Port Hacking

[Yowie]

Fished off Lilli Pilli early this morning, the water was like liquid mud. Only managed a few undersized reddies, except for one of the whiting which grabbed a pilchard on ganged 2/0 hooks. The pilchard was sitting on the bottom in 30 or 40 feet of water, and when I cleaned the whiting later, it had a large piece of pilchard in it's stomach so it was actually having a feed.

When the tide started running up, the colour cleared slightly. I used bloodworms for the whiting around Lilli Pilli flats, one reasonable fish, the others not too big, and a few undersize ones as well. Still, whiting fillets are good eating at any size. Also pulled out 2 bream, about 30cm, but sent them back.

[Krispy !]

Welldone mate, any jewies or kings around? Might have a go tommorrow

[Chimira]

Tasty feed there chief

[jenno64]

Great feed from the latte water!

[Yowie]

Welldone mate, any jewies or kings around? Might have a go tomorrow

Could not see anything until it was out of the water! May be a king or jewie about when the water clears in a few days.

[AI fella]

^{Good on ya for getting out ,been trying the basin most Friday nights for flatties but they have gone quiet, going to walk the flats tonite don't think its worth getting the yak out till the water clears,}

^{Cheers , Gaz}

[shak4g63]

Stop bro your making me hungry........mmmmmmmmmmm whiting fillets....mmmmm good man!!!!!!

Tight lines!, Shakeel

[tumra]

im surprised you got the whiting in the muddy water, i always thought the water had to be pretty clean to find the whiting

well done mate

[Yowie]

im surprised you got the whiting in the muddy water, i always thought the water had to be pretty clean to find the whiting

well done mate

Have caught some good sized whiting in murky water at times in The Hacking.

[gmandile]

The hacking is like a hot chocolate at the moment. Get the old bait out that really smells to have a chance

[Snakewood]

Nice catch for that muddy water mate

[philfish61]

Good on you Yowie, nice feed there!

[santo]

yep, good to see the fish are still out there

[Yowie]

Water has now cleared. Fished Yowie Bay yesterday (Tuesday) and there are small patches of slime floating in the water, which sometimes happens during winter. Sticks to the line.

Only legal fish there was a 33cm trevally. Caught one just undersize, plus a couple of small reddies.

The wind picked up suddenly shortly after sunrise.

Headed to Lilli Pilli but the wind was blowing against the drift, and fairly gusty at times. Found a semi protected spot and pulled out a 35cm bream and 43cm flattie on bloodworms, so just a feed.