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The wedding cake had a stack to yakkas and slimies today. Berley up hard with pilchards and use just about any technique to catch em. They were very thick and stayed on the chew for hours... Hope this helps

Ha ha ha.... hi mate long time no speak. I have been lazy on my reports for a while now. But the important thing is i havent stopped fishing one bit. In fact i reckon im more dedicated now than ever. Botany has been a bit patchy lately on the sp's. It gets like this every summer. I prefer autum in the bay. This time of year i prefer to travel to the central coast or the south coast for action. Ill keep you posted. Hi Fishon! in regards to your question bout location. We got most good fish outta Bewong Creek, Culburra and Conjola. We worked big lures specifically for them so it was a little slower than usual. But i guess thats the price you pay for quality. There were a heap of legal flatties around and we mustered up a feed in quick time everyday.

What do you mean 'remaining' wedding cake????

Hi Yall, just got back from a wicked trip down south. I always take an annual pilgrammage down to Conjola to visit friends and fish systems from the Shoalhaven down to the Clyde. This must surely rate as the east coasts most diverse fishing areas with many species and techniques in which to catch em. This time round my mate Sean and i divised a plan to catch some monster lizards. Sean having local knowledge knew which systems to put us in and what lures to use. Interestingly enuf lures of choice do vary from area to area. After a week of terrible weather, a day ruined by forgetting to put the bungs in (yes, we only found out after the boat was in the water; for half an hour), and a dedicated stint in the pubs, one must wonder when we had time to wet a line. In two sessions we did manage to find the fish. We landed four fish over the 4kg mark, one over 5kgs and quite a few in the 55- 70cm range. To temp the big girls we were using 140mm Squidgy Wrigglers in Bloodworm and Silver Fox Colour. Other colours didn't raise an eyebrow. Other sp's like stickbaits and paddletails didn't produce the monsters even in the 6" size. Sure enuf local knowledge was right.

well done mate. The bigger bream wont be around till autumn. I fish the area alot and penned some reports about bream on crabs in Berowra about a year ago. I have found that summer is not the best time for em. Yes there are fish but its a kindergarten. Try further down the creek towards bar island. There is bigger fish and more of them.

I thought you were not allowed to discuss illegal fishing on this site????? Is this correct???

ha ha ha... sorry mate i couldn't help myself. I own okuma too so its only outta experience.

I own a Humminbird 37X quad beam sounder and i find it extremely accurate. For a Black and white jobbie its a gr8 little unit. GPS compatible as well. I have had a cheaper Humminbird sounder in the past and was very unimpressed. These new sounders though are lightyears ahead of those old models. I purchased it purely for the quad beam feature as the water i fish is quite shallow so the 90 degree angle sonar covers alot more bottom. I find it a good unit.

I gotta admit i love these days with the old coots. 3 very different humours makes for a great day.

I agree with Aron on the Ugly Stick advice. Maybe more 6'6" is a better legth for all purpose though. Even 7" would be ideal as you can still cast it easily. Uglys are very durable and powerful rods whilst still being quite sensitive for smaller fish. One point where i dont agree with Aron is Okuma. He's right about people not liking them and with good reason. Spend your money wisely and buy shimano or daiwa. The investment will pay itself off in the long run. Try the thunnus or Baitrunner range. For all purpose rigs they are ideal. Live bait for jew, kings and tuna. Troll for any species and even cast and retrieve lures is no problem at all. Ugly Stik $120 - $150 Baitrunner 4500 $190 Tuff Line 20lb $50 Hope this helps

the Nepean is a good start. Try anywhere between the bridges at Penrith. Arvo is your best time with surface lures and into the night.

Started out fishing before i can remember. Dad and i used to fish for yakkas and leatheries off sydney wharfs. Great beginners grounding. Years later i am so addicted to fishing i almost comprimise my relationship every weekend!!! Two tears in a bucket.... f#$% it

Nows the time my friend... especially now the lakes open.

Interestinly enuf only one person mentioned the atomic 3" jerk shad. I have used most sp's on the market and my wallet can testify to that. While flatties can have a eat anything mentality somedays they are not like that everyday. I believe they definately have prefences to action and colour. If i had to choose only one style of sp for flatties it would be the atomic 3" jerk shad. Any colour. Second would also be atomic, the 3" fat grubs. No doubt squidgys, berkelys and other assorted sp's have thier place but on sheer consistancy of performance go the atomics. Best rigged on Nitro 4.7 gram finesse jig heads (with owner hooks). Killer combo. Favouirte five in the clutch: 1) Atomic 3" jerk shads 2) Atomic 3" fat grubs 3) Berkley gulps/power minnows 4) Squidgy shads 5) Slider 3" Bass Grubs

I like the BTR's but for extra confidence i use the Thunnus 16000's and 12000's. They are far superior than the BTR's IMO

nice one brother... beautiful fish. Hope that's me this summer!

The warm water is really wide at the moment. Mates went 20 odd mile further than the shelf to find blue currents. But no fish and a big fuel bill.

Whilst being hard to believe... anything can happen. It seems being skeptical is the norm here!!!!

