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    Fishing Help

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    Hey mate,

    Things definitely are a lot slower this time of year and getting some quality fish can be pretty tough.

    I tend not to go out this time of year that much which means i too have little success, but there are definitely fish there to be caught.

    Now is the time to target John Dory in the deep holes around moorings in the harbour and the blackfish are always around and provide a good fight for their size and are pretty good to eat, you need to use livies for dory and cabbage weed fished under a float for the blackfish.

    There's still the odd king in the harbour but most are on the offshore reefs getting jigged up.

    Good Luck

    Josh

    hey thanks for that Josh ill see what i can do..

    Crox Craft :1fishing1:

    Fishing Help

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    hey raiders.. just woundering if anyone could help me out by telling me which fish

    are the best to target around now ad how to get on to them..

    i have been going out latly and tried everything but havent seem to catch anything worth keeping. mabey im doing something wrong... any help...

    cheers Cox Craft :1fishing1:

    Hairtail

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Hello,

    Went out at 5pm last night for hairtail. Headed to Jerusalam bay, full of boats as usual.

    Ended up with 2 hairtail one at 1.3m and one at 1.2m in the boat. Came home happy at 12.30am.

    Laurie

    hey THE SWEENEY... good work mate.. what time would you reckon would be a good time to get to Jerusalam bay before it becomes heticly full with boats .... were you on a moring or just at anchor...

    Cheeers Cox Craft :1fishing1:

    Jew Bash

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    Hi raiders ended up giving MH a miss and went out

    to one of my favorite jew haunts around the back of cockatoo island

    settled in by 2.30am set the baits out for the low tide swing about

    3.45 one of the rods buckled over and took of with my squid bait

    then to my suprise it let go of it.

    Half a hour later another rod went of and then another i had a double

    undecided of which one to go first i just grabed the nearest to me i ended

    up landing both.

    I reset the bait again and just as i layed back the drag was going on another

    fish it was awesome i mainly always get fish here but the forth hit was good to see.

    This fish was not as big as the others so i put him back not that there big fish only tackers.

    Stayed till 5.30am then headed back home

    Cant beat cockatoo island jews ;enjoy the pic

    This ones for you olly!!!!!!!!!!!

    hey OUTFISHER good work mate... im suprised that you didnt even drift of to sleep at that time i know i would have hah.ha.. were did u catch your squid at ??...

    Cheers Cox Craft :1fishing1:

    Downriggers

    in Tackle Talk

    Posted

    Cox Craft

    In my opinion electric Downriggers are the only way to go.

    cheers

    bob

    alright thanks for that bob.. you wouldnt happen to know were you might be able to get some resonbliy priced electric Downriggers from??

    Cheers Cox Craft.. :1fishing1:

    Does Anyone Still Use Chicken Guts For Bait?

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    I can remember some years back purchasing packets of frozen chicken gut at the local servo or bait shop.

    Is it still available, and does anyone use it with any success.

    We used to use it mainly for targeting bream. Wasn't as successful as fresh bait though.

    Also used to cut up steak in small strips, that was very successful on the bream.

    Hey Mariner 31 i used to use chicken for bait for bream.. but i dont really use it anymore... and if i do its with tuna oil to make some burly for the place.

    Cheers Cox Craft :1fishing1:

    Opinion On A Boat

    in Boating

    Posted

    Hey Guys

    I looked at Campion as they are local to me.

    Bought a 20' Trophy instead.

    What can I say

    Paul

    Thanks Paul... Trophy boats are pretty nice boats aswell.. is your boat going well.. have your taken deep sea yet??

    Cheers Cox Craft :1fishing1:

    Opinion On A Boat

    in Boating

    Posted

    Hi, Campion are an a Canadian boat company that have popped up lately due to the strength of the Aussie dollar. I have seen a few, not been for a ride, but in my opinion there are probably better boats from overseas, but the price of these boats make them attractive.

    I have a few other thoughts, but this is not the place for them,

    As with anything if YOU like the boat, trust the dealer and the price is in your budget go for it.

    Cheers,

    Huey.

    okay thanks for that mate...

