rickmarlin62

good catch ..mowies are pretty good if filleted skinned and deboned..the reds are perfect eating size..nice..rick

odds on its the cable..rick

depends which part of the coast your on...up my way you have Catherine hill bay..moonie..frazer park..birdie..nth entrance....they all hold fish..some of the other guys might be able to help with further south..rick

just shows you cant catch em sittin on the lounge..nice one...now to get more..rick

check out a guy from nth coast on fleabay fishitaustralia...reasonable price rods an combos...hope this doesn't upset anyone..rick

the little creek that runs from fennel up behind the industries to west Toronto.. the back of cockle creek ..dora creek..only trouble is its closed season on taking either species in rivers at the moment..rick

hey neil..hope you are well and catching a few..mate I can only offer what works for me..others have different techniques that catch as big and maybe more but ours is simple..a bit messier than plastics but I love crumbed snapper..YUMMY.. rick

small 2/0or3/0 hooks and smallest ball sinker possible to slowly get to the bottom..last trip at one stage during afternoon the current was running hard just before tide change and I was using a 3 ball to get to bottom fifty mtrs back in 7mtrs of water..an hour later was using 00 ball...usually if not much current I use no sinker with head baits as they sink better than strip or fillet baits..sinker straight to hook sometimes I tie 60cm of 30 lb trace.but normally I fish straight 15lb as heavier line you get less bites and lighter you cant stop them in bad ground..its a balancing act we have played for many years..these are my personal likes and quite a few guys out here will disagree but im happy with my results...you may want to fish paternosters in deeper water but this is more fun..we get lots of good bycatch..last trip I had pearlies samsons kings bonito macktuna bream tarwhine jackets...just go try and change things up as you go..we have a system that works for us..i hope it works for you..rick

there is miles of reefs from broken bay to botany bay..if I were you start picking shallow reefs from 7-8 mtrs to about15mtrs..fish daylight and dusk..i get some of my best reds in the period after the sun has gone but not fully dark..burley is a must..anchor upcurrent from the reef edge and fish back towards it..the burley will attract baitfish or sweep and that will bring the reds for a look..don't be scared to fish large floating baits..i get a lot of my reds on slimy or yakkas cut off behind the pectoral fins with a hook put thru the upper an lower jaw and thrown out with plenty of slack to sink freely..a two kilo red will smash a large slimy head easier than you think..my last session produced reds over 7 kilo..all the best fish ate heads..whiting .small mullet.tailor .herring will also work..another standout is large squid heads or occie legs..if you look on google maps you can pick out quite a few shallow reefs up and down the coast..hope this helps..this is the results you can get..rick

hey wellzy we used to buy luminous green paint from model shops and paint the stems on our luderick floats..if you set up a small led lightpointing out over water you can see your float disappear as easy as in daytime..caught plenty of mullet bream an blackfish this way..rick

the witching hr..snapper time

nice work neil..they had to eat hey..nice yella...hope you get some more ..rick

you would need a quite generator so as not to scare the fish

nice trout..good feed..that mac is a corker..hope there is heaps in there breeding..rick

do they come with a foot control..???

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keep at it neil they have to eat sooner or later...cheques in the mail lol

don't wear cleats up here on cc..too much conglomerate you will get sick of trippin over...black stud grass sport shoes are the best from here up to coffs..rick

I just bought navionics aus &nz on my fone..the detail is incredible..check it out it shows all drop-offs rises and holes..rick

eat them

depending on the area you could try a slide rig..cast out a heavy sinker then clip slide on with bait attached and send bait down to sinker .very effective off beach..i think they are on youtube..rick

sorry not a fan of bowriders after seeing a guy take a wave over the bow then struggled to keep it all together in a sea with 800 ltrs of water in boat..rick

tomaree will have longtails till end of june the way the water is..avoca has fish now..Winnie bay if you like long walks..box head also worth a shot

with mullet moving out the bream go as well don't forget the rock walls on the outside of bridge..not sure if comp lets u fish out there but late may is good time for them near the heads..rick

nice work hope to get back up there Saturday..watching weather closely...water temp looks like its droppin a bit....did you try baits at all ???..rick