intensehotdog

I enjoy using light setup, 8-15lb trace to a gama circle hook size 1/0 and a live prawn unweighted. Trace to main line and hook. If the kingies arnt there, I can easily snip off the hook, put a pea sinker and a normal hook and chase bream.

Other towns i've read are Port Lincon, Stange, Lucinda, Dunalley

An article I read said Exmouth, Coffs, and Darwin.

I was wondering where the best town in Australia is to fish. Say if you were a die hard fisherman and just wanted to live to fish, what town would you base yourself out of? Assuming you fish open waters for pelagics and game fish, i.e. tuna, marlin, kingfish etc etc.

I was chatting to my uncle today and he told me about a guy that use to fish the Hawkesbury River in a small tinny and a handline. He would fish at irregular times, and have fishing holes that he would never tell anyone. After reguarly catching 3 or more huge jewfish, he would take them to the Sydney Fishmarket and sell them for some beer money. Apparently hes moved up to the central coast now. I wont say what his name/nickname was, not PC these days lol. Love hearing old-time stories of fishermen like this before social media, using old-school techniques. Would be funny if someone on this site also knew of this guy, he was quiet well-known during that time as a gun fisho apparently so wouldn't be suprised. Or just any other stories like this, love to hear them.

Nice, I went out to longreef saturday, sounded up heaps of kings but no takers on the downrigger and passanger got sea sick so had to turn back...fail. Are you just using normal running ball sinker for your squid baits? Or slowly drifting with big snapper sinkers?

Thanks mate, will keep an eye on wind for sure.

Exactly haha which is why I am so keen to brave the rain tomorrow.

Also - where has been a good yakka spot? Balmoral and middle head is where I might try

Hi all, still kind of new to boating. Want to go out tomorrow to east of syd harbour bridge and try out my downrigger. Definitely going to rain, but wind and swell pretty tame. Is it not advisable to go out boating in the rain? Ill start off chasing live yakkas, and downrig around south head and maybe even longreef.

Hey all, recently got a boat and am out of the loop of where it's firing at the moment at Sydney harbour. Any tips or reports appreciated, targeting kingfish. I have a 5.6m alimunum boat with 115hp 4 stroke so can take it most places, but due to my boating experience the furthest I would go is longeeef. Went out last week for the first time, got some live squid, but didn't really know where to drop it. Tried around south head but struggled to find markers. I have done research and have a couple gps marks for kingies now and will scout them out, but any reports of where others have caught recently would help out alot, I.e. are the kingies more in the harbour, or around the headlands, or close reefs etc. Thanks all.

Scotty 1085 seems to be consensus the best for manual downrigging. Best deals are on ebay.com, not ebay.com.au, the US has cheapest ones.

First report post. Got a new boat, put some gps coordinates in the sounder the day before and went out Sunday (3.04.2033). Lots of people on the red marker before the bridge, saw a couple hook onto kingies. Went to Port Jackson to have my first squidding session on a boat. First cast and I opened up the account with a nice size cuttlefish. No more after that so moved middle head and got a nice arrow squid. Was planning on just squidding but when I had two squid in the livebait tank couldn't resist trying around the headlands. Was pretty rough so headed back but saw one decent mark on the sounder that moved away pretty quickly. I've heard the harbour is firing with kingies from other post. Any tips/points on where about (i.e. before or after the bridge?) Going to get a downrigger this week to try Longreef soon aswell. Looking forward to more reports ✌️

That is a bloody amazing story, fishing aside, tropical island hopping must be phenomenal. That is something I definately got to do in life.

Wow bay of island kingies right at your fingertips, one could only dream. Thats a great story mate thanks for sharing

Thats really reassuring mate, as myself and alot of others werent lucky enough to have a relative that was experienced in fishing. Thanks Frank - also just realised it says your from Berala. Im not far away mate ha!

Thanks for the reply. Yeah! exactly my thinking, might be best if I start chasing kings around the headlands and closer reefs, and as I gain more experience then get into game fishing. But the other side of me just wants to jump into it head first lol.

Hi all, i've started fishing about 3 years ago and have kept upping the fishing i've been doing. It started off in the Parra river chasing whatever I could catch, usually leather jackets and baby pinkies. Then it went to porthacking kingfish, then beachfishing, and most recently land based game fishing where I got a nice longtail and a couple mack tunas. Now i've got my eyes set on game fishing offshore. I've been on a couple charters chasing kings at the peak, longreef, 12 mile etc... and know I like boating. Have had my own tinny in the past and been on the missues parents boat a couple times. How did you get into game fishing offshore. Im 21 and have some doubts that I may be a tad too young for this...have been looking into it alot recently.

Still new to LBG fishing. When the swell is a bit up, and the waves are crashing on the rocks right upfront, its a bit hard to cast past these waves as a shit cast will suck the livie down and snag me up. So on calm days I use my overhead, and on a bit rougher days I use my spinning reel with the same rig as my overhead as its much easier to get a further cast, but it has braid. I've heard 30lb braid is nice and light so it doesnt sink and is good for drifts, no? Like I said im still new so any help is appreciated. The shimano thunnus appeals to me because it can click out of gear and help with turning the tuna around. I only livebait, dont throw lures.

Hi all, Been getting more into LBG fishing north coast. Hooked a couple nice fish, and have landed an 18kg long tail this season! I use a TLD25 with 10kg mono, but also want to have a second outfit that is an eggbeater with braid, because in rougher conditions I find it hard to cast the overhead past the breakers and need an eggbeater to be able to get a better cast on these days. Thinking of a Shimano Thunnus 8000 paired with 30lb braid. Rod not sure yet, maybe a Shimano Revoluation? Outfit should give me 400+ meters of line. I ballon livebait out - and have heard 30lb braid is perfect for drifts. Any higher and it wont get a good drift - supposedly. Thinking of pairing with 40lb leader too.