BigHorse

Great photos and report! well done mate, keep it up👍

Nice report mate! as you said sometimes you get lucky in fishing and it sounds you had a bit of luck and skill on your side. good work👍

Great report, amazing photos! Sounds like a time that you won't forget!👍

Just had another look and on dpi website found some info. Said you could catch ludrock around spears point and at eleebana. This booklet that i have on a link is a very useful bit of info that i used when i started fishing the lake. good luck!👍 https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/1254363/16379-Gofishing_LakeMacq2020.pdf

Hey mate, not in the north or west of the lake but at the swansea channel if you go off the south walls past the bridge you can get some shore based ludrick. Look up Luke Hunters Fishing. good luck👍

I just bought the lowrance 7 inch triple shot for my tinny in the lake. Gone out once in it and have liked it.

Hey mate, welcome to fishraider. I don't fish in the sydney but have a look around for a place to go like paddlejumper. I can only recommend this website for any land based fisho's. It is just about water depth around the shoreline. https://www.navionics.com/aus/charts/ Good luck👍

Hey mate im based in Newcastle and have never fished in the hunter river myself but know you get bream, flathead, the occasional bass far up enough and a jew nearer to the harbour. I liked looking at these clips on youtube. The first guy is good only has a couple of vids The second guy is also good, He is also bit further from maitland though. He is fishing fullerton cove. Good luck👍

Well fishraiders, My dad and i have finally done it. Over the first week of lockdown we had transformed an old family tinny into a fishing machine. (hopefully.....) We started off giving it a clean out with our high pressure hose, and removing old stickers. After cleaning we painted the hull with black gloss spray paint. From there we used some marine timber from dads work to find out a perfect floor and carpet to use. This was all done over 3 days. The next stage of the build was putting the floor in and building a base for a front casting deck. we also built a little hatch up the front for a torch and the electrics for the front nav lights. We decided to build a box on the side to hold the battery and the electrics. This also included a dry hatch for marine books, keys, phone and other accessories. After we carpeted this box and put in the electrics we could see the light at the end of the tunnel. Last friday we had an electrician come to the house to fix up some lights and dad asked him if he could do the marine electrics as he is a mates of dads and turns out he knew a thing or two about it and he did all the electrics for us! Basically, we finished this build on friday after a week of building. Thanks you all who helped with ideas from a post before and all who helped with the build. Here are some pics! Enjoy

Nice work Isaac! great repot, sound like it was some fun. Yet to catch my first squid......😐

Hey mate, welcome to the site first, trust me as a young bloke as well, 14, this site is full of infomation to help you out. I come from a family were it is known that we cannot fish. So as a self taught angler i can tell you there is a lot of infomation to help you out. Looking forward to see some future posts

Sounds like a nice trip with a couple of solid fish👍 nice work

I think he might be talking about barotrauma, which in my case i have never caught anything in which had barotrauma but i believe that if you use a release weight or a release capsule that the fish has a good chance of survival. A report from the QLD government said " barotrauma is a potentially fatal condition" Hope this is what you were looking for👍

Great job TK01, couple of great fish there! Sounds like a top way to start the morning👍 Good luck at your soccer game!

Hey mate just wondering where this is, I know where in lockdown right now but am happy to support! We have just bought a house down there and looking to find a local tackle store on the lake👍\ Thanks

Couple of great fish thee! Nice photos and great report👍

No not really, Just starting to get into kayak fishing so just looking at some inspiration!

Hey mate, love the write up. I have learnt heaps of new things that i want to include in fishing from my yak. Just wondering if you have a photo of your fishing setup? Thanks !

Amazing work with the info! Thanks for sharing👍

From what i've seen it looks like a gemfish to me...

Nice feed of flatties there Yowie!👍 Good to hear your getting outside for a fish in this lockdown.

Good report mate, nice fish👍

Thanks Hoods, You make some great points there. Were not having a fixed floor but our battery weight is a bit of a problem... well we'll have to figure it out somehow! Sunscreen, hats and sunnies also an investment were going to make. Thaks

Hey Fishraiders, lately i've been using willyweather to find my local tides and wind, but i have been given some dodgy information as in I go over to my local beach for a fish and it says its high tide but its clearly low. I was just wondering if anyone uses and other apps or devices to show their local tides.