Ulladulla Harbour yesterday

[Paikea]

I spent the weekend at my place in Ulladulla cleaning up for some tenants staying this week. Did not get a chance to fish (33 degrees!) but went down to the Southern Ramp in the Harbour to talk to some of the regulars as they came in around 11AM (to beat the North Easter) and see what they had caught.

Even though most of the Tourist (Terrorists according to the locals) had left the weeks before there were more than 50 boat trailers parked at the Harbour and the streets from the Harbour at 8.00 AM when we had a coffee at the Boardwalk Café overlooking the Harbour.

Most of the fishos that I spoke to had gone north to get an easier run back in the North Easter (I usually head down to Burril Rocks and Tabourie). Some good Flathead were caught plus a sprinkling of small, just over legal Snapper and the usual mix of Rock Cod, Sergeant Bakers, Gurnard and some Pig Fish. All reported seeing Slimey Mackerel in very large schools.

One guy reported seeing 5 to 6 boats on the Kingie Ground, However I did not see them come in. The same guy had an interesting rig that he claimed caught everything from three Flathead at a time when drifting productive grounds plus Snapper and other reef fish. The rig uses three pink squid lures on short rigs from a main leader and a Snapper sinker on the bottom. Very simple and looked very effective.

The Squid Rig

I spent some time looking into the water from the walkway between the two ramps and was pleasantly surprised at the numbers and size of fish that were swimming over and around the concrete ramps. Bream that looked almost legal, some big bully Mullet, Whiting and a couple of huge black stingrays that would have gone at least 12 to 1500 wide. Great to watch.

Made me think that there could be worse places to bring little kids to have a go at catching the Bream etc. Dead safe and a lot to look at. As I am giving my Granddaughter a rod & reel for her third birthday in March and they are coming to Ulladulla at Easter I think that I may start her off there.

The water colour is a little fuzzy but if you click the pics to make them full screen you will see the Bream, Stingrays etc

Cheers

Paikea

Edited February 9, 2015 by Paikea

[reese]

hi -

i hoope that rig works as i have a few of them for my next decent outing - i have seen ET use a similar rig - its a pink fly with 3/0 hook little bit of bait on the hook for smell and ET said thats what he uises when he is fishing for flathead off shore - so my fingers are crossed -

i have found BCF sell the one colour bright pink and Black magic sell them with few light or dark colours -

but i have some of the fly style ones and the ones in your pick so will use one on each road and see -

Edited February 9, 2015 by reese

[reese]

same setup as the one in your pic but look like these -

says they are snapper wackers but ET used them flathead - and had a double hook up of flathead (in my dreams)