    Cheers Cox Craft :1fishing1:

    Finally!

    in Boating

    Posted

    ummm.. couldnt really tell u! ive neva used lowrance before and i used to have a crappy eagle fish finder only!

    i read up on the gps and the lowrance has pretty good reviews so i thought ill try it!

    but i know that the furuno fish finder is a gun!

    but ill let u know how the Gps setup goes as soon as the weather clears up!

    okay cheers ReAcT hope your fishing goes well with your new gear...

    Cheers Cox Caft :1fishing1:

    Finally!

    in Boating

    Posted

    Hi guys!

    just installed a new gps and fish finder! so i thought ill show u guys my Craftmanship :P

    hey looks good can you tell me have you always used lowrance fish finders and GPS.. systems. what you think about themm compared to others... ??

    Cheers Cox Craft :1fishing1:

    Flathead Tackle

    in Tackle Talk

    Posted

    I have been fishing rubbers for Flatties for a while now and can tell you that the success rate over live bait is about 10 to 1. Rubbers must be the most effective method to catch Flatties.... and BIG ones too!!! :thumbup:

    Do yourself a favour and go to the tackle shop, buy some 9 gram jig heads with 2/0 hooks, a packet of Pumpkin Seed Pogys and a packet of size 4-5 Squidgy Fish in black and gold. Make sure you rig them nice and straight.

    Go to the water, find some drop offs or snags, cast in and do a jerking whipping retrieve keeping your lure in close contact with the bottom at all times. :biggrin2:

    I would be very surprised if you don't catch one. :1prop:

    As a foot note, most of my big Flatties have been caught from the shore around rocky outcrops, moorings and wharf like structures.

    hey mate thanks for that... ill see what the tackle store has... so i spose that you defently think that leaving a live bait out in the water swimming around is no point when you could be casting and retriving over and over???... ill be defently see what happpends in the up coming holidays... and get back to you.

    cheers...

    Cox Craft :1fishing1:

    Flathead Tackle

    in Tackle Talk

    Posted

    Hi Cox Craft. A good spot for fishing for flathead in the Hawkesbury is just inside of the mouth of Mooney Mooney Creek on the run out and two hundred yards up the creek fishing lighter into and letting the current in the creek do the work on the run in. You can also fish there landbased and fish next to your car right at the side of the old Pacific Highway.

    Oh any of the minnows or hardbodies which handle tubing and trace better, and I also find tasmanian devils designed for trout work just as good on flathead as well.

    Cheers

    jewgaffer :1fishing1:

    Thanks jewgaffer.. i dont really go up the hawkesbury but i just might i have a few places to try so yeah .... :tease: any place that anyone has said to catch good fish in must be good and worth giving a go.. so cheers jewgaffer...

    Cheers Cox Craft :1fishing1:

    Flathead Tackle

    in Tackle Talk

    Posted

    Where do you fish??? Where do you Live???

    I can point you in the right direction but i need to know where you fish? or are going to fish?

    i am fishing around pittwater and flint and steel and i know you can get them around there some were but like just woundering if you had any other places were you know off some good size flattys working...

    cheers..

    Cox Craft :1fishing1:

    Flathead Tackle

    in Tackle Talk

    Posted

    Im a full sp convert so i reckon you should give em a go!

    I have fished side by side with live poddy fishos and outfished em too many times for it to be fluke. Its not that sp's are more deadly, but they do resemble a live bait too, its the matter of cast-retrieve that allows you to cover more ground which i think is the vital factor.

    Try 1000/2500 sized reels with 4 or 6lb braid, whack on some 10lb leader, flick a 2-4kg 7' graphite rod and you will be almost there.

    If your starting out i reckon you should use sps around the 3" range. This will attract all size lizards as well as bycatch of bream, maybe mulloway, whiting etc. In this way its brakes the monotony of catchin one species.

