jenno64 Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Collected some poddies yesterday afternoon for an early start in Botany Bay today. Hit the water just on low tide and stopped at a reliable drop off to send a couple of poddies down. Within 5 minutes one rod goes off and I grab it thinking it might be a flatty as the take wasn't that spectacular. The fish comes up quickly to the surface and I seen a yellow tail as it sees me then takes off with a few bullying runs into whatever structure was around. Soon after I had the king in the net and bang on 65cm so she was dispatched and iced up asap. Just as I was getting re-rigged a Maritime rib came over and disappeared soon after. He came back a few minutes later and I grabbed one of the rods to let him come alongside the boat but I was on again. This fish had a bit of go and I thought it may have been another king but soon enough a light brown flash signalled a decent flatty. The maritime rib dropped back and gave me some space to land the fish and I netted it without drama and called him over. The guy was very obliging and took some happy snaps of the fish and videoed the release for me. He checked my fire extinguisher and advised me to service or replace it, prompted by the recent serious boat fires that have caused havoc for some. There were birds working and boils all around as kings or salmon were smashing bait schools. Another suspected king smashed one of my livies soon after and I moved on to another spot up the Georges and picked up a nice bream in the mid 30s and a flatty in the 40s in deep water, both on poddies. Beautiful conditions and a nice way to spend a Sunday morning. I'll upload the release to youtube later this week:) 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamoDamo Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Awesome report! You certainly cleaned up! The river is going fishing very well as of late Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 A few nice ones for the table, and a big one released. Good effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucho hucho Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Great report and pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 One top report well done you have some fine fish there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmk1962 Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Great report. Some top fishing there. cheers Zoran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Well done. Great day out. Super photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killer Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 Great days fishing. Do you miss the kayak? I just bought a new 360 drive for mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 Nice croc, sound like a fun day on the BBay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted May 3, 2021 Author Share Posted May 3, 2021 On 5/2/2021 at 8:33 PM, JamoDamo said: Awesome report! You certainly cleaned up! The river is going fishing very well as of late Thanks Jamo! Water has cleared up and there seems to be bait everywhere...the birds are busy! On 5/2/2021 at 8:35 PM, Yowie said: A few nice ones for the table, and a big one released. Good effort. Yowie, always nice to take a feed home after releasing a big fish:) 12 hours ago, hucho hucho said: Great report and pictures. Cheers Hucho! 11 hours ago, masterfisho7 said: One top report well done you have some fine fish there Thanks! 11 hours ago, zmk1962 said: Great report. Some top fishing there. cheers Zoran It was good to get two good fish within the first half hour Zoran! 10 hours ago, Rebel said: Well done. Great day out. Super photos. Cheers Rebel! 8 hours ago, Killer said: Great days fishing. Do you miss the kayak? I just bought a new 360 drive for mine. Killer, I caught alot more fish in the kayak overall.....I'm a bit spoilt now and shoot from spot to spot if the first 20 minutes is dead, with the kayak I fished harder in the one area;) 3 hours ago, kingie chaser said: Nice croc, sound like a fun day on the BBay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamoDamo Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 1 minute ago, jenno64 said: Thanks Jamo! Water has cleared up and there seems to be bait everywhere...the birds are busy! Its cleaned up amazingly. After the floods its seemed to have kick started some crazy fishing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlvbw Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 Awesome fish mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyngfish Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 Great report, well done. What do you find is the best Poddy Mullet trap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maniac Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 Cracking flathead! Nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 Great result and top report, thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedfisho Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Good report, just wanted to get some opinions on eating fish from George's and botany. I've read the government stuff online etc. Any thoughts relating to the pfas in the river/bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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