Botany Bay Where Are The Fish?

[Breambucket]

Hey guys

I was disappointed that i couldn't go to the social today after double booking the day and i forgot that i had to help tile my sisters house befor next weekend as she is getting a new kitchen installed and by the sounds of it the day was a total success and a few nice fish landed too

So....... i hit botany on Saturday with one of my mates to make up the the wasted day.

The last few time's i have been out there it has started to slow down alot i guess its just seasonal but today it was like a ghost town with hardly any hits at all.

Fished a hell of alot of area's for little luck but just off towra i had a solid hit then i thought i lost the fish slowly retrieve and it has another go and whack it goes for a massive run and out of the water she comes a nice salmon in around 2m, Fishing light with 3lb main line and 4lb leader it took me around 10 min to land it and it felt and look bigger than it seamed at the time but still good non the less

Not my biggest by a long shot (75cm) but the first on a lure and this time on light gear compared to the 20lb i used to use off the beach

also landed a 30cm hood squid and a small flattie and that was it!!!

Oh well I'm going to try lane cove next Friday for something a little different then a bream comp down the basin so im pretty pumped

Cheers guys

[brendong]

Mate I'm with ya, the weekend was tough going....was out there late this arvo and found myself on struggle street apart from a quality surface dweller too.....still better than going home completely empty handed...better luck next time...

[ACIMA]

G'day BB nice Salmon on 3lb would have got the heart pumping.

Hope your luck changes on Friday and good luck for the bream comp.

[paul.kenny]

Breambucket - I decided to try the Bay on Monday as I had the day off work. I fish dawn until midday in Wooloware Bay and Taren Point for a 65cm flattie and lots of small bream and tailor. I found my SPs were continually bitten off by the small tailor and reverted to a MF40 to catch the large flattie in about 6ft of water in Wooloware Bay. I also lost a large fish (and a blade ) against a pylon on the Taren Point Road bridge.

[pmak]

Breambucket - 10min fight on 3 pound gear must have been great fun. Did it take a blade, grub or flick bait?

Basscatcher - still landing the big ones in mid-winter! Was that a jewie that busted you off at the bridge?

Didn't see you guys at the social. Maybe at the Botany Bay social - right on home turf!

[Steve07]

Botany bay usually slows down this time of year,it will probably be like that for another couple of months till the water warms up a bit.

Sydney harbour is doing much better & its the place to fish at the moment with trevally,tailor,bream,snapper plus some rat kings

all biting well with a bit of berley & fishing lightly weighted fresh baits at anchor around the moorings or beacons.

cheers

Steve

Edited June 22, 2010 by nexus

[paul.kenny]

Breambucket - 10min fight on 3 pound gear must have been great fun. Did it take a blade, grub or flick bait?

Basscatcher - still landing the big ones in mid-winter! Was that a jewie that busted you off at the bridge?

Didn't see you guys at the social. Maybe at the Botany Bay social - right on home turf!

PMAK - I could not go to the social as I had family sporting commitments. As for the large fish that busted me off at the Bridge I reckon it was either a large Bream or a Trevor. It struck hard just after the blade started to sink and immediately ran to the opposite side of the pylon and busting me off against the oysters and barnacles

[Breambucket]

Breambucket - I decided to try the Bay on Monday as I had the day off work. I fish dawn until midday in Wooloware Bay and Taren Point for a 65cm flattie and lots of small bream and tailor. I found my SPs were continually bitten off by the small tailor and reverted to a MF40 to catch the large flattie in about 6ft of water in Wooloware Bay. I also lost a large fish (and a blade ) against a pylon on the Taren Point Road bridge.

Good work on the 65cm flattie

Im still goin to try wooloware and towra most time's i go out to see if i can form some sort of pattern but will be trying alot of other areas in

between like yarra bay and the run ways ect ect

ill also make a move into the Georges too as i havnt really fished it befor

I defiantly have to sort out getting an electric as i want to start fishing close into structure. and im goin to try straight througn fluro with hidden weights to see if i can tempt some of the fish out.

A lot of things are new to me again now as i have not fished winter with plastics so i just guess its a learning curve

Pete

[Breambucket]

Breambucket - 10min fight on 3 pound gear must have been great fun. Did it take a blade, grub or flick bait?

Didn't see you guys at the social. Maybe at the Botany Bay social - right on home turf!

It was great fun and nerve racking at the same time

When the fish jumped first i actually couldnt see any detail as i had the sun in my eyes and it didnt fight like a tailor so i was more worried about not knowing what it was rather than landing it!

Stil great fun and most of the fish i have been catching recently i have been using 3 inch minnows with 1.5g heads

I couldnt attend the social i was getting my sisters house ready for a new kitchen most of the weekend (i double booked)

Maybe we could have a friendly comp between a couple of us when it starts to warm up? a mixed bag one sounds good... might be able to spy on basscatcher when he is using the top water gear

Cheers

Pete

[Breambucket]

G'day BB nice Salmon on 3lb would have got the heart pumping.

Hope your luck changes on Friday and good luck for the bream comp.

Yep mate is did pump a little

Thanks mate

Pete

[paul.kenny]

It was great fun and nerve racking at the same time

When the fish jumped first i actually couldnt see any detail as i had the sun in my eyes and it didnt fight like a tailor so i was more worried about not knowing what it was rather than landing it!

Stil great fun and most of the fish i have been catching recently i have been using 3 inch minnows with 1.5g heads

I couldnt attend the social i was getting my sisters house ready for a new kitchen most of the weekend (i double booked)

Maybe we could have a friendly comp between a couple of us when it starts to warm up? a mixed bag one sounds good... might be able to spy on basscatcher when he is using the top water gear

Cheers

Pete

Pete - a friendly competition in September or October might be a good option...I increased my topwater lure collection to cope with the bust offs. Through July and August I am going to chase the Jewies and EPs in the mid - upper Georges and the fabled 'big bream' in the upper reaches of the Woronora River. This will require some finesse fishing

[Breambucket]

Pete - a friendly competition in September or October might be a good option...I increased my topwater lure collection to cope with the bust offs. Through July and August I am going to chase the Jewies and EPs in the mid - upper Georges and the fabled 'big bream' in the upper reaches of the Woronora River. This will require some finesse fishing

I have been told of a few places up the Georges that some "experts" fish that regularly produce 80cm + jewies on the light gear so ill be giving that a go soon too!

October sounds great that will give me a month of practicing my top water technique

pete

[bassboy888]

Breambucket nice salmon considering the condition, well done on landing it too on the 3lb line. an October comp would be great, if it wasn't just before the HSC exams. going to miss a lot of fishing trips in the coming months

[Breambucket]

Breambucket nice salmon considering the condition, well done on landing it too on the 3lb line. an October comp would be great, if it wasn't just before the HSC exams. going to miss a lot of fishing trips in the coming months

The HSC can wait cant it?

We might have to do 2 of them to fit you in

Pete

[pmak]

A Botany Bay comp? We had one last year and if this year's is run the same way then we'll have a comp on our hands. Gonna be great! I took out the biggest trevally last year but I reckon there's going to be heaps more competition this year. Would like to catch up just to share knowledge anyway ...