NickN

Got a chance to grab a few quick snaps of this beautiful old girl at Mascot today. I am really happy with the angles and how it turned out, not bad for just over a minute to get the shots in.

Thanks for the great feedback guys! For the record I got no fish but it was dead low tide. I have some great spots in mind for this weekend I am going back for more.

All my trolling has been with an outboard motor, it never seems to put the fish off at all. Any water depth between 3ft and 12ft works best over mud flats and drop offs. The key was to cast the lure a LONG way behind the boat and then troll.

I'm quite surprised there isn't some sort of Fisho's Anonymous set up. Buying tackle is an addiction far worse than pokies. Now if only I could invent some sort of Fishabate patch, to help ween Fishos off their addiction i'd be rich!

I want first dibs at doing a photoshoot when the boat is on the water Toaster Boy!

I have never put in alot of time around the area and I'll be up there this weekend. I did some scouting and had a small flick around Wisemans last week for not very much at all. Does anybody have any good landbased spots around Webbs Creek? I am keen to try there this weekend. Regards Nick

I have been putting alot of time into the flatties in the last few weekends and have found that moving up the jighead weight to 1/4oz and using 5" Jerkshads in Nuclear Chicken has worked well. Anything under 1/4oz hasn't done so well, even in shallow water. I am going to put some time in up around Wisemans this weekend and will see how they go up there.

Just out of curiosity is there a reason you won't consider an overhead outfit? Bottom bouncing, trolling and jigging are really the domain of an overhead setup. Whichever way you go the T-Curve is a good choice. Daiwa make a Freams/Capricorn 4500J (Jigging) series which may be worth a look or if you want something bigger a Daiwa Sealine Bull 6000. If it was me personally I'd match a Daiwa Saltist to a T Curve and have a blast.

This stonker was picked up trolling an SX40..... and he went like the clappers too!

Took a few shots while up at Wisemans doing some fishing on the weekend. Had a great day, hopped across the river on the Wisemans Ferry then drove and fished my way through to Gosford.

Good advice there from slinky. I also take my 2 piece rods apart after use and store them as such with rod wraps to keep them secure.

Mate you have discovered my absolute most favourite way of chasing bream by trolling HB's. A mate and myself have had a few massive sessions on the Parra and in some have landed over 50 bream in a morning on the troll. There is a bit of an art to it but we used mainly SX40's, SX48's, Attacks and Chubbies. There are a few hot spots if you find them your on a winner. Great report mate and well done.

You'd have to troll a live human as bait to get onto something like that! That thing is a whopper. I bet he'll be sick of eating tuna in a few months time. 1 hour fighting time to land a fish like that is good going for a 14 year old, i'd be puffed after 10 minutes.

Surely that is against some sort of International Health regulation. Dumping bodies in a river would cause all sorts of outbreaks. I do feel sorry that people have to do such things.

Thanks mate. Unfortunately some white flesh fish taste like the toilet I was hoping to know specifically about Maori Wrasse.