Yowie Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Fished the deep off Lilli Pilli early this morning. Also pulled up a couple of jewies, but they were a few cms under sized. Most fish were caught before sunrise, not that I saw any sun, but after sunrise the size of the reddies dropped to as small as 10cm, so time to head home. One jewie on a squid strip, all other fish on strips from a salted bonnie fillet that I found in the freezer from about 12 months ago. The smaller flattie is a Blue Spot. It had bright orange roe so maybe some of them are breeding up river. From memory this one would be the biggest one I have caught up river. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fab1 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Always manage a feed mate.Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 A few nice fillets there yowie! Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Onya yowie must say ive never caugjt a bluespot in an estuary...rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted January 30, 2019 Author Share Posted January 30, 2019 5 hours ago, Fab1 said: Always manage a feed mate.Well done. Thanks Fab, time for you to fish the Hacking again. There were a few fish cracking the surface, kingies and some good sized tailor. All out of casting range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted January 30, 2019 Author Share Posted January 30, 2019 5 hours ago, Scratchie said: A few nice fillets there yowie! Cheers scratchie!!! Thanks Scratchie. Happy enough with that lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted January 30, 2019 Author Share Posted January 30, 2019 1 hour ago, rickmarlin62 said: Onya yowie must say ive never caugjt a bluespot in an estuary...rick Don't remember how many, but I catch a few each year in the Hacking, some in 20 to 30 feet water depth. The best was 3 in one morning, though not all legal size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Nice mixed bag Yowie and those reds are a nice plate size. I have caught blue spots inside botany bay before years ago but they didnt have any real size to them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welster Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Great fishing and report as always Yowie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted January 31, 2019 Author Share Posted January 31, 2019 5 hours ago, Welster said: Great fishing and report as always Yowie. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted January 31, 2019 Author Share Posted January 31, 2019 (edited) 8 hours ago, GoingFishing said: Nice mixed bag Yowie and those reds are a nice plate size. I have caught blue spots inside botany bay before years ago but they didnt have any real size to them Most of the ones I have caught in the Hacking were under 40cm, with a few just below legal size. Probably just a small population that survive up river. Don't know if they swim up river from outside or have bred there, but have caught them over a number of years, more so in recent years than my earlier days of fishing. The one I caught yesterday, which is the largest I have pulled out of the Hacking, had a fair sized roe so it may be that they are breeding up there. With Botany Bay, the water is deep through the heads and up, whereas in the Hacking, there is quite a bit of shallow water and sand banks to swim through. All of the Blue Spots I have caught were around Lilli Pilli and west of there, never any in the South West Arm which has deep water as well, but I do not fish in the S/W Arm that much. Edited January 31, 2019 by Yowie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caple666 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 nice mixed bag champ im yet to get a legal reddie in the hacking but got a few just shy last week so maybe soon! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Bread & butter fish, got to love it 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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