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    Bumping into a fellow fishraider

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Just now, zmk1962 said:

    Hi Albert .... I'm sure the guy you met was a fantastic, upstanding, top bloke .... us Zoran's are like that .... but mate I'm sorry it was not me! 

    Sunday I was no where near botany....I was packing my boat for an offshore session on Monday !

    Cheers ... "the" zmk1962 ZORAN

    Hey Zoran, this might be one big coincidence haha, because he said he was on fishraider as well so I assumed it was you :074:. Well we'll just have to wait and see if he comments haha

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    Bumping into a fellow fishraider

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Hey All,

    I finally found some time for fishing last sunday, and so a plan to head to botany bay was quickly made. I arrived at around 11 in the morning and started to wade out from one of the beaches. The beach was one big sandflat and proved to be a good prospect for topwater whiting with many decent whiting cruising around. Alas, i had not planned for a wading session and my pants were getting wet so I started to move up the beach. I moved up to a small rockwall and made a few casts, with only one of those casts connecting with an okay sized tailor. Back it went, and I kept moving. Finally I had found a decent beach that actually had other people fishing it 😅. There was a really good drop off and was parallel to a channel so i decided to set up shop and make a few concentrated casts. I was using one of the new bait junkie prawns at first, as it had done me a few favors the last time I had fished botany bay in my mates boat. However, the fish were clearly not interested in the presentation with all the tiny baitfish swarms going about. Within 15 minutes of switching to a slim baitfish profile I had already landed three barely legal flatties, nothing to write home about though. At this point in time I felt my neck warming up a bit, so I asked the gentlemen fishing next to me if he had any sunscreen to spare, he generously gave me some and we talked for a bit about the fishing there. Turns out, this was no one else but @zmk1962! He had been getting onto some big tailor swimming by earlier but it looked like the bite had turned off for the both of us. There were a bunch of blue swimmers around picking away at Zoran's bait and I had almost landed one on my plastic. Zoran then hooks up again to a nice trevally so I threw my blade out there, only to have it land on top of another barely legal flathead :1taz:.  The next cast results in the smallest snapper I've ever caught and as the wind and current picks up, Zoran decided to call it quits. I quickly followed after him as my stomach was rumbling and I was already happy enough with catching some fish. It was nice meeting you @zmk1962, thanks for the sunscreen, company (and the secret jewie spot!) I'm sure we'll see each other around!.

    Thanks for reading,

    Albert

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    Mixed bag at the fads

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

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    On 4/1/2024 at 1:38 PM, Yowie said:

    A nice mixed bag there, certainly worth the time and effort to head out.

    Cheers Yowie!

     

    On 4/2/2024 at 4:17 PM, jenno64 said:

    Very nice variety of species there!

    Thanks Jenno!

     

    22 hours ago, Larkin said:

    Nice catch Albert!
    love the Dory! Top eating

    The bonnie was really good as well, bled and then marinated in some lime juice for the frying pan!

    20 hours ago, frankS said:

    Apart from the Dory those longfin Perch are the sweetest fish you will ever eat. Enjoy

    Great days fishing, well done.

    Frank

    Just don't know how to prepare them haha, maybe in a nice soup

    1 hour ago, 99FishingWorld said:

    just a tip about dollies, you're less likely to catch them after 9 AM. It would've been better to head to the FAD first, then to Browns. Last weekend's current was very slow, not ideal for dollies because they feed harder when the current is stronger, but you can still catch them (we did for bait lol). Wait for that new moon phase, they should be on fire this weekend and next weekend 

    Thanks for the advice mate, next weekend looks tempting haha, just gotta convince my mate now as we all have school cadet camp next week.

    Mixed bag at the fads

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Hey Everyone,

    With the spectacular weather this Easter long weekend, I decided to head out with some mates to deep drop for blue eye cod at browns mountain. Seems like everyone else had the same plan as we counted 25 boats before leaving. We planned to send down some fresh squid on the electric and do some jigging with a 600g jig. Literal first drop on the jig my mate snags it and instantly looses 400m of line :ranting2:. That was the end of jigging for us so we just sat around eating chips waiting for something to happen to the electric. I got bored waiting around so I got the squidtrex out on the baitcaster and made a few casts. Much to my delight a couple of bright blue dollies started to circle it but wouldn’t commit. As I thought that it was a lost cause I see two blue fast moving shapes derail and speed towards the squidtrex, they circle it for a bit and finally commit, unfortunately it was a small mack tuna but was still exhilarating sight fishing for them. When we were preparing for another drop on the electric I suffered the first of many injuries on this trip which was catching a hook on the hand as my mate dropped the sinker too early.  Luckily it didn’t do too much damage and after a bandaid or two we got back to fishing. Finally we decided to cut our losses and head to a FAD. The dollies weren’t out to play so we dropped down some fresh bonito fillets. This ended the fish drought and rewarded us with around 10 longfin perch, 3 snapper, a massive leatherjacket and a huge John Dory. On the way in we decided to troll around the heads and after multiple missed hookups and bites we managed to land a 60cm Bonnie! Overall, not a bad day out and pretty good for my first time offshore!

    (No more seasickness! :sun:)

    Cheers,

    Albert

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    Longtail Charters

    in Saltwater Fishing Chat

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    58 minutes ago, Volitan said:

    Hey Albert. I live on the Central a coast and don’t know of any charter company that regularly offers trips after longtail. I don’t think they occur here regularly enough to base a charter around. 
     

