brickman

hey shadow.nice king good to see you put in the hard yards but best off all you got your mate a king well done regards brickman

i may be old fashioned.but how about an alvey with a extra spool gary

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hey ritchie.are you fishing solo or taking kids with you with kids;there are 2 beaches one eather side off the zoo both will produce flathead and not may people fish there without kids;inside south head off the rocks just about anything can be caught there early in the morning a little more info would help as to what you wish to catch and what gear you have regards brickman

hey slinky.a realy cool place to stay on the mid north coast is harrington good camping groung with lake at the rear, breakwall 5mins walk,manning river with good boat ramp and the bit you were looking for is 10km drive to crowdy head,great 3 bay ramp with pontoons spots in close 2km out from light house[snapper] mermaid reef 8km north 2km out from coast [every thing] live bait grounds .75 km north gilles reef[slimys] if you wish for gps marks just pm me regards brickman ps the bar at harrington is a no no the short drive to crowdy has a boat harbor[man made ] and is well worth the drive 4km out from the palm trees at harrington is flat head mecca[beware it is also mako mecca the only place i have ever seen sharks jump 6 feet out off the water] good luck brickman

we'll be hitting the heads early for a troll,hope to get on to the bonito[think i'll chuck the 4 th one on as a livey and see what happens] good luck everyone brickman

1095221666203_1_.htmlhey ritchie,i'm 45 and have lived around the area for most off that time,here's the history off the river as i remember it serving an trade at silverwater at the age off 16 polution;shell oil refinery tar plant up duck creek valvalene oil plant silverwater bridge battery plant silverwater bridge navey storege hangers northside silverwater bridge navey storage bunkers where olyimpic site is as a kid working at silverwater i can tell you there were no mangroves from west ryde up streem all the way to parra it was a toxic wastland with free for all dumping there was also homebush meetworks with a ofal channel straight to the river now i will only talk about hombush and back up stream as thats the area i know off first hand anyway as i was saying it was a dumping free for all then as the years rolled on and the plants either closed or cleaned up there act the river slowly started to come back we all new the toxins were still there but were being covered with silt from up stream around 1980 an old gent was digging worms on the north side off silverwater bridge and was gassed from the fermenting brew about 18 inches under the mud then there was a bit off digging done around the area and the full extent off the dumping was relised they disided to clean up the area an use the olimpics to pay for it[good work bravo golf clap] they disided no to clean up the river as it was too hard[probly a good idea as they would have srewed the whole harbor]any way it all was forgoten and we went on with our lives THEN COME THE KILLER RIVER CATS[one lerkin around ever corner waiting to strike] they started to sturr the mud and ribbon weed i have followed cats and every time they hit the gas the crap they sturr up is to be seen to be belived well it was only a mater off time till they reached the toxic level and sturred it up so you will probly start to see the mangrove disapear over the next 10 years i think the best thing to do for the river would be no cats and no boats up stream from silverwater bridge let the silt cover the toxins again and hope the mangroves can hold on heres some stuff i found on the net my advise do'nt eat west off harbor bridge do'nt even give fish you catch there to the inlaws no matter how much you dislike them regards brickman

hey va911,we heard two claps at rosser gully ,one more and we were outathere it cleared on the way back but we headed home.i love a good lightning show thats the first in the boat[lightning scares the crap out off me now] may had a mid week bash regard brickman

hey josh i know the feeling thats why i hit the bonito if i get a king that a big plus i will be using scotch fingers [garfish]i think thats what there munging out on would explane the king on sunday the birds and fish were working a big school off gar just off south head we picked up the king and boni's on sunday on the top lure on monday [pissing bown] all fish hit the red and white holco regards brickman

hey poacher,we scored a nice king on sunday morning trolling got to love the bonito[not what i would call a very smart fish] but great fun and good bait for thumper blue nose bream we lost a good king today on a white halco laser pro i think maybe the kings are feeding on scotch fingers[gar fish] hope the bonito get bigger regard brickman

just had to hit it again this morning,4.30 start hit the same runs as yesterday only it was pissing down rain trolled for a king with no luck we had a young fella on board today he had been out a few times but the biggest thing he had hooked was a flathead i'm on the wheel neils playing decky and the young fella first up 1/2 km later double hookup 1bonito boated one lost[young fella has an ear to ear grin] 2 hours trolling 8 hits 6 hookups 6 boated on the way home we had a solid hit and a spat lure[pritty shore was a good king ] anyway the young fella had a ball baging 5 off the 6 fish kept and a kingy hit all over by 9.30 so we called it a day

