4wsboy

Thank goodness its been opened, all those troical fish and usual suspects can get out and do their thing, instead of going stir crazy at the entrance. Pic from 10.00 am today. Some success fishing too. Sorry about lack of rotation of pic.

Water is improving

Definitely Cornet fish, yesterday a shoal of 25..+ A Purple Flying Gurnard, Banded Wrasse and shoal of Goatfish and all the usual suspects Most forming similar size fish shoals going stir crazy. NB Cornets approx 1200 mm long.

Aah found em....'smooth cornetfish'...

Bad luck on the 'mamas' ...The water is pretty dodgy eh ! All sorts of fish trying to get out, inc. tropicals. trumpet? trombone fish etc etc.

Zero maintenance other than a scale wash. Had my cork handled coarse fishing rod 47 years. Use it still when visiting UK. Lacquer well gone.

This all becomes very weird Upside down and back to front ...Throw in the fact that most Aussies wind the reel right handed after having swapped the rod from right hand to left hand after the R'H cast !

I recall it ! Good memory for years ago. Was there a passer by who helped? I do recall white feathers being mentioned at the time

Just checked out the 'semi-upper' reaches, 4.30 pm the water is crossing the footpath at the roundabout at the corner of Walker and Mactier St's.

Mactier St and Jamieson are VERY close to coming over the top, come on rain!..Yes I get the 'Natural' part; but as a fishery and breeding ground it could be assisted? Have you seen the Luderick, Mullet et al swarming aimlessly around the exit. A mate of mine picked a Luderick up as it was beached whilst trying to get over the incoming trickle over the sand hump.... and its full of lice atm.

No worries, I can see your angle

Nope I wasnt rubbing it IN. The thread had shifted to a planned trip to that bridge by two guys, I thought it was encouraging rather than the opposite. But hey I will delete it ..and repost separately.

Or go the ISO route? My pre ISO change was the Mag Bream. Oh and yes..agree the broken rod could be 'spigoted' IMHO.

Thanks SR...Rubbing it?

Plenty of fish in there; they are 'trapped'. Bait fish are getting hammered by predators both from above and below. I had an 84 'Mama' near the bridge...Pic to follow, will just upload from phone..How did you go on Sat Guys?

Was that the time they had to be dragged over the rocks by the pool? White feathery bait?

Nevertheless, plenty caught though, or Try Dee Why? .Earlier I fished with a Guy who had 11 the previous season (saw Pics). You could try the 'Lake' too. (Although its not technically a lake , but an Estuary ) and more come out than reported. As it is closed at the moment the fish are locked in and the tailor/herring/mullet/luderick schools must be getting smashed by the predators. They sure are by the Pelicans and Cormorant gang. A lot of those lights you might see on the beach are probably Pilchard Tossers. and many go home before the 'witching hours'.. NB Council..Please open the entrance for the health of the fishery.

I had have been planning to visit Manly Dam for 20 years, didn't go until yesterday and I only live 15 minutes away...Dooh. Firstly ;what a beautiful place..could be anywhere, a weekday and very few people; anyway I was targeting carp, fishing on the bottom over a regular helpings of ground bait.(Burley) Fishing blind, I had chosen a swim near the furthest car park with a small reed bed adjacent and about 4' of water. Long Story short, I blanked. Was using two rods, one with 'scrub worm' and the other triple corn kernel. My Victorian pal (after recovering from the 'visitor' $26 parking toll) took one Bass of around 25 cm. I'd be interested in any advice as to best location and what the current carp stock is like, I suspect nearer the dam wall may have been better? Cheers Guys.

Its a lagoon..Not lake..Pedantic I know