Bateau Stu Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 (edited) Good morning, Fellow Raiders My Report of a trip round the Central Coast on the 5th January 2023 with Mate and Mentor @DerekD Kicked off at Graeham Park on the Gosford Waterfront just near that Central Coast Stadium met at 8,00 am the southerly wind blowe this location out and @DerekD has some suggestions from a fellow raider, so we moved to Saratoga and caught some breakie and then did some top water fishing with soft plastic at the public wharf at Jirramba Reserve.off Mimosa Avenue Saratoga It was shelter from the wind but not the passing showers, had a few hits nothing big, nothing caught working off the wharf. we change to Skinny Pops without success Spent about 90 minutes. Next Stops we stayed in Saratoga and cast a line at the Saratoga Oval (Willaroo Road) off the rock wall a little more open to the weather, continued with rail jackets cast out with Skinny Pops and Vibes got some hit, @DerekD caught a Bream, just shy of legal, release back. @DerekD was great company with mentoring and advice. on casting and styles of attracting the fish, locations to cast. It was a great learning experience. we spend about 2 hours here and the stopped for lunch at Shelly Cafe on Village Rd at Saratoga. Good Food Reasonable price, service was good, nice people servicing. Next Stop was cast a line at Terrigal Lagoon parked on Willoughby Rd near the Banjo Skatepark sheltered from the Southerly wind, work on the off the reserve. we fished here for about 45 minutes when some people came down with Remote controlled boat start to zip around the area, while I did not mind when it became a problem is when the boat stirred up a duck straight into my line and it got tangled, we then spent the next 20 minutes bringing the tangled duck in and removing the line and the lure. the Duck was fine after we untangled and cut the line. The Driver of the boat decided it was time to disappear before we could have chat about their actions. We then walk across the bridge and start to fish the northside in front of the house which is reserve with the coming from the south we work around the more sheltered side, casting with Skinny Pops avoiding the ducks (Hahaha), the wind was not our friend, and the hits were not coming while the was definitely activity in the water with fish jumping, just not on our hooks. It was round 4 pm, we move to our last location Wamberal Lagoon off Remembrance Drive the wind picked up but it was good, shoe off and walk into the lagoon. we worked the area with vibes and Success Derek got hits and brought in a Whiting. I got a whiting and flathead (Dusky) photos attached All in all a good day considering the weather looking forward to the next venture Edited January 7, 2023 by Little_Flatty Added photos 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Great report. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Flatty Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 @Bateau Stu! That's a fantastic first report! In case you haven't worked out, @DerekD is kind of well known in this community 😎 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessell1955 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 A couple of nice fish, well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Top report @Bateau Stu. It’s a pity you couldn’t have attached a lure to the boat and headed out into “out of casting range” territory. Look forward to future reports, thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bennyg78 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 well done @Bateau Stu. Great first session!. Make sure you hit that waterfront at graham park when its not so windy! Thats one of my fave spots. How good is shelleys!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bateau Stu Posted January 17, 2023 Author Share Posted January 17, 2023 On 1/7/2023 at 11:05 AM, Little_Flatty said: @Bateau Stu! That's a fantastic first report! In case you haven't worked out, @DerekD is kind of well known in this community 😎 Hi Little_Flatty Yep, figured that out and his reminder for me to join and be active. great site and forum. Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishingFables Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Great report @Bateau Stu thanks for taking the time to write about your day fishing and best of luck for your future adventures! Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bateau Stu Posted January 17, 2023 Author Share Posted January 17, 2023 Hi All Trip out to the entrance 17th January. fished west of the Bridge near the skate park at about 6.15pm water ok, a bit murky a lot of weed close in. Using soft plastics Casting into the wind, a couple of others fishing as well but not much to report. A couple of bites, a bit of weeds, Beautiful day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucho hucho Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Great report and pictures. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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