Holls Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Great morning off Ulladulla Harbour. Plenty of big blue mowies, snapper, nanygai, etc. A lot of Sargeant Bakers !!!. When we came in, at the fish cleaning tables there were stacks of nice sized Blue Spotted flathead being cleaned (targetted at 20-30 metres - we got a fair few last week). One guy at the cleaning tables had a big fish that looked like a groper. Wouldn't let me photograph it. Are they protected? It was dark brown to black in colour, about15-20 lb. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbox Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Very nice catch. Good to hear I'm arriving for a few days fishing on Thursday. Dogbox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holls Posted May 15, 2016 Author Share Posted May 15, 2016 Just did a check - think the fish mentioned might have been a Bass Groper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Bass Groper http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/content/fisheries/recreational/saltwater/sw-species/bass-groper Black Cod http://australianmuseum.net.au/black-rockcod Also Google Epinephelus daemelii and that will give you a better idea. Now, there is a few Black Cod down that way and are a TOTALLY protected fish. Bass Groper are a deep water fish and Black Cod are more of a shallower water fish. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Nice tub of fish. Strange that he did not want his fish photographed, might have been an illegal catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holls Posted May 15, 2016 Author Share Posted May 15, 2016 Now, there is a few Black Cod down that way and are a TOTALLY protected fish. Bass Groper are a deep water fish and Black Cod are more of a shallower water fish. Thanks Blackfish, bound to be one of these, but not sure which. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 No problems,nice catch you got anyway. Also thats a cracker of a Golden in your Avatar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holls Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 No problems,nice catch you got anyway. Also thats a cracker of a Golden in your Avatar. The GTs are a great fish. Caught in the bay at Tin Can Bay, my brother's town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cargo05 Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Nice. It has been a long time since I fished at Ulladulla. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin lane Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 How far out from the marina im going for the first time in 3 weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holls Posted May 7, 2018 Author Share Posted May 7, 2018 On 4/12/2018 at 8:53 PM, Justin lane said: How far out from the marina im going for the first time in 3 weeks What are you after? Flathead at about 30 metres, snapper out to about 50 metres + 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin lane Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 will give it a go this year heading down for our yearly boys fishing trip to ulladulla from albury wodonga will try straight out from the marina at 50m whats best bait do you think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Spanner Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Take some pilchards, prawns and squid. But pull up around the floats off the back of the bommie out the front of the harbour and try to get some slimies and yakkas. Find a current line around the 20-30m mark for flathead or around the 50-60m mark out the front for snapper. Just drift with paternoster rigs. Put a different bait on each hook. That's probably the simplest option. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin lane Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 awesome we will try get slimies and yakkas on bait jigs, cant thank you enough for you advice we will arrive on the 18th of march cant wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Spanner Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 On 2/12/2019 at 4:13 AM, Justin lane said: awesome we will try get slimies and yakkas on bait jigs, cant thank you enough for you advice we will arrive on the 18th of march cant wait Burley with chicken pellets and fish scraps. Don't only use bait jigs for the livies. Have one guy use a bait jig, firstly with no bait (avoids unwanted fish like sweep and mados), then try a fleck of prawn or pilchard on every second hook. Have another guy with a hand line or light bream rod with a small long shank hook (anywhere from a size 6 - size 1) with a small split shot about 30cm above it. If you dont have split shots you can use a small ball sinker held up with a little bit of rubber band. Use a small piece of prawn or fish flesh (better) on the single hook and flick it out the back of the burly cloud (5-10m from the back of the boat) and let it waft down naturally. Often the rubbish fish and yakkas will hold hard under the boat and burley and the slimies will be out the back. If you dont put a bait out there you might think there are no slimies. If you troll metal lures, small squid skirts or diving lures along the back of the wash from the south head of the harbour down along in front of the lighthouse towards Ulladulla Bommie you will be a chance at an Australian Salmon, Tailor, Bonito, Kingfish. Be careful of shallow rocks/reefs and occasional breaking waves in all of this area. There are alot of bommies that break occasionally and are very shallow. Don't be afraid to have a livie out anywhere you are fishing with a chance of a king or Mako. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin lane Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 On 2/13/2019 at 10:55 AM, Captain Spanner said: that's great thank you so much we are super keen 13 days until we arrive cheers hope to give some great feed back in a few weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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