Port hacking mixed bags

[mako2000]

Spent a quick few hours last Friday and saturday afternoon on the Port Hacking. Launching at Grays point around 4pm both days proved productive and supplied a good feed. Friday after work I shot down and pumped some fresh nippers which ended with a few keeper Flatties a nice 38cm Bream and a Decent Blue Swimmer that didnt want to part with the live nipper..

Saturday I spent some time chasing poddies before leaving the ramp and quickly caught 5 on a line with bread bait. 4 were quickly picked to peices (tailor maybe? any other ideas..eyes and guts/gills eaten out of them) the 5th brought a nice 52cm dusky for dinner.

All in all an enjoyable time on the water even though it was still very dark from the rains during the week.

Edited January 31, 2012 by mako2000

[MOE^MOE]

nice catch mate good to see the hacking still producing quality fish

[mako2000]

nice catch mate good to see the hacking still producing quality fish

Thanks mate, forgot to add a few keeper whiting as well, been enjoying the late arvos fish, not always the right tide but less boat traffic and normally an easy park at the ramp as well.

[Ridesh]

i havnt seen any poddies at the ramp. where did you get them?

[Yowie]

Spent a quick few hours last Friday and saturday afternoon on the Port Hacking. Launching at Grays point around 4pm both days proved productive and supplied a good feed. Friday after work I shot down and pumped some fresh nippers which ended with a few keeper Flatties a nice 38cm Bream and a Decent Blue Swimmer that didnt want to part with the live nipper..

Saturday I spent some time chasing poddies before leaving the ramp and quickly caught 5 on a line with bread bait. 4 were quickly picked to peices (tailor maybe? any other ideas..eyes and guts/gills eaten out of them) the 5th brought a nice 52cm dusky for dinner.

All in all an enjoyable time on the water even though it was still very dark from the rains during the week.

Sounds like a good feed there. Fished yesterday for not much at all, 2 jews just undersize and 1 flattie in the deep water. A lot of surface fish, only 1 hookup on a lure with a few fast runs, then the hooks pulled. Let the lure sink and a 39cm trevally hooked up. Soft plastics on the flats for nothing, then headed home and found more surface fish at Mainbar, hooked one 44cm bonito for a bit of fun on light line.

Small fish will attack the poddies. Have seen the toads attack and eat the live poddies around the head regions before. Tailor usually bite pieces off the poddies.

Yowie.

[mako2000]

i havnt seen any poddies at the ramp. where did you get them?

Next to the ramp, near the start of the mangroves. Even with boat traffic from all the boats returning for the day there was heaps there.

[mako2000]

Sounds like a good feed there. Fished yesterday for not much at all, 2 jews just undersize and 1 flattie in the deep water. A lot of surface fish, only 1 hookup on a lure with a few fast runs, then the hooks pulled. Let the lure sink and a 39cm trevally hooked up. Soft plastics on the flats for nothing, then headed home and found more surface fish at Mainbar, hooked one 44cm bonito for a bit of fun on light line.

Small fish will attack the poddies. Have seen the toads attack and eat the live poddies around the head regions before. Tailor usually bite pieces off the poddies.

Yowie.

Ive never had much luck fishing the deep holes around the Port. Maybe just due to lack of effort, might have to try a bit harder next time!!