Bryson

Do you need a boat of some sort to take part, i fish Yarra bay quite often but am limited to land.

Been working there for a while on Wimbledon ave and fishing most lunch breaks with prawns, heaps of undersized bream that take the bait within seconds of casting, have managed 2 flatties and 2 flounder and the odd bigger bream but hard to get through the small fish I find. However i have only used frozen prawns from the garage and fished for an hour at a time. Would be interested to know how you go as I might make the drive up one day and give it a proper crack one day from a kayak. Tight lines

Yea I'm starting to get regular catches there now, my mrs had a 2 hour evening class last night so managed to get there from 6-8, worth it for 2 nice bream. Will give you a pm mate ??

Certainly be back, was starting to think i needed a new spot but Better bait and more preparation defo showed better results

Gutted is an understatement mate. Was off the beach and he ran towards the rocks to the side of me, to be honest I think I panicked a bit as I've Not hooked anything that powerful before, live and learn I guess

No didn't check the line , I just wanted to get rigged back up sharpish in the hope there were more about, could well of been reefed.

The fact it was probably a kingy makes it worse lol suppose I have to laugh or else I'd cry, also the leader is what snapped and that was 10lb flouro

Yea I've been kicking myself for adjusting the drag since ? Cheers for the feedback scratchie

Hey raiders, wouldn't mind an opinion or 2 after this report..... after fishing Yarra bay a number of times for not much luck on servo baits I decided to head to the tackle shop at first light and get some fresh bait, was hoping for live yabbies but had to settle for live worms and grabbed a handful of pillies, had some burley I bought previous week and started throwing that out as soon as I got to my spot and set up 2 rods, one for whiting and one for whatever took a fancy to half a pillie, whiting rod with worm went out and before i had finished the other rod I was on, a 30cm whiting, I put him back in the hope I would have more to come. I then threw some more burley in and finished the other rod and cast out, before I had put the rod in the holder and wound the slack the rod was almost pulled out of my hand.... after the initial shock I realised I had hooked something big, the line was being ripped off the real and I could do anything to stop it, was fighting it for about 5 minutes and it went on another run but this time towards the rocks on my right, I tightened my drag by one or two clicks and ping the line snapped, absolutely devastated as I've not caught anything all that substantial in my time fishing here in oz, biggest till now is a 56cm salmon and this thing made that feel like a baby bream. Anyone think what I may have hooked? Kingy maybe? After this it slowed down and I Ended the morning with a flattie at 42 and another whiting around the 30 mark, although I lost the best fish of the session it was still an awesome morning and will have me going back again and again, knowing there is some big fish to be had from the shore.

Cheers mate, I've done a few trips from hired yaks and love it, I'll go for the cheap one to keep the mrs happy haha, thanks again mate

Hey fellow raiders, me and few mates are hiring a boat out of Botany Bay on Sunday, im taking my fishing gear for the morning (obviously) just wondering if anyone had any spots they were willing to share with me, will be happy catching anything and will take a selection of bait and sp's, I'm usually limited to land based so any tips would be massively appreciated, tight lines all round ??

Hey I'm basically in the same boat you were back in 2015 how did you find the cheaper model? Desperate to get one but not sure if I should save for a more expensive one or get one now and head out sooner

A lot of useful info there cheers guys much appreciated, hopefully my next post will be of a few fish from over the weekend.... fingers crossed at least

Hey just wondering if anyone has any fishing apps that they'd recommend? Mainly for weather tides swell etc?

? plenty more to come i hope

Thanks dude, I let this one go as the mrs had ordered Thai and wasn't sure the best way to prepare salmon and didn't want to keep it only to then throw it away, defo keep the next one and have a decent feed

Thanks for the tip mate ??

That's a good point about the elastic, I'll try your meathod next time? (Tomorrow if the swell allows) cheers blaxland

Was at about 7pm Regan

Was using single hook with half a pillie. I wrap the pillie with elastic to keep on the hook as I was advised to by a guy in the tackle shop, would I be better using gang hooks do you think? I'm more confident of telling bites now after seeing that salmon rip the rod over. Cheers for the reply flickn mad

Been trying a lot of different spots lately around the eastern suburbs in the hope of catching something that will put a bend in the rod, tonight the mrs fancied a nap so I tied a new rig grabbed some frozen pillies and headed to the beach. Chose a spot which I thought was possibly a gutter (although I'm still not sure it was) waited for the last surfer to leave and cast out into the surf, after pulling my line in a couple of times unsure if I was getting bites or if it was the surf I finally left it out for longer than 10 mins and boom the rod crashed over and I was in. After a good fight I managed to beach my first Australian salmon. Buzzing. Stuck around about half hour longer and managed a silver travelly before the mrs woke and wanted feeding so had to leave.