cossie

Don't know how good your cooking skills are,but I regularly bake trevally in the oven using some Greek recipes (plaki) that you can find on the net. Perfect for fish like tailor also. cossie

Little bay actually

Thanks for comments guys. There's something about chasing blackfish off the rocks that just keeps u hooked. Even the smaller models don't give up till you wash them out. As soon as they had a bit of cover from the wash they would come on the bite. cheers

Yes mate it was beautiful. I don't usually measure my blackies but two of them were well into mid forties

Hi raiders, quick blackie session off the eastern suburbs rocks today. Couple of stonkers. kept a few for a feed. Released a couple of the big ones.Top day out.Lots of fun on the pin. Finished off with a swim, and just lit the barbie. cheers cossie

Plenty of squid around there mate.just move around till you find them.mistral I used to fish years ago. Used to get down the bottom there.bring a cliff gaff.not for the faint hearted!!

Homemade blackie floats

Bread and butter species I just use stale bread as mentioned above. Will bring in all sorts including unwanted species. i never fish without using it. just try and make it dense otherwise it just floats away

KB my trouble is the cork always seems to spin on the dowel when in the drill. any tips appreciated mate. i have resorted to free hand shaping using a belt sander. I am happy with result but maybe not as safe as sitting in the drill. i will post photo of results when I get home thanks

Royce i actually have 2 of them the sportsmaster and the n-gger reel.bought them off a collector in Melbourne.get sick of sitting around and playing with them in the lounge room, so I use them time to time still run very well the trevally was good fun on it last night

No it is float line. Reel is a Boaden sportsmaster from the 50's. Sometimes get the vintage stuff out.

Bread baits

Hi raiders quick fish this arvo in the washes at Maroubra. Bread burley and rising tide. Couple of keepers. released a couple of tarwhine, annoying sweep but all good fun on the pin. Got wet,got a feed and had some fun. cheers cossie

Royce i earnt my stripes at the stake Maroubra and the trap. none of the old timers took crap from no-one.You knew you had to earn their respect. Seems to have disappeared nowadays.

I haves fished the eastern suburbs for thirty years now and have learnt to stay away from certain spots at certain times of the year fortunately I have the ability have to fish during the week and this keeps me away from the idiots that frequent certain spots you cannot educate the uneducated or the ignorant. i like others,have given up on trying to help, plus don't need the hassles of tourist fishos. btw I think compulsory life jackets will only give them a false sense of security and they will tend to fish a larger swell in that case.

Nice aerial btw !

Thanks for that mate. All fish were above the 40cm mark today. Cossie

Royce, Well done again mate? found a parasite in one of the blackies I caught today One the largestfish seemed to have some sort of worm in it also have you seen this before? cheers cossie

well done boys Went myself this morning near Bondi. hard to fish early due to swell. Blackies around. Bagged out after 3 hr session. All solid fish 40cm and up.all taken on the weed. Sorry no photos unless someone is interested in looking at fillets. Cheers Cossie.

Good stuff LA should of chased the blackies myself, instead woke up at 3 am and headed down to bombo Kiama for a donut day cheers cossie

I know mate just thought I would ask in hope. cheers

Let me know when you want to get rid of 1 or 2 sportex's seem to be hard to find have been looking for ages cheers

Hi Royce See you are using the MKII trudex what rod are you using mate? cheers

Excellent haul ! How do find eating qualities compared to catching them off the rocks? Cheers

Nice vids! Looks good just to cast a lure. Cheers