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Really enjoyed your report and appreciate the effort you went to in presenting the solo video. Great stuff.

Sam, appreciated you sharing your tips with this post. Always good to share info and learning some other fishos helpful tips. Finally figured out what the hybrid rig is. Thanks for going to the trouble.

This is starting to read like a bedtime storey....tell me another one Yowie!,

Once again or should it be ..as usual..you always come up with a feed Yowie. I'll revisit the Hacking early next year hopefully to share my catch here as well. Best Wishes Yowie and all Raiders.

Nice feed there Yowie. You always seem to be able to find them. I'd better make an effort to get out there too.

Yowie, your reports are always informative and often we learn something from others (like you) sharing. Just like turning a flattie upside down to see if it will kick on to swim away. I managed a mixed feed including 2 good blue swimmers out of the Hacking weekend before last. I might get out in the bay when it's a bit calm in a week or two.

Good fishing Clay.....you've taken the family trophy there. Dad will be getting jealous after that great whiting you landed a couple of weeks ago.

Great catch on the worms and I agree with your sentiments. Only take the occasional one to feed to the family, so might be time next week for me to have another crack for one as well. Enjoyed your report Gutamouth and nice pics.

Trailcraft43....I reckon this lot are Northern Sand variety. Yowie might confirm as he hold the record for these flatties!

Best wishes to you Saltrix. Looks like you had a great day and are now an official member of UFO.......United Fishing Octagerian! Like you, I hope we all make it to see that sunrise on our 80th.

Following up on Yowies post yesterday, I ventured out with one of my grandsons in what was forecast to be pretty good conditions. We are in 4.2 mtr Brooker tinny so like stick to the calmer days. The swell did have a few bumps but the NW wind was up and put us on a solid SE drift. This was the first time we fished with a 'fishfinder' so our first drop was in 25 metres. Never really new what depth it was up till today. So we started fishing a bit after 8:30 and had two in the ice by 9:00. We never really found a patch of flatties and dropped a couple before we called it at 10:00 with five solid keepers as conditions were becoming uncomfortable. Headed back inside and tried a couple the usual spots and picked up the tailor. He went 35cms and will recycled for bait. We avoided all the pickers and throwbacks to have these five that were from 42 to 46cms.

I'll let you know how we get on Yowie. I'll have a young bloke with me who doesn't travel too well on a bumpy sea so if we can get out for a few hours it will be a good change from inside the Hacking. Not much happening inside so far!

Great report on the Hacking as usual Yowie and good timing. I plan on getting out there tomorrow all being well. Nice catch, always good to get a feed and you always seem to deliver.

I can relate to your post. The whole the sequence, finding a spot, beach worms in metho or freshly pulled, thrill of landing a jew on the beach after a bit of a tussle and that strange musky smell. Even better feeling releasing them in to grow a few more for kgs. Nice catch, well done.

I've always found my healthiest fattest best bream in autumn and winter. Also fishing with fresh beach worms off the beach or structure connected to a beach produced best results that can include whiting, flathead, tailor, salmon mulloway, stringrays and shovelnose shark....all while trying to catch a humble bream.