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Happy 33rd Bithday Peter and to all you other Birthday boys fellas.. Cheers jewgaffer

Happy 60th Birthday Geoff I can see a quite few cups of hot bonox being served up down your way tonight to you too Jizzo.. Cheers jewgaffer

Good little session there Peter, at 40cms that black bream is not only a real big bream but a big bream plus another half a bream for Ray to take home had he preferred releasing the tail section Cheers jewgaffer

Couldn't agree more with what Leroy says about having some fly casting lessons to get you right before you start off and develop bad habits welcome to the site Lee Take a loook at the 8w Fenwicks for value, also Austwave there's a classy looking gold anodized all metal fly reel available that's marketed on line and only cost around thirty bucks would you believe and when a friend of mine pulled it apart we found that the quality surpasses my old Britsh made BFR fly reel by a country mile...There's a small group of fly fishing friends who book in to the clan motel up at Terrigal just to practice casting flies into the lagoon out the back.. pm me for details of the particular group if you like..I happened to meet them when I use to stay up there to fish off Terrigal Beach...they live in the far western suburbs and book into the same motel every off season just to get together and tweek up their casting and fly making techniques.. Cheers jewgaffer

Nice effort on the kingfish Mike I can see some separate squid sessions coming up to fill up your freezer i.e. just enough to make you the leading squid and kingfish spokesman within the boundaries of the parish of Middle Harbour Cheers jewgaffer

Good effort finding the kingfish and then jigging them up Billy .. Simon really has a good grasp on the best gear to use and is very knowledgable as to the theory part of it all and it won't be too long before he's out there putting it all together and showing others how to locate and catch decent size fish too ... Cheers jewgaffer

Nice effort on the Spanish Mackeral Tony & Grant never a dull moment this time and once more the Slinkymalinky/Jewhunter combination is proving to be the team to be reckoned with up there on the Gold Coast... Cheers jewgaffer

Great to have you back as a Moderator Paul Cheers jewgaffer

Nice little effort considering it's your first go in the new yak Mick. There'll be no stopping you now mate you'll finish up as fit as a fiddle too Going on the number of jewfish photos that I've received in sms over the last few months or so from Fisherdoi who often fishes the upper Georges landbased, I'm sure it won't be too long before you get into a few big jew yourself.. Some of the deep divers in the Rappala range as basscatcher made mention of might be well worth a go around the bridges, particulary the deep divers that have a chesty jack the lad type action... I reckon the pylons around Alfords Pt bridge might be worth a bit of a look in the late afternoons too..If there happen to be jew around the pylons I reckon some of the rapallas would have all the action needed to liven up a big solitary jew pretty much sewn up.... Cheers jewgaffer

Good effort on jigging up the Kingfish Dangas.. I'd like to see the result of a serious kingfish session with yourself and your two neighbour's Johnnie Dogtooth and Arman that's for sure.. Cheers jewgaffer

Nice effort on the kingfish John! You seem to be able to get onto these kingfish just about everytime you decide to head out these days, keep up the good work mate Cheers jewgaffer

Top freshwater fishing Joco and that's one helluva good looking brown trout that your brother caught too Cheers jewgaffer

Good reliable little session Ray and plenty of take homes too ..I'll bet Karen enjoys that snapper.. plate size snapper make up a tasty seafood meal with a few prawns on the side and a glass of red always goes down well with snapper.. Cheers jewgaffer

Nice little Wiseman's session Peter.. Spoz looks pretty happy about picking up some good advice from you and getting himself into a few take home size fish too.. Cheers jewgaffer

Not only the mossies Deek but living in Fisherman's Paradise would be like living in the shade all day long.. because of the number and the height of the trees Fisherman's Paradise reminds me of Croki up near Harrington where you'd also be in the shade most of the time because of the trees... Cheers jewgaffer

Catching and landing that Marlin was an outstanding effort Mako I'll bet your Dad was excited about landing a Marlin of that size.....Were you only out there with your Dad were you Andrew ? Cheers jewgaffer

Thanks Mike I never take home any of the Kingfish we might happen to catch but I must admit I always enjoy holding them up and tiring them out.. my friends and I will probably keep on running a livie or two during our early morning bait sessions in this particular spot off Pittwater where I've always found them to be fairly consistent around the top of the tide...this year there might be a chance of striking some better size kingfish in between the undersize specimums..catching kingfish, bream and flathead will at least keep my friends happy during our jewfish sessions anyway Cheers jewgaffer

Nice photos as usual Ray What do you evendually do with all these nice looking photos mate? I was just thinking they'd look pretty good all spread out all around the wall of a bar, on the non fishing days you could just sit back with your friends and enjoy the pictures over a few quite ones while listening to say a bit of Bob Dylan music and play Melanies Ruby Tuesday a few times to reminesce the better days while your friends drown their sorrows.. Cheers jewgaffer

