cogo44 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Apart from the large swell of over two metres, our Sunday trip was hampered by large backwashes coming off the cliff bottoms and hordes of line snipping toads. Two decent snapper was our only worthy catch with the rest being a miserly mixture of small whiting, morwong, gurnard and rock cod. Not a great advertisement for fishing off Sydney. Better luck awaits us! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Something to take home. Apart from the reddies, you can eat some of the others, if desperate. Were they green toads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelm Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Best guess the “small Whiting” were Red Spot? Easy to get a decent feed if they are thick, a bit of time filleting, but they taste OK. The Gurnard is also fair to good eating (not a Latchet, but a Gurnard?) the Rock Cod can go back (not getting into that argument again) the Mowie…….they are a yes/no thing, I eat them now and then, but mostly just give them away or toss them back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelm Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 OH and the Toads can drive you nuts…….hate them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cogo44 Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 On 2/12/2024 at 3:52 PM, Yowie said: Something to take home. Apart from the reddies, you can eat some of the others, if desperate. Were they green toads? Green toads and plenty of them.Twenty six sinkers never returned. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelm Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Are they definitely Toads and not Jackets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cogo44 Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 100% they were toads! Only two jackets were landed all day compared with heaps of puffer fish or toads. The first fish landed consisted of a double header gurnard and a green toad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Flick some live baits (out on the surface (Yakkas and slimies not too hard to burley up), floats or ballon’s and wait for the action. Lots of Bonito, salmon around and the odd king and tailor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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