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    Squidding secrets = success

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

    Posted · Edited by Pickles

    Been off the grid for several weeks (trialing my Lab in Victoria - showing them how a keen retriever works (bit of interstate rivalry). As it was, the seas have been too big to get outside and wind strong enough to blow a dog off its chain, so I decided to squid around middle harbour. I’m glad I did as the arrow squid were around in numbers.
    we got 20 in about 2 hours.

    My standard “squid rig” is a paternoster with 2 jigs, a 2.0 and a 3.0 of different colours and if no luck, I swap the colours until I find something they like. My buddy Steve tried his favourite rig which is a standard jig on the end of the leader and a small snapper lead fixed with a loop knot a meter from the jig and no swivel. After he had 3:1, I swapped to his set up and the score evened out. (This is my new “go to” rig now). 
    The technique was - find bait fish on the sounder, drift until we hooked up, then MinKota down and catch a few more, then drifted again. The spots we tried were around the boat moorings and wharfs / pontoons in Middle harbour. I hadn’t ever fished her before, but will be trying it again. 
     

    We then put the squid down for Kingies and bagged 15 kings (only 1 over 65) before 11 am - gotta love live squid for tackling the Kings.

     

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    Middle Harbour Kingfish on Light Gear

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

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    Well done @Robbo from Sydney, Kingies certainly punch above their weight and not having landed one, you probably though you had a monster - even the little rats give a good account of themselves. Very often you have to fish light to get them to bite and if you take your time and no structure / moorings nearby, you’ve got a chance of getting it to the boat. The harder you go, the harder they go - take it easy as you’ve discovered and you’ll score. 👏👏

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    Short morning Bass session - left them biting

    in Freshwater Fishing Reports

    Posted · Edited by Pickles

    Newbie Ty, wanted to catch a Bass on a lure. Because the seas and swell have been so crook lately, it was “freshwater or no water”. I promised him 12 fish before 11am. As it was, we boated 22 Bass, by 9 am and finished up with 34 Bass and 2 flathead by 10am and dropped at least a dozen more, many were double hookups.

    Once the sun came up the fishing slowed up and I didn’t want the young bloke to think fishing is always a “success” (last trip we boated 30 Jewies and 7 flathead). God was good, the moon was right, there was no wind and the tide was perfect.

     

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    Big Neil Visits MNC

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

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    Great you blokes could share some ‘Raider camaraderie. The fishing in Sydney has been very similar due to strong winds and big seas - very hard to find a window to get out. That little articulated lure seems to work Neil - I’ve used in freshwater since we last spoke and the Bass and EP’s love it.

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    Kingies back in the harbour, Bonito plentiful and snapper abound.

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

    Posted · Edited by Pickles

    Hit the harbour rather late (6am) and caught up with @blaxland. We discussed the conditions and the fact that I had a  cold and a less than favourable forecast, but my buddy was keen (super keen) to get out on kingies after a long break due to work commitments. So I relented against my better judgement and we headed through the heads with the knowledge that the swell and wind would build from the SW about 10-11 am. 
    at 8.30 when we reached the Sydney FAD, the current was raging, the wind picking up and the swell was a solid 11/2 -2m, so I turned around and we headed back inside to seek shelter. We trolled inside the heads to Manly (sheltered from southerlies) and picked up a few Bonito and also saw @blaxland again, who also caught some Bonnie’s. We landed 4 Kingies and a solid salmon as well as a few solid bream, before deciding to head further into Middle harbour, where we caught a few more Kings and several pan sized snapper. Whilst Nick took a picture of one of the Kings, the rod in the background went off and we landed a 45cm Salmon.

    Although a bit of a washout weather wise, we got a good feed and some legal kings.

     

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