns around the lake👌👌
Thanks mate. Havent been to the lake yet but ill let you know when i do visit
16 hours ago, big Neil said:This is what life's all about Sam. Any day where you can catch enough fish to feed several families would have to be a good one. I hope the rest of your break brings the same amount of success and you get back to what you do feeling refreshed and ready to battle through 2022 and whatever it presents. I'll look forward to your next report.
Tight lines, bn
Thanks Big Neil for your kind words. Tight lines
7 hours ago, Isaac Ct said:Nice bag of fish mate, lovely feed for the families! Great report, good to see the kids getting out and about.
Thanks Isaac. The kids are having a blast.
6 hours ago, corro said:Solid haul mate!
Cheers Corro
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Great report. I love it when a plan comes together. Nice king
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Now thats a seafood lunch ! Awesome stuff Yowie. You certainly are the master of the hacking
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Gday Raiders
Currently at Ulladulla for the week. As i mentioned in an earlier post i planned to do some bottom bashing offshore and also wanted to give burill lake a try for whiting.
Conditions today seemed good for a bottom bash. So we dropped in at Ulladulla 6am and hopped around a few marks i was thankful to have recieved from a good friend. Managed to find 3 decent reds between 40cm and 50cm and a dozen or so flathead. Theres 4 families here together and it was a delicious dinner this afternoon where everything got eaten. Nothing tastier than same day caught fish!
Hopefully out again tomorrow and then a whiting session in the afternoon with my son and daughter.
Kids also having a great time hunting the rock pools for starfish, shells and crabs which all went back after a quick inspection.
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Great bag. Well done
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8 hours ago, papafish said:
Great catches sam
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im heading to burille lake as well in 2 weeks time😂 might see you around not your still there. The beach,’if I have ever fished, they hold massive whitting!! 40+!!! And also bottom bash, I go near the rocks
Nice! You got me excited now. Send me an inbox when you arrive and well do a session together.
5 hours ago, beachwormer said:That's my kind of fishing, well done. Augurs well for the rest of summer!
Did you find most bites ended in hookups?
Also, running rig with trace or paternoster?
Thanks mate. Its good fun. I have running rig with 1m of 12lb trace. Not at all strikes hooked up we lost about 5 or so fish. One fish i lost in the surf. Backwash from the waves put too much pressure and the leader popped.
43 minutes ago, Larkin said:Well done, some nice fillets to come off those.
Always a good idea to bury them 👍 keeps them fresh.
Thanks mate. Yup fresh is best !!
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Absolutely awesome. If fishraider let me like this twice i would.
Cracking write up for a cracking day. Enjoy the quality fish
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19 minutes ago, jenno64 said:
I'm going to test that theory out tomorrow by braving the southerly and trying some worms off the beach:)
PS.....find the gutter....take your time. Dont let the excitement overcome you to get into it.
No gutter. No fish !
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13 minutes ago, jenno64 said:
I'm going to test that theory out tomorrow by braving the southerly and trying some worms off the beach:)
Great. Ive sent u an inbox
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Nice work champ and great write up
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I agree that different flathead species taste better than others. I rate marbled and blue spots above all others. Dusky is probably third place.
PS. What on earth is a rock flathead? Never heard of it
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Nice bag of fish Jenno. At least you got a nice feed !
Im not an expert on whiting fishing by any means but i find that bait makes the biggest difference. Over the years ive fished side by side with people who used nippers, prawns etc and always without a doubt worms outperformed every other bait both in terms of quality and quantity of fish.
I also find that the larger fish are on the beaches as opposed to the estuaries. Im sure the larger fish do come into the estuaries occasionally
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42 minutes ago, Isaac Ct said:
Some absolute elbow slappers there, well done. May I suggest you have the roe as well as it tastes quite nice, I have had it before. Still going to be an awesome feed.
Thanks Isaac. How do you prep and eat the roe?
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6 minutes ago, Yowie said:
Nice bag of fish.
There you go Jenno, the bigger ones are out on the beaches.
Thanks Yowie. We can't let you catch them all, right !
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Just now, Rebel said:
When I lved down the Northern Beaches, Snapper and Flathead were the go off the Beach.
