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Hi fellow members,
i have been on this forum for a few years and have decided that people using terms like spot X, and alluding to things arent being helpful to new members. therefore i am offering advice to anyone that pm's me and giving up my spot X's to encourage the next generation of fisho's.
the rules:
*Ask anything you want
*Any info given to me by other raiders wont be disclosed
*Botany Bay is my specialty but the hawkesbury has been good to me over the years
*Jewfish and Kingfish have been my fish of choice
*RESPECT THE OCEAN AND RETURN ANYTHING UNDERSIZE
*RESPECT FELLOW FISHERMAN. THE GUY NEXT TO YOU TO MIGHT END UP SAVING YOUR LIFE ONEDAY!!!
* If you have a boat my info will probably be more helpful.
Just PM me
Ali
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well done mate!!!
if your after tailor give watsons bay a go. pm me for the details
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Headed down to wally's wharf armed with a cordless drill and some new rod holders. Not going to give up a Jew because the reel isn't in gear
It was dead, sat from 11pm to 2:30am with only 1 tiny squid which I used for livebait.
Yakka's had departed and no Jew action out wide. Not surprised there were no Jew around with the absence of live bait. I know if I was a big predator fish I wouldn't be hanging about.
In my opinion the barometer has been too stable for days. Any fish that was hungry has had its feed by now.
The guys next to me caught 1 numb ray, 1 crab and 1 octopus. The critters were definitely about.
Just thought I'd give you all an update on the Hacking.
i was out with jewfishking 2 nights ago on the georges, we managed 2 jewies, one 60cm and one 80 cm. they seemed to go on the bite agressively for a period of time then the action dies out completely.
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thanks for not calling JFK!!!
Well done mate another successful trip, dont know what you're going to do with all that fish at home, maybe have a bbq and call your mates over
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Dear Raiders..
With out giving out my spot, if you fish on the turn of the tide with fresh bait, you will get the jewie,,,
I do fish between como bridge and Coronation Bay.. thats all i can say...
JFK,
i think its important to point out that the location is not that important when we are catching jew, the georges has plenty of jewies in all sizes all along the river. in my opinion bait and tides are the most important factor, once you have them figured out you will catch jew. if you have a sounder on your boat the deeper the water the better too. it isnt rocket science but does require some effort to understand the movement of jewfish.
hope this helps
JFK,
i think its important to point out that the location is not that important when we are catching jew, the georges has plenty of jewies in all sizes all along the river. in my opinion bait and tides are the most important factor, once you have them figured out you will catch jew. if you have a sounder on your boat the deeper the water the better too. it isnt rocket science but does require some effort to understand the movement of jewfish.
hope this helps
one more thing, when fishing for jewies no-one has a 100% strike rate ie: catching a jewie everytime you head out, persistence is key. if you have a strike rate of even 30% (catching a jew every 3rd trip) you are doing well in my opinion.
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it was definately a night to remember. cant stop thinking of the ones that got away though!!
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WOWOWOWOWOW...
fantastic... always wanted to fish the that way.... its easier for me in the bay,, 2 sec drive,,,
well done,,, your heart must of be beating when you heared her scream.....
Great jewie there, well done. Makes Jewfish Kings jewies look like tadpoles.
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great pictures JFK, shame you cant write a report to save your life!!!
goodluck with your wedding saturday, hopefully you get to do some
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Snag,
Botany bay is firing with kings at the moment and the morning aint looking too bad....n/e winds at 13/18 knots is pretty good in my books for the bay
As with jewies as well, i find the moon phases dont really affecting the fishing, if they are there they can be caught, if they arent there move on..
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OH well i guess i can do something else besides fishing this Monday.
Sydney Closed Waters, Pittwater, Port Jackson and Botany Bay:
Strong Wind Warning.
Friday until midnight: Wind:NE 13/18 knots, increasing to 25/33 knots during the afternoon. Waters:Becoming rough. Rain periods, heavy at times.
Saturday: Wind:Easing to W/NW 15/25 knots early, increasing to 20/30 knots during the afternoon. Waters:Choppy to rough.
