Josh88

Hi Dave, We frequently have the same problem with tailor. My advice would be to put a 2nd hook in the tail so that way you'll probably hook the tailor, however they've still found ways around this when i've tried it so i would put some effort into the squid. Read the articles that Slinky has written and you should find yourself doing considerably better. Josh

Great flatty, how big was it? We've done well in Brisbane Waters at times, its pretty overfished particularly for flatties, so well done on catching such a quality fish. Its always the way when people take their wives fishing. Josh

Well done Flanman, sounds like you had a pretty good time. I'd like to live around Seaforth, throw a line in off your jetty and catch a king, what a life that would be.

Brilliant

Its great meeting people with the same interests from different parts of the world. Sounds like a great guy, always nice to trade things you may not have.

As said there are spots in the harbour that you will quite often get sharks. I find the best spot to be around the markers and reef at dobroyd head. However i would wait until around march, april to specifically target them when the water is at its warmest and you have all the other sub-tropical fish coming in. Try a circle of worm hook for a good mouth hook up and use a good fleshy bait. Josh

That is one messed up fish. You do feel sorry for those less fortunate than so many of us. What channel is that show on?? Josh

Hi Claxton, The amount of weight will be somewhat dependent on the amount of current, depth etc... for the yakka and squid make sure you have the sinker above the bait so it can still swim a bit or use a paternoster and have a resonalble length on the dropper. You don't need to much weight, just enough so that you don't have the yakka swimming around like an idiot tangling your other lines. I would definitely try and give squid a go because i think they outfish yakkas and can be more effectively baited on hooks and are more durable to things like tailor. A 2 hook rig should help if you encounter tailor that have tendencies to take chunks out of yakkas and de-bait your hooks without you realising which is a pain in the ass and happens all to often, so regular checking of your baits is necessary. The squid guts make an awesome bait and whilst are pretty bad to handle pay off with the kings attraction to them. Have a look early for fish hitting the surface and have some lures rigged up to throw or troll around them then you'll have some good tidal flow from about 8am onwards which is a good time to find the kings on the bite. Good luck, let us know how you do. Josh

I was wondering about that, bit of a bummer. Good to know though. Cheers Josh

Wow! I sure would like to have some gear like that. Just be careful witht the sunline, i've had it snap midline multiple times and really its caused me nothing but grief with tangles etc... as well Josh

Well done Doug, you seem to be constantly getting among those kings. I don't know about the hooked fish scaring them off the bite as quite often you see other kingfish trying to get the lure out of the hooked fish's mouth....they are a funny fish though and can be confusing at the best of times. Josh

Ye i've seen a lot of surgeons being caught in the harbour the last year, some people are specifically targeting them instead of blackfish. Not sure about the poisonous slime because people hold them but the jags on their tails are like scalpels, which is where they get their name from. Josh

Well done mate, what a great session. Devo bout losing the big one though, shouldn't be too long before you nail one if you keep having trips like that. Josh

Sounds like a great session, caught nearly everything

kind of annoying game, but you wanna beat it. Got 800 on 3rd go and gave up...

Well i haven't seen any of the stuff everyone hates Manly for so i like them. Thank god they won, loved seeing it being given to melbourne ROOSTERS 09

Was wondering why half the clocks in the house were telling different times... Good thing it wasn't tomorrow.

Bad luck mate. That would've been a tailor, they do it all the time and you don't even realise until you find either half or no bait left on your hook when your still under the impression nothing has hit it. A twin hook rig might help. Josh

I know that big tiger sharks can be targeted out of Sydney but i don't think mako's are as regular as the other sharks that visit. You can definitely target small sharks in the harbour around easter with a good fleshy bait at Dobroyd head. Josh

Yeh had the water police coming and doing random safety checks and breath tests a few weeks ago Seem to be coming more frequent after the boating mishaps on the harbour

Would've jumped in there, pretty poor effort by that bloke though.

Well done Doug. You seen to be doing well this last month or so

Sounds like awesome fun. Was it in the harbour? Lookin forward to pics Josh

Sounds like fish are moving in everywhere. I've tried salmon once and can safely say i won't again. Its too strong and oily, way better fish to eat than that if you ask me. I've heard from other people that they can make pretty good fish cakes and can be ok when baked but i wouldn't expect anything special.

Sounds like you did pretty well Dave, bit of action and a good feed. Those salmon really can be a pain the bum this time of year. Hopefully find some action this week..