WazG

You don't have to be sorry for doing the right thing.

Hoped to try the patches today, Friday,but was blown back into the river mouth,decided to try something that I thought should work,spinner baits.Just wind trolled it with the rod in the holder, got two,56cm & 46cm models.

Talk about safety when rock fishing, Ha take a look, this is on the Canary Islands & the blokes are Spanish. --- Subject: Watch ":Fishing *Mommotti 190* Extreme Spinning - Dentice" on YouTube They have big ones !!!!!

agree with the grated potato for burley, works a treat. Then a tiny piece of squid on a long shanked hook, hand line of coarse...

I'm sick of the "Nanny" society we live in, I can go "base jumping" or sky diving, but I have to wear a life jacket all the time in MY boat.Freedom is supposed to be valued, the Maritime authorities don't realy care if I live or die, but the revenue from fines & the extra tax generated by the forced sale of all the extra jackets will look good to them.

I stand corrected, Frigate !!

They're very taste smoked & any that are left over get broken up & used in a fish cake mix, really good..

Went out on Friday to try for a few Tailor (for the smoker) or Flathead.Started about 7am after waiting for the waterfront construction guys to leave the ramp(sick of them).Tried Burraneer them Bundeena for 1 squid & 1 Bonnie. Buy about 12:30 things weren't looking to good,so we headed back to Lilli Pilli to find the bay alive with surface fish feeding.The next 2 hours were very hectic with the Tailor between 35cm to 48cm plus a mack tuna as a surprise for the Port.Caught them at Port Stevens years ago but not inside in Sydney.After about 10 fish we were only keeping fish that were deeply hooked & damaged, even so we reached our bag limit(which is far to much work cleaning) without trying, & left them biteing.Just before the storm the whole of the bay between Lilli Pilli & Yowie Bay was alive with fish,just like I remember from Toooooo long ago.Plenty of fillets were enjoyed on a Sunday Barbie in the rain.Just for those that don't rate Tailor on the plate, keep the fillets in the fridge for a day, then skin & cook,keeping them firms the flesh up making skinning easy & done in a tempura batter they are delicious...

Why do people leave the "O" out of KIOLOA especially when they say it. ???????

With all the good green weed around at the moment ( bad omen,plenty of bait few fish) I decided to go up the Georges for blackfish ( only Spanish for black) on the falling tide, which was not until 12:45. Hit the water at 8 am with a plan to troll minows from the oil wharf across the heads, through Yarra bay & back to Mouli point.Well, did all that for zilch .Next, drift the front of the wall jigging -nothing, went around the western corner to be greeted with a wonderful site of fish feeding everywhere. Well, had a plan for this too, a tiny slice with two single hooks. It lasted three casts with large Salmon following, it's swallowed by a Tailor, one lure gone.Changed to other slices & minnows no good, put on a black & gold Squidgie & finally hooked a Salmon,a pleasant few miniutes fighting it on 3 kg untill landed, life is good again. The schools became scarcer as the Nor Easter came up around 11am, so around 11:45 decided that the Luderick were now the target.So up the river to my favorite spot to catch the tide change, & the success that I have become used to in the last few months here. "Pride goeth before a fall" & all I could get were undersized fish in the next two hours, so the wind, floating ribbon weed, & river traffic, (which include the Army with punts & barges & lots of soldiers whipping the river to froth) I decided to call it a day, but as we all say here" An ordinary Day Fishing is better than a day doing almost anything else"

Luderick everywhere, well almost. Started out at 8:30 (love the hours blachfish keep) only the second trailer at the "hole in the wall" I thought it would be busier, but the grey skies might be the reason. Headed up river & picked up my mate, then to our favorite spot, guessing ,guessing just opposite the "the pallette" Anyway the fish were on & hungry for about an hour, every drop a fish or a bust off . When the wind got up we tried a few more comfortable spots but buy then the tide had slowed & as they say "no run, no fun". We called it a day with 19 in the keeper, to 39cm many undersized returns & lots of fun had .Then the "making a meal" of it has to be done. Probable the reason a lot of fishers don't like fish.

Hi Vinni I've had a Garmin 120 for 4 years & found it great for estuary work, high pixel count & good definition at the right price. The 140 is almost the same but is "dual beam". WazG

Hazza & Groper, give it a go, get fresh weed, (the hardest part) keep your rig simple, weight your float so that only the stem is above water, & be patient on the strike. Good luck Wazg

Just back in from a pleasant sunday of "blackie" fishing on the lower Georges. After a "gentlemen's hours" start at 9am we headed down river to our favorite spot (opposite "the pallett" a spot resently mentioned here.Caught about 6 fish then moved down to Blakehurst area where we did no good at all . So back up to our original spot where we caught fish slowly except for a half hour when they went crazy. Gave it away at 1:30 with 19 fish in the bag, & many more 'bust offs" & a few undersized fish returned. Smoked fillets on the menu