LuckyFil Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Just back from a few weeks in the van up the NSW north coast. Did a bit of fishing at a few spots - Hat Head, Broken Head (near Byron) and Wooli. The lack of rain meant the water was very clear, which is pleasant for swimming but makes the fish less willing to play. Like Scratchie I struggled to get anything of note at Wooli despite hitting the creek with nippers and plastics, and later the breakwall with lures and pillies. I had some success at Broken Head with some reasonable sized trevally and a couple of tailer hitting the metal slug. Pretty sure the trevally were small GTs. The larger ones were around 45cm and put up a good fight off the rocks. They tasted surprisingly good when filleted and skinned with a light dusting of flour on the BBQ. Managed a couple of good drummer at Hat Head on one outing but drew a blank on other trips. One plus of doing a few early sessions on the rocks is some great sunrises! If you do fish off headlands and areas where you go through bush be aware the snakes are coming out after their winter siesta - saw a few and nearly trod on a large one that was way more chilled than me - I think he's a diamond python, so not likely to cause any grief but I'm sure there's a few browns about as well. Missing the great locations but glad to be home and off the roads with all the school holiday traffic on the highways. Cheers Fil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regan Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 looks like you have had a great time nice trevs, looks like they would have put up a nice fught Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 sounds like its just as hard to catch a few up the coast as it is here..i still say its better than sittin on the lounge..nice gts by the way..rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Good on you Phil. Sounds like a great trip anyway! Fishing was certainly hard, with the wind playing havoc most days. Our total in wooli wasn't great but what an awesome part of Aust! Home now too mate and so many bloody tourists! Lol cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gutamouth Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Nice report mate, some cool photos there too! Love that sunset at Hat head did you manage to fish the death hole while you were there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COASTIE 01 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 those gt's would pack a great fight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan88j Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Awesome mate photos are great! That's actually a coastal carpet python, beautiful snake and equally as placid. Well done mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyFil Posted September 27, 2017 Author Share Posted September 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Gutamouth said: Nice report mate, some cool photos there too! Love that sunset at Hat head did you manage to fish the death hole while you were there? No, fished once on 'the island' (for zip although looked really promising but didn't deliver) and a couple of times on the hat side of the island , was hard to find wash - the nor-easter blew like hell but it was too calm on the south side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volitan Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 (edited) According to the book Sea Fishes of Southern Australia the white tips to the dorsal and anal fin make it a bigeye trevally. There’s also a difference in the eye - bigeye has a gelatinous eyelid at rear of eye but it’s easy to overlook and doesn’t photograph well. They are hard to tell apart, though. Edited September 27, 2017 by Volitan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam bros Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Sounds like an awesome trip mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reel' em in Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Looks like you have a great time mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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