kingie chaser Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 My mate & I fished all my usual hang outs today which I at least normally catch 5-10 flatties for a few keepers up to 55cm but today all I could.manage 1 flattie that I didnt even measure before returning. Not sure if the moon phase was out or something but ended a bit of a flop today Still better than working of course Plenty of you out there today around mollie & just south of the 3rd runway so how did you do? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welster Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Super day to be on the water. The posts of unsuccessful trips are more useful than the successful ones in some ways IMHO. No Fishing for me today we celebrated Easter today. So I am planning on Sunday and hopefully it’s quieter on the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizza Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Botany ramp was closed sometime earlier than 8.30 am,full. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ojay Samson Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 50 minutes ago, wizza said: Botany ramp was closed sometime earlier than 8.30 am,full. Thanks for this bit of info, I was planning to launch from there tomorrow morning for a fish... doesn't seem like its the best idea. Was hoping it would be less busy than say in the harbour, but doesnt sound like it. Would anyone know if the hawksbury would be any better (ala brooklyn area)? Wanting to go out on saturday and monday... just dont want to play washing machine bumper cars on the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted March 30, 2018 Author Share Posted March 30, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, wizza said: Botany ramp was closed sometime earlier than 8.30 am,full. I presume.your talking about Foreshore rd or also now called port Botany ramp? Plenty.of other ramps avaliable in the area! I was in & out in minutes at the ranp I used Edited March 30, 2018 by kingie chaser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishermanSteve Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Reference to the question about Brooklyn on the Hawkesbury, every time I have fished it day after a full moon it wasn't a good session. However on any other time had lots of fun there. 4 hours ago, Ojay Samson said: Thanks for this bit of info, I was planning to launch from there tomorrow morning for a fish... doesn't seem like its the best idea. Was hoping it would be less busy than say in the harbour, but doesnt sound like it. Would anyone know if the hawksbury would be any better (ala brooklyn area)? Wanting to go out on saturday and monday... just dont want to play washing machine bumper cars on the water. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welster Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 I have never had much success fishing during the day around a full moon. My theory is the fish have been hunting all night and aren’t that hungry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ojay Samson Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Just to follow up on the hawksbury Brooklyn area, I went on a recon trip last night to check out the ramp at the bridge and the ramp at parsley Bay. Both of them were still packed with cars being parked on grass and hard shoulders of roads... This was already at 830pm so I can only imagine how much chaos the place was during the day time. Decided not to go out today from what I saw last night and what I read on this thread about botany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizza Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Yes Foreshore Rd ramp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconnolly Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 I also had a dreadful day yesterday. Car Park at Tunks park full by about 5;45 am. Idiots pushing in. "washing machine" fishing for squid. Not takers. Yakkas non existent. Lost a small Bonito next to the boat at about 7am. Friend caught 1 undersized Kingie on a jig and I had one very half hearted follow on a slap stix. Saving the day (if I could even call it that) was a just legal flounder (entree for lunch) and a just legal trevally (sashimi entree last night). Oh well ! I guess we have to take the bad with the good. To rub salt into our wounds there was a bunch of guys, who just got off a charter boat, cleaning a bunch of 80cm Kingies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat_souvlaki Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 We bagged 14 flatties and 2 arrow squid. Dropped some good fish, and lots of ankle biter throw backs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 On 30/03/2018 at 5:28 PM, wizza said: Botany ramp was closed sometime earlier than 8.30 am,full. Hi kingie chaser Botany Bay is an overall very shallow waterway. Wizza touched on an important point ! I would imagine with that much boat traffic on the bay the fish would be very easily spooked also....... i stopped fishing inside botany bay 3 years ago as i beleive it is ridiculously over fished and your chances are better elsewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 2 hours ago, fat_souvlaki said: We bagged 14 flatties and 2 arrow squid. Dropped some good fish, and lots of ankle biter throw backs! Nice bag what species are those flatties with the white topsides ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat_souvlaki Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 All duskies, they lost their scales in the keeper bag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted April 1, 2018 Author Share Posted April 1, 2018 14 hours ago, fat_souvlaki said: We bagged 14 flatties and 2 arrow squid. Dropped some good fish, and lots of ankle biter throw backs! Were you fishing with baits or SP's for those FS? Well done on the catch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat_souvlaki Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 All Sp's, the Bay has been abit hit and miss over our last few trips. Our last trip we only managed afew flatties and some bream. It just happened to fire up for us that day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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