    Try Atomic 3" Jerk Minnows in various colours. They are the best allround sp of all.

    thanks krazyman ... ill see what happends ill defently take what you have said on board.. you wouldnt happen to have any favorite flathead spots that you could lent out would you??

    cheers mate

    Cox Craft :1fishing1:

    Downriggers

    in Tackle Talk

    Posted

    there was / is 2 electric down riggers for sale recently on for sale page

    bigger dollars = electric and actual depth of bomb

    cheaper = manual wind and counting turns for depth

    and guessing not as strong aswell

    thanks mate for that ill go have a look do you reckon its worth spending the money for a electric one or wiat till your a serious fisherman berfore you get into the electric ones??

    cheers

    Cox Craft :1fishing1:

    Akuna Bay, Hawkesbury River

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Hey there guys ...

    just woundering how the Hawkesbury River and Akuna bay have been going over the last couple of weeks?..

    im just woundering cause of the rain over the last couple of weeks and i havent seen what the water is looking like and mabey someone has seen if the water is looking clean or is it a dirty from the rain??

    Cheers guys

    Cox Craft :thumbup:

    Downriggers

    in Tackle Talk

    Posted

    hey there guys i was woundering if any of you have a opion on what you might think is a good downrigger..

    i know the price can go up and down for different types of downriggers and thats why i was woundering what are you getting when you spend around $1,000 on a downrigger that is so much better than spending half that price on one??? .. and could anyone tell me any good brands that they personly like...? i just am woundering as im just think of getting one and would like to here what you guys have to say about them..

    cheers guys

    Cox Craft :1fishing1:

    Bait For Jews

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    Hi Cox Craft

    As to me using a GPS I don't even have a clue how to get the back light on let alone do the menu and have always motored in close first for my baitfish while looking for the more likely spots of several in proximity or on the opposite side on the day and I have to find new ones in new areas for myself.

    I bought an Eagle GPS for the Savage I bought up north in December and finished up with a card of the whole of Australia and NZ which a junior threw in, feeling sorry for my meek expression when they ran out of Ballina cards. My mate Jeff the Parson of the River City Church and a keen fisherman has marks for the Ballina outside jew reefs among others and we needed those marks and a gps for my boat as I planned to be up there for 2-3 months, but then the gales and the floods came in.

    Did a Hawkesbury session in Slinky Malinky's boat with Arked, did my own line ups, Slinky had a gps spot in the programme I think for the vicinity where I had them drop anchor on my own line ups. Slinky said his GPS was out by 19 metres or my landmark line ups were. Look at it this way we got five jew on the day and I have pulled some good fish from there before GPS were around and sounders for that matter. All I can say is that I've narrowed the waterways down and in new areas I fish according to what the water is doing and I usually do better well back and away from baitfish schools.

    I do need a GPS lesson by someone out on the water and they can take and record locations. A couple of jew hook ups mean you are in jewfish territory and the important thing here is that jewfish always come back.

    Look it's got to be either Lion Island or Berowra for the larger school jew right now, but you need to try Lion Island first not last as there are Berowras all over the river and when you fish in between the Berowras last and do well, then you'll know the jewfish have arrived and gone up river. But in my opinion Lion Island is the go first for jew, with a lot of big mature bream around up river leading to Berowra.

    Cheers

    jewgaffer :1fishing1:

    cheers mate i will defently be trying Lion Island hopefully this weeknd and ill see what happends and then get back to you ... thanks for all your help jewgaffer...

    Cox Craft :1fishing1:

    Flathead Tackle

    in Tackle Talk

    Posted

    G'day mate, I have caught quite a few flatties and I use a Stradic 2500 with 4 or 6lb braid attached to a 2-5kg Berkley Pro Tactic. I use 8lb flurocarbon leader and 3.5 or 7 gram 3/0 jig head with any one of the Berkley jerk shads or minnows,I have used heaps of different colours they all seem to work and sometimes you will find they prefer a paricular kind on occasions. It's good fun just keep casting to the sandy drop offs and you will find them in there lurking around.. Hope this helps ..

    Thanks for your help mate i will try the few ideas that got throwen to me and see what happends..

    cheers Cox Craft

    Flathead Tackle

    in Tackle Talk

    Posted

    Hey there guys... i was just woundering if any off you guys might be able to tell me what tackle set up you reckon is the best for catching flatheads on, and what you think about plastic's v's live bait for getting a flatty on..??

    cheers Cox Craft

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