Welster

Great topic Neil. When everything is right it is hard to beat fishing for Dolphin fish on the right day. A nice sunrise on the way out, the water a nice shade of blue, the live bait swimming freely within view and seeing the mahi buzzing the bait through the water and sometimes the hook up too. I also like the simplicity of pumping Nipoers and fishing for whiting off the flats in a nice location. One of the great things about fishing is it can be whatever you like, laid back and relaxed or active, simple like a hand line from a wharf or involved like game fishing. It really does offer something for everyone.

Another good feed. Getting the jig back with a squid attached is pretty cool.

Wow what a great recount of your adventure. I don’t think I have ever seen a freshwater post with so many quality Trout caught. Awesome photos too. Thanks for sharing it with us Jon.

We drifted from just north if Marley to Wattamolla, we were near Wattamolla when we took that photo. The was a couple out from Wattamolla on Stand up paddle boards when a whale surfaced right near them. Nayer was wishing she had the time to take the photo so she could offer it to them. The drift speed was good so I expected to find a patch of the bigger ones but it wasn’t to be.

Well done on another good bag of fish Chris. What sort of depths were you fishing in?

She is keen for another trip so that’s a start.

Fortunately everything fell into line today to spend the day on the water with my daughter. With conditions a bit chilly but otherwise ideal we headed out and down the coast a bit. We started off chasing squid but they didn’t play along, well for me anyway. Tanaya did managed a cracker in 23 metres of water. We moved on in search of a feed of flatties. Fishing from 25 to 60 metres we didn’t find a patch of legal ones but picked up a couple. We were treated to whales passing by all day which was a nice distraction for us both.

Thanks Rebel. It looks like a good winter fishing option to me.

Nice one. I have been following this blackfish on green peas technique with interest. What are you berlying with when using the green peas?

Very nice snapper indeed. Congrats on the PB

In a plastic tub with aerator i have taken them from salt water to fresh water and back again. I just changed a bit of water each day, i was using tap water but aged in a bucket for a few days before switching. I didn't feed them much. The night before a fishing trip id just put them in the live bait tank so the switch to salt water was pretty sudden 🤣. The left overs came home and went back to fresh over time.

I doubt that!

Congrats to your wife on a great catch, I bet she will be reminding you about that one for a while. Thanks for your report.

That sounds like interesting work in a nice location.

Thats a nice result for a windy day and tasty too.

It is great seeing a report from up the river and such great fishing. Well done.

We used a lemon butter sauce last week as well, after consulting google.

That is Chilly!

Good to see Raiders getting out snd having some fun together. What temperature was the water at the FAD. Last week the Port Hacking FAD was 22°. Happy birthday for Friday Zoran, taking a swim 20 plus k’s out wouldn’t be my choice way to celebrate it 🤣.

It was nice to have a feed of freshly caught fish for a change.

I only saw one FAD so i guess the other went missing and wasn’t replaced.

It sure is good spending time together.

Opportunities have been hard to find so it was very nice to spend some time on the water on Saturday. Dad and I were on the water before six and loaded up on bait without much fuss. We set off towards the Sydney East FAD. The wind outside the heads was stronger than predicted but we pushed on. There was 5 or 6 boats on arrival for our first drift. Dad was on in a flash and landed the first fish off the day a decent Mahi just under 70cm. I thought this might be a productive day, soon after I missed one and that was it they were gone. A persisting for quite a few drifts and the wind blowing its backside off we made the slow, wet trip back inside the bay. We anchored up, got the burley trail going and caught a steady stream of 25-30cm Reddies and Trevally. We kept a Trevally and Bonito that dad caught. On the live bait I caught a rat King that was good fun. The conditions inside the bay were very nice. Sorry no pics from this trip.

Thats a great easter feed well done. Thanks for sharing your experiences of what is happening and working out on the water.

Thats the way to celebrate your birthday with a good day on the water and a nice feed.