silky

I fished the Hawkesbury yesterday from 3.00pm to 11.00pm. It was wind against a roaring current. couldn' get any livies but got quite a few bites. WA pillies got the most bites. Got 1 baby hammerhead, 1 Sand crab, 1 31cm flatty and 4 bloody big eels. Couldn't hold botton at flint and steel with my biggest lead. Nice night at the end though.

Spent the last three days at Jervis Bay with the wife and boat. Caravan park has its own boat ramp but its to shallow at low tide to put the boat in. Decided to have a lash on the jetty. Told the wife I'm going to take this single bit of whitebait and catch you dinner. She said "Yeah sure you will". I've been fishing in rivers with no lead lately and a clear float. Trace about 4 foot long. After 5 mins I came back with a 45cm Dusky. No photo sorry. The wife told me to stop bragging and clean it for dinner. That was as good as it got. I spent wednesday and going all over the bay wherever it was legal. Got two slimey mackerel. Nothing touched them. Just juvenile snapper and flatty which all went back of course. Thursday was blown out pretty early. Not even a touch. Went back to the park. Moored the boat and went for a drive. I think it's just to cold at the moment. Cheers

Is this a protected area for groper as I thought you could catch 2 by line according to the fisheries NSW website? I can understand if people catch and release them but if you are allowed to catch them you can't really be a poacher can you.