Kiama

[Trapper Tom]

Hey all fishraiders, finally getting back into the fishing.

Lucky enough to score 2 days fishing on Fri and Sat just off Kiama. Georgous weather and conditions.

Day 1.

Started with a flatty drift, lots of little ones to start with, moved around several times then got into the good fellas. All about 35 to 38cm. Stacks of flathead got 18 keepers. All caught on the snaaper flashers with squid, boy don't those lures produce the goods.

Got sick of that so we anchoured up to some washes, burleyed and sent out some floaters.

Instant success, 2 really big sambo's on 6lb line. Kept for fish cakes. Then a nice reddy and bream both about 40cms, bream was fat as and a horse.

Then the tevours moved into the burley trail and we spent the next 30 mins catching just them as they hammered the baits before anything else worthwhile could get to it. Kept 4 only for sashimi.

Headed back, one more wash fish just off the harbour produced 2 more big bream, a reddy and a truck load of yakkas to supply bait for the next day.

Day 2.

Headed out started with a flatty drift. Zippo. OOOOH NOOOO they have gone away, bugger.

Southerly came through mid morning at twice the strenth predicted so we headed for a sheltered headland and decided to burley and fish the washes. I just love fishing the washes from a boat with floaters, you never can tell what you pick up.

As we pulled up Sambos were jumping out of the water and we went "Oh Yeah beauty newk" were into em. Burleyed for the next 45 mins with a total of Zippo. We were thinking what the hells happening here! we knew the spot held good bream and other surface fish. Low and behold Sammy the Seal appeared at the back of the boat begging for a fish. Thats why we caught zippo! fed him 3 big yakkas seemed very tame, then it was bugger this for a joke there will be no fish within 500m of this critter so up anchoured and headed down to gerringong, wind eased off so back to a flatty drift. Instant success with good sized 40cm sandies, got 17 in all. And to add to the mix a wonderful 3ft gummy shark yum yum. He scoffed the snapper flasher as well!

One more quick wash fish produced 3 breambo,s, a monster squid and more yakkas for the next trip, trolled the Kiama headland on the way back in the hope of a good kingy and wait for it, a sargent baker snaffled a rapala, could not believe it.

Headed back for the tedious clean the fish thing.

For those down that way all the flatties were caught on the 80 foot mark and there are plently of em if you move around and find em.

Sorry Guys no photo's, no camera but posted this just to let the FR's know to get out to the 80 foot mark and get into the flatties

Oh yeah I almost forgot a albratoss torpedo dived into our burley trail about 6 foot from the boat scared the absolute bejeevers out of us, never had that happern before. Was cool.

Won't forget the camera next time.

Cheers

Trapper Tom.

[The Incredible Hull]

Good report Tom, important thing is you got out!

[rjc123]

Great spot kiama. Big Snapper, Kings and Tuna should be lurking around at the moment. Sounds like a good little trip!

[cheap charlie]

thanks for the tips Tom. Sounds like you guys cleaned up on the flatties.

Whats "Oh Yeah beauty newk"? Movie reference?

[Keflapod]

thanks for the tips Tom. Sounds like you guys cleaned up on the flatties.

Whats "Oh Yeah beauty newk"? Movie reference?

C'mon Charlie.

You haven't heard of John Newcombe - Aussie tennis legend of the seventies ?

His charismatic smile, complete with hadlebar moustache was an iconic image.

he made a commercial for something and one guy said to him "Beauty Newk" (newk short for newcombe)...

...and the words stuck...

..they became part of Aussie colloquial speech.

But we are showing our age when we use these words...

Tony