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I am old and soft, but you would be amazed at how good the old school hot water bottle is at keeping warm.

Ouch I have in a rule in my boat no sunnies or cap no fishing a cap saved me once from a similar incident. Cheers

Flathead for me on the old Wonder wobbler still got 3 in the taclke box

You can launch from the beach at Boat Harbour it is protected but i have seen people get stuck in the sand. As Geoff said around tomaree head yakkas and slimeys. There is 3 visitor moorings at Duchties although I think you have to stay on the boat overnight. Cant say much for outside as I dont go a lot but inside jewies are turning up around Middle Island and there are heaps of flatties at the back of Soldiers Point and in Tilligery Creek at the moment. Enjoy your stay and good luck with the fishing. Also worth flicking plastics or blades on the run out tide from the beach at Duchies.

Well done :thumbup: amazing catch Cheers

Thanks for your follow up work Hodgey another reason this is a great site :thumbup: Maybe I will taste the next one. Cheers Gibbo

Can only fish Friday or Saturday hoping the forecast improves. Good luck to all and stay safe on roads.

Hi Trapper, I checked the photos and only 2 antenna Andy's crab looks the same I often find blue swimmers colors vary depending on where caught ie muddy bottom dark , sandy bottom much lighter and brighter andy's may have been in a muddier area as the one I caught was fairly sandy area. This may explain the black nippers Thank you Hodgey for submitting the photos Cheers Gibbo

Good onya for having a go with the flies keep at it I'm sure you will get something decent soon. I was out today off ducties and corlete pretty miserable conditions got a few bonies including a couple of leaping ones first for me and a couple of just legal tailor. Cheers

I have tried taylors quite a few times with not a lot of success with poppers do try dutchies at dawn I'm sure you get something. Che

Thanks could be sand/surf crab, although caught about 18kms upstream from nearest beach......

Hi mate, Nice flies if your at the break wall and the bonito turn up I would be tossing one of the pink flies at them. Also try them at dutchies on a hide tide where bream maybe feeding on the surface Good luck Cheers

Hi mate , Try dutchies beach next to Nelson bay high tide at dawn or dusk take some soft plastics and hardbodies cast over the weed beds for flathead,bream,whiting you will find too many swimmers there during the day. Good luc Cheers

Hi mate, I have done the same I had a local welder fix it although I found the piece on my driveway It took about a week to do as he didn't want put to much heat near the gear box . Not sure what about making a new piece though. Cheers

Lemontree Passage in a witches hat got nothing else in the other 4 hats.

Hi, Caught plenty of blue swimmers and mudies over the years but never caught or seen one of these, he was released. Cheers Gibbo

Mate there is plenty of bonito in the port between Corlette and Soldiers Point Try drifting along Duchies for flathead blue swimmers have been scarce last couple of week you could try Tilligerry creek Good luck

Nice feed mate wish I had slow times and come home with 5 good bream Well done

Nice muddie going to start trying for them this weekend myself.

Back in the 70s lost count of the number of stripeys my old man would have caught using the smiths jig Cheers

:1yikes: Well done

Well done I haven't seen those sort of numbers in a long time. Enjoy your feast Cheers Gibbo

Hi all had a cousin stay with me for the weekend I promised him we will be eating crab Saturday night. A bold promise since the crabs have been even slower than last year which was the worst for many years. Hit the water about 8.00am headed from Lemontree Passage to the upper raeches of Tilligery Creek Dropped 10 witches hats down first pick up 4 small blue swimmers and a shovel nose all went back , next pick up after being down for about an hour average blue swimmer and mud crab things looking up first muddie for about 3 years.Third check I start to bring some witches hat in the boat to move Grant thinks we got another shovel nose in third or forth hat I coundnt see the hat then he says I think this is why we are here and lifts in the biggest muddie I have ever caught and drops it on the floor and it starts doing a tango next few minutes chaos the crab was just in the one he was caught on grabed another i was going to move,the radio,destroyed my racing guide and tube of sunscreen. Deciding to clear the decks and threw the 2 witches hats out along with my non floating knife jump up on the seat grab a gaff and started jousting with it then realised we had drifted very close to an oyster lease threw the anchor out for round 2. Got him into 30 litre bucket with some handing work. Arrived home asked Grant to put him the freezer came up with new idea to get him ready for the pot half a bag of party ice on him then 6 beers and other half of party ice drink 3 beers each and buy that he should be asleep worked a treat All up finished with 2 muddies and 5 blue swimmers in about 6-7 hours. Cheers Gibbo

:thumbup: Nice catch again your on a roll at the moment well done. Wish I could fish on a Thursday

Good looking bream there, sounds like good trip all round you just have to put me on them bream now now