arpie Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 (edited) Hi guys I have been having withdrawal symptoms over the last week - couldn't even catch a cold!! The only touch of a fish was last week, when, after 1 & 1/2hrs of nothing, I finally got onto a good blackie on the Wall - a real tail slapper - I reckon it would have been a good 40cm plus, given the strength of it ..... then it straightened the hook & got off!!! I knew I should have replaced that hook earlier!! Darn it!! However, all that changed today! My neighbour has been getting into some good blackies off the rocks with cunje - they come into the gutters when it is really rough & you just use the cunje (washed up in the same rough weather) on a size 6 hook & a pea sized sinker to the hook! Toss it into the wash & hang on! I got 8 nice blackies from 30 - 35cm & really fat. Also caught my first females of the season, with roe in them. Tried to see if the faces were different from the males, & thought I had cracked the code, with 6 called correctly, then got the last 2 wrong! Bugger! Will continue trying to spot the difference .... My neighbour, an accomplished rock fisher only landed 2!! The apprentice outfished the master!! Doesn't happen often, I can tell you! He may not ask me to go with him tomorrow ...... He should have stayed with me instead of going further out onto the rocks! Mind you, he has caught 60 in the last week!! So he shouldn't complain. I was worried that he had lost his desire to fish! Now he is annoyed he hadn't started earlier. Just a word of caution, in this rough weather, be really careful & err on the side of caution if you go rock fishing. There are big swells to contend with & the 'rogue' wave may occur! Cheerio - got the smile back on the dial! I will smoke half of them tomorrow! Yum! Roberta Edited June 26, 2007 by Roberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_zhong Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 NO doubt ~~~~, conjevoi is the best bait for dummer , last time I caught 3 over 50cm ~~,BTW, where is your spot ? Cheers Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southerly Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 Well done Roberta, Great to hear you using different tricks to catch them black floppy ones. Keep up the good reports. Southerly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queenfish Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 Great effort in some tough conditions today Eating some of those smoked fish should be of comfort to you though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flattieman Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 I know what you mean in regards to rogue waves recently, Roberta. I was jewfishing off the beach the other night and encountered two rogue waves - each almost taking my gear! Very important to be wary of those buggers. Well done on the cunje-caught blackies! Flattieman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sails Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 Hi Roberta, good to hear that the fish are biting again, and congratulations on the catch. That sounds better than trying to attach a small bit of weed to a smaller hook and watching the fish swim straight past it!! Let us know how the weed goes when you get it sails Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkles Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 I think you calling yourself the 'apprentice' is slightly understating your ability with the blackies. well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Dan Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 Another top catch Roberta. Smoked the Jew and King I caught Saturday and they were unreal. Cheers Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingpig Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 There is a great spot for this style of fishing down the coast near Kiama called the bone yard. It is actually part of the headland on the north end of Bombo beach. The swell needs to be huge but this is a small bay and protected. The cunjie washes up and smells but it is good bait. Cheers Kingpig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
labrador Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Great results there Roberta, lucky you have alternative for lack of weeds. I never realise conjie can be a good bait for blackies, because I only use them to catch drummer and sometime for bream. Always learn something everyday..thanks for that. Enjoy the smoked blackies... Cheers Scout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fibbo Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 hehe nice catch roberta! Btw, what does cunje look like? (pics? ) Cheers, fibbo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkles Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 fibbo, cungevoi is that spoungy looking stuff that grown on the tide line. when you tread on it, it squirts out water. sorry mate, i don't have a camera, so no pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arpie Posted June 27, 2007 Author Share Posted June 27, 2007 (edited) Hi guys I've been fishing around the rocks of Burgess Beach. Huge swells today - way too much! Had one on, which dropped off as I lifted it out! Gordon got none! WIth a bit of luck it will be a bit smaller swell tomorrow. I had my bucket further away, whilst Gordon has his plus his shoulder bag closer, with the bag facing the direction of the waves! You guessed it - a big wave came & filled up his bag & he was lucky not to have both washed into the gutter! Fibbo - check out this university site for photo of cunje 'in situ' on the rocks. After big waves, it is often dislodged from the rocks & washed up onto the beaches. Then you just cut it open with a very strong knife or saw (it blunts your knife something chronic!) Inside, it is purple (sort of) in colour, is soft, squishy & smelly but bream & blackies love it. http://www.anu.edu.au/BoZo/KioloaEcyclopae...stolonifera.htm Scout - Blackies will take the cunje more readily, usually only after a big swell. Once the swell settles down again, they go for the weed & cabbage. Drummer & bream are a bycatch! From memory, you are not allowed to cut it from the rocks in the Sydney area. It freezes really well, so just stock up when it washes up on the beaches. Much safer then getting it from the rocks, anyway! Believe it or not, 8 is the biggest tally of blackies I have ever caught & kept & in what I would call 'record time'! We were there for less than 2hrs. I have fished the wall for 4hrs & come home with less than that! My best tally of kept blackies off the breakwall is 6 - (but I had caught & released others averaging 25-28cm at the time as well.) Am smoking the blackies as soon as I get off the net, for dinner! YUM! Cheerio Roberta Edited June 27, 2007 by Roberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abiasin Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 very nice catch and a good read, i must admit ive tried the cunji before in syd harbour and got a heap of bites but unfortunately hook ups, suspect they were breambos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fibbo Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Thanks for following up my post. I have seen those cunje around but never thought about opening one up You fishraiders have such a wealth of knowledge hehe Cheers, fibbo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Mattarelli Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Guys cunje is one of my fav baits i have caught heaps of different fish with it Bream,Blackies,pinkies,whiting and even tailor infact one of my best tailor was caught on a piece of cunje up at nambucca i think or forster one of those places, its a great bait thats if you get it to stay on i have been told that if you salt it, it works great goes abit like rubber i havnt tried this yet tho i also lost my first and only hook up on a drummer with this stuff i almost cried it was a bigfat one to well guys good luck with using it and start collecting it its no good going bad washed up i know i will be getting some if i find it cheers guys and well done Roberta hope you have as much fun eating the blackies as you did catching them Tightlines Guys Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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