nickm469 Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 G'day raiders. Long time reader, first time poster. Me & my mrs are nuts about fishing since we began about 3 years ago. We make sure to go at LEAST once a week rain,hail or volcanic erruption (usually tuesday evening) just to subdue our urges. Usually we fish along the parra river along various wharves, kissing point being our fav. For the last 3 months or so its been absolutely dead quiet with quality fish being rare to say the least. In the last two weeks the river has started to fire up again. Its been about 6 months since i have landed a jew but in the last 2 weeks we have managed to hook up to 3 and lose a few more ( so we suspect ). last week my mrs also landed a whiting measuring 41cm with a pillie fillet which i couldn't believe. Below i have posted a few photos from our last 2 trips. flathead 70cm jewfish 65cm whiting 41cm jewfish 46cm, whiting 41cm and a few bream largest going 37cm (top left) 1st session some large bream smallest being 28cm + a flattie can't wait to get out there again this week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hcwang Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 wow man, some pretty big bream in there! just curious about how you feel about eating em? I thought we werent supposed to touch fish west of the bridge (particularly west of glades) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalmainBob Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Gday Mate. To Fishraider What a fantastic catch you have there. Its great to see the river is starting to fire up again. Ive fished regulary around Balmain over the last few months without getting a single keeper. If time work permits this week Ill be out for sure giving it ago. As long as you dont eat fish from west of the bridge 3 time aday 7 days a week you will be fine. A feed of fish every week or two will not have an effect. I know a bloke that wont eat fish caught past the bridge but dosnt see anything wrong with smoking 2 packs a day. Cheers Balmain Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcel haber Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 welcome to the site to you both. Good to see some good fish and know that there are some keen fishos still out there. Bafoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryuts Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 good report mate... but dont eat too much the fish in that river Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hcwang Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewiehaven Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Thats a great catch mate! Gotta be stoked with Bream, Flatties, Jew and the Whiting. Just proves the Parra is on the way back for getting good quality fishies. Can I ask which wharf you were at??? It looks like its around Drummoyne area??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangus Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 G'day raiders. Long time reader, first time poster. Me & my mrs are nuts about fishing since we began about 3 years ago. We make sure to go at LEAST once a week rain,hail or volcanic erruption (usually tuesday evening) just to subdue our urges. Usually we fish along the parra river along various wharves, kissing point being our fav. For the last 3 months or so its been absolutely dead quiet with quality fish being rare to say the least. In the last two weeks the river has started to fire up again. Its been about 6 months since i have landed a jew but in the last 2 weeks we have managed to hook up to 3 and lose a few more ( so we suspect ). last week my mrs also landed a whiting measuring 41cm with a pillie fillet which i couldn't believe. Below i have posted a few photos from our last 2 trips. flathead 70cm jewfish 65cm whiting 41cm jewfish 46cm, whiting 41cm and a few bream largest going 37cm (top left) 1st session some large bream smallest being 28cm + a flattie can't wait to get out there again this week! mate good catch i havent been ther for a while might see you ther one day . i normally chuck the fish back coz of the dioxin . Taste like petrol especially bream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g.t. Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 to the best fishing site around, and great haul! Keep up the great posts like that one . Good encouragement for other land based fishos out there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny doi Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 nick some nice fish there mate,good on you & the mrs.im only new to the site too.& im glad i joined cause iv learnt sooo much from reading the posts that everyone else has posted .& glad to see a local boy on the site.im from fairfeild cheers johnny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickm469 Posted September 28, 2009 Author Share Posted September 28, 2009 wow man, some pretty big bream in there! just curious about how you feel about eating em? I thought we werent supposed to touch fish west of the bridge (particularly west of glades) Hey there cfw yeah i've received some letters from fisheries in the mail stating that there were some high dioxin levels especially in the parra river region near homebush bay. I dont consume fish too often especially after its been frozen.With a catch this big, I only keep 2 or 3 for the next day. The others I give to friends and family (first come first serve). Personally I'm not too phased about the dioxin levels with the amount of fish I eat.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickm469 Posted September 28, 2009 Author Share Posted September 28, 2009 Thats a great catch mate! Gotta be stoked with Bream, Flatties, Jew and the Whiting. Just proves the Parra is on the way back for getting good quality fishies. Can I ask which wharf you were at??? It looks like its around Drummoyne area??? Hi there jewiehaven, yeah there's always a nice mix of fish to be caught in the parra. For the last 2 weeks I've been hitting kissing point wharf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewiehaven Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 (edited) Thanks matey, I usually fish Gladesville area and Lane Cove. Havent been to KPW for a while, I might see you out and about some time soon. Good luck on the future captures Oh yeah!... and fish from Parra River taste pretty good- I keep all my fish and am not fussed over the dioxin levels, I think it just adds a bit extra flava. Nothing beats Jew or Bream/Whiting from the beaches they taste so much different to the river models. Bring on summer- long nights on the sand, great friends, good beer and a few fishies goes down all too well! Edited September 28, 2009 by jewiehaven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a5corray Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 It should fire after the wind and swell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 It should fire after the wind and swell. to Fishraider, nice assortment of fish there Nick m84 ... It's good to see a landbased fisherman doing so well... there have been good results in general coming in from all of estuaries this year...one thing of note is the weather recently has distinguished the hardier fish that thrive in adverse conditions and includes, blackfish, kingfish, salmon and jewfish at the onset of a windier conditions in this case southerlys when squid are most likely to become active and moreso in low front shut downs for other species, the times when they have minimal opposition and school up in close... That's good advice from a5corry, as soon as the wind settles after a blow up is a good time to go out there alright, particularly when the wind changes from a southerly to a northerly coming from a warmer front and especially if you time your session to coincide with a change which has an easterly aspect in it during the late afternoon, during the night or early in the morning as the tide starts to run in.... Cheers jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewiehaven Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 I went out on Parra last night and all I got was a few yakkas, no bream and wasnt fishing for Jew and didnt have my big rod out, lol All the yakkas were returned to the wter except one which was used for berley Better luck next time though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilborris Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Just got back from 4 hours fishing just east of the wharf at Gladesville.Only 1 bream @32cm(at least theyre getting to a filletable size) but missed two good bites due to ferry wash .Water is just on 17 deg.,and no fluorescence tonight(last night around balmain was like casting into a pool of glostix).I think perserverence may well pay off this season,so heres hoping,and to you,Nick and missus Nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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