Hi Raiders, been a long time since i last posted a report, work commitments permitting. I have been committed to my fishing though, just no time to tell you the juice. Anyway without further delay, i took a long anticipated trip to the central coast on the weekend. It was the terriblr trio back in action again, my pop, dad and me. I do love these trips with the old fellas cause only time will tell when they will cease (touch wood). Our plan was to pump some nippers and let pop loose on the whiting population on the beach while dad and i flicked for some flatties in the lake. You know sp's are popular and effective when dad chooses to flick lures over soaking baits for whiting. He's come a long way. Apart from pop giving us a bit of a headache early things were going to plan. The run out had a bit to go and the flatties were on the job. They were in tight schools so they were easy to target. We put half a dozen in the kill tank and continued to have some fun C&R style. The tide turned and we followed the dirty water line as it made its way back up the lake. We effectively extended our bite for a couple of hours doing this and caught our biggest fish in doing so. A 75cm and 70cm were taken in 1 and a half meters of water right where the water clarity changed. The wind picked up and fishing became quiet. With about 30 odd fish caught we had a great session. But things were still to come. Pop was forced off the beach by the northerly but had 7 bumper whiting to show for his trouble. We tried to convince him to flick lures but the old salt would have none of that mumbo jumbo. He forced, i should say convinced, us to anchor on a sand bar in the lake so he could fish for whiting while dad and i flicked. One of my pet hates is flicking from an anchored boat. How can you argue with your pop?? The tide was finishing coming in and the water was gin clear. I felt very unconfident with the situation but a couple whiting keep us interested. Then the most damned thing started to happen. My pop, still using his 10ft beach rod outta my boat, with a twin hook rig started to jig his bait as if using an sp. One after an other he started laying into flatties using this telegraph pole. I was gobsmacked. The lures couldnt raise a bite but the fresh nippers were killing em. Not to be outdone dad and i started to put nippers on our jig heads and flicked. The results were instantaneous. Flatties seemed everywhere, even to the point where my pop hooked two flatties at once on his twin hook rig. He was calling it for a stingray and we were so surprised to see two lizards surface. Greedy barstards. The tide murked up the water by now and the fished rolled in. We estimated over 60 flatties caught for the day. Just unbelieveable. Our best day on flatties ever. Mix in a dozen whiting and we were one very happy camp. The Central Coast seems to be in good hands at the moment. Sweet day.....

ooh yeah baby! look at the size of those things. They would make any good kingfisherman worth his salt buckle at the knees.

Hi Raiders, time i weighed in to the argument....... In my experience both forms of angling have thier advantages. I was born and bred on live bait fishing and to an extent has made me a more proficient lure fisherman. Certain species are best caught on different methods so for south coast bream i use nippers but in Sydney i chase bream on sp's etc. There is no doubt though, that using sp's for 3+years bait fishing seems inactive and at times boring. keeping active is vital to my fishing now and i seem to have fused the searching for fish methodology of sp's using bait for a better result. I have fished Bait up against lures in a test a number of times and i can say sp's out fish bait on flathead and salmon (in my experience). Other times i was outfished on species like bream, jew and kings. Sp's for joy.... Bait for ginger and soy

Gr8 boat, gr8 fish.... all hail the kings

This sneaky little bastard was well above legal for sure. Something tells me that the 125yards of fireline was never going to be enuf

Hi Raiders, just a quick report from the south coast. Its been a while since my last report but i havent neglected my fishing duties. Just no time to you all know our successes. In need for a change of scenery the gang decided to give the south coast a whirl. We love the south coast and previous trips were always rewarded. The fact that it now only takes 2 hours to Nowra makes a day trip well worth the effort. The moment our lures hit the water around Greenwell Point we had success. Admittedly the fish were only flathead, most a smidgen undersize but a good start non the less. As the tide pushed in the clearer water made things a bit tough but we knew if we waited out the tide things would improve as the water murked up again. I'm not a big fan of clear water luring as i belive if i can see the fish, the fish can see me. Giving the main channel at the mouth of the Crookhaven a go was a better option and this proved to be correct with a few nice sambos and a couple greedy tailor to boot. We spun up a stack of undersize lizards here as well and this was proving to be a reoccuring theme for the day. As the tide turned, the fish started playing the game. We got into some good lizards between 52-58cms in length. Not monsters by any stretch but the best eating size. We dropped some good bream as well off the rock walls in the canal but the gushing tide made light luring quite difficult. By the time the boys decided to pull the pin (to make it home to watch the footy) the fish were really on the job. It was hard to pack up and leave em biting. Anyway we got a stack of lizards by the end.... i estimate about 55 for the day (we obviously didnt keep them all so dont stress people), a few sambos that lacked the build of the ones we catch up here for equivalent length, a couple marauding tailor and a seal that decided to steal my dads plastic clean off his jig head. I know, i know, i would believe it either if i hadnt of witnessed it for myself. True story.

Jeez man... short end of the straw or what???? I've had a day similar to that. Its turned me off charters all together now. Sorry to hear it bro.