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how did you?? what did you end up doing?? I fish down catherin hill way sometimes but its a bit of a hard slog these days to get anywhere.

does anyone have the surf cams in their favourites list?? I've got it but when I click on it,it always come up with a blank screen and says done on the bottom of the screen thus requiring a re googling I thought I'd ask as I would assume I am not the only one interested in the live surf cams??

I would be very dubious at the moment with rock fishing I would not like to suggest anywhere with the ground swell at the moment if you are new to an area you will frequently fish I'd suggest spending even 1/2 a day watching it the lake would be a much wiser alternative but iether side off the swansea bridge should be good iether side of the low/high water 1hr before 1hr after would be most productive after that there is too much run in the tide and that area could be quite renowned at times for kingfish/jewy's,,have a look into that it's a much safer alternative untill the sea backs off.

Hey mate thats very good this season has started in earnest we too are seeing marlin every trip but I am a little disapointed at this weather at the moment that can make it a little uncomfortable with these large ground swells well I've had a safe and merry xmas thusfar and here we are waiting for new years I would have liked to get a bit of rock fishing in but with these ground swells and the locations I like to visit I've not even bother'd please give my my regards to cpt Mike and am looking very forward to a tipple with the captain and yourself at Port Stephens in weeks to come with the sattelite photo looking good I'd say the good water will be pushing in toward the coast and stay for a while with the direction of the current indicated but with the weeks of cloud cover it has been hard to get a sattelite photo we only have to get get out there and try and as previously spoken about I think we are in for a cracking good time,,Alls best happy new year and see you in 6 weeks at Soldiers Point...Steve.

yes mate I suggest if you have any friends who are butchers to have a look at it for you the quality stone you use is important also if your stone is rubish then your wasting your time everyone knows a butcher somewhere show them and they might show you a tip or 2 a new knife should be easy to sharp if your having problems it might be the way you are going about it..

the rules are no different to any other waterway

good to see the hard yards payed off by the way thats the perfect size gilled and gutted for a teaser for marlin.cheers Emu

oh well sounds like it ended up a reasonable day there for the lads out on "Reefmagic" a little unfortunate about loosing such a large critter and alls you can do is speculate at what it could have been we hooked a rather large spearfish whilst out Heatons hill some few weeks ago then the next week got a 75kgtuna on deck at my guess I'd say it could have just been an Xos yellowfin with fin of that calibre around surely there'd be some triple figure 1's swimming about...good work lads but better luck next time with the Honkers.

Hey Damo we fish'd saturday with our regular crew and ventured out to heatons I only saw 1 other boat where we was but there might have been others around we got a long billed spearfish that is rare for Sydney considering they are an Atlantic species but we did get 1 it might of been lost(ha ha)anyway we pulled lures back into Browns and just got pester'd with striped tuna taking our lures but we did see busting up tuna 70-80kilo along the way but very hard to get a bight when they move so quick very distince when they are that size I can't wait for a round or 2 with some fish of that size that will be interesting, it was a big day for us steaming home from Browns I'll give you a call next time we are on the water,your fellow Fisher friend Emu...

what kind of angling will you be doing?? will you still be usings lures or do want to use live baits?? I'd definatly suggest a witchdocter for lure's but advise against 1 for live baits 1stly with live bait you need to see the fish at the teaser and with a subsurface teaser this is very difficult yes teaser's work, a well placed lure spread can be very effective particularly when travelling over open water I have experienced 100%hookup rate with lures even2 weeks ago we whent2from2 in the same day with striped marlin but I've had plenty fall of also and as you rarely go out to browns mountain this doesn't matter the prominent species of Billfish caught of Sydney is Striped marlin and you'll see more of these along the continental shelf anyway,Yes teasers work if your fish'n at a fad or not remember the fish need to be at the fad in the 1st place and if they aint there then your just wasting your time anyway so you'll find yourself moving around a bit any way so why not have lure's out even if your live baiting some times(most times) you need to cover a lot of ground before you get to an area that is worth while having a livebait so why not have lures out some of that water could be quite productive just because theres no bait there does not mean theres any fish remember they are pelagic that means they move around...cheers Buddy let us all know how you go.

Aqua Monsta be patient my friend keep an eye on the sea surface temps and save yourself some travelling time it all looks good here off Sydney with the birds and so forth when the eddy gets closer it will be all good and you won't need to tow your vessel all that way I too am keen for a crack at the tuna I'd like to have a go of JB this year but I'm not going anywhere without looking at the elements first...cheers Emu

if you can tie a snell to the shank of a hook it is the identical knot perfect tying a snell first also refered to as nail knot but are both the same you only need 5-6 wraps this is sufficient for the knot to work...

hey Mike its really look'n good for this season we released2 striped marlin yesterday(sat8thjan)and captured a 18kg mahi mahi I did hear you chit chatting on the radio how did you end up??C'mon Port Stephens I'm chaffin at the bit to get up there alls best Emu...

well done on the blues still got to beat the day we got herbie a pb 6marlin in 1 day I'll be joining Onsite on the goldie for the trip back to port I hope we get a shot at a few blues on the way home.Can't wait

I'd be keen for 2011 I've fish'd this area in the past including the Kowmung gorge I was in 1/2 a mind for a trip this year these trout are decended from original stocks from prospect 1 of the first hatcheries(the first Ithink) in Australia the nepean once had a healthy trout population and infact even had a population of trout that ran to the sea these fish are a very pure strain aneven pure strain from thier origin due to the isolation and lack of interfearance from stocking if we start organizing now I'll be as fit as a mallee bull come Autum/Winter let me know what you think??