Sunday Outlook: Wind: W/SW increasing to 25/33 knots.
Monday Outlook: Wind: S/SW 20/30 knots, easing.
Snag,
Botany bay is firing with kings at the moment and the morning aint looking too bad....n/e winds at 13/18 knots is pretty good in my books for the bay
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done...
tree hugging hippies!!!!!!
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Top one fellas!
Don't worry about the
they just have to nag. Mine is 14,000km's away in Northern Canada and I still get nagged!I just cant seem to get through to my wife that squidding doesnt count as fishing, when counting how many times ive been fishing in a week, squidding shouldnt be included in the count
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After another eventful saturday morning with Jewfish King in Botany Bay chasing Kings (we managed 4 keepers and released about 8) we decided to hit the george's river yesterday arvo with the remaining bait from Saturday morning.
We hit the water around 4pm and headed up the river past como bridge where we found a nice drop off which looked promising.
We dropped out baits in and the waiting game began, we were there for probably over an hour and a half with only pickers having a go at our bait. We decided it wasnt looking so good and we should head back toward Tom Ugly's and Capt Cook bridges. Anyways, on our way back we come across a guy on a speed boat by himself, no mobile, no anchor,, no petrol and slowly drifting upstream....by this time the tide had turned and we were desparate to get fishing but we decided to give the poor bugger a tow to Oatley boat ramp, another hour gone.
We hit the bridges a little late (around 7.30pm) and anchored, baits went in and the yarns started. About 8.30 the weather wasnt looking so good and i was trying to get JFK to pack it up, he said "give another 15 mins and we'll go". Thank good he decided to stay a little longer, no more than 3 minutes after JFK's statement my rods buckles and the line takes off, a short struggle ensues and we boat this 70 cm jewie. Not as much of a struggle as the kings in the bay have been providing but a good tussle all the same.
The raings came pretty much as soon as we boated the fish and we packed it up.
Funny how the guy that wanted to leave earlier ends up catching the fish
here's a couple of pics of the fish
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Hit Botany Bay on Sunday morning with fellow fishraider Jewfish King in search of some kingfish that we had heard were biting. Boat was in the water at 6.30am and we headed out looking for some squid and yakka's. After spending a good hour and a half looking for bait at several locations we decided to scratch the idea and use the few squid we had bought from the bait shop.
We hit our first kingie spot just after 8.30am and began the trawling up and down, took a good 45 mins to get our first hit, after a short fight we had a first kingfish for the year, a 55cm model, a few high fives and back he went. From there we continued to trawl for another half hour with only 1 other kingie boated, another undersized rat. We then decided to hit another spot which had been good to us last year.... this is when all hell broke loose..
our first cruise produced an nice 70cm model, our second and third passes by procuded double hookups, considering there was only 2 of us on the boat things got abit hectic but was managed to boat all the fish. It was like nothing else we have experienced, everytime was passed a small section of water both rods would start to bend, and everytime the fish were near the boat we could see other kingfish following the one that was hooked...an absolutely awsome day. We ended up with 8 fish, which was plenty for us and our families. We still had some squid left over which we handed to a guy fishing with his young some and an elderly gentleman (probably his father), they hadnt caught a fish all morning so we told them what was working for us made our way home....a brilliant day, we cant wait for next weekend!!!
heres a pic of JFK just after we had scaled and gutted a few of our haul.
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A friend and i are planning a trip up to the hawkesbury tonight to chase some jew, only problem is ive checked the weather and it aint lookin pretty. If there are any locals out there that can advise me as to whether the 25-30 knot winds for closed waters coming from the north east (predicted) can be felt if we are fishing the northern side of the rail bridges (we'll be in a boat).
Ali
mmmmmm might take a while for me to read through all these responses...
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the solution is simple, since you already have a bucket spend $10-$15 on a pump and the livies will live for days...thats what i do and it works fine
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Far OUT!!!!!
Well done, I wa out there over the long weekend and spoke to a few locals who said that they have been busted out.. they were quit sure they were Jewies and no Rays...
