Schnapper Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Got out for a fish on Saturday up the river (Near the rail bridge), dropped the crab trap again, then tried to for live bait. Was close to dusk had no luck. Was looking to live bait for jew overnight. If anyone can point me to a spot up the river yellow tail can be caught, i would appreciate it. Anyway the by catch was a 44cm flathead and 29cm Bream. Ducked outside off newport Sunday for a surprise under anchor in close Sabos, only under size flatties on the drift, huge mowy. But the by catch was slimmies, taking big size 4 hooks. They light up the finder, sea temp online said 21.7 we took in 23. Offered up the live slimmies under ballons at long reef but no king takers, then the wind picked and we called it a day. The crab trap produced again, but just blues Swimmers no muddies yet. Any tips on yakka up the river? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foulhooked Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Nice haul of fish there. Yakkas are pretty hard to come by up the river. Your best bet is lion island / west head. I can only find yakkas in moderately clear water with sand instead of mud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnapper Posted December 3, 2014 Author Share Posted December 3, 2014 Cheers, i have a dozen spots in and around Pittwater, i guess I'll have to stock up prior to heading up the river next time. Now you mention it, they are all sand, light weed or rock bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erroll Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 nice work there mate, well done. Were the slimies of any size? There have been quite a few but relatively small around the harbour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AI fella Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 there were some good schools saturday morn just out from Jibbon headland all seemed in the 6-8m depth range further out into 15m didn't see any,in close i got smashed by a king(the King hit a Killalure 2Deadly) in 6.8m on the sounder…..wont forget my live bait gear next time……..the one slimy i jagged on a lure was easy 30cm……... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginko Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 picked up my first slimey of the season in Pittwater on sunday - no takers for it though. the slimey was pretty big (~30cm?) and the kingies in Pittwater seem to be relatively small ATM. Has anyone tried eating slimeys? Just out of curiousity, I cooked it up, but couldn't eat it - it really smelled awful - so I'd be interested if anyone ever eats them. my excess yakka usually end up on the plate (very tasty), but unless someone suggests otherwise, in future I'll be salting down any left-over slimey for use off the rocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnapper Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 Mine only went 22-25 based on the salted up leftovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Paikea Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 picked up my first slimey of the season in Pittwater on sunday - no takers for it though. the slimey was pretty big (~30cm?) and the kingies in Pittwater seem to be relatively small ATM. Has anyone tried eating slimeys? Just out of curiousity, I cooked it up, but couldn't eat it - it really smelled awful - so I'd be interested if anyone ever eats them. my excess yakka usually end up on the plate (very tasty), but unless someone suggests otherwise, in future I'll be salting down any left-over slimey for use off the rocks. Try smoking them, they taste great! Cheers Paikea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_S Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Yep, smoke them or try "canning" them like store bought tuna. They are very nice like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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