Botany Bay

[Little Hooker]

Gday folks,

Hit the bay this morning with Dangas to test out his electric motor and mainly to wet the line. Abit cool and windy in the morning but turned out to be a very nice winters day on the bay.

Our main goal was to use SP's and lures which we did, but the out come was very poor. Only mannage a tiny flattie on a blade and some wierd looking string ray kind of fish...... We did find some fish and got some runs right on sunset but none hooked up which was heart breaking as it peeled some line of the reel!

Anyone want to name there favourite SP's colour and brand most productive in the bay?? As Dangas and i threw our whole artillery with not that much interest for most of the day.

WTH is this creature????

[outfisher]

Its a numb ray just dont go licking it

they give you a nastey shock

[Basil D]

Its a numb ray just dont go licking it

they give you a nastey shock

I speared one when I was 14 and when I grabed the metal spear

[Morgs84]

ha ha Numb Rays seem to like the soft plastics!

I like the 5 inch gulp nuclear chickens but lately the 2inch and 3 inch shrimp in natural colour have been working good on the flatties.

Glad you got some nice weather for it

Morgs

[bassboy888]

squidgy lobby seem to work for me in the bay.

[FISHARK]

Now that's an ugly Ray

[johnny doi]

me & joco fished the bay yesterday with live yakkas & were flicking sp's also.besides 2 kings on live bait[70 & 55cms],we didnt have much luck on the plastics.just pike,a tiny flatty,alone trev & a angry longtom that bit me while i was releasing him.

cheers johnny.

[framedtrash]

during winter the trick is to work your plastics slow and downsize them

give one of Hodgeys old posts a read will give you some tips on winter fishing HERE

[archilles2]

yep that's what it is a numb ray! i grabbed a towel put it on top of it's head to try release my hook and wooooshka i got zapped.!

Crapped myself lol like a mini tazer - don't touch them, even with a towel.

[Dangas]

Lucky for us then that Little Hooker was grabbing it by the leader and i was using long nose pliers with insulated handle to take the hook out. Didnt realise we were that close to getting electricuted for the sake of a jighead haha

The bay seemd really shut down yesterday, everywhere we went seemed empty of life. The usual spots that would fire in the warmer months were just dead,to my suprise we didnt even land a pinky snapper which are usually around.

I wonder where all the bream and flatties go in winter, ive heard they migrate further upstream of the georges river?

Maybe we shouldve tried around the moons or picnic point.

[bharris]

Yeah them numb rays are everywhere down at towra pt.got one down there on sunday and my mate flipped it over with the butt of his rod and got the shock of his lifetime.

[Daniel Frost]

Give the blades a go near the runway , out in the open do some big drifts with the wind at your back and cast blades , hop them back and try to fish in around 10 to 16 foot of water . This has worked well for me , you can pick up a good mixed bag doing this .

[Trapper Tom]

Hey Guys

Yes I have said it before I know

Hold a light globe in one hand and touch the sucker with the other and watch the world light up,

Cheers

Trapper Tom

[ace]

ha ha yep numb ray my little bro caught one on a 4 inch gulp minnow near towra point very weird indeeedy

[Little Hooker]

Ugly sucker isnt it....

SP'ing does test your patience when you cant catch some fish but it sure was nice soakin in the sun and enjoyin the water.

I think its time to upgrade my SP's i brought like 4 yrs ago. Starlo and bushie SP's havent really caught me any thing decent in the pass. Most hits were on the Atomic SP's which i won a few packages at last yrs boat show. Glup's and blades are a definetly add to my bag next time i got out too.

Edited August 6, 2010 by Little Hooker