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Got this flatty in the Bay this morning on a 5in camo gulp it was about 70cm P/S before anybody has a blood rush it was released

First post for quite a while ,not been doing much fishing but anyway went for spin in Botany Bay this morining first couple of hours it was pretty quite with just acouple of small flathead and a ocky ,was just about give it away when I got a very solid hit first I thought it was a ray untill it saw the boat and took off after 2 strong runs I managed get it into the boat a very nice flatty , my measure only went to 65cm but I think it was pushing 70cm , See pic

Silly question but have you gone into you menu and taken it out of simulator mode if so send me pm I may be able to help you regards Garry

Just a thought maybe if you guys that are looking to go fishing with fellow Raiders to post some info like you age and and what suburb you live in ,if I am going to invite somebody on to my boat for 4or5 hours I would like to know a bit about them so I have a look at there profile if there is no basic info there i do not go any further any as I said it just athought

Yes mate at the single post closest to oil wharf

G/day Tony it is a Daiwa Advantage 2500A reel and an Advantage rod it has a well balanced feel and ,rod has a long butt whitch l like

Botany Bay 18/2 08 went for a spin in the Bay this morning good conditions light nor’easter but with a run out tide not much drift managed to land a few just legal flathead all went back ,was about to call it a day but decided to have one more drift out near the goal posts first drop got a big hook up thought it was a small kingy or a small jew but it turned out to be a 40cm bream and he sure went hard , after that I had a couple of solid hits but did not hook up and then got a good hook up it was another bream it went 36cm ,after that I got a few small flathead so I called it a day d

Thanks guys for your help and info

I used something like that a while back it woks great but it has some sort of acid base and can affect galvanization on the trailer if it is the same stuff

Can alloy props be cupped and if so is there anybody in Sydney that does it ????????

Can any one tell me what does the downrigger bom looks like on the sounder screen when trolling some one told me it should show as straight line???? but it hardly shows at all on my sounder maybe the transducer angle is wrong????

Fished the mouth of Botany Bay this morning for Kings got there about 7am trolled for 10 minutes be for I got a hook up landed 2 fish both just under sized, then I got a solid hit it was a good king he went over 70cm after that 2 more just under 65cm and then the fish went off the bite ,they were still showing on the sounder but would not bite on anything tried different bates and lures but they would not hit anything ??????? back home by 12am all in all a good but frustrating morning ,Will give it another go tomorrow

Well done mate you can't do any better than a SEAFARER

Went out to chase the elusive king fish sick of hearing that the only place to catch kings is the Sydney Harbour , The weather was supposed to be howling from the north east and it did blow a bit in the morning but by about 9am it was quite pleasant and very fishable the fish were on the bite from the time we arrived ,Although a lot of them were under sized but most were over 60cm we kept 2 my best was 77cm and my mates 75cm lost count of how many we caught but some were between 10 and 15 and got done by some fish that I could not stop on 40 lb braid all fish were taken the troll either on live yellow tail or dead garfish ,and all fish within site of the oil wharf at in the mouth Botany Bay I have posted some pics one is my fish and the others are fish that were caught by some mates at the same spot the best went 92cm All in all it was a great day and I must say I had forgotten how hard a good KING can pull

Went for a fish in Botany Bay this morning it was a bit overcast and rain was predicted but I thought bugger it I’ll go any way as it turned out it just got better and better buy 8am the breeze from the south had dropped and the Bay was glassy smooth ,but back to the fishing as I was spinning for flathead it was pretty slow got a couple of small flatties and 2 nummrays as the tide started to run I got a few good hits but no hook-ups but about 9am I got a solid hit and it held at I first thought it was another ray but after some solid runs and some head shakes I knew it was a pretty good flattie it turned out to be a 65cm fish in top condition but it was on it’s own spent another hour after that and never got another hit ,but anyway it was a very pleasant way to spend Sunday morning

Welcome to the site nicat those salmon are great fun on light gear I was in Yarra Bay on monday I saw the splashes and the birds working and I thought the were tailer flicked out a soft plastic and spent the next 10 minutes wondering how long my 2lkilo leader would last i managed to land 3 before they sounded

Picked up the new rod and reel from fellow raider Tricky [swap&sell]on Thursday so I thought I give it a test on the Bay the conditions were great but the fishing was slow I was spinning for flathead went to all the usual spots all i managed was 2 rays and 2 small flattys, the wind was starting blow from the south west and getting stronger and the drift was very quick , put out the sea anchor and made the difference I got 2 nice fish in half hour one went 56cm and the other 63cm it was about 10/30 and the wind was howling so called it a day I have found flathead spinning in the Bay very hard going recently It might be just me is anybody else doing any good ????????????????

Well done mate good report and a good read

Danilo I like you perssistance and the song maybe a bit of boat fishing might change your luck let me know when you have some time and we can arrange a trip around the Botany Bay area can’t give you any guarantees ,but who knows there might be a song in it P/S week days no prob

THE NEW BUSTER

Decided to try the flathead in Bate Bay,left the ramp at 6.30am conditions looked good until we got to the mouth of the port .it was blowing a pretty hard from the northwest anyway we got out to the 35meters out from Osbourne Shoals but the wind made the drift to quick and we could not keep the baits on the bottom so moved in closer to the beach inside Mary’s reef caught a few small flattys ,after about an hour the wind started to ease so we went back out to the 35meters and put out the sea anchor witch slowed the drift we caught fish straight away but they were small or just legal but as got further out the 40 to 50 meters the got bigger from 34 to 50 cm then we struck the leather jackets lost 4 rigs before we landed any ,we changed position and got back to the flathead we kept 20 and threw back at least the same number also 3 monster leatherjackets So it turned out to be a good morning

the boat went very good I am very happy with it , Pete are you going to presentation night

Gday Hundgie I was fishing east I reckon straight out from Osbourne Sholes

Took the new boat for a run in Bate Bay, the plan was to do a bit of bit of bottom bouncing for flathead found the the fish around 30 to 40 meter mark there were plenty there most were just legal managed to get a few around the 45 to 50 cm, best thing no leather jackets ,Sorry no picts forgot the camera

THIS IS MY NEW BOAT AND ACCORDING TO MY WIFE MY LAST