james7 Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Trolled out of the Hacking around Jibbon bommie a dozen times for just a couple of tailor. Headed south along the Royal National Park nearly as far as Garie for nothing. Trolled back north a bit wider off the cliffs again for zip. Stopped for a while near Marley hoping to get a few flathead on the drift. Managed a couple before the !@#!#! green toads arrived. They killed us! They followed us everywhere we stopped north and south, shallow and deep. We lost a lot of gear. Sick of it, we headed back to Bate Bay and fished off Cronulla and Wanda for a couple of hours, but the baits were hardly touched. My mate Syd with the two tailor Syd with a couple of flatties. Cheers Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Great to read a report from You and Syd, Peter! A couple of very nice tailor for the smoker and some very tasty flatties. What a shame those bloody toads destroyed what was looking to be a very productive session. Good luck if you're wetting a line over Easter mate. Cheers Skip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumb Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 sounds great until the pests arrive. You pretty much described exactly my most loved fishing trip But through in a a hunt for the snapper off the humps in winter. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 A shame about the green toads turning up. Have not seen them for a while, even caught them off Lilli Pilli some years ago. The bastards can swim surprisingly fast after a bait or a lure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 bloody toads, they can wreck a fishing outing in no time. Hey Pete at least you and Syd got a couple, but I must ask the question, where is the round table.. HAH!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 (edited) Probably does not have a coffee table small enough. The 4 fish would look like tiddlers on his big table. There are a few nice sized tailor inside the Port at present, so might be more up river than around the bombie. Edited April 4, 2012 by yowie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formosan Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Good effort Peter. Nice size tailors there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongrass18ft Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Nice to be out and about fishing,the fish are on which is nice but those toads are unbelievable. i put wire trace on my line on sunday to cope with the large plague,don,t remember seeing so many toads along the coast that i can remember. We found they dropped off as you headed deep past the 140-170 ft zone. Great work on those nice tailor bet there heading for the smoker Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macmac Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 First time heard green toads in sea. Didn't know that there are saltwater frogs in Australia. Are they poisonous? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
port hacking addiction Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Lol i think they are talking about a puffer fish not frog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arpie Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Good to see you got a feed, Peter - those green toads are a real pain!! We have them in the lake over at Tuncurry & they are HUGE! A dead weight when you hook one! Hope you get out & about & into some nicer fish over easter! Have a good one cheers Roberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james7 Posted April 4, 2012 Author Share Posted April 4, 2012 First time heard green toads in sea. Didn't know that there are saltwater frogs in Australia. Are they poisonous? Here's a picture of the line snipping little ba@tards. They can cut through 80lb braid like it was cotton. At least leatherjackets are good to eat. Green toads just cost me a fortune in lead and braid, and raise my blood pressure! Cheers Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 I was out catching Flatties off Swansea 2 weeks ago and was getting the occasional Leatherjacket or snipped line. Nothing to worry about, but then I pulled up a 3/0 Nickel plated Mustad suicide hook bitten off halfway. There is only one answer to the riddle. Green Toad and sure enough I got 2 before too long. Last weekend I had them following my line to the surface. Luckily they are only little buggers. They are hanging in the mid-water with the LJ's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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