Hi Bergo If you're thinking about going out for an afternoon into the night session on the weekend I think you would avoid eels and catfish by fishing the run over the sand about 250 metres wide of Walker Point proper back towards Lion Island... The actual line up would be- line up the beginning of the last quarter of the southern tip of Lion Island with the point itself and then guesstimate 250 to 300 netres in distance away from Walker point itself..This area is a natural jewfish run in, in that is it is a run in tide proposition for the schools going into the main river on that side- particularly in a wind that'll still be coming from the south... You'd have a high tide somewhere around 2-3pm in the afternoon and would probably see colour lines in the sun light as as you go into Patonga and also on the edge of the alcove next to Juno where the services wharf is once the tide has topped... you'll probably strike shovel nose sharks coming in over the sand which is a good sign and if jewfish were to come in with the new water it would be within the first two hours of the run in tide. If you don't strike the schools coming in over the sand there during the first couple of hours of the run in tide it would pay to move over to the opposite side i.e. the Flint & Steel side and anchor in behind the reef in the noticable gully in closer to the shore in between Flint & Steel reef and Little Pittwater and fish the rest of the run in tide till the boat starts to turn, fishing down reasonably deep under brown water would be the key, out from Walker Point would give you 30 odd feet and where the shore rocks in the Flint & Steel alcove meets the sand would give you a good 25 -30 foot of water ...if you start earlier to get the run out tide in the mid afternoon, you could fish closer in to the shore than the other Juno boats would normally be but anchor along the bend in the centre around 150 metres east of the Juno Point marker itself. Anyway that's what I'd be doing after all the rain we've had rather than fish away in general around Lion Island.. Cheers jewgaffer

Good effort Tomsky top photography too Cheers jewgaffer

Good effort pulling some nice fish out of Woolloware Bay in the lousy conditions on Saturday Poddy Trapper it goes to show how the right flighty lures get the attention of fish in conditions where using bait more than likely wouldn't produce anything worthwhile at all.. I sincerely hope that the little fellow is recovering well from the nasty dog attach and that he doesn't have any ill effects as time goes by.. Cheers jewgaffer

By the time you tweek it up Greg it'll tiller steer with accuracy from zero to a hundred and fifty in four seconds flat I'll bet by the time you warm it up it would just about wake up the dead all the way thru to Parramatta early on a Sunday morning Cheers jewgaffer

The two kilometre rule is certainly confusing, anyone who goes outside and drifts around a bit would find it pretty difficult to judge a distance of two kilometres from the closest shoreline and the view of the shoreline certainly does not come with three dimensional accuracy when you're out there that's for sure... anything beyond their pre determined points near the headlands also would require full safety equipment which is quite understandable and by the same token it would be a good idea to carry full safety equipment even in the estuarys but the outside the two kilometer rule would also require a radio licence if you happen to own a VHF radio as well... For such important issues, the interpretation and ideal policing of the actual regulations is nothing short of a complete borlz-zup if you ask me .. Cheers jewgaffer

Here is some information on Tarwhine for anyone who's interested, it's hard to say what the length would be going off the weight of 2.44 kilos, which is the Australian record for Tarwhine but I'd say being a pretty solid fish a 2.44 kilo Tarwhine would have to be somewhere around 50-55 centimetres or so ... Tarwhine [rhabdosargus sarba] Size 500g - 2kg. Habitat Tarwhine inhabit surf beaches, rocky headlands and estuaries at limited areas of the east and west coasts of Australia. Qualities A hard fighter, typified by vigorous head shaking. Record Australian record 2.440kg. Best Bait bait: Bass Yabbies (nippers), Beach worm, Blood worm, Crab, Pippi, Prawn Tackle Link: 3kg main line with a 0.5m trace. Hook: No.2 - 1/0 Beak. Rig: Medium rig with a running sinker dependent on conditions. Knot: Locked half blood knot Hints Surf tarwhine are found in gutters and channels. Best fishing is during winter months. Habitat, baits and rigs as for bream Cheers jewgaffer

+2 ...I totally agree with mc fishn & cut loose, plastic rod holders will cost you one way or the other and even the so called heavy duty ones slowly but surely become too brittle and break away easily especially when your rod bends hard in that split second before the drag takes over.... If you already have grab rails in the right places Grant you could use rail mount rod holders like these ones in the photo..if you don't have grab enough rails and it's convenient for you to add some, you can buy bolt on type grab rails in 316 stainless...these ones of mine are U.S. patented Tommy marine rod holders and I'm sure Gary Brickman would be able to make some up for you complete and get all the angles right for you at the same time...it's always handy to have plenty of grab rails on your boat anyway.. Cheers jewgaffer