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To be fair to the carp, I have to say I have had a fish soup made with carp ( not caught in Parra ) and it was amazing. I don't have funny tastes or anything like that, it tasted like fish, and I'm sure anyone on this board who likes Italian style food would love this, it had a tomato base to it. My Dad is Euro, but he's no cook, and somehow manages to make the best fish soup, from carp!

That's exactly the way I see it, practicing sight casting , working on accuracy etc is all part of it. I think getting some waders would help with getting access to better casting spots too. Either way, it was a nice day off, I think I'll head to Werrington Lake next time and give it a go there, with more advice from this board. I like the idea of the baking soda! Nick.

Hi All. I've been reading this forum for quite a bit, and the idea of big fish on light gear made me want to have a crack at the carp in the Nepean. I'd only been down to the Nepean once before, for a rowing regatta that a friend was in. My original plan was to fish the Royal National Park, but sleeping in canned that idea so I made a plan B, which was carp at Penrith. It was such a nice surprise when I walked past the weir and downstream a bit, what a nice and peaceful place it is down there. I didn't walk very far down, and walked onto that island bit just past the bridge. I brought creamed corn for berley and normal corn for bait ( although I think I'll bring bread as well next time) . Another guy enjoying a weekday fish took up a spot across the way from me, on the actual shore. I figured he knew what he was doing and sure enough, he is onto a carp after only a few mins. Me on the other hand, no luck, but was quite happily getting carp fishing advice from the guy across the water. I finally see a 60cm plus carp getting into the corn I threw out 20 mins before. I figured the best thing to do was watch the fish and try and flick a hook full of corn in front of it. In my rush of excitement at seeing the fish 3 metres away in the water, I managed to get snagged in the tree on my back swing. When I finally got it together, no amount of corn presented right in front of it's nose interested in, it wasn't spooked and was oblivious to me on the bank. I'm thinking my hook could have been smaller, and needed to burley more, and with bread. Long story short no fish for me, but the other guy got two nice ones, the second one was huge! I love that feeling of seeing a fish and trying to get a bait out asap, I just need to keep calm! A good learning experience, and definitely not a waste of a day, as I also practiced flicking a few new lures that I bought so I could watch how they behaved in the water. How nice was the weather! For next time: Gumboots or waders Smaller hooks Bread Clublock on car - some shifty types were hanging around on that island and in the river area As a side thing I think I'm going to invest in some Spotters, sight casting is fun! (pity I suck at it with no fish!) Nick.

Yep, at Ray's mate.

Hey All, they are dong 2 for $10 at an outdoors store in Camperdown, bought a pack today, caught nothing tonight but I think that was all me.

Yeah I had a look at Google Earth, but with the camera looking striaght down it's hard to tell the contours of the cliffline and so finding ledges is hard. On top of that, the area north of Wattamolla is blurred as I guess they haven't got images of that area yet. I'm stuck at work until Wednesday, and I'll definitely be keen for a fish by then!

Hi there, thanks for the replies guys! I've only heard of Waterrun and Balconies, but wasn't exactly sure of where they were exactly and which track to take to get to them. I think I need to invest in a map of the RNP. Speaking of the Nasho, I saw a seal up on the beach at Wattamolla last Tuesday, it didn't look to healthy and the rangers thought ti swallowed a plastic bag and called the zoo to come and help. Sad to see the seal on the beach and not swimming . And the Z is not Greek although my parents are from Europe. Pity they didn't teach me any other language other than English, what a waste!

Hi All, I'm new here although I've been reading this forum for a while. I'd love to catch myself some leatherjacket down in the Nasho. I went there last Tuesday, just as that S change came, Garie Beach was blown out and Wattamolla didn't look good, so I went to Bundeena. Can anyone recommend a ledge in the NP that is relatively high up from the water? I actually like long walks in to spots so I don't mind that! I've heard of a place called the Balconies which is in the Jibbon area but never knew where it was. Nick.