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Was about to ask just this. Tried the above method yesterday on a couple of sand flathead and no good, the flesh kept tearing. I had them on ice but not in slurry, will try this next time. Thanks for the tip!

Hey mate have fished the eastern side of both the north and south of Jervis, mainly around flat rock on the north and cape st george lighthouse on the south - theres a couple of tracks you can pick up on google maps. Some great fishing off the rocks (obviously weather pending) we usually have either a livey or whole pilchard on gangs under a balloon for salmon/tailor/kingfish, and pump a decent berley trail for snapper etc. Always come home with a feed. Have seen blokes get kingies on poppers off there too but 3hrs of casting is a bit too much for my short attention span haha As always, especially on a long weekend, fishing first and last light not only for better fishing but to get away from the crowds 👍

Raiders Heading through Sydney to port stephens thursday afternoon, and the tackle shop up there that i get burley bombs from will be shut before i get there and heading out early friday Can anyone reccomend a place to grab a few on the way through Sydney that isnt too far out of the road (map below)? Will be towing the boat will need some easy access Thanks guys

Great fish mate and i know what you mean about the photo, they always end up looking half their bloody size haha

Second the Windamere suggestion. October/November is the best time to target them. 30 percent there is fine, live yabbies around any trees you can find 👍

Just a thought but could maybe be a large Rankin Cod? The larger ones over there are a lot darker and have that sort of hump on the head as in the attached photo. Judging by the size of your grandfathers hand I'd say the fish would be 20 odd kilos, the one on the right below is about 12 kilos so would fit the bill possibly Cheers

Hey mate you'll definitely need the elbow, as soon as a small bubble of air gets in the pump it will just drain out. Just put something on like the attached, cut the side facing forwards at 45 degrees. Looks like you have a female thread there so should go straight on. I have the same pump on mine feeding a 60l tank, although mounted externally as i didn't want to drill through the alloy hull if not needed. Was going to order a proper brass pickup later on but this works just fine

Juvenile Tripletail wrasse I'm thinking

I've seen people take mountain bikes but most of the track is too steep and they end up pushing it most of the way back up. Much better just slogging it out, the journey in and out is what makes it such a good trip - not only how isolated it is but when you get back to the car all cramped up and buggered you swear you'll never ever come back, but them next year you find yourself flying back down the hill 🙄

Haha yeah it's bad, i meant compared to yesterday! Thanks for the tip, probably been fishing a bit deep, best thing about Port is there's always plenty of options even if it blows up

Hey mate We usually go most years and fish the jenolan, access off jenolan rd, onto black range rd and then onto a fire trail moorara boss trail. You'll get to a locked gate, you can drive around the first, and park at the second. Be prepared for a BIG walk in and out. I have a mate who takes his dirt bike which makes it a lot easier The spawners basically didn't come up due to lack of rain this year, but there is a very healthy population of browns here that specifically live and breed in the river. Only get up to 1kg or so (compared to the 4kg+ spawners) but have fished here in spring and caught 30 to 40 in a session quite easily. Not unusual to have 10 or so follow a lure in! It is very isolated here, probably 45 min walk in and 1.5 to 2hrs out due to the gradient so take time and prob an epirb if by yourself. It's worth it though, basically walking through rainforest and crystal clear water, you can clearly see the fish hit the lure most of the time. If you walk a few hours downstream you hit where jenolan and coxs merge. Its amazing Small minnows 3 to 5cm in natural patterns work best and 4lb leader max. Good luck!

Well done again, fantastic fish! We're going out friday/sat up around broughton, weather not looking the best but better than mon/tues for sure. If you dont mind, what depths are you mainly fishing? We have been going ok, but definitely not 40-50 fish a day! Thanks mate 👍

Hey guys heading out off port stephens friday for a.run. has anyone heard any recent reports of yellowfin off Newcastle/Port Stephens? Weather pending will be going past southern canyons off newy 🤞🤞🤞thanks in advance

Have a look at the t curve bluewater spin range

A few years ago a mate of mine and his old man were towing their boat down to bermagui, somewhere along the line the bolts sheared off on one of the wheels on the boat trailer, they heard a bang and then saw a wheel fly past them, settling about 1km away as it bounced along the road 😂 Anyways being a saturday morning and nothing much was open, and they didn't want to pay for a towtruck, luckily the house they ground to a halt in front of was a fisherman himself, and let them park the trailer in their yard. So they removed the hub and all after chasing down the tyre, and found a mechanic that was open and he repaired the bolts etc while they waited. Legend. The boys were both buggered and still had a few hours drive, but they took the gear back and fitted it back to the trailer and set off on their way late in the arvo I shit you not about 200m down the road they heard the exact same bang and low and behold flying past them was the wheel off their bloody trailer! This time coming to rest against a parked car! They had both assumed that each other had done up the wheel nuts 😂😂😂 Needless to say they were too embarrased to take the hub back to the same mechanic

I fillet them and cut out the bloodlines, cut into cubes and crumb then pan fry in oil. Actually taste really good. The crumb stops it from drying out

Download the water live app, its free and you can map/graph temps and levels from most nsw freshwater waterways. The macquarie at long point is really low and burrendong is 5 percent so id say sofala would be pretty poor

You'll find the lighter the leader, or the main line, the more hook ups you will get so the occasional bust off won't bother you, especially if you are using ultra light mono as the stretch is very forgiving If you want to try ultra light fishing I'd suggest spooling an entire reel with 3 or 4lb good quality mono, and not worry about the leader. Ive caught flathead up to 60cm on 3lb, even caught a mack tuna on the same set up not long ago that i took to catch garfish (see photo) 😂 to prove the same point to a mate As Derek said you'll find by using lighter lures/baits with the lighter line a lot mire fish will be lip hooked 👍

How'd you go out at browns by the way? Was thinking of heading out the next couple of weeks

Southern boarfish i think. Apparently good eating, caught around seamounts. Japanese nearly fished them to extinction in the 80s https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentaceros_richardsoni

Just something to keep in mind when taking fish from botany for a feed 🤢

I'm pretty sure it was a 50mm prawn imitation. Not sure of the brand sorry

If you want to keep the kids interested try some small prawn imitation stickbaits in the shallows, they'll love seeing surface strikes. In winter the whiting will be right up in the shallows. My brother recently got some decent whiting and a couple of flatties on the flats on the eastern side of singing bridge at tea gardens. Got them on the below lure in about 30cm of water. Even the small ones go hard and I'm sure the kids will love it. Just make sure you use some really like flurocarbon leader, 4lb or so 👌

They are both types of wrasse, 1st is a crimson banded wrasse, 2nd is a southern maori wrasse, theyre not to bad to eat if fried whole, flesh is a bit mushy 👌 If you're looking for fish species the below website is good http://fishesofaustralia.net.au