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    Heading South this weekend

    in Fishing Chat

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    Heading south this weekend to chase a few bream around the shallows in St Georges Basin and have a crack at some big salmon off the beach great time of year for a beach fish and a lot of fun.

    I can feel home made fish cakes coming on.

    Never too cold to fish !!!

    Cheers 

    The Skipper   

    St George's Basin - Frustrating Flatties

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    Posted

    Mate I have an onsite van at Cudmirrah for nearly 20 years and have fished alot in the basin for always getting a feed of lizards . I was down there over the long weekend and fished all around it for not one take.

    Water temp was down to 13 degrees a pretty dramatic drop and this will push them deeper. Plenty of bream around as is always the case down there. I sometimes prefer to fish the beach at Cudmirrah just north of where Swan Lake comes out there are several gutters that are good fun on some decent size salmon at times to 80cms.

    It is a great family location as you have got the beaches , inlet , the quays and the basin plenty to choose from.

    My PB flathead out of the basin is 82cms so far but there are much bigger around and you can sometime even see them lazing in the shallows but will not take a lureor bait.

    Anyway that is fishing !

    Cheers 

    The Skipper

    Boat Wraps

    in Boating

    Posted

    Hi mate are you Craig from Signage One ?

    It is Paul here from ADCOAT Graphic Solutions you have bought some of my two pack coating for banners.

    I have a 6mt Sailfish which I would like to wrap can you call on 0412 383 240 to talk cost.

    Cheers 

    The Skipper

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    Sydney Harbour fishing spots for fun

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    Mate use to fish the harbour a lot and always came home with a feed also plenty of throw backs.

    If you a drift out from Middle Head back to the rock at Balmoral you should pick up some reasonable flatties and bream.Also do the drift across near Old Mans Hat inside north head back towards Manly we always got under size snapper and flatties check keep an eye on the ferries if they are running as they do not give way.

    Up into the harbour try area around Clifton Gardens.

    Bare in mind it is a very busy waterway on weekends especially Sundays with yacht races etc so go early and come home early.

    Try and launch from the north side of the harbour rather than going back under the coat hanger it gets like a washing machine once all the ferries start running.

    We had a lot of fun over a lot of years fishing our beautiful harbour but too many idiots with big powered boats that do not know anything about boating is a turn off for me these days happy just to do the estuaries and chase Kings down south.

    Tight Lines

    The Skipper 

    Winter Fishing in the Bay

    in Boating

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    3 minutes ago, GoingFishing said:

    Reds inside Botany Bay you ask !

    Undersized reds, you will find them.

    Legal reds.....rarely, so rarely that i would almost, almost say it is a waste of time !

    But for what its worth, the very few times i have caught reds inside Botany Bay that was at Molinox Point, and fishing the edges of the artificial reef in Yarra Bay.

    If you are able to head outside, just along Cape Banks there is a reefy drop off that extends up towards Malabar. This is worth a try for reds.

    But if you really want reds, travel north and visit Scratchie at Port Stephens, or travel south towards Wollongong/Port Kembla.

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    Thanks mate yeah have always caught under size reds especially at the reef you talk about in Yarra Bay thanks for the marks I will give them a crack.

    Winter Fishing in the Bay

    in Boating

    Posted

    Hi Raiders I am looking for any spots to chase some reds during winter in Botany Bay or beyond if anyone would share some intell would really appreciate it otherwise I might have to do the trip north and stalk Scratchie for some spots.

    Cheers 

    The Skipper 

    2 Big flatties in 10 minutes

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    16 hours ago, jenno64 said:

    Headed out on Friday arvo for a quick fish in the Georges just before dark. Scrounged up some poddies and hit the water about 5pm. First drift over a drop off and I hook up with a very fiesty flatty on one line and a smaller one of my other line. Landed both and kept one for a feed going mid 60s. Just as I put her on ice a boatie motored right into my drift and said hi....not impressed I waited until the tide drifted him away and then took another drift on the same line and bang...on again within 10 minutes! Got this one in and she jumped out of  the net but got her into the yak and lined her up against my texta marks...she was about 75! Slipped her back into the water and pedalled home grinning on a glass out listening to my favourite tunes. Nice change from squidding:)

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    Nice healthy looking lizards Good job.

    the skipper

    slimeys Live bait in Botany bay...

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    18 hours ago, M1100S said:

    Just wondering where i can get Slimy Mackerals in Botany bay. 

    I have the no dramas getting the Yakkas in the morning from where the tug boats park (tried for the squid near kurnell but that is really hard, only caught 1 in 4 attempts lol)... but where can you find Slimeys in the Bay? 

    Also can you still get yakkas when the sun comes up around the tug boat area.... or does it get harder after first light?

    Mate I get my live bait where a lot of others do in the little cove where the tug boats live at the opposite end to Moullie Point and the last couple of times we have got plenty of yakkas with the odd small slimey mixed in with them.

    Best to get there as early as you can purely to get a spot as it can get packed with boats and do a bit of berleying it does tend to bring more slimeys up. If you do not have any luck there is a reef in Yarra Bay that attracts alot of bait fish and it normally holds slimeys most of the day it to gets popular so you should not have any problems finding it.

    The Skipper

    Dusky flathead flesh colour

    in The Aquarium

    Posted

    I have seen that colour a lot in estuary caught flathead which predominently live around weed beds with the flesh not being as firm as the blue spot or ocean caught species.

    It is off putting when it comes to eating but have never had any issues with eating them.

    Have been getting a few good numbers out of the bay recently all around that 40cm mark and they are that clean white flesh along with the tailor that are lurking in there as well. If you look after them as soon as they are caught and straight on ice they will keep nicely.

     

    The Skipper

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