Isaac Ct

March 10

Well done Chris, great stuff yet again.

March 7

Very nice Jew bob, well done.

March 6

Well done Yowie, a good feed there. Seems like the lack of surface action wasn’t a once of, wierd there wasn’t much around early this morning. Good job with the jewie

March 4

8 hours ago, Larkin said:

Nice catch Isaac! 👍

Couple of nice pinkies! There’s been a few crabs moving about with the warm water lately.

Thanks Chris, last few trips I have caught at least one crab, thinking about dedicating a day to it.

March 4

1 hour ago, Yowie said:

Nice feed there, entree and main feed of fillets. This time of year a few larger tailor will turn up.

Thanks Yowie, The fish weren't eating the whole pillies, rather taking the smaller cubes fed out on the lighter lines which probably was why we lost a few.

March 3

11 hours ago, Jimmy 75 said:

Nice catch and feed

Thankyou

10 hours ago, jenno64 said:

Nice bag Isaac! that crab is a corker! Did you get it in the deep too?

Thanks mate, yes I did. FIrst one out there for me. Saw a few on the flats whilst cleaning the fish as well.

9 hours ago, bessell1955 said:

Good size crab.

Thankyou.

32 minutes ago, Little_Flatty said:

You're like a young version of @Yowie Isaac. Consistent quality catches and a good feed for the family.

Thanks Mike, not quite on that level, give it 40 years or so then maybe.

March 3

Headed out early form Yowie bay to the deep at lilli pilli. First time fishing deep for a while. Collected a few yakkas before heading out then anchored in the dark, slow going until a bit of light then the reddies turned up. Biggest one in the photo was 35 and the other 32, 2 others were just 30 but released. 2 baits in a row got smoked by what was likely decent tailor, big run and hook up then nothing, bit-off. Dad kept pulling up the small reddies keeping them away from me, another just legal reddie took a yakka and so did a bream which was released. The crab took ahold of a live yakka and was welcomed with open claws, probably one of the biggest I have caught. Not a bad day all in all, out early back early. Pilchards along with Yakkas for bait, and a lack of surface action which was unusual given the last few times I have been out.

February 26

Can't complain with crabs, well done.

February 26

Still a nice feed there, much better fairing than yesterday, was very quiet inside.

February 23

Outstanding work Chris, well done. One to remember for a long time.

February 15

Very nice Larkin, good to see some kings around, hopefully they come up river.

February 12

Well done Yowie, thats a very solid bag of crabs plus a solid whiting. Went to grays point a few days ago on the New Moon when the low tide was 0.0m. Was able to walk basically across the channel and saw dozens of crabs amongst the weeds. Good signs.

February 5

Shame about the end result, but a few jewies are fun. Never know what might eat a livie this time of year.

January 25

Well done Yowie, a nice feed. I might stop wading around waist deep water after the past few days, seems to be some big critters around

January 24

Great feed, well done. Quite the wake up call with the shark after I spent the whole afternoon wading grays point. Someone hooked up to what was likely a shark down there as well today

January 22

14 hours ago, dirvin21 said:

Some nice fish there mate

I'm loving those splashprawns as well

Thankyou, they have been very good recently , thought summer prawns when I bought it

14 hours ago, bessell1955 said:

Looks like the Whiting are on in Port Hacking.

Yes they are

12 hours ago, Yowie said:

Some nice fish, bream worth catching, a good trev.

You mentioned pike. Were they pike, or maybe snook? Looking at the photo is an area I pull up a few snook at times.

Thanks Yowie, honestly don’t know the difference so could’ve been a snook

11 hours ago, big Neil said:

WOW some quality fish there Isaac. The good thing about coastal saltwater fishing is the opportunity to chase numerous species in one outing. That Trevally would have given a good account of itself. Well done. bn

Thankyou

4 hours ago, Little_Flatty said:

Nice one Isaac, good to see you getting into the topwater action.

Thanks mate

1 hour ago, Larkin said:

Some good sized fish!

Pumping nippers always brings around the whiting - it tends to attract the smaller fish, but looks like you got some good ones

Thanks Larkin, did have the toadies at our feet but the whiting were sitting 25-30m away from us

8 minutes ago, Fab1 said:

Great work! The fish always look very healthy in the hacking when you see someone’s photos.I need to get out and catch some one day to confirm they are healthy.

Thankyou, definitely get out sometime, lots to catch

January 22

Another day another chance to fish, early starts are starting to wear on me as once again headed out before light and went up South West arm for something different. Tried for some poddies and no luck so switched plans to topwater fishing. Used a MMD splashprawn around the flats at SWA for a few follows from bream and one good hit from what appeared to be a whiting but no fish so moved to lilli pilli. Casting over the weed with a twitch, pause motion and tempted a few really nice bream. Very happy with the class of fish on topwater, the bream in photo was 38 and also mananged a 36 and a 32. The trevally also took a liking to the topwater as well as a few pike and smaller bream. Picked up a mate and moved to maianbar with some nippers, fished only 2 spots for the whiting, two of which were caught whilst pumping nippers and the other a little after. Once the tide had drained of the flats focused on the channel for a few small whiting, bream and a just legal flounder which was released. Good day to try something new and happy it paid of.

