trigunner54

Just reading this makes me smile

pretty shore port hacking is very clean

Gymea baths at Port Hacking. With a running sinker rig and peeled prawns. Seen alot of trevally and bream caught there

Thanks Chewie, I know its a Sweep not a dart now.

Haha, and i thought it would be possible to catch them on 9 pound line with 6pound leader

... forgot tablets Headed out of botany bay with a friend's dad and friend on a boat just as it reached High tide, so we could fish the falling tide. We started fishing in between 50-60ms of water and got bites straight away with a paternoster rig and pilchards. Hooked onto something huge, but got dragged straight into rocks or something even on heavy gear, and it broke off. However, i didn't realise it and i ended up fishing with the rock as the sinker got caught in it for well over 3mins as the fast drift made it feel like it was still running, ended up fighting a rock for well over 3minutes haha (tiring work considering the drag setting on the heavy rod). Soon after the "fight with the rock", i started feeling it. Even without much swell and wind, i started feeling really sick... So we decided to fish closer to the cliff in about 8-20m water. After a while of torture and having thoughts of regretting fishing and just lying on the seat of the boat while it drifted, i got a large hit on the pilchard. Pulled it in, and happened to be my first legal snapper. Measured at 34cm so decided to keep it. Was stoked . Furthermore, my other rod got a hit on a peeled prawn drifting in the current, i pulled in my first ever dart also measured at 30cm However this short lived excitement ended for a while and i ended up berleying overboard twice . Decided to head back into botany bay and into Yarra bay, which was a lot calmer. However in the whole hr, only one small flathead which was released. and we decided to call it a day. Overall, one of my most painful fishing trips ever even though it was a success. By the time i took the picture, the snapper already lost its colours. Hope everyone else who had success today.

Nice big,fat fish ??. Catching one still better then none ☺

Thanks for the replies guys, i think I'll just stick with the line rating.

Just wondering how important the line rating on your rod is and can you get heavier line rating. Or is mostly to do with reel size? For example, line rating of 3-5kg on rod with a size 4000 reel. Can you get 10kg line? and if so any side effects. thankyou

Awesome fish, but just wondering, when fishing at a ferry wharf isn't there alot of people going aboard? and what do you do when the ferry comes?

Just wondering. how come blackfish are still turned on, on a falling tide because shouldnt there be less water so they cant reach the food they eat on the rocks? And be turned on as its getting high tide which means they can reach there food?

Ok, thanks for the info, Ill try that

First ever blackfish sesh using weed Headed down to Lamberth park at picnic point 7:30am after finally getting my hands on green weed. Some other guy was already fishing at the concrete wharf and had landed a 45cm flathead on chicken strips. Was pretty calm in the morning but could not get a single bite as I had no idea if i was hooking the weed right or not (first time using it). Started burleying with weed and sand but couldn't tell if it worked or not as the current was pretty strong. Then the winds started picking up, and it was huge, chair and stuff getting blown everywhere, nearly lost a rod and the float couldn't stay straight in the wind. Was about to leave after a disappointing cold, windy start as I couldn't see the wind getting any better at 9am. Until some old master guru guy came up and asked me if he could fish here. Thought i could learn some things from him as he was also black fish fishing, so i watched him for a bit then also unpacked and went back fishing. He helped a lot and corrected where i went wrong when hooking the weed on the size 10 hook. He also berleyed like crazy with sand which attracted a lot of blackfish as I was hooked up to a 10cm one within 3mins. Tried to take the hook out but couldn't, the fish would not open its mouth for some reason and ended up cutting the line. Some other blackfish fisherman arrived and had a chat with the other guy, still windy as ever. 10mins later however, my float went down and i striked. The drag was pulling which has only happened once when blackfish fishing (never caught any real large fish haha and drag set pretty tight). It was a blackfish but i could not pull it up, and left the net in the car, however thanks to the other guys, they had nets and netted the fish for me just when the hook came out. I also made the dumb mistake of trying to put a thrashing fish in a keeper bag bare-handed as it was thrashing madly while I was holding the fish getting spiked all over. The fish measured 39cm and smashed my PB of 32cm for luderick (only tried blackfish fishing three times) Altogether, it was a nice day, would of been a lot better without any wind. Left at 11am as the wharf was getting crowded by blackfish fisherman. Also, thankyou to Luderick-Angler for helping me out a lot on finding weed

Ok thanks, I'll use cabbage next time i fish at bare island or some place

Ok, thankyou. But does it only last a week or can u keep it longer?

Hey guys. I've been wondering where people get all their green weed from. I've read that you find it in creeks or drains but couldnt find any after searching in the georges river region. Can anyone be kind enough to pm me a place that has some (wont use alot, only have time for max once a week). Thankyou

It works when you nake it into a dough so it sinks and is perfect on a float

Thank you so much for sharing the information, think I will try it next time i get some green weed.

Hi guys, since finding blackfish weed is hard... I was wondering if anyone has ever tried to grow the green weed that blackfish eat as bait in a tub or aquarium. It doesn't really seem hard replicating the ocean environment. If so, can you pleas share the information, thankyou

Land based fishing at the train bridge at Salt-pan Creek in the morning Drifted a running float rig and used bread as bait and berley Heaps of bites and ended up with 9 fish ( 3bream and 6 luderick) all together between 25-34cm The water over there is really dirty so the fish were are all released. Most of the fish were pulled under the walkway bridge (most likely cause it was sheltered and it was really sunny today) There are huge rays there, saw one which was nearly 1metre across