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Got to the fad about 9/30 this morning tried bait and lures not a dollie in site and nothing showed on the sounder , water temp was 25.5 ??????????????? I trolled up a few bonito and mac tuna but that was at the northen end of Bate Bay once out side the heads never turned a reel all the way to the fad and the Peak and back???????????

I think they mean from pro nets ,I think more like from bigger fish or big squid

pilchards

Went for a fish in the Botany Bay this morning ,conditions were great light breeze from the west ,got to the spot just on sunrise got the berley going the was not much run so the berley trickled out nice and slow first fish hit like a train and felt a lot bigger than it turned out to be, it was a snapper ,more like a squire it went 34cm good eating size after that is was one after another finished up with 7 & or 8 all around the same size threw back 3 or 4 just under 30cm , also mixed in with the reds were some bream one went 36cm and some trevaly ,got busted off a couple of times think it could have been big trevs felt a lot of head shaking and strong runs Things slowed around 8/30 so I went for a spin with S/Ps 2 hours later all I had was 2 small flattys and a good bream that looked like he had been in a few battles [see pic ] well that’s about it got back to the ramp at 11/30

I plan to hit the Bay saturday or sunday depending on the weather, not to worried as I have a couple of weeks off as of friday

Hit the Bay again today the plan was go for snapper & bream early and spin for flathead later got to the spot just on first light the conditions where great run out tide with just a very light westerly wind ,got the berly going and put out the baits first hit came after about 20 minute it was a just legal red 3 more came soon after but were under sized 29cm any way got a couple more 30+ cm and 2 trevally ,then things went quite I thought they gone off the bite when I got a big hit first I thought it was a rat king but it was not fast enough , it made 3 big strong runs ,the 4kg mono was starting to feel the strain when up comes a 80cm flathead ,it was panic stations as I was on my own and did not want lose this fish ,missed it on the first pass but got it on the second I did not realise how big it was untill it was in the boat ,took a few picts and sent her on her way ,went for a spin but could raise a thing ,

Well done mate hope you can do the same on saturday

The sambos were same as this one

Went for a fish in the Bay this morning thought I would try for some Kings at Molinoux Point so I picked up some yakkas in Yarra bay Got to the point about 7am there were already 10 boats there, put down The lives one up one down and floated out a philchard head witch got Smashed straight a way, turned out to be a salmon 2 more pillies 2 more Salmon and then the slimes moved in bloody big ones,but sill no KINGS The lives never got hit left there about 9/30 went for a spin on the s/ps Picked up 4 flathead kept the best 2 back at the ramp at 10/30 Looks like the flathead coming back on the bite [hope so]

Went for a fish in the Bay this morning bit of a late start ,well late For me about 7/30, the plan was to have a fish for bream earley and Spin for flathead later on ,got to the bream spot around 8/am ,thought It was probably a bit late and the bait I had was a bit ordinary some old Prawns and salted stripey and some pretty good pilchards ,the prawns And stripey got no interest at all .But the pilly tail got smashed straightaway I thought it was a good bream but turned out to be a nice snapper [33cm] put Out another pilly bang another snapper after that things went a bit quite so I Flicked out s/p two turns of the reel and bingo solid hit ,I felt head shacking Thought it might be a big trevally turns out to be a rat king under sized of Course [check photo he has broken 1/0 hook in his gill] any way back to the Snapper got 3 or 4 solid hit but no hook ups ,set the baits again a flick out a s/p It gets hammered bigger fish than last time big jump it’s sambo and bust off ,next the snapper rod goes off and another nice snapper comes in just Finnish unhooking him when the other rod goes off and snapper number 4 comes in after that things went quite so started flicking out s/p’s 3or 4 casts and bang solid hookup another sambo 3 big jumps and 5 minutes later he is in the boat quick photo and he is on his way ,after that it went dead so time for plan B spin for flathead , not to confidant as the last few outings have not been very successful ,tried a couple of spots no luck went over to Bonner Point the wind had dropped to nothing and the drift was slow ,after a couple of drifts with the dreaded bass minnow and a very slow retrieve I managed to snag 3 reasonable flattys. By this time it was midday and very hot so I called it a day The snapper went 32cm to 35 cm not bad for the Bay the salmon 65cm