Cheers.
There was a gentleman there last night chasing flathead but in the hour he was next to me i didnt see him pull any. Based on a few reports ive seen i suspect they are in deeper water atm
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7 hours ago, leonardgid said:
harbour fish on their spawning run my quess ,
Not from the harbour id say. Too far away from Sydney where i got those 🙂
7 hours ago, Pickles said:Brained em’ again Sam - goes to show the wisdom in moving when things go quiet (stay in the same place doing the same thing the same way will usually produce the same result).
Well done, a nice feed there - all the best down south, I haven’t been to Ulladulla but hear some good reports of fish there.
Thanks Pickles. I must admit it took a bit of convincing for ralph to pack up all the gear and the beach chairs and trudge through the sand ! But it paid off.
Thanks for the well wishes. I have a few friends who frequent Ulladulla and Burill Lake so have a few marks in advance.
54 minutes ago, jenno64 said:Another corker of a session! Very nice fillets from those great whites! Enjoy!
Thanks Jenno. They are one of my fav eating fish 😋
13 minutes ago, Rebel said:Great haul again. Well done.
Great photo.
Thanks Rebel. I was impressed by the size of them last night. Mostly big girls
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Gday Raiders
Couldnt help myself after mondays sandy R&R. Packed up work early again and headed out for another whiting session this time with old mate Ralph.
Almost pulled the pin when clouds and wind picked up with lightning and thunder but the forecast said this was over the blue mountains and heading north. So we trusted the weatherman and headed out.
Found a gutter which produced a few whiting then it went quiet. Packed up and walked another 400m or so up the beach and found what was a much deeper darker gutter. Produced another 8 or so whiting.
Absolute horsies tonight. Four of them just under 40cm and a few around 35cm. They make the just legals look tiny.
Just finished cleaning them and all the big ones were female and full of roe.
Lunch tomorrow will be whiting with a side of fries and garden salad.
Heading to Ulladula for a week from Monday plan to do some bottom bashing and give Burill lake a try for whiting.
Thx for reading.
Sam
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Just now, jenno64 said:
That’s a great bag and the 44 is a horse!
it’s motivated me to have a beach flick soon:)
Thanks Jenno. Get out there mate the whiting are on FIRE atm
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12 minutes ago, jot said:
location not a problem...where you got worms, now that's what I'm interested in.
However dogey knee and back atm has stopped my fishing anyway
Jim
Hey Jim. Sorry to hear about your back and your knee. Hopefully you will be back onto fishing soon.
Extreme Fishing in Merrylands stocks live tube worms most of the time.
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On 11/28/2021 at 7:49 PM, kingie chaser said:
Why not keep the bag limit where it is but make the legal size limit from 45cm to 60cm with 1 fish only over 60cm??
To me that makes more sense that taking the younger breeding population before they have had a chance to spawn. young!
If you can catch 10 fish between 45-60cm then you have had an exceptional & rare day & even less larger females taken!!!
You have it backwards. The older/larger fish are the breeders. Flathead start breeding at 22cm in length. So by the time they reach 36cm they would have had about 10 spawning cycles (they have 5 a year between Nov to June).
I for one would much rather keep the size limit at 36cm and reduce the bag limit. Because in almost 20 years of fishing i have never bagged 10 dusky flathead in a day. Have you?
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Thanks Pickles. Its memories like these that last forever ! RE sandcastles...of course. Who do you think was the designer 😂
Absolutely agree. Very satisfying and proud moment. I really cant wait for them to hop onboard offshore fishing with me. But they are still a little too young perhaps. The wife is very scared !
Thanks Yowie. Thats what holidays are all about id say !
Thanks Isaac.
Thanks Z. Some of my best memories involve the kids and fishing. I remember my daughters first fish..narrabeen lagoon. A yellowfin bream about 9cm in.length on a size 10 hook ! She was stoked. The boy is on his way to becoming a fisherman too i hope.
RE bunnings. I brought 4 rod holders with me so the loss of 2 was not catastrophic to our plan. I usually ask scavenge a few pipe offcuts from my building sites and cut them into 1m pieces.