[Morning kayak on the Hawkesbury - tailor, flatties and a bass or EP]

good onya mate, good to see you catching fish in those bays

[Zapped by a Flathead]

have you ever been spiked by a flattie?

[26/15:39 EDT Detailed Severe Thunderstorm Warning for parts of Maitland/Cessnock, Greater Newcastle and Gosford/Wyong areas.]

thanks for the heads up! started hailing when i was heading back from mailtland

[Trolling lures for flathead!]

17 minutes ago, Regan said:

i have trolled a blade a couple of times, getting a reasonable amount flatties, biggest 52cm, but now i mostly cast sps around. the balde i was using was a 1/4oz tt switch blade

harder to troll from boat but

[Leo’s PB flatty]

good on him!

[Sydney Kings - They’re back]

well done

hopefully its like that on the central coast

[favourte Zman]

grubz in bloodworm

 

[Lure to line: Direct or Snaps/Swivels?]

if you are getting a snap swivel the smaller the less affect it has on the action of the lure

[First king on plastics!]

6 hours ago, DerekD said:

Some luck involved but I've landed enough on light gear (4lb PowerPro with 6 to 10lb leader depending on where I am fishing) to know it can be done. As they are peeling off line gradually tighten (a few clicks at a time) the drag to slow them down without panicking them - lift then wind to get line back and the runs should get shorter each time. You can feel them settling in for a run and when this happens you can change angle of rod a few times to throw off their rhythm. If they are heading towards structure you can flick the bail arm and free spool till they swim away from structure. It feels wrong but works often enough. Danger point is when you get them close to where you are. When they see the boat they will usually run again - I back the drag off a few clicks before this point to reduce the chance of breaking the line. If you are on the shore or a wharf identify potential bust off points beforehand so you can keep them away as best you can. When they are close I take a few winds on to get the rod tip close to the water which means I can quickly put some pressure on by lifting the rod. Keep them off balance by turning their nose by pulling sideways with the rod. Don't let them get the momentum up for a straight run. If you are not on stupidly light gear then see if you can get enough of their head out of the water so they can't get as much oxygen through their gills. Ideally you want them exhausted before you get close to structure. Shore based landing 1 in 2 or 1 in 3 of every king hooked is about the norm for the group I fish with (this includes pulled hooks and bust offs).

Awesome advice it happens to me a fair bit so ill try this

cheers

[Soft plastics advice]

definately have samaki or zman for plastics they are made from 10x material and are tougher than the other brands which is needed for tailor.

[Flatheads: What am I doing wrong?]

Make sure you slow your lure down and make sure its on the bottom

as has already been suggested smaller lure (i love Zman grubs)

all those small bites could have been tailor big or small 

[Hawkes Nest]

Like jimmys there should be whiting and flatties at winda woppa fished there once before and got a flattie and some chopper tailor

[What sort of trevally? (Brassy Trevally)]

Golden trevally???

[The Entrance October Dark]

Good to see they are there i have never tried prawning

do you ever chuck one back out as a bait?

[Cheapo ebay soft vibes any good?]

yeah ok 

i have looked at ones on ebay so that will be good cheers

41 minutes ago, Gutamouth said:

Arc H ill let you know if they're any good mate

 

[Cheapo ebay soft vibes any good?]

I lost a samaki vibe the other day and it was a bugger, but if you doubt the quality i wouldnt do it i tend to swap to plastics in more snag prone environments

[Port Stephens- Family Whiting Fun]

1 hour ago, Natoli said:

Nice catch scratachie, stuiped qustion whats the size limt of the whiitings

 there is no legal length for Trumpeter whiting, Sand whiting is 27cm

[Hawkes Nest]

you can get jewies of the nelson bay breakwall and pelagics but not sure what times of the year. but that is on the other side 

littlle gibber has tailor but the only live bait i have got in port stephens is off the nelson bay breakwall which was slimy mackerel

but for that area flathead, bream and whiting would be your best bet

im sure scratchie would be a lot more help for that area

cheers 

[San Souci Park... Again.]

Nice flattie soft plastics are fun and easy with flathead, just get a quality brand of soft plastics and watch something on youtube about catchin them and after a while you should start cracking them 

cheers

[Hawkes Nest]

jimmys is good for whiting on the sandflats from the sandbar onwards to the boulders live worms or as rick said yabbies

[Oil for fishing reels]

yep ok cheers

[Oil for fishing reels]

9 hours ago, Fab1 said:

You want to use grease on your reels gears and oil on it's bearings.You only need a drop of oil in each bearing and on your bail roller

yeah ok thanks

what is a good grease or any?

[Bream going frenzy!!]

the bream with what looks like the bite mark has saddleback syndrome

[Oil for fishing reels]

4 hours ago, flatheadluke said:

That's the same one I use. Gotten lots of use from it.

yeah ok were do you apply the oil

[Hardys bay]

15 minutes ago, COASTIE 01 said:

yeah i have fished around there a couple of times with soft plastics. biggest flattie i have ever got there is 78cm on a zman jerkshad. i have also caught a fair few bream there on crabs, but not many whiting yet

yeah thats a big flattie bud