Port stephens

[longy509]

Hi just a quick report we went up the port last week.We done two trips to Broughton but had trouble catching live baits the few that we got were demolished  by a couple of sharks im assuming so i trolled a few lures around and landed a couple of little kings other then that we got a few flatties. So day 3 we decided to head south and had a crack of Birubi i flicked a few plastics around and my wife fished some squid and prawns on a dropper rig she landed a few baby snapper and a couple of flatties again. After a couple hours we decide to troll the coast line back hooking up and landing half a dozen or so Bonnies.Then on the last morning we decided to put the boat in one last time for a couple of hours and drift around the bay for a feed of flathead we didnt get any but i was pretty happy when i hooked up this nice  snapper out in front of Corlette in 8m of water on a piece of squid he measured up at 69cm.We also had a crack at catching some squid around shoalbay and jimmys beach but couldnt get any takers only a few followers i think our jigs might have been a bit big.

Overall reasonably quiet week on the fish  but still beats working.

 

Edited February 6, 2020 by longy509

[kingie chaser]

That's a cracking snapper for inside the bay.

Well done 👌

[Scratchie]

Great work longy!!! I think that snapper was lost from Broughton! 🤣🤣 Although, I have heard of plenty of good ones caught in the bay during winter, not in summer! Glad you had a good time up here! 
 

cheers scratchie!!! 

[rickmarlin62]

Nice fish for in the bay   great catch

[Rebel]

Great fish,well done.

[Berleyguts]

Great fish in the Bay! Well done! @Scratchie - “Marker 82”, d’ya reckon?

[Scratchie]

2 hours ago, Berleyguts said:

Great fish in the Bay! Well done! @Scratchie - “Marker 82”, d’ya reckon?

I’m thinking near the sanctuary zone where the racks are off Corlette. Seen an 8kg red come from there 🤔 

[kingie chaser]

29 minutes ago, Scratchie said:

I’m thinking near the sanctuary zone where the racks are off Corlette. Seen an 8kg red come from there 🤔 

#4 ??

[61 crusher]

Great fish for inside & good report, good one

[Pickles]

Good fish Longy for inside. The Port is an area I’d like to know a lot better - always some great reports of snapper.

[longy509]

Cheers everyone it was a nice suprise.Berly & Scratchie It was straight out in front of the dog beach about about halfway between the sanctuary zone and the danger marker