Harbour blackfish with a cracker bream bycatch

[Guest hawkesbass]

Hit up the harbour with ddaniel armed with green weed the day started off good with a fish landed on the first drift on the last off the runout tide as the tide slowed and stopped so did the bites as soon as the tide started running the bites came back on. For the next few hours we were onto some good blackfish with us being able too upgrade as the day went on but the fish off the day daniel hooked and landed being a 42cm bream which rocketed the float under and needed good rod skills too land as it dived toward structure too earn its freedom it was a good way to christen his new bream mag rod taken on 4lb leader and 8lb mainline loaded onto a 4inch alvey.All up kept the bream and 13 blackfish for our families.

Cheers trevor

[chilliman]

Looks like you had a good crack at them, it would have been gold to see a bream that size landed on a black fish rig, well done fellas.

[swano]

A great day on the harbour there boys, looks like there's still plenty of blackfish around going by some of the reports that are coming in.

[Ron Howes]

That looks like a cracker session with the bream a bonus.

Yesterday I tempted fate and fished in that heat unshaded at Clark park on the left hand point. This time I had plenty of berly. The blackfish were on from the first cast. After keeping four in swimmer, I felt woosey from the heat, when bending over and was thinking of giving it away, but kept getting bites and landing fish, so fished for the next hour I caught and release about 10.

Around 11.30am I could not stand the heat any more, I photographed four I had in swimmer and released. All I was thinking about was an iced schooner glass filled with that amber liquid from Woolich Pub. There was no way I could bend over to clean these fish as I think I would have passed out. Its always the way when the fish are biting there is always an element to stop you.

Today I fished Howie reserve in harbour and landed about eight stud blackfish, these were a feed I promised my family and neigbours. The fish did not have the row and white sperm sacks that were evident 8 days ago when I cleaned them. Tomorrow is another blackfishing session on the agenda.

Howsy

[Guest hawkesbass]

Howsy the session was a good one but you may aswell have done your own post insted off adding your report onto mine

[jkm1667]

cracker bream on weed,well done ddaniel.

[slam354]

Well done mate.i fished clifton gardens the other day for only 4 fish.By the way how deep where you fishing clarkes point?.Where is Howie reserve never heard of it,also depths an any other info would be appreciated.Nice of you to share locations?

Regards Steve

[Day's Fishin]

Nice catch Trevor! The black fish have been on in the Hawkesbury as well. Patonga area ( can not tell you the exact spot, the boys would kill me )but I can tell you their all been taken on nippers and not weed.

Regards Jeff

[Guest hawkesbass]

Days fishin i have fished around patonga before with lures and bait for other species and have sussed out some good looking blackfish water up that way hope your friends keep landing them