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its great fun working the surface action mate... shame they wernt a bit bigger though, could have got yourself a feed.

mate in my diary i put in the following items: * Date (Obviously) * Time i fished * Bait used * Berley used * Tides for the day (high and low) * Sunrise / Sunset times * What moon phase we are in * Water temperature * what the barometic pressure was for the day and how it changed throughout the day *what the general weather was for the day and how the weather was for the past few days (i.e. was there any rain in the previous few days etc.) Then i detail each fishing locations i fished, including any specific structure i was fishing, water depth etc, along with what time i fished these spot I detail what i caught at these spots (including undersized fish. I try to fish the same river system so that i can keep that variable constant and so that i can learn what variables affect what location. Although it is hard to get your head aroud all the stats you collect, but in the 3 years of taking data of my fishing i have found that fishing in early morning with low light is the better fishing time. Fishing during the middle of the day is generally poor unless there is heavy cloud cover or a breeze that breaks the water surface. Also i fish the hacking, which is generally very clear, i find that a bit of rain murking up the water fishes better than clear water. Im slowy getting to see some trends though it takes a lot of effort to learn what variables are most imporant to your area. Keep collecting the data mate and you should start seeing results.

Mate the lakes in the parklands at lake gillawarna hold carp. Go fishing in the lakes up near the old reception hall / restaurant building. Ive seen carp being pulled out there.

monster fish mate... solid!! How hard did it fight?

If you can be bothered mate write a letter and contest it. If there is no signage there would be a good chance of getting off.

Mate there is a fishing DVD on youtube which was done in the 90s and shows all the spots in the hawkesbury you should try. The DVD is in 6 parts so go through them and it will give you a start on where to fish.

good work there mate... what bait were you using? give nippers or worm a go... i have seen fishermen take out some monster whiting in that area.

mate great work... i was fishing off the beach at monteray on saturday as well but was fishing using nippers of the surf in the hope of a few whiting. Landed a a mix back of bream, trevally and flathead instead. Caught 2 undersized flatties while moving the bait slowly over the sand so the flatties are starting to bite pretty well... When soft plastic fishing for flatties I tend to use 3 inch pre weighted paddle tails and tend to stick to the part of the beach close to the groynes. I tend to find that the flatties hang around these area. Was looking at trying for flatties on plastic this weekend though the weather doesnt look crash hot.

mate there is a section to the left from dolls point just before the beachside restaurant where the water comes right up to the walk way. You can get up to the waters edge fairly easily from the walk way and cast into the water from there. Look on google map corner of sandringham street and caruthers drive. let uas know how you go...

this is the reason why i only fish in the hacking... with a national park on one side of the river for the past 100+ years the river is as clean as you can get. I eat everything i catch from there.

Mate just depends how sheltered your spot is. I have fished in howling rain in the hacking a number of times and it has been pretty safe, but uncomfortable though. For the bay you should be considering the wind and the swell though as it can get pretty choppy...

Great fish there Yowie. Well done. Thanks for the report.

why is it that lately, everywhere we turn we seem to be taxed. If its not GST, then its stamp duty, or income tax or flood levy or land tax or carbon tax. It seems that everytime you try to get ahead in life the government makes sure it taxes you hard and make you pay for your hard work. Im not against the idea of carbon reduction as such, i am just against the idea of having to pay another tax again!

mate tried on public holiday monday afternoon but couldn't have much of a go. The wind was up and the current was pretty strong. Had a few casts but the water felt too cold to have any flatties... hopefully as the water warms up it should get better. Let us know how you go...

Great fish there mate... well done. Did you try for another one after that or did you run out of squashed prawns?

A colleague of mine when out on the hacking on saturday morning, and caught a mixed bag of legal size snapper, bream and trevally in deep off lilli pilli using chicken breast and pilchards as bait. The fish are there but you have to berley really hard to get them on the bite.

mate i agree with your concerns though as you said as long as you get there early and leave early there shouldnt be any issues with parking. Though i do agree that when the southerly is blowing trying to retrieve you boat at the boat ramp is bloody hard, so i will hate to try to get my boat out in that wind and at the same time make sure i dont hit the boat next to me...

Yowie, What was the water temperature in the river? Thanks Anthony.

get a chance to grab it?

mate i stick to shimano because when my catana rod snapped, i took it down to their head office in taren point and they replaced it for me on the spot. If it was a rod failure they are pretty happy to replace it. Though you are right about the pfluger rods, i have to president rods and over the years no issues with them.

Good catch you have there... you fishing landbased? Which river system mate?

nice haul there mate gotta be happy with that...

thanks for that... i need some good salmon recipes...

you did alright landbased mate... great work.

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