I Love Pittwater

[eagle ray]

I havent had the pleasure of fishing Pitty since easter. Our family has a shack on Clareville beach that has been in the family since the area was first sold off in the 20's. This is where i learnt to fish, trolling for tailor and pinkie snapper and whiting. We have a large family and its almost impossible to get a slot down there with all the aunts and aunties and cousins and their kids.

I got down there 10 days ago, launched at bayview and went for a scout over some likley looking spots and a vacant mooring to keep the boat for a while.

When your on holidays the days can become a blur, to much piss sun and sex. Through in a good book or 2 and I am in heaven.

The fishing was excellent even if the winds were not. We got around 50 kings (all rats) during our stay and while noe were keepers it was great fun to be fishing with fam, not getting up to early and just going with the flow.

At the beginging of the week as the tides were not the greatest for squiding and not wanting to go the yacka route I worked on my plastics. 6 inch sluggos with a running ball sinker dropped in to bait schools and worked eratically produced some good fish though I have to admit that I dropped my first 3. The quitened down on the deep worked sluggos and that was fine for me as my transducer started to crap itself and I switched over to fising on dusk and waiting for the kings to show them selves.

Nearly every day the kings would fire up between 5 and 7pm in the moorings at Clareville beach , we caught most f our fish here and double hookups were the norm. Poppers got smashed, went though 4 packs of sluggos even if the fish were not on the surface we would just troll the luggo and the popper around in 5 meters of water and get hit. Unfortunatley no keepers but plenty of bustoffs from fishing in such tight country. We also got a fair few bonito who made up for the lack of keeper kings with there beatuiful sashimi.

The last few days while the weather hasnt been great have been down riging squid. Squid were plentiful on the high tide and it didnt take long for them to be eaten either, though today we met our match. It was our last squid. We already had 4 relaeased and 1 missed hit. Something came and smahsed us to pieces. There was no way in the world I was to stop this one. I had it for about 45 seconds and I never even budged it, finally a good king but unfortunately it was not to be. I cant wait to get up there again and I didnt even make it to newport reef.

[Bluewater]

Great report, those Kings sure know how to fight even the small ones! Did you get the squid from Clareville as well?

Bluewater

[eagle ray]

Great report, those Kings sure know how to fight even the small ones! Did you get the squid from Clareville as well?

Bluewater

Clareville, scotland island, mack beach and the basin all produced.

Also forgot to add that I found some good willing kingie schools between careel bay and the basin.