thanks boys it was so much fun i'll be getting up early tomorow for timtams,scotch fingers[small gar]i think thats what kings are eating regards brickman

hey raiders.woke up late got to wattsons 6.30ish had a hard time getting yakkas,only two timtams poked our nose around the corner to be greeted by birds working a school off bait fish out goes the lures after 2 mins fish slashing the water ahead cut the motor and drifted over the slashing fish waited 1 min started the lures working and got a solid hookup neil calls it a bonito as it came to the boat without much fight as soon as we saw colour i new it was a king as soon as the king saw the net the fight began,sit back have a cupa 7 min later boated 775mm kingy[a boat approach with the king on.a few star jumps and he stayed well wide and worked his fly rod like a master thanks heaps mate hope you hooked up big time] then the fleet showed up so we moved on after about 1km the found a patch off bonito out goes the light gear 4 passes 4 hookups 3 boated bonito is great fun on 6lb keeps you moving by 9.30 it was all over so having had a great little session we headed home the timtams were lost to tailor on kingy rigs dam cheers brickman

hey A,rays make great shark bait i saw a clip on utube they were cutting the wings off and the tail,big cast off the beach they picked up 2 bronze wailers about 5 feet long brickman

hey ccf. i recomend you bye this book australian fish and how to catch them,by richard allan it has all the basic riggs and stuff with diagrams,all the speces you seek and where and when to fish for them i still refer to books for fishing info[gives me somthing to do when not fishing] hope your first fish on the samon super light is a big lizard [flathead] all the best mate and do'nt forget to post a fishing report,even if you do'nt catch anything post a report an you will get heaps off tips from fellow raiders cheers brickman

great report mate,i used to hook the fish for my little girl and just ask her to hold the rod for me,just the look on her face was golden,anyway she is now 21 and still comes fishing regards brickman

great catch there,the red rockcod you mentioned is in fact a scorpion fish very nasty spikes as you mentioned[i've been calling them red rockcod for 35 years]last week got nailed by one in the hand,for me about as bad as a wasp sting.after reading up on the scorpion,beware some people have a bad reaction to the sting,if you get pins and needels in limbs hand or lips seek urgent medical treetment,as trouble breething could well be your next responce where were all the kings today regards brickman

great looking fish erroll,i've been fishing for 30years,still run around the boat like a spaz.when hooked to a king,its all good fun regards brickman ps try watsons bay in frount off boat shed[yakka heaven no sweep]

given the smelly fish thing a bit off thought,you mentioned it was little,sounds like a garfish.did it have a pin nose with a red end if so it's a garfish[better live bait than yakkas] we caught 2 at oldmans hat on sunday,picked up a nice tailor at the zoo regards brickman

hey sebastian.the name you seek is sea pike.mean set off teeth [good bait,live or dead] never eaten one,think you would have to be hungery regards brickman

the grass is buffalo. the king was 650 on the nose the jacket went 500 the pike[dident measure the bream went 450 ish tailor 450 ish whiting 380 if any off these fish are under size please let me know[but i do'nt think so] regards brickman

hey poacher.definantly a jacket it had the spike on top,but i did'nt know trigger fish were toxic[will have to read up on that one thanks for that regards brickman

hey deek J L ROBETSONS SILVER WATER [CHAIN AND CABLE,ACC.]GIVE THEM A RING ASK FOR JOHN I THINK ITS GALVERNISED WIRE ROPE YOUR AFTER BRICKMAN

hey jew hunters,this works with all fishing,wether it gets you a jew or not who knows 1 take 3 rods 1 for catching bait 2 for bream, flathead, tailor 3 for jew, king,shark 2 start with bait and berly 3we start with bream gear,if we catch a jew bait we use it 4set the jew rod then keep fishing with rod 2 NOW PAY ATENTION as i have mentioned before start at the bottom off the food chain and work your way up small fish being caught will bring bigger fish in looking for an easy feed,i have used this prosses for 20 years off the rocks and now in the boat works 4 times out off 5 let me know how you go brickman

i had one over the side on sunday same deal luckly i was quick and went for a very quick dive and swim,quick as we had been berlying for a good hour,saved $300.00 worth off bream gear well worth the swim brickman