The Hawksbry water has never been this good for a while,,,
never been this good for a while????
On ya Yarak!!!
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great work..
oh yeh baby, the jewies are back!!
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Headed out with Mr Jewfish King for a squidding session yesterday evening. We arrived at our spot X (which appears to be everyones spot X these days). Anyways we arrived at around 6.30 to find the place deserted and the water perfectly still. As i always do i scanned the shallows as we were approaching and to my suprise we saw two good size squid in about 1 foot of water. The jigs go straight in and first cast BANG!! we catch one of them, a couple of casts later we bag the second. we keep scanning he shallows and this time find a school of small baitfish being attacked by several squid (again in only a couple of feet of water). We send the jigs in right beside the school and again first cast we're both on, this continued for another half our or so and we ended up with 10 or so squid, by this time the reaming squid had disappeared into deeper water so we moved along. In the next hour or so we managed another 3 or 4 squid and called it a night.
With the waters looking pretty calm tonight we're off with the squid to try and convert them in a spring jewie. We'll probably be in the Georges around the bridges if anyone wants to say gday!!
I'll post some pics if we come back with anything tonight.
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Thanks for the responses folks, pretty much confirms what I was thinking...
Not a good Idea at all...
will have a look at options in the cooks, or georges and try and find somewhere sheltered, worst case, i'll just be going into the social fishing a waterway I've never fished before.. no bigge, and not absolutely essential..
Try some fresh squid under Tom Ugly's bridge (between 2nd and 3rd pylon - south side) for some jewie during the run out in the late arvo...you never know
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Hi Raiders,
Was planning on taking the boat (4M shallow hull Quintrex) out to Botany Bay this weekend, to familiarise myself with the areas, and have a bit of a practice fish for the social in a bay that I have never fished before...
Had a look at seabreeze, and the 4m swell coupled with a 20-25 knot wind tells me that such a wide open bay, this saturday, a=in a little 4m shallow hull boat is probably not the best of ideas??!?!?
Any raiders who fish the bay regularly happy to share their thoughts? I imagine it's going to be bloody choppy in the bay!
Should I be fishing somewhere a little more protected and out the wind? Middle Harbour? Hawkesbury?
Any help greatly appreciated...
AJMate dont do it, i have been caught out in the bay when a southerly has hit and it was very nasty. Although the bay isnt very big it can turn on you in a big way. A friend and i fish the bay heaps but if there is any indication that the weather isnt on our side we dont tempt mother nature.
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Hey Ali,
I reckon your best bet is Maroubra. I got a mate that spear fishes off Maroubra - and he's told me theres some big jewies there. Also got a relo that landed a 15kg specimen a few years back.
Good luck,
Aloosh
Thanks Al, go the saints!!
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Mr Ali,
I have also been fishing the east trying to sight that Jewie!! in 10 years i have not able to catch one!!!, However, you best bet will be what you know! And stick to those spots..
2 years ago there was a old guy named Yarrak that i once went fishing with that said that he had caught a few 15kg- 20Kg Jewies in Malabar/La Pa..
Good Luck,,, Summer is only around the corner
You must be little Yarrak, ive heard alot about you....you poor guy
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that is unreal. Are the co ordinates accurate?
all i need is a boat now. what type is best . want to fish the harbour and browns and be cheap to run. any suggestions?
saw some boats at the show. are contender a good boat?
Try getting a boat license first, then think about a boat
with the new 
on the honeymoon.
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unfortunately i wasnt able to jion JFK and Snapper John tonight due to the
however i do have a 95cm 8 kg jewie (pictured) in my fridge.
i have just spoken to them and nothing to report thus far.
One thing i would like to let members know about, which JFK failed to mention was the fact that the final bite we had a couple nights ago (once i caught this jewie) which i initially thought was a monster jewie.
After a 20 min tug of war a bull shark (i think) about 1.5 metre's emerged.
Ladies and gents, be very careful this year as we were only about 150 metres off the shore and have never a shark (other than a pj or shovelnose) so close to shore.
interesting summer ahead
ali