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    Lake Macquarie Trip Part 2

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    On 9/22/2022 at 8:41 AM, Guinness said:

    Shalom Rev,

    I have read with interest your fishing reports on Lake Macquarie. My wife and I have just moved up here after living in Newport. Funny that you are a 'man of the cloth', hailing from Manly and giving a fishing report for Lake Macquarie. My wife served for 14 years at C3 Oxford Falls and only retired last month. I fished extensively out of Broken Bay for 30 years, as well as Little Manly and Longy. 

    Now we are on a new journey and are really enjoying our time on the Lake. We intend to drum up some squid, so will no doubt venture over to Murray's Beach, as per your report and give it a shot. I don't have many GPS marks for Lake Macquarie and was wondering if you could let me know your mark for the Belmont Barges. 

    I will read with interest your future reports on Port Stephens as I intend to update my boat and head out to Broughton. In the meantime, hopefully I can catch some local fish and log in a few reports of my own. Once again thanks for the report.

    Blessings

    Guinness    

    Thanks Guinness 

    If you send me a PM I will send you the coordinates for the barge when I’m next at my computer. I just need to find them!

    The Rev

    Kingfish outing in Sydney Harbour

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    17 hours ago, Pickles said:

    @big Neiland I headed off to the harbour on Wednesday to make up for a fruitless previous night with @papafish on Hairtail. The bait was easy to get and after the live bait well (“fishy spa bath” as my granddaughter calls it) was full of slimy mackerel and Yakkas we hit some new “inside” Kingie spots as the swell and wind chop made getting off shore an impossibility. 
    At 10 am, when visited by the water police (safety check) they said were were the only boat on the water. Because Neil was in Sydney for a limited time, we were trying to get as much fishing in as we could, but weather and conditions were less than ideal, hence we stayed inside.

    The results  were a bit better than the previous night and we hooked 3 Kingies (and a stack of small snapper) and also caught up with @The Revwho scored a pot from MasterPotter- Neil and Bruce gave me some “cuttlefish” bone for my finches that he collected from the beach for me.

    The plan is to try on again on Friday 🙏🙏

     

    Hi Bob

    Yes the fishing in the Harbour is very slow at the moment. I went out Saturday and got one small undersized king and One  just legal flathead that way threw back. Can’t wait for warmer water to come in.

    The Rev

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    Crazy day on Kingies

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    Thanks @Pickles for the trip and the report.  It was a great day that started slow but with perseverance paid off, getting better and better each hour. Finally getting to break in my new "king" rod was the highlight. I can highly recommend the set up: Penn Slammer 4 7500 on a Shimano Terez rod spooled with 65lb braid to 80lb leader.  I think we caught 40-45 yakkas and had none left in the end and left the fish biting.  Mind you - we had zero room left in the esky to put any more fish anyway!! Such a great day. One editorial comment @Pickles, I think the other fish were Amberjacks not Sampson fish 🙂 

     

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    Finally got out for a fish

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    6 hours ago, GordoRetired said:

    After the soaking that we have had in Sydney over the last couple of months we Finally got out for a fish yesterday. Forecast was for light winds and low swell so the plan was get some Yakkas, then head to our favorite Flathead spot, get a feed then go chase some Kings. It worked .....Kinda 🙂

    Launched at Roseville around 6.15, pleasantly surprised at how few people were there, everyone must have gone away for Easter. Of to the bait grounds and within an hour had around 17 or 18 livies in the bait tank, 2 of us were targeting them, but no Squid, our man on the Squid just could not tempt them with his Jigs. We were surprised at how small the Yakkas were, with most of them being under 15cm, I guess you would call these Kingie snack size.

    Next stop was our Flathead spot off Long Reef. The 3 of us sent down paternoster rigs baited with different combinations of Pillies, Frozen Yakka slabs, chicken strips and Cuttle fish pieces. Well the Flathead were not overly cooperative, over the next couple of hours we got a few, but ended up with more Snapper than Flaties. Although the chicken on my rig did snag a solid, around 60cm, Flathead. 

    While we were drifting we spotted some fish traps so took a short break from the drift and put out some lures for a troll past them. There were 3 sets of traps and we looped around them all. Unfortunately no hits but it gave us a bit of a break from winding lead up and down to re-bait hooks....

    So with a few Flatties and Snapper on ice we headed onto Long Reef, deciding to fish around the Wall. We stayed with the paternoster rigs and started drifting the area, this time with dead bait on the bottom hook and a small Yakka on the top. The baits had not been down for more than a few minute before we got our first king, an absolute monster that had taken the dead bait, it must have been all of 35cm 🙂  Even at that size they do put up a spirited fight and are fun to catch. We ended up hooking 6 or 7 of these small fellas, only 1 actually taking the live bait, all of the rest were on pieces of Pillie or Yakka. Along with the kings we also snagged a few more Snapper and a Pig fish.

    Final stop was over the Foul Grounds for a drift. Again Snapper seemed to love our baits as well as another decent Flathead. While drifting I got what felt like a huge hit and the rod loaded up with something that seems to be kicking well and had a bit of weight. After a few minutes of pump and wind it turned out to be a double header of big Sargent Baker....how disappointing.

    At around 3.30 we decided to call it a day and head in. Again a nice surprise as there were hardly any boats waiting to get pulled out. Often on a Public holiday there can be a 30+ minute wait to get out.

    Overall it was not a spectacular fish keeping day, however 8 Flathead, 7 Snapper - all but 1 between 33 and 38, a pig fish and a Trevally can't be all bad. All 3 of us went home with a decent feed.

    During the day we also caught a large Banjo Shark, pulling that up was hard work, Nannygai, Some bug eyed little reef fish, Rock Cod, a Moray eel - destroyed a rig with that one, and Sargent Baker, as well as throwing back a heap of undersized Snapper and Flathead. So a real mixed species day out.   
    Lets hope we can get out again soon.

    Tight Lines all.

     

    Well done Gordon…perseverance pays off!

     Thanks for the report. I’ll be out Tuesday.

    The Rev

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