Larkin

Gday raiders, decided to go for a troll out wide yesterday. Trolled out and along the 200m mark close to the southern canyons in an area I tend to find bait stacked up. Temp wasn’t right, sitting at 17-17.3 degrees. 18-18.5 is what they’ve been getting the fish at. Listening to the radio only one bluefin caught, out of the 15 or so boats who were chatting. Had a visit from a minke whale / never seen one of these before. Was about 6m long and very curios. Spent about 5 mins swimming around and under me. Even popped up a few times next to me. Looked just like a mini blue whale. With no luck out wide, hit up yowie’s whiting spot on the way back in. I used a twin circle hook whiting rig - which worked extremely well with tiny strips of slimie just as Yowie recommended. Rig would hit the bottom, 10 seconds later I’d be bringing up one or two fish. Circles kept the fish attached on the way up. One flathead in the mix too. These small red spot whiting are excellent on plate and well worth targeting. Will be flouring & deep frying them whole - the meat peels easily off the bones & has a beautiful crispy skin. Plan to match with a dipping sauce or tartare.

Looks like you found the good sized flatties! 👍 Love those whiting! I found them very easy to clean and scale. They are so good floured & deep fried whole. Meat peels off each side just like eating a chicken wing - no bones.

Yep Wednesday definitely the better day - unfortunately stuck at work, so here’s hoping the wind will stay low 🤞

Nice to be able to get em from the beach! Good haul 👍

So cold at the moment - tuff going in an open tinny. You managed some good eating fish though! 👍 I’m also a fan of the jackets - eating them not having them chew my gear. im hoping to get out this Thursday

you’ll catch on all types of jigs/colours, but I noticed that I’d catch more squid at midday when I was using a UV jig. When I tried them early morning they weren’t any better than others.

this pink one is my go to. I’ve caught most of my daytime squid on this colour. Yamashita Pink UV body. I generally use a size 3.0 These UV jigs are for bright daylight hours in clear water systems. but there are many colours you can try in UV

Love the action mate! Does your GoPro have horizon lock? it will stop all the swaying in your shot. What electric reels are you using?

South West Arm’s definitely the best place to get out of the wind. it sounds like a ray to me too - you do see a quite a few of those eagle rays around. enjoy the flatty fillets mate!

That fish looks delicious! well done on your days fishing!

They showed up in big numbers on Thursday Yeah I know a few charter guys - one of them got 3 out wide between browns and the canyons on Thursday. Good fun catching the big ones, but I’d rather eat the leatheries. Yes, they’ve been getting a few SBT, some albacore, ect been hearing the banter on 82 over the last few weeks. This week they’ve showed up in good numbers & in close down your way. Yeah quite far offshore up this way from what I’ve been hearing. Down Kiama they’re getting em in close.

Thursday & Friday saw the bluefin tuna arrive off Sydney and down past Wollongong. Catches wide off Browns and south around Port Kembla/Kiama. Multiple boats hooking up to 100kg plus fish - largest I’ve seen photos of was 132kg. Kiama they were getting them in close - within 10klm of shore. Any raiders out there getting into them on Thurs/Fri?

a couple of squid ain’t bad! Ive caught most of my squid around midday (Southern Calamari) but I fish on the water - find them at around the 2-3m mark around the mouths of estuaries over weed. Clearer the water the better. Not after rains. All my daytime squid are caught using Keimura jigs. Pinks work best at this time of the day (in clear water), but I use other natural colours too, but always keimura (UV) These jigs have UV jackets that sparkle in the sunlight which attract the squid. Think of it like using a glowing jig at night. sizes 2.5 / 3 / 3.5 I use the squid spray attractant too if the bite is slow, but not necessary.

The Insta’s a great cam eh i like how you can zoom and pick your camera angles post recording. I find the GoPro has a clearer image though. If you already have a chest mount, definitely worth mounting on your GoPro - love to see the rod bend and hear the reel screaming.

Sometimes I find these tiny crabs jump out/off them that scurry around like blowflies. a mate of mine is out on the flatty drift right now - was down south past coal cliff, said no one was catching anything down there this morning.