Clifton Gardens Wharf

[JimT]

Hi all,

Spent the day (Thurs) 9am to 5.30pm for lots of Yellowtail and 1 Flounder. Had Yellowtail out on the bottom and under a float for zero. Was running a burley trail of chicken pellets/sand/pichards and tuna oil so lots of bait fish always there. Had one school of fish breaking up the surface around mid-day all around my yellowtail under the float but weren't interested in it. Relaxing day out otherwise and have plenty of fresh yellowtail for next time. Regards Jim...

[rjc123]

Bad luck mate! Probably tailor busting up. They're picky when it comes to yakkas at times. They were probably after smaller bait. Strange that there weren't any salmon around... Been a few at Balmoral lately. Maybe give it a go!

[bharris]

If your after a feed from there fish the corrner before the stairs with lightly waighted prawn pieces in you burly trail but i leave the pillies and tuna oil out of the mix but put my old prawn shells in even old cooked prawn shells are better

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[J Hooked]

Don't use too much tuna oil. I find too much oil can put the fish off the bite. I only use a dash (30mls) per loaf of stale bread mashed up to porridge consistancy. I also add left over bait mashed up and pellets.

[reubs]

I was down there the other day feeding the fish and saw a few luderick hanging around on the pylons, a leatherjacket also on one of the pylons and there were some large schools of pilchards cruising around too, so theres plenty of food in the area. A guy who was there on the end was catching yakkas and kindly gave me one that I put on as a live bait ... only to watch a kingy come out of nowhere and smash his way through the pillies... My yakka which had a 2/0 livebait hook through his shoulder mysteriously disappeared from my rig shortly after. By this time it was about 2:30 in the PM and I had to make a move so I fed the fish a bag of squid and some frozen pillies and made my way home.. Was a nice day out in the sunshine however.

[bharris]

Should have got a bait jig got some pillies and sent one out live best livebait you can get

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[JimT]

there were also a couple of Trevally caught by another fisho about 35cm...

[rjc123]

I was down there the other day feeding the fish and saw a few luderick hanging around on the pylons, a leatherjacket also on one of the pylons and there were some large schools of pilchards cruising around too, so theres plenty of food in the area. A guy who was there on the end was catching yakkas and kindly gave me one that I put on as a live bait ... only to watch a kingy come out of nowhere and smash his way through the pillies... My yakka which had a 2/0 livebait hook through his shoulder mysteriously disappeared from my rig shortly after. By this time it was about 2:30 in the PM and I had to make a move so I fed the fish a bag of squid and some frozen pillies and made my way home.. Was a nice day out in the sunshine however.

Bad luck about the kingy mate! I'd say a squid pinched your livie. That was regularly happening to me until i finally hooked whatever was stealing my livie. Turned out to be big squid.