brendan.helsham

Thanks for the tip. I'll check them out...

Merry Xmas guys and girls I am up at Hallidays Point for a few days. I was wondering if anyone knows of a good spot to go and pump for some nippers. Kid friendly spot is a bonus. Happy to travel back into Forster/Tuncurry if needed, or opposite direction? Cheers

Never been there, but a mate just spent a week there and said they caught a heap of fish. The rough tally was 25 x Salmon, 1 x 8kg Black Drummer (on 8lb line), over a dozen Calamari, a few Snapper, a couple of dozen Whiting from the beach and inside the estuary, a few flathead, prawns from the inlet and a mud crab. They were staying at http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&sou...mp;t=h&z=13 so you can probably work out where they launched from etc. He did mention that this place had the facility to leave the boat moored out the front for the entire trip. An interesting part of this trip was that they actually 'caught' a fishing rod. When this rod was retrieved, they wound it in and there was a Salmon attached to the end of the line. I can only guess that the Salmon took the line, the rod was unattended and not secure and this poor Salmon has been tethered to the line ever since for who knows how long. On another note, I'm reasonably new to fishing....I am curious as to why there is so much secrecy on "hot spots"? Are there not enough fish to go around? Is it something else? I thought the idea was to share information in this forum? Cheers -Brendan

Hello, I use the following when checking tides... http://www.tide-times.com.au/forecast_NSW/...ney_Mooney.html

That's very interesting. I'm a relative newcomer to fishing, so am reading and absobing as much as possible. As far as live bait is concerned, how do you attach a fish like this to the hook? What size/type hook would you use? Would you do this with an unweighted line? As for the fun factor, he was also very happy because he caught it on my rod whilst I was baiting his hook....bottom line is that I rarely catch a fish when out with the kids, the fish always seem to jump on my line when I am baiting one of the kids lines and so on.... Cheers

Thanks, looks like it. Couldn't tell you what it tasted like as we released it; it looked too small to keep. Now that I know that they only grow to 20cm, it might not be worth keeping. Looks like the young bloke actually caught a reasonable sized example of this fish.

Hello, any idea as to what this little fish is? My son Geoffrey caught it back in Nov and I have been trying to identify it ever since. Cheers

I'm going to have a crack at beach fishing early tomorrow morning, Northern Beaches area. Any suggestions as to which beach would be best for a beginner? Also suggestions on bait/tackle/rig combos to try? Cheers