I do not think trim tabs will help ,tabs mainly bring the front of the boat down having had a couple of Haines Hunters with tabs fitted , if traveling in a following sea with the tabs down the boat would try to broach or bury the nose, the way to fix the problem was to trim the motor up use some power to drive the boat .Boats with a fine entry [deep vee] need to be pushed in following sea ,it takes a bit to get used it ,but when the boat starts to broach use more power and never throttle off hope this been some help

Sharky on friday we fished the shallows on the Banks it was 56ft and that was about 6nm off the coast it is an awsome place

Just spent 4 days down the south coast at Greenwell Point the main aim Was to catch snapper ,so on Thursday armed some great looking blue tail Prawns and some fresh stripey fillets we set off, first stop was the close in Reefs ,first drop was hit with 2 minutes things were looking good until A good sized sweep appeared and then another and another ,so we changed The rig to smaller lead this worked we then started to catch slimey mackrell They were monsters so went up in lead that took us back to the sweep so we Moved to another reef 3ks away but the same thing sweep and slimes so a run Out to the Banks was called for we got there about 10am there were about 6 Boats, and 2 pro trawlers which picking kings 3 at time one guy was poling them It was something to see most fish were undersize and went back,anyway we Thought we might asswell try to get into the action,when school of bait fish Exploded right be side the boat guess what they were bloody sweep ,they were About half a kilo, we were not happy ,anyway we tried the prawns got sweep Tried the stripey got sweep found a packet of frozen squid and bingo every Squid was a KING not big fish most around 58cm the odd one 75+ but good Fun ,we ran out of squid and the kings lost interest Day 2 after buying all the packet squid in Greenweel Point and pickimg up Some live yakks and slimes back to the Banks we went and sure enough the Sweep were still there but so were the kings they took the lives straight away And were a and better class of fish most well over the 70 cm mark and a Couple we could not stop before they reefed us ,when we ran out of lives We went back to the squid and although most were under sized they were Great fun ,It was a top day the water was 26 degrees and flat Hope this post is not to long will try post some pictures

Good on you ASH

Sorry to have missed meeting all you Raiders at Kograha Bay but Chris and I where having Hard time trying to catch some live bait at Molineaux Point ,anyway we caught bugger all And pulled the pin early just as the storm hit ,the night was not a complete waist I got home just In time to see the mighty SOUTHS beat the DRAGONS We will have to do it again in the day time

Help needed going down to Greenwell Point for 4 days next week I have not Fished down there for many years ,plan to fish for snapper kings and Flathead,any info from raiders down that way would be great ,I have the marks For the Banks but would like the marks the Mud and any spots that could be Worth a try thanks for any help

where do get dynamite

Great catch there Loomy, I would love to catch a snapper on S/Ps do put any action into the S/P or just let the boat provide it

Great report Steve Next time you are out with Chris ask him to show his famous trick with nippers it is realy something to see

Iam in just let me know details

How about a social in Botany bay , there are plenty of spots to fish, boat and land based,and plenty of places to meet up (Kurnell beach Brighton beach) Which are easy for family and frends to get to Any RAIDERS got any other thoughts on the subject

Good luck Brett & Sharky hope you have a blinder

I would like to ask the same question where are the inspectors in Botany Bay I would like to have a dollar for every under sized KING caught and kept at Molineaux Point IN the last few weeks , has anybody seen any inspectors?????????

Went to Molineaux Point this morining to try for some kings on the way Picked up some yakkas at Yarra Bay got to the point about 6am there was About 10 boats there allready put down the first yakka it got smashed Half way down ,after 3 strong runs and about 5 minutes up comes a 63cm King ,down goes yakka no2 same thing only this time not so big around 58cms,this goes on for about an hour most yakkas lucky to last 5minutes got 9 kings 6 over 60cms kept 3 . By this time I have runout of yakkas so switched to the flatherd spining gear And strips of squid got a few more kings but only small 45 to 55cms Also picked up a trevally around 45cm, Molineaux Point now has about 30 odd boats on it so it is time to leave Plan to spin up some flathead on the way home first drift at Bonner Point Gets me a nice flatty but my right arm as turned to jello after the Kings So I call it a day