    I have been out with one operator who does ‘kingfish’ and ‘mahimahi’ trips. He was very good and I recommend him highly. Will PM name. He does go a long way out though - usually about 8 on the boat.

    so you can judge - I think I did about 4 trips over 3 or 4 years, all about this time. What I caught were as follows:

    trip 1. One small mahi and 5 or so trag and one small jewfish.

    trip 2. Nothing that I can remember.

    trip 3. Two mahi about 900mm, and maybe some other fish I don’t remember.

    trip 4. Five kingfish up to 1060mm.

    trip 5. Zero (Though most others caught some small mahi).

    so it’s hit and miss.

     

    cheers

     

     

    Hey volitan thanks for your help, I accidentally wrote central coast instead of the north coast haha, I think my parents want to go to port stephens or port macquarie

    Longtail Charters

    in Saltwater Fishing Chat

    Posted

    Hey everyone,

    This is extremely close sighted but does anyone have any recommendations for a longtail tuna charter in the central coast? I’ll be up there to visit for the Easter long weekend. Any info is appreciated, please hit me up in the pms thanks.

    Cheers,

    Albert

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    Wash fishing for snapper northern beach rocksrocks

    in Saltwater Fishing Chat

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    1 hour ago, faker said:

    Is anyone well versed in how to wash fish off the rocks for snapper? I was watching alex bellissimo using just a size 2 sinker to hook rig and  a guy use a use a slow sinking rig which uses a iso float with 2 sinkers so that it slow sinks in current. 

    And how do you avoid snags considering most ledges baring places like south curl curl are rocky bottom?

    I know I can always try jig for the but snags make it hard

    I'm not an expert so don't quote me but for snapper you'll need a good burley line, you can get the frozen logs of chum and put it in a berley bucket and let the waves carry the berley down the rocks. This would bring up the snapper and fish close to the ledge so you wouldn't need to fish off the bottom. Watch some of the lateral line's videos for added info.

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    Squiding in Sydney

    in Fishing Chat

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    Hey Evos, @DerekD will probably get around in a bit but heres an excellent article he wrote. Basically theres not really any set spots for squid, you'll just need sand and weed and structure. Have a look at google maps or google earth and it should reveal some good spots.

     

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    Terrigal Bonito

    in Saltwater Fishing Chat

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    11 hours ago, faker said:

    i am planning a trip there sometime mid march on week day but it depends on swell. if swell stinks i am off to narrabeen instead

    Good Plan. I was looking at going to narrabeen as well if the swell turned out to be bad. 

    Topwater Tactics - Frogs vs Cicadas

    in Freshwater Fishing Reports

    Posted

    4 hours ago, Aussiefisherman said:

    20240208_174626.thumb.jpg.93f1a0cdfb6cce1cf36585366b635043.jpgFollow up from my previous report Skinny water bass session.

    The following day I returned to my local creek as I couldn't resist those topwater eats any longer 🤤

    I made it to the creek safely and began contemplating weather the old faithful baitjunkie frogs where getting tied on or maybe a cicada. I decided on the frogs.

    As i began tying the uni knot to the weedless hook, the deafening sounds of cicadas flapping their wings  filled my eardrums. This reassured my decision. Off went the frog and on went the cicada. This was no ordinary cicada. I believe it to be a fairly decent design. Someone might be able to help my identify the name and brand of the lure after looking at the photo. Anyway the back story was that I had found it a few years back and it had just sat in the tackle box. The reason I wasn't able to identify this lure was its branding is in Japanese.

    Anyway let's get back to the report. First cast I plucked out a solid 30cm bass and immediately the confidence was boosted. 

    By the time the session was out I had 6  low thirties bass on top. I pretty good result. 

    Day 3 

    I returned for the 3rd day straight (totally hooked on the topwater boofs).

    This session was very slow, probably due to the heat. After multiple cast, I contemplated calling it a day. A small willow tree cast a small shadow over the still water. I landed the lure 30cm from the bank. Booooofff, the instant the cicada lure hit the water a bass has smashed it. 

    After almost getting bricked, a 42cm fish was laying on my mat. A super solid fish for the water I was fishing and a dounut saver 🥳20240209_182324.jpg.3b18076aa596cd093fbcddd22d19575f.jpg20240209_182545.thumb.jpg.cd7083b04bc9b8b4f1ed6e30d5b54a2a.jpg

    The jackall micro pompador would be a good alternative if you can't find it

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    Skinny water bass session

    in Freshwater Fishing Reports

    Posted

    5 hours ago, Aussiefisherman said:

    Yeah k 👍, u ever had luck there ? 

    Ever caught redfin in there either?

    I would recommend launching at penrith boating ramp if your taking your yak and trolling close to the bank and throwing topwater in the sticks, this can be quite hit and miss tho, yarramundi and penrith weir are other starting points, other then that google earth is your friend when it comes to finding creeks and potential spots 👍

    Cheers mate, I've caught my first redfin and bass in manly. Last sunday we caught around 6 tiny bass on topwater. Livewell was broken so could not take them back for the aquarium

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    Skinny water bass session

    in Freshwater Fishing Reports

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    19 hours ago, XD351 said:

    You might want to watch some of Aaron’s videos  before going for a paddle there especially  if you’re thinking of down near Windsor ( Windsor bait and tackle YouTube channel ) - you are pretty much paddling in raw sewage down there every time it rains  . I think upstream is a bit better but it definitely has me thinking twice about getting any of that water on me !

    Yep, his last few uploads have just been about Sydney's sewage problem

    Skinny water bass session

    in Freshwater Fishing Reports

    Posted

    19 hours ago, Aussiefisherman said:

    Yeah mate nepean is a great system but can be challenging if your going on a kayak and don't know the area well.

    Where u located? I could recommend a few spots for bass

    Around chatswood mate, manly dam is the only place I've gone for bass

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