rjc123 Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Just wondering how pittwater's fishing at the moment cuz i was thinking of hiring a boat and doing some trolling around stokes point and taylors point. are there any other good bait fishing spots at the moment around there or mackerel beach??? where can you hire a boat around careel bay or palmy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjc123 Posted July 20, 2010 Author Share Posted July 20, 2010 also, where can u get some livies around there???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rzep Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 I haven't fished Pittwater for quite a while but I have never had any trouble getting livies from around the pill boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjc123 Posted July 21, 2010 Author Share Posted July 21, 2010 I haven't fished Pittwater for quite a while but I have never had any trouble getting livies from around the pill boxes. is that around west head??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rzep Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Yeah that is the one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjc123 Posted July 21, 2010 Author Share Posted July 21, 2010 ok, ill give it a try. is stokes pt a good place to try with the livies. Heard about a few kingies and jewies being caught off there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rzep Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 I have never had much luck off Stokes Point but have had better luck on the other side at Pugnose.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjc123 Posted July 21, 2010 Author Share Posted July 21, 2010 is it worth trolling metals around west head?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginko Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 You can hire boats on the pittwater side of palm beach, just north of the ferry that goes to the basin and mackeral beach, and also further up - go to the north side of the golf course, there's a cafe and a boat hire place there. Don't count on these places having any bait though, I've found the freezer empty or with very old bait only. For livies, pill boxes is the go, but I don't think the rental places let you go out there, as the 6Hp motors would get you into trouble if the weather comes up or if there is a swell. They want you to stay south of mackeral beach. Try instead the north-west shore of careel bay - much less productive though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjc123 Posted July 21, 2010 Author Share Posted July 21, 2010 yer, they probably wouldnt let you go out there. Can you get livies at mackerel beach??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshagius Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 i have got squid cuttle fish and yakas around the warf at makeral beach really early in the morning before sunrise dont know wat it would be like during the day you can give it a go tho ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjc123 Posted July 22, 2010 Author Share Posted July 22, 2010 what about taylors point? bait fishing, trolling or catching livies?? only fished there from the shore before for leatherjackets and snapper but not from a boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siesta911 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 I was fishing at the Stokes Point last Saturday from 7:00am - noon. Relatively quiet day with 10+ catches only - most of them were undersized tailors and snappers. Significant catches then were 30cm flounder (around 8:00am) and 52cm flattie (around 11:00am) and During the 5 hours, there was no action at all for nearly two hours... Lucky to catch good sized flattie at the end, otherwise, it would have been a disasterous day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjc123 Posted July 23, 2010 Author Share Posted July 23, 2010 I was fishing at the Stokes Point last Saturday from 7:00am - noon. Relatively quiet day with 10+ catches only - most of them were undersized tailors and snappers. Significant catches then were 30cm flounder (around 8:00am) and 52cm flattie (around 11:00am) and During the 5 hours, there was no action at all for nearly two hours... Lucky to catch good sized flattie at the end, otherwise, it would have been a disasterous day. What Bait were u using??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siesta911 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 What Bait were u using??? Pilchard with some burley mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjc123 Posted July 23, 2010 Author Share Posted July 23, 2010 i might give em a go then. anyone trolled pittwater lately. hoping to test the new rod with some good fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshagius Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 i havent trolled pittwater latley but last weekend i was out there and spotted afew small schools of tailor and salmon working the surface caught afew useing 15g gold halcos bit of fun ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginko Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 I headed out early today, and hit a favourite point up the system from cottage point, where I've picked up some solid tailor on livies previously. Got there with no livies today, as there were none at the regular livie spot. After a bit of burley, the sounder was showing a fair bit of fish activity, but none were hitting the old pillies. On a whim I sent down my yakka rig with bits of pillie on the hooks. Sure enough, up come a few normal sized yakkas, and then this Super Yakka! 38cm! I remembered that some raiders had claimed they are great eating, so I'll find out tonight. The yakkas all disappeared at the high tide mark. No other signs of fish at all apart from spotting a flathead take-off when I drifted over a very shallow sand-flat at high tide. The water is extremely clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjc123 Posted July 26, 2010 Author Share Posted July 26, 2010 when trolling pittwater for tailor, salmon and bonito what lures should you use? i seem to always get either nothing or something i dont want. like a jacket. any suggestions???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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