EVAN

Nice job Pw... A very nice bream

Nice fish Dan, well done mate. I was down there about 5 weeks ago and also caught my first trout.. I was using celtas , countdowns , tassie devils and fly and couldn't land a thing .. we caught 12 between us but all late arvo and early morning on power bait. Biggest went 46 and was a great fight, jumping etc--- still have a smile.. good to see you got your first and a very nice first at that.. also interested to see the lure. Cheers Evan

I've never seen them in that close in the georges.. My parents live on lake macquarie and have seen dolpins out the front of there house in the last year, Since the netting has stopped its done wonders for the lake...

8 pound, he took a a good 200yds before i could turn the little buggers head, another 20mins of play and burgers all round!

I gave the lady my number and asked if she could inform me of its progress, So hopefully find out soon enough... Have herd of a few people though that numbers are dropping. Would be sad to see them go, Always a pleasure seeing dolphins, peguins and seals on the water....

What sort of fishing will you be doing? lure -- bait.. do you have an electric? I have a 3.75 aswell and as Iain said the headlands arn't out of the picture.. but the waterways has been out in force laterly and you need to have a v sheet and flares.

Bagged my first fairy penguin on saturday, he went 29 to the beak, I spotted him in the shallow crept up and netted him in one clean swoop... as i have'nt seen any others on here i'm sure hes a recored!!! I saw the little battler in the shallows swiming in circles with his head down trying to dive. Theres been a few found dead up here, And after talking with the national parks they said that a few are in taronga at the moment with the same problem, hope they find out what it is. Always good to see the little tackers on the water. I took him home for a hour (weighed him in) before wires came to his rescue... A couple of picks...

Have seen plenty of them around buttaba bay(lake macquarie)-- never thought to use them as bait.... give them a go... also keen to know how they do

Wow -- what a read... i think i now know more about the flatty than the , Good to see that most people are letting the bigger fish go.. I reaslise most fish and always the bigger flatties--Bream, but i fish because a love fishing , Not for a feed. I never go out thinking i'm going to catch dinner, But if you do and its legal then why not! Cheers Evan,

Nice work Tony great looking bass

I've just got a new rod (ian miller 12ft lw5-12kg) and reel (spheros 1200fa) and need to fit it with line--- Having lived 5mins from stockon beach for the past 8 months now and yet to wet a line there ... I thought it was time to get off my arse and have a go for some jewies... Wich brings me to my question---- do I use braid -- mono? and 10--15kg? Cheers Evan,

Cheers mate, one more question--- where did you get it done? 140 seems ok---

Hooky, sorry to bother you again mate --- a couple more things What did it cost to get the tank made? water out? what do you do? i notice you have another pipe running out i assume thats the overflow.. do you just bucket the water out later? wondering if its possible too sit the tank a little higher of the floor and have a drain in the bottom.. hmmm just finished my boat and now i want to do as you have-- LOOKS GREAT also powder coating, What price? A very smart looking job .. i injoyed putting all the floors etc in my boat was getting bored now that it in finished.. this looks like it could give me a little something more to do... Cheers Evan,

Nice work Ken, Nice pic

Well done norm looks like that spot seems to be paying of for you... Did you get any pics?

Nice fish granpop...

Very nice job hooky, is that a live bait tank in the back?

Matt Friday arvo-- keen for a friday arvo/night sesh? Ken-- yeah it was a top spot mate, The fish were a nice bonus.

Cheers hooky, thanks again for the info mate hope i can do the same for you one day!! Cheers Evan,

Arrr forgot about that one-- I can't be dead without a jew on the board--- the deal stays in place--- you still going away this weekend?

No browns mate, herd there hard to catch on bait.. tried fly and lures with no luck.. Have you caught them down there?

This might not be your 400 buck quality but i got pants and jacket in a zip up pack from a sports store for 40 bucks, Got them 1 size bigger and just wear warm stuff underneath--- does the trick for me and easy to keep on the boat in its water proof pack... and then you can go spend 360 another rod\reel.... Cheers Evan,

Yeah cheers mate, a shame i could only spend a day there... had so much to try with the info i got...

Cheers guys it was an awesome place, Would like to go back down there and really give the lures and fly rod a go.. Matt theres no chance you'll see this hat again-- i have instruted in my will that in case of death it is to be buried with me.. Chris, not yet converted... but keen for another session...

After 5 hours in the car we finally arived at the lake it was about 8 oclock and freezing, We set up camp made a fire a few jd's later headed for bed. Up at around 6 in the morning we had a look around and realised that we had set up camp about 100m back from the water---Not where we had thought... We decided to hit the water and go for a troll flick a few lures and come back and move camp, We trolled for about 2 hours changing from tassie devils to countdowns to celtas with nothing, spoke to a couple of other boats and most had had no luck or one. we stop at a few points and just through some lures willy nilly with no luck getting thirsty we decided to head back move camp to the water and chuck a few power baits in, had 2 rods set while i played around will a powerbait wide eyed rippin shad, got 2 little hits but that was all. Was walking back up to start a fire when one of the bells on the rod went off i race back down and grab it--- my first trout , the buggers have quite a fight on them jumping out of the water peeling line. I was using basic bream rods 6 pound fireline with 4 pound trace, and it was loads of fun.... The fist one went 37, I caught another 5 after that biggest at 46.. Just before dark i tried the fly line but there was 2 much of that blue green algi stuff covering the water. Anyway had a ball would have like to have got one on lure-- or fly but theres always next time Cheers Evan, ps... thanks to all for the info... Some pics--