adamski Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Hiya Raiders, Hope you're having a good one and managing to stay dry! Just moved into a place on the Cooks and I've been hitting the stretch 2 mins away pretty hard this week. The best session was on Wednesday with 7 smaller bream and a decent whiting, but I've had a couple of other species too. It's weird: I fished in Sydney for 3-4 years and only ever caught 2 luderick on lures, yet this week I've had one and dropped another at the bank. Yesterday afternoon I got bitten off 4 times on the bottom too at dead low tide, so I'm wondering if there are some big flatties around (or maybe something even more elusive?!) Might have to crack out the heavier gear at some point. Challenging myself to use a wider variety of lures, but I keep falling back on the old faithful bloodworm Zmanz. Have a good weekend! 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Ct Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Great photos and fish mate. Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Nice bag of fish. Any weight of fish, head shakes, prior to be bitten off? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamski Posted July 1, 2022 Author Share Posted July 1, 2022 2 minutes ago, Yowie said: Nice bag of fish. Any weight of fish, head shakes, prior to be bitten off? Cheers Yowie! No, they were all clean through, bar one that was frayed so I guess it could have also just been tailor. It was the fact that they were all on or close to the bottom after I'd been working the lure that makes me wonder though. I'll try with a heavier leader and some bigger lures at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Sydney Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Great haul Adam love to see good results on the Cooks. What stretch are you fishing? I’ve had good flathead (50-60cm) upriver near the Tempe station and Illawarra rd bridges. Downriver near the airport/golf course has had a lot of tailor through lately too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamski Posted July 1, 2022 Author Share Posted July 1, 2022 34 minutes ago, Mike Sydney said: Great haul Adam love to see good results on the Cooks. What stretch are you fishing? I’ve had good flathead (50-60cm) upriver near the Tempe station and Illawarra rd bridges. Downriver near the airport/golf course has had a lot of tailor through lately too. Cheers Mike! I'm little further upriver still, but I used to fish the stretch between Tempe and Wardell Rd bridge a fair bit. Tempe was always flathead central from memory! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkin Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Some nice action you’ve had over the week! It’s funny how we can have a tackle box full of lures and keep using the same one time and time again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebenbomb Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Great session, nice work, especially the breambos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 6 hours ago, adamski said: Cheers Yowie! No, they were all clean through, bar one that was frayed so I guess it could have also just been tailor. It was the fact that they were all on or close to the bottom after I'd been working the lure that makes me wonder though. I'll try with a heavier leader and some bigger lures at some point. Flatties will not bite off unless there is a hook-up and they saw through the line. Tailor will at times just bite off the hook with no hook-up. Have had that happen many times, fishing the bottom with nippers. Just a little bit of weight then hook gone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Flatty Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Nice work @adamski. Nothing like having some local water to explore. Nothing wrong with using a lure that works! You'd be surprised how versatile a few basic plastics can be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamski Posted July 1, 2022 Author Share Posted July 1, 2022 2 hours ago, Yowie said: Flatties will not bite off unless there is a hook-up and they saw through the line. Tailor will at times just bite off the hook with no hook-up. Have had that happen many times, fishing the bottom with nippers. Just a little bit of weight then hook gone. Probably just tailor then. Might still crack out the bigger gear just on the off chance. There are definitely some deep spots around the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Looks like you've been hauling a few in recently. Hope you manage to catch whatever is busting you. Keep us posted. bn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Top report & photos. Nice bream. Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squidless Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Looks like tons of fun right at your backyard. Can't beat that. I can totally relate, my go to is a bloodworm 2.5" slimswimz. Catch most of my fish on that...even though I keep accumulating more and more different lures... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Great mixed bag and a nice whiting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pafisho08 Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Hi There are some Eels up in the brackish water with sharp teeth which may be the culprits . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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