jtp Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 (edited) This report is long overdue and just thought i'd combine 2 trips. One to stockton's beach and Forster. About a month ago went up to Stocktons for an overnight beach fishing session. Started in the late arvo, found a decent gutter and setup for the night. Unfortunately it was a pretty miserable night with both thunder and wind. Spent half the night in the car. Aiming for tailor and salmon on ganged pilchard and 2 rods out on paternoster rig and whole freshly caught squid for the elusive mulloway. Managed 4 tailor all around the 40-45cm mark and was plagued by stingrays for the rest of the night. Nothing was tempted by the squid except for pickers. The Forster trip was about a few weeks ago. Normally camp but due to the rain i treated myself to a cabin. Spent a few days there with the hobie targeting blue swimmers with a crab trap and bream whiting and flathead with soft plastics. There were plenty of crabs around. With me quickly reaching the bag limit on both nights and using just a single trap. Most were around 8cm, so certainly not the largest ive gotten around lake wallis. Because of the wind i quickly gave up on the hobie and reaching my bag and possession limits for crabs i focused the rest of the trip on landbased/wading the shallows in knee depth water for bream whiting and flathead. I was using 6lb braid to 8lb mono and a simple prawn soft plastic. The first day I lost so many fish trying to get them into the bloody keeper bag because i had forgotten the lip grips. In the end managed a feed of bream around 30 -32cm, whiting between 32 - 38 and a few flathead between 42 - 46cm. So despite the weather, it was still an enjoyable trip. Thanks Joe Edited April 12, 2017 by jtp Forgot photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jewhunter Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Well done. Top report & it's great to see some nice pics of your trip. It's a beautiful part of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Got love Stockton beach! Fish are just a bonus! cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaniFIN Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Lookslike so relaxing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Great report jtp and some lovely photos of the trip, too. Well done BN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fab1 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 I'm with all the others.Top stuff there with some fantastic eating mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smc2010 Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 I'm heading stockton beach tomorrow for a night or two. Is there any area on the beach you would recommend, just a general area?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtp Posted April 14, 2017 Author Share Posted April 14, 2017 19 hours ago, smc2010 said: I'm heading stockton beach tomorrow for a night or two. Is there any area on the beach you would recommend, just a general area?? Hi mate, i normally just drive along the beach until i find a good long and close gutter somewhere quiet and away from everyone else, which can be hard as it gets packed at times! Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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