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    Sunbaking Barra!

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    Roberta,

    Thanks for the info much appreciated, closer to the date I will talk to a couple of places up there.

    I have caught lots of barra before when I lived in NQ, just wanted to try something different later this year for a week or two.

    Hopefully we will get a couple, still havent decided what other dam we might try but will may even decide on the way up.

    Thanks

    Patrick

    Lake Jindabyne

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    Posted

    I have fished the lake a few times and have done really well with most days catching double figures, a couple for tea and let the rest go.

    It can get a bit cold on the water in winter there with icicles hanging off the guides when trolling. DONT FALL IN!!!!, and it can get very very windy so keep a close eye on the weather

    Mostly trolled up browns and rainbows around the 2 islands (Lion & Cub I think they are called). Trolled tassie devils behind fenders seemed to be the best.

    Small minnows worked well as I couldnt handle catching fish with all the junk on the line.

    When I have been there in summer the fish seem a little deeper and have used leadline or paravanes to get the lures deeper - no I dont have a downrigger.

    There are a couple of tackle shops, one near the shell servo next to the caravan park and one in town. Both have got a fair bit of gear

    Live Bait System Ideas

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    Thanks Patl,

    I was thinking along the same lines.

    I have an aerator with suction cups that I thought I might utilise as well with a 3 way switch(off,aerator on,both on or just pump).

    Do you run the pump continually or periodically to change the water?

    Does the pump work ok when your travelling along or is it just on when stationary?

    Hope you dont mind me picking your brains on this.

    Regards

    :1fishing1:

    When filling the tank with bait I run it full bore in case any spew up berley and to aerate the water as much as possible

    When I am sitting still and the water has been turned over i pretty much run the pump every 15 minutes or so for 15 minutes or so, it will depend what is in there, 1/2 dozen reasonable slimys i dont turn it off when stopped, a couple of small yakkas - 15 minutes.

    When running on the plane the pick up below the pump puts a heap of water in the tank so i turn the pump off

    Be careful putting an aerator with a suction cup over the back of the boat and the forgetting to pick it up, when you take off, it could fly up back into the boat and hit you bloody hard.

    I have seen that happen with a guy using a suction cupped transducer on a tinny that let go and left a rip snortin bruise, the trouble is he let go of the tiller when it hit him and he just about rolled the boat over at full tilt

    Pittwater And Hawkesbury 6/1/06

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    A couple of points regards the above

    *Firstly there is no trawling in Pittwater itself (has been banned I think since the 80's or longer) I also think up to where trawling is banned they can only work less than half the river and then most of it Monday to Friday

    *Trawlers can work in a line between Box Head and Barrenjoey (somewhere east of this would become an ocean trawl and not estuary trawl)

    *The main catch is prawns (mostly night time fishing) and squid (day time fishing)

    *they are allowed to keep legal bycatch, and do but I believe there are a list of species they can keep that includes whiting, flounder, silverbiddys' etc

    * there is some fishing methods that I think are legal in Pittwater which incudes beach hauling (eg as in sea run mullet) and meshing (setting a net) but you need the endorsements to do this

    * you also see traps set, mostly around west head, steel and barrenhjoey

    And most importantly if you see something illegal being done get the FB number, write the details down and any witnesses and if possible take a photo, then ring fisheries

    Patrick

    Bloody Wiring

    in Boating

    Posted

    A thing that not everyone checks is the earth, incuding the battery terminals.

    If you boat is ally dont use the boat as an earth but run twin core wire (should be tinned) to each of the access.

    Also solder the joins instead of crimping them.

    Also if you have fuses (which you should have) check there hasnt been moisture around there and the terminals arent corroded

    Hope this helps

    Patrick

    Only 1 Fish Today 10.12

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Ready to leave home just after 4.30 am to launch at Patonga but when I went outside there seemed to be too much wind compared to the BOM site, waited till they issued the next forecast at 4.45am which was no real change to the night before so lets go and see how it turns out.

    Ran straight over to the joey and trolled around there for a while, no good. The weather was getting better so headed south trolling along the rocks to see if any kings wanted to play.

    Got down as far as mona vale when i came across a school of yakkas on the surface, pulled the lures in and lets catch a couple of these. With a bait jig got a few in the boat which i bridled up and put back over the side.

    Before i tried trolling them I wanted a couple more so jsut drifted around the schools a bit and as they came up got a couple more.

    The ratchet on the calcutta was starting to turn over very slowly, almost like I had snagged.

    Anyway lets have look, this wasnt a snag as the afterburners kicked in for a short burst and then settled into short runs and hanging down deep. Now I am confused to what it could be - kingie??cobe??, iam on mono so probably not a shark, dont know.....then colour....this is not a bad fish....it looks at least a over 3 feet long.....then down deep again.....I want to at least know what it is.....so lets get it back up.....now its under the boat ....here it comes....oh shit its a bloody mako about 5ft long.

    anyway I pull it up beside the boat for a good look its just sitting beside the boat .... what to do, on my own so I cut it off.

    Pretty wrapped as this is probably the best fish I have let go out of my 12 ft tinny, and sorry no photo as the camera is sitting on the desk where i was supposed to pick it up this morning.

    That was the only fish today but I am happy.

    Patrick

    Live Bait Tanks

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    Brett

    I dont know if this helps but this is what I use out of a small tinny. It came from Kmart and cost about $50

    It is a 44 litre esky with a half lid, pump with pick up and it is at the right height so it just emptys back over the back

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    Pittwater, Broken Bay, Not Good

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    Posted

    I went out this morning at sun up and trolled around the joey, hooked 4 salmon and 3 tailor, manged to jump off all the salmon and 1 of the tailor - caught on Cd's and blue/pink squid. Had a strike by something that pulled pretty good with stong tail beats but dropped it as well. I just didnt seem to stay connected to anything this morning

    There was a small school of salmon in the wash off the rocks slurping and rolling on the surface but the swell was a bit big to get in that close trolling

    Trolled out a bit wider a little later to see if there was anything else, lots of mutton birds doing laps and a few terns doing nothing.

    Had a very quick look around pittwater and home by 10

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