rickmarlin62

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

Close the blinds mate..hahaha.rick

yeah plenty all over the place at broughton..we bagged out on small reds 35/48 cm couple of tailor bonnies and one mack tuna....got a few big bream from big island on the way home...hard fishing at broughton with wind against current again..lost two good reds to hooks pulling not impressed.but better than sitting at home wondering...rick

thanks mate wanted slimies for snapper bait..just have to do the desperado bait run..tomaree .cabbage tree ..sisters..there was none at sisters coupla weeks ago..but it was big sea running..temp looks like 20.7 so might be there...rick

hi to all wondering if anybody fished out of port last weekend...im goin up fri arvo and don't have much time to waste lookin for slimies..did anybody catch any..scratchie do you have any news ????...rick

plus one on that...rick

all this can change depending on what beach you are going to fish...some beaches are long and open to swell..some are shorter..some may face north.east.south..leaving them to completely different conditions on any given day...check weather..wind..swell then choose appropriate destination...rick