HOOLIGAN2 Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 (edited) hi guys , im planing on heading out tomorrow for the first time in 3months the window has oppened lol, i want to give off shore a cracked off broken bay never really fished out of the river , can any one give me a heads up on some reefs or flathead grounds ?? thanks Edited September 14, 2023 by HOOLIGAN2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelm Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 Don’t know any specific reef areas there, but for Flathead, it’s just a matter of drifting until you find them. I tend to start in about 25-30m and see how it goes, no good, move out to (say) 40m, if that’s dead, try deeper again, or back to the start and try 20m. That is just a very rough starter guide, but it works for me. As far as reef goes, a quick Google should turn up plenty of starter spots. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOOLIGAN2 Posted September 14, 2023 Author Share Posted September 14, 2023 40 minutes ago, noelm said: Don’t know any specific reef areas there, but for Flathead, it’s just a matter of drifting until you find them. I tend to start in about 25-30m and see how it goes, no good, move out to (say) 40m, if that’s dead, try deeper again, or back to the start and try 20m. That is just a very rough starter guide, but it works for me. As far as reef goes, a quick Google should turn up plenty of starter spots. THANKS MATE WILL GIVE THAT A GOOD !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant fish Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 Hey mate i fish there regularly if you head straight out from palm beach to about the 40 mtr mark start drifting there you need to make sure your on the bottom and if only catching undersize keep going deeper but be aware it is a slow dropoff good luck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant fish Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 On that there isn’t much reef there so I’m talking about flathead but my boats out of action at moment so I haven’t been out for a while hopefully the water has warmed up enough to see the leatherjackets gone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guinness Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 This post was recognized by mrsswordfisherman! "Great informative post that will help the OP and others" Guinness was awarded the badge 'Helpful' and 200 points. I have moved up to Lake Macquarie now but I did fish out of Broken Bay for 30 years plus in my Southwind. I have 3 suggestions for you for tomorrow: 1. Trawleys Reef This is a highly structured, narrow reef close in off Palm Beach. Trawleys is a great king ground, especially if the bait is holding up top. You may need to wait for the kings to come through but if and when they do it can be a lot of fun. You MUST have squid to fish this ground. GPS Marks: S 33 35. 997 E 151 21. 039 2. Boultons Reef Arguably the most popular reef out of Barrenjoey. A large expanse of reef without the sharp structure of Trawleys. Holds a wider range of fish- snapper, moeys, jew, jackets. GPS Marks: S 33 36. 550 E 151 22 416 3 Flathead Drift Ground A good drift ground that holds reasonable size flathead as well as the odd flounder. The wind maybe too strong tomorrow for a flathead drift but this is a solid patch in calm conditions. GPS Marks S 33 35. 248 E 151 24.447 I hope these details can help you in some way as I am still attempting any sort of offshore success out of Swansea. All the best Hooligan2. Be sure to let me know if you clean up. Regards Guinness Guinness 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoods Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 Good on ya Guiness - What a perfect response. Welcome to Fishraider Hooligan2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOOLIGAN2 Posted September 17, 2023 Author Share Posted September 17, 2023 On 9/15/2023 at 5:49 PM, Bryant fish said: Hey mate i fish there regularly if you head straight out from palm beach to about the 40 mtr mark start drifting there you need to make sure your on the bottom and if only catching undersize keep going deeper but be aware it is a slow dropoff good luck THANK YOU .. will give this ago for sure .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOOLIGAN2 Posted September 17, 2023 Author Share Posted September 17, 2023 On 9/15/2023 at 7:38 PM, Guinness said: I have moved up to Lake Macquarie now but I did fish out of Broken Bay for 30 years plus in my Southwind. I have 3 suggestions for you for tomorrow: 1. Trawleys Reef This is a highly structured, narrow reef close in off Palm Beach. Trawleys is a great king ground, especially if the bait is holding up top. You may need to wait for the kings to come through but if and when they do it can be a lot of fun. You MUST have squid to fish this ground. GPS Marks: S 33 35. 997 E 151 21. 039 2. Boultons Reef Arguably the most popular reef out of Barrenjoey. A large expanse of reef without the sharp structure of Trawleys. Holds a wider range of fish- snapper, moeys, jew, jackets. GPS Marks: S 33 36. 550 E 151 22 416 3 Flathead Drift Ground A good drift ground that holds reasonable size flathead as well as the odd flounder. The wind maybe too strong tomorrow for a flathead drift but this is a solid patch in calm conditions. GPS Marks S 33 35. 248 E 151 24.447 I hope these details can help you in some way as I am still attempting any sort of offshore success out of Swansea. All the best Hooligan2. Be sure to let me know if you clean up. Regards Guinness Guinness wow thank you so much for this info .. cant wait to give these spots a crack .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOOLIGAN2 Posted September 17, 2023 Author Share Posted September 17, 2023 On 9/15/2023 at 8:15 PM, Hoods said: Good on ya Guiness - What a perfect response. Welcome to Fishraider Hooligan2 yeah 100% .. thank you mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOOLIGAN2 Posted September 17, 2023 Author Share Posted September 17, 2023 (edited) well guys i cant thank you enough for the info you have giving me , i did go out but we didnt make it to drop a line in so we went back in and went home my best mate who i have been fishing for for the last 20 year didnt make it out and was sick as a dog hahahahahahah .. Edited September 18, 2023 by HOOLIGAN2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoods Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 And you wasted all that burley!!?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOOLIGAN2 Posted September 20, 2023 Author Share Posted September 20, 2023 16 hours ago, Hoods said: And you wasted all that burley!!?? hahahah 100% he was crying like a baby .. TAKE ME BACK TAKE ME BACK HAHAHAH 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burger Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 1 hour ago, HOOLIGAN2 said: hahahah 100% he was crying like a baby .. TAKE ME BACK TAKE ME BACK HAHAHAH Aren't aussie mates just the best 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessell1955 Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 There is nothing worse then being sea sick! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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