Sydney Harbour Blackfish

[taloyoak]

These were take a couple of weeks ago, but I thought I had deleted them off my laptop. I have been fishing at Narrabeen Lake for Blackfish almost every other day since coming home to Sydney, and was really impressed one day when this 12 y.o kid ( Jackson) was catching a few Blackies. So anyway, I went against the traditional blackfisherman " rules" and showed him how to properly rig his line etc. Well that was a bad move, he caught twice as much as me!. His Pop taught him, and anyway I decided to give him my custom centerpin Blackfish reel, as he would probably make good use of it, and I own 3 reels anyway. I ended up taking him and his Pop down to the Harbour at Kirribilli, to where I fish a lot. Huge fish there, and actually, loads of Surgeons for that little extra excitement. But, the fish are pretty shy, and can be frustrating at times, compared to the ease of Narrabeen. Jackson caught his PB Blackfish there, and I caught a nice Surgeon on 6lb line- boy do they go hard!. It is great to see the young kids learning this craft!

Edited November 4, 2008 by Nanook

[Josh88]

Nice work on the blackies and Surgeons.

Thats just infront of my school there. Didn't think you could go on those rocks...guess you'd need to, to get a surgeon out of there.

Josh

[trungie]

Man thats a top thing u did for the kid - i mean the free rod and reel!! Awesome.

[Juzza]

Jackson is famous! Dont all the narralake fishos know him

Justin

[craigtempo]

Good on you for doing that , thats a great jesture [ the reel ] .

Youve bought back heaps of memories as the spot you are fishing is were i learnt to fish when i was a boy over 35 years ago .in fact that spot is were i caught my first decent bream

cheers

craig

[luderick59]

hi matt

jackson is no stranger to fishraider his a star young gun blackie fisho have a look in fishing reports no.10 quick learner

jackson and his sister holly are both champion surfers also

peter

only 6 blackies caught today between 4 of us

[arpie]

What a generous gesture, nanook - and then to be beaten at your own game! My brother Sails has been fishing with Jacson & his sister too & is also in awe of his fishing skills!

Terrific pics - 3 generations fishing together - how good is that???

That is a huge Surgeon Fish! How heavy was he??? Did you eat him?? Do they taste like Blackies?

Cheers

Roberta

[spirit_fall88]

how big was the surgeon?? did you measure it?!

[taloyoak]

sorry girls/guys,

didn't measure the Surgeon. I have caught a bunch there now, that was about the average size. Holy Mackerel do they fight. I was being busted off all the time, but let them run a bit ( hard because lots of seaweed and rocks to get busted on. ) But, they go like a tomahawk cruise missile on blackfish gear. It is hard to let them run too much especially on 6lb line, easy to bust off, and using the palming method of the blackfish real is another fun thing to do. Yeah they taste great!. wish I could just catch them instead of them blackfish, 10 times more fun!

[arpie]

hehehe Back in the 70s (and before I got into fishing again) I used to live in the first property next to Jeffrey St Wharf (now a luxurious block of flats ...... back then a dingy old mansion that had been divided up into flats .....) and I would watch all the old fellas fishing along the wall there beneath the bridge!

Not sure I would eat anything I caught there now, tho - is it safe to eat stuff from there??

Roberta

[andrew399]

Yeah good on you mate, that was super nice!

[locodave]

Man thats a top thing u did for the kid - i mean the free rod and reel!! Awesome.

I agree, we need more people like that

[stylo]

Not sure I would eat anything I caught there now, tho - is it safe to eat stuff from there??

Roberta

I don't think people have stopped eating fish from the harbour, Roberta ! A mate of mine does tell me that the bream caught from the waterways other than the harbour DO taste better .. lol .. who knows !

[gretsch]

Gotta love the Surgeon!!! I agree with Nanook.. much more fun than Luderick!

[bart]

hehehe Back in the 70s (and before I got into fishing again) I used to live in the first property next to Jeffrey St Wharf (now a luxurious block of flats ...... back then a dingy old mansion that had been divided up into flats .....) and I would watch all the old fellas fishing along the wall there beneath the bridge!

Not sure I would eat anything I caught there now, tho - is it safe to eat stuff from there??

Roberta

NO WORRIES ROBERTA,

The fish are ok. There was a pod of dolphins swimming up there under the bridge the other day. A good sign. The biggest danger is the boaties out on the water. They will kill you quicker than eating the beautiful fish in Sydney Harbour.

Enjoy,

Cheers BART