99FishingWorld

Yes they are, theyre also very fun to use. I bought it off someone in Wollongong and it hadn't been serviced in years so have been spending time taking the mirage drive apart, gluing all the seals on the yak, purchasing a new battery and other things (still learning a lot about it). I don't burley on my yak but may try it out some time with an anchor, as my yak has a pulley installed already.

Cheers. It was a 1m swell the whole weekend with under 10 km wind most of the time.. had to make the most out of it. Thanks and unfortunately I pushed him on the water but he had some leaks so he had to pack it .. I headed out alone (it was my idea to visit long reef) and I’ve got experience kayak surfing and launching in one of the most brutal beaches (bondi beach) so gave it a crack Thanks mate

So I have recently taken up yak fishing so I headed out with @slothparade to long reef last Saturday with my paddle yak launching from fisherman’s beach around 8 AM. This was my first proper offshore trip, and I took way too much gear including four rods (all over 7500), landing net, Ice bag and backpack. To top it all off, the raised seat I had was way too unstable so I had to store it in the back of my 2.7m nextgen 9 😂 the yak was so heavy and short it was leaning backwards and movement was very slow (got too excited) anyway after about 20 minutes of paddling I got to the close drop off into long reef and there was non stop action, mostly caught good sized sweep, bonito and lots of undersized striped grunter. There was about 20 boats in sight most of whom were in the one spot. All hookups off Sabiki rigs! Sweep is good eating for me and I’m just happy to catch something legal and edible really after never being an independent fisherman with their own vessel. anyways I bought a hobie revo 13 since then so will be taking that offshore.

I did not take my fishing gear, but can easily bring it next time. It's not super fancy lol, just a nextgen 9-10 (with rudder) but does what i need it to do. Surf launching is mega fun and pumping, but takes a lil bit of skill. just face head onto the waves, launch from a rip and you should be fine ... have everything connected in case of a flip so you dont lose your gear and you're fine. to be honest ive never caught a hairtail either, open to catching new species. just need a good weather window and i'm ready, im based in bondi

I would - I just bought a fishing yak this week, managed to test it by launching it off bondi beach over the surf on Tuesday, made it off shore with ease. I'm down for inshore/offshore though. where are you based?

Are you fishing offshore? I can pull a sickie and come along (happy to split costs). However I'm not familiar with that area though so you may need to prep some marks on the GPS beforehand...

Hey mate. Have been looking to join a club for a while now. Send me the details please. Tarik

Hey Joey, Happy to join you. I have my own gear and willing to go halves on bait/fuel. Lately i've been fishing stanwell park/bellambi and have done pretty well there on the morwong/snapper and flatties I have a commodore for towing and my own Boat Licence but I don't have any experience towing a boat (you're welcome to guide me). Have sent you a PM

invites!! i've been dying to go out...

Cheers mate, which city? yeah no license needed in NZ, but i did get my NSW boat license here a few months ago!

Kia Ora - I'm from Auckland Cheers mate. Sent you a txt and a pm.

Hey mate, would be glad to join you and pay my share of the costs. Sent you a PM.

Sup boys I'm an experienced fisherman, hoping to catch a trip with others. I have my own gear and tackle and would be more than happy to be a deckie/assist others on the trip. Done most of my fishing in NZ, north island but I've moved here now hoping to continue what I enjoy doing. Happy to split costs. PM