rickmarlin62

luv your reports dirvin congrats on nice sesh

forgot to mention that best way to catch crabs is in the dark with a torch..they are out an about in the night time..i use a length of stiff wire and hammer the end flat and shape like spear point..poke crab then twist spear so point grabs inside then remove from crack...good luck...ps if you wanna catch a grouper go to queensland..haha ..rick

do you mean blue groper ???most rocky hedlands with some reef will have some groper in residence..use 2x hooks in 3/0to 6/0..you can rip top shell off crab and use whole or halves threaded thru leg holes..small running ball sinker straight to hook..hold on..rick

nice one scratchie glad you found a few....plenty of whales last weekend..bloody nuisance..rick

if you go to nth solitary..try nth rock there are two pinnacles that come up to 4mtrs n/e off the rock..they are outside the marine park zone..lots of wahoo and Spanish caught and speared there..rick

have you changed anything ??? try separate power wire to battery or battery pack and that will discount static coming from other appliances..gps sounder stereo ....if on same loom this can often happen..rick

lure collectings a great idea and marking all the best snags would be on my agenda neil....first from the air now from the bank...choice

if your launching out of wooli jon head up an try the southern mark area I posted in this topic...wilsons is a good snapper spot....sometimes in winter the inside section of the reef fires on snapper..rick

looks like your well sorted now.....hope you get heaps..rick

heres a few basic marks..sound around and have a look..29.45.920 153.32.615..sambos 29.44.455 153.27.810..jew trag 29.43.350 153.24.880..reef 29.42.100 153.21.000..top of shoal sound in .out marine park cuts thru halfway down shoal 29.43.695 153.19.970..reef 29.49.755 153.18.495...top of reef sound in out and south good reds also good soft plastic reef....all these shallower spots hold reds pearlies tusks cobes etc etc these are personal marks of mine close but not quite exact sound around and search as the fish move dependant on current and conditions....these are all good reef marks and should produce for you .jealous I cant get up there sooner...rick

you should have no dramas..have a good look in daylight and suss out lagoon...there is one shallow spot halfway from launch area to where you turn to head out..run a track on gps and follow in if coming or leaving in dark...get your launch retrieve downpat an be quik as you can..as I said closer to rocks in southern corner is best..cheers rick

we mainly fish Minnie..heaps of good reefs ..from 6mtrs to 60mtrs..sandon shoals.minnie itself.diggers camp.wilsons..nth solitary...more reds trag an jews than you can poke a stick at..the island has reds jew kings mackerel an wahoo when warm..pearl perch are common and heaps of samsons in 60 mtrs..the shelfs not far and the canyons are awesome...il get into my mates gps and pull a few marks for you in the next few days....the beach launch at Minnie is usually good.stay close to rocks south end..only bad on high tide with large swell coming over front rocks...what boat do you have ??...we beach my vsea or mates milligan if swells coming over front then drag up the sand a few feet then winch trailer under boat...im planning a trip in sep or oct the big reds make you drool...rick

dmg you must have this foto stuck on your system its coming up every post

go the blues two in a row...yeeehhaaaa..rick

yep sounders are easy to fit I put wallet an fone in ziplock sanga bags to keep them dry...rick

hi neil..moruya river has some good fishing..or go the other way and head for windamere..you have the cod and golden gear and there is heaps of fish in it..rick

stargazer ?

you can pin them thru lips go from underneath up and out nose they will then swim nicely in the smallest amount of current...if no current and using large sinker pin them between anal fin and tail then they swim up from bottom..rick

I caught a mack tuna at broughton on the weekend then seen longtailsworking along yacabaa head on the north side of the bay

if you look in from underneath in the gill opening ou will see a large bulb of bone at base of spine where it joins head..slice it open carefully and you will find the otoliths or jewels in there..rick

can smell the horrible things from miles away...that's why jew and kings luv em..rick

wow big question..beach ? rock ? estuary ? more info would help us give you more info...I spent a lot of years fishing the breakwall at Stockton Newcastle..i caught jew on most moon phases tide being more important..that said we caught more fish on quarter moon than full as the tides are smaller and less flow..the myth of full moon is bulls@#t as I caught bugger all on the full..four days before four days after and mostly every night in between if you spend the time..an hour before dark till three after or same in morning..change of tide coinciding with dark is best...saying that I have caught 20kg jew in middle of afternoon while setting up and minding spot for evening..we used to fish livies exclusively..now we use whole dead squid and get more bites and better hookup ratios...this is for estuary breakwall..it might not be same for your choice of venue..but the basics are same....tackle is dependant on location..we use 50lb overheads and 6or 8oz leads..7/0 or 8/0 hooks 80lb trace...different sites different tackle...give more info to the other FR readers and im sure there will be more info forthcoming..hopefully my comments or others will help...rick

nice work guys gets me thinkin I might start hittin the salt instead of my fave creeks on the yak..cheers guys inspirational ...rick

kingies luv them too leave them flopping on surface on short trace next to float..mmmm candy....rick

plus one on mono and flouro but when attaching if not comfortable with fg try improved Albright with twelve turns up and five back down...rick