January 19

47 minutes ago, Restyle said:

good bag there mate, haven't heard much with kings inside the hacking yet. plenty of squid about though

Thankyou, lost a few at local squid spot night before but definitely a few about. Hopefully the kings turn up soon

January 19

30 minutes ago, jenno64 said:

Nice work Isaac

All the Hacking flats seem to be producing atm. I fished the other day and a got a few nice ones from 4 different flat areas. You got a good 40 + unit tgere, well done!

Thankyou, the whiting seem to be on. Only needed 2 flats today luckily maianbar was very productive

January 19

After a few whiting on Wednesday headed out this morning with a mate to try for a few more. First was to try for kings, got 2 early for livies and headed to the spot downriver. Unfortnely both got picked off by big octopus so not happy with that. Trolled a few dead squid for no luck around the channels then made the call to pump nippers. Fished maianbar for a while and the whiting were thick, 7 good ones with one being the second biggest I’ve got. Lots around at the moment. Big eagle ray ended the spell there so moved to lilli pilli and pulled out one of the bigger ones. Landed a few small bream and mate lost a very big trevally. All in all a very good day, plenty of fillets to go around

January 19

21 hours ago, Yowie said:

You want a big fish. Try an eagle ray on the whiting gear.

Far out, hooked one today and left me with little to no line left

9 hours ago, Blackfish said:

I think its a Female Blue Swimmer

Spot on, perfectly legal to keep in nsw without the eggs

January 17

11 hours ago, Yowie said:

There you go Issac, I left some fish for you. 🤣

Good sized whiting, to go with the other fish, so a nice feed on the way.

Thanks Yowie, took us a while to get them but worth it. Saw a few big eagle rays as well.

11 hours ago, jenno64 said:

Nice mixed bag Isaac! It was a bit slow today, had to move around a fair bit to get a feed!

Thanks mate

10 hours ago, Larkin said:

A few Jewies and a good feed!
Waters warming right up if the Mac’s have arrived.
Try trolling some small skirts if the Bonnie’s are around. The silstar Christmas tree ones work very well at around 15klm/h

Cheers for tip, really hoping I can get onto some kings

4 hours ago, big Neil said:

Good to read that the Hacking is providing for so many Raiders. Looks like there are some good Whiting about.

bn

Thanks Neil

January 17

After a few weeks not fishing the hacking was nice to be back. Headed out solo in the dark to the deep at lilli pilli. Baits were pillies, squid and live yakkas and yakka fillets. Lots of school Jewies around with a few double ups . Ended up with 9 schoolies the most I’ve got in a trip before. Only small snapper around and no other action although plenty of pilchards and yakkas around, a cormorant came over briefly and made getting baits in very hard. Managed the Mack tuna on a metal.

Sun up and picked up @kobi caught a fish and trolled some Livies around for no luck. Anchored at a spot for kings for a while for no luck, lots of bonito and Mack tuna swimming around but none hooking up, just a few follows and half hits. After a while called it quits on the kings and headed to maianbar got some nippers and kobi managed the crab, smaller whiting and bream. I got the flathead on a top water. Was pretty quiet so moved to lilli pilli and picked up the big whiting (39) and also landed a bream around 33 which was released. All in all an alright day but pretty slow

January 15

33 minutes ago, Green Hornet said:

Good going Isaac, when the prawns are thick in the inlet it’s definitely a sight to see. Probably what I miss the most when I lived over the other side.

If you don’t eat the tentacles, those squid heads make a top jew bait off the beach and now is the prime time of the year to chase them.

Thanks Pete, i have kept the heads but unfortanely have headed off back to Sydney, hopefully the squid heads can be turned into some Jews/snapper/ kings up here

29 minutes ago, Yowie said:

Nothing wrong with the prawns Issac. Just about every sea critter eats prawns, great for fresh bait, and even better eating.

Thanks Yowie, saved a few for bait and shells for burley

January 14

After one successful prawning mission I had to get out and amongst it again.

Friday: New moon and prime time for prawns, same spot as the previous night and from 9-1030 landed around 45-50 solid prawns again. A few saved for bait this time and the rest turned into a chilli garlic bbq.

Saturday: Early start and out to the local rocks for a squid. Funnily enough for the 14 years I’ve come to this place I have never caught a squid down here despite being with people catching them and quite literally casting the same jig on the same spot and not catching while my mate was catching. Started out with a natural green colour casting over the weedbeds and after about 1 hour I had managed three small squid but happy with the result. Headed over to the beach to catch the last of the tide and managed a nice bream on a prawn from the previous night

Sunday night: Had heard rumours of lots of prawns being caught around the boat ramps at Sussex so headed out to check the action. Needless to say, the prawns were on! A true prawn run, hundreds and hundreds of school prawns going with the tide to the ocean, just a matter of scooping them up. Within an hour the peop next to us had bagged out we ended up with 7 litres between us. Neighbours requested some so they will be happy

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