Robbo from Sydney

What a great report and a reminder of how many of us got hooked on fishing!!!

Hi Marmot The prohibited action in Narabeen lagoon is : "Any method involving the use of the following: (a) a hoop or lift net, (b) a hand-hauled prawn net, (c) a push or scissors net (prawns), (d) a crab trap, (e) a lobster trap" My reading of this is that it does not prohibit the use of a hand-held "scoop net" for prawning.

Well done Mike

What a great start to your cod season!!!

Matt, well done with both fish. There seem to be a lot more flounder around lately and they are great eating. As you found they fight like a piece of weed though. Shame about the jewfish taking the hook too deep. Derek certainly keeps putting you onto the fiosh and I know you are making the most of every chance to get out fishing

Neil you really do try some weird things to catch your beloved cod! Even that lure looks like an alien monster. Well done on starting the season with a good fish - especially in such difficult conditions

I was given one of the electric jockey wheels as a Fathers' Day present a couple of years ago and just love it. The design of the driveway and garage opening (they are at right angles to each other) prevents me being able to simple reverse the boat in with the car. To make it more interesting the drive slopes down past the garage opening but also is angled up towards the opening meaning their is a hill you have tgo push the boat up into the garage. The electric jockey wheel means I can put my boat away into the garage by myself with no great effort. They are slow, but very effective for the job. My only issue is the need to take them off after use rather than leaving itm on like the manual jockey wheel as it is not the lightest of things. I did have to extend the battery lead so that it was long enough to reach the boat battery.

Well done on the Luds Mike

All these flash traps - as a kid it was always an oyster bottle with some bread in the end. We would put it on the bottom in shallow water on the sand flats in Kogarah Bay and catch heaps. Best I remember was 7 of them absolutely jammed on each other in the bottle and unable to get back out because they can't swim backwards

Good luck to you both with the cod

Sounds like a great day out with that Jewie as the icing on the cake!

Seems like the heaviest rain in Sydney was around the Audley Weir so no wonder it is overflowing and the river is coloured. It will be interesting to see what effect it has on your fishing down there

Instead of the old centrepin reel you could also use an Alvey sidecast- but the simple model with no star drag. I still have the 5 inch cedar spool version and it always worked a treat with a 12 foot rod on the rocks. Perfect control, over your line and fish - plus it is easier casting

Hi Neil Fingers crossed for the cod given the forecast rain

You are well and truly hooked!