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fished at somewhere a bit secretive yesterday and it wasnt too bad, got a decent leatherjacket and missed out on a big drummer. there was absolutely nothing at north sydney wharf however

the wind yesterday didnt favour, usually that is my go to place

rocks or wharfs heard its too windy for boat

might go fishing tmr but not sure where to go, preferably wanna catch kings, bonito, drummer, blackfish, bream

ah okok i mean i wouldnt prefer to fish that far in anyway so maybe are there areas i could try that are east of the bridge? u dont have to name any specific locations just a region is fine thanks for the links

do u still catch kings at kissing point? i wonder if kings go that far in tho cant find what rms depth charts are, do u have a link?

yeh i guess i will have to mix it up a bit a see what works on that day also are we only able to fish 10km from where we live now?

so i could use a whole pilchard and make it seem like a live fish splashing on the surface? i did try the bread and some guy next to me decided to chuck in one whole thing, but no fish had devoured it

ohhhhh i remember watching that video on youtube, i was surprised the kingies went in that far, thought they liked cleaner, deeper water but i guess they go to where bait is. if you catch a legal king there would it still be safe to eat it, as they are still pelagics and they move around all the time

was where u saw those bustups near the sydney harbour bridge or even further in? i did try to see what the kings were feeding on, but they didnt seem to be feeding on anything, just swimming in circles around the baits and burley.

basically happened to us as well but my friend went there yesterday and caught a watsons leaping bonito, but that was the only fish for them. i reckon it was just that the fish werent as hungry and they were extremely cautious with the food dont know too much about the temperature tho, not an expert on that

thank you ill def try that next time

im not 100% sure of the depth of the water but it did take a while for my chrome slice to reach to the bottom. wait so use a yakka but not as live? and do a few cross cuts?

yeh with the hook it did point out a little bit so that i would get a better hooking on it maybe that might be why

thanks for into pickles i did the try the squid and cubed pilchards on floaters but used a different hook tho. the water there is actually quite deep, seemed to be around 8m ill 100% try to get livies but other than squid/cuttlefish can i try live prawns if i am abke to catch them? or maybe just yakkas

thanks man ill def try a livie next time, but preferably not at gymea, too many people and it is way too far in but somehow kingies still come tho. i know fishermen dont give away good spots, but are there any areas i could try? (not specific spots)

hey kingie chaser thanks for the info i do have a popper but its only around 8cm, will i need a bigger one? also the kingies didnt rlly seem to eat anything but just swim around the burley, so even tried a squished up burley ball as well as chicken breast. they seemed to like the chicken breast more but didnt have a full go at it, just nibbles. my friend went to gymea today and caught a watsons leaping bonito, thought their season had ended but i guess fishing is fishing. the kings were also about 3m deep so i dont think surface lures would have worked well, but may give sluggo/slapstix a go, and also make sure to buy a jerkshadz will it also be ideal to catch live prawns? ive found a youtube video and they have made it look so simple

yesterday i headed off to gymea bay and there were quite a few ppl there, and no one seemed to be catching anything. my dad and i started to heavily burley up and we saw about 20 kings just swimming around, but not eating anything but just kissing our bait, staring at it, then swim right past it. we tried cut up squid, salted prawns, pilchards but none of them worked. would have a live yakkie or squid have made it better? there were also lots of luderick as it is their season rn, however with no sea cabbage or cunjevoi around we had to stick with prawns, and one actually ended up taking it, however it only managed to be around 23cm, but u could still see some big ones there. other than that we just caught small bream while endeavouring for the mighty kings. one i saw was about 80-90cm, came so close to the surface as well. with none of the baits working, i tried out some lures. chrome slices, diezel minnowz, grubz, stickbaits, (was not able to buy jerkshadz tho )none of them seemed to work. after they had seemed to go off somewhere else, we left at about 4pm feeling sour. what could i have done better to catch these kings as i know they can be very picky and could anyone give out some tips?

tbh u just need to be in a good area for weed. some are rich in weed, others are not, look for the rockpools that have a ton shit maybe try cunjevoi if u cant find any weed

https://www.anacondastores.com/fishing/fishing-lures/soft-plastic-baits/berkley-gulp-jerk-shad-5-inch-lure/BP90015180001-pearl-white-glow will this one be ok? i cant find any paddle tails tho

i have the pearl and dark shad for zman diezel minnowz so i thought i might mix it up but maybe not? is it just the gulp! ones for jerkshad and is there a particular size do i not need to get a paddle tail bc i already have zman diezek minnowz?

yeh ik we released it straightaway after taking a picture and measuring also what brand size and colour would u recommend for paddle tails and jerk shads?

ive heard some people say they preferred bonito raw over king, which made me quite surprised and curious

ive always wanted to try bonito or king raw, but last time i cooked the bonito and my king was not even in its 50s. im not sure why anyone would want to eat fish from parra it would only cause themselves more harm. are there any places on the eastern side or other spots to catch kings and bonitos or should i go experiment sometime when i am able to?