Stanwell Tops

[Larkin]

Gday Raiders,

Me and a mate took our JetSki’s south this week to the areas around Stanwell. 

Plan was to jig the Hump, then go for some snapper a little further south. Plenty of baitfish on the Hump, started jigging and pulled out a fat 60cm bonito - my mate followed with a similar sized fish. Bled, gutted and put head first into ice. These larger fish make great sashimi.

We didn’t want to loose the morning snapper bite, so we headed off.
On the drift, where ever I found bait there were jackets too - had my lines cut off a couple of times, so moved to a gravelly area. Brought up a nice reddy. Then nothing.

moved up to the flatty drift off the national park - and the fish were on! And no more green toads! Within an hour had the esky full of blue spots.

Tried for some kings - could see them, plenty of large marks on the sounder, but today they just weren’t biting - not a single take. My mate managed to pull up a 50cm trag. Finished off the day with 3 crabs.

 

Edited May 17 by Larkin

[Robbo from Sydney]

12 minutes ago, Larkin said:

Gday Raiders,

Me and a mate took our JetSki’s south this week to the areas around Stanwell. 

Plan was to jig the Hump, then go for some snapper a little further south. Plenty of baitfish on the Hump, started jigging and pulled out a fat 60cm bonito - my mate followed with a similar sized fish. Bled, gutted and put head first into ice. These larger fish make great sashimi.

We didn’t want to loose the morning snapper bite, so we headed off.
On the drift where ever I found bait, there were jackets - had my lines cut a couple of times, so moved and found a gravelly area. Brought up a nice reddy. Then nothing.

moved up to the flatty drift off the national park - and the fish were on! And no more green toads! Within an hour had the esky full of blue spots.

Tried for some kings - could see them, plenty of large marks on the sounder, but today they just weren’t biting - not a single take. My mate managed to pull up a 50cm trag. Finished off the day with 3 crabs.

 

Yet another successful haul for you. Well done and enjoy the sashimi

[Little_Flatty]

Always manage a top feed Chris, well done.

[bessell1955]

It appears that had a very successful outing.

[Larkin]

10 hours ago, Robbo from Sydney said:

Yet another successful haul for you. Well done and enjoy the sashimi

Thanks Robbo!

will be making a couple of plates worth to share around at work.

9 hours ago, Little_Flatty said:

Always manage a top feed Chris, well done.

Thanks Mike,

Broke my own rule of not ordering seafood out at restaurants last week and was disappointed.

making my own seafood platter

15 minutes ago, bessell1955 said:

It appears that had a very successful outing.

No bites for a while early on, fishing an area I hadn’t fished before. Back up local had more luck finding the fish.

[Isaac Ct]

Great stuff mate, nice haul. Good to see some fish from someone, haven't been able to get out for a while.

[Larkin]

42 minutes ago, Isaac Ct said:

Great stuff mate, nice haul. Good to see some fish from someone, haven't been able to get out for a while.

Thanks Isaac!

with this weather lately, it’s been a few weeks for me too. 

[blairy69]

Nice catch and got to love the underrated six spine leatherjacket very tasty - my wife's favourite due the pure white flesh - well done 

[Yowie]

Nice mixed bag there Chris. No green toads, but bloody jackets instead. 

Nice bag of flatties. Will have to give it a go when I return to Sydney in a week or 2.

[big Neil]

Sounds like an excellent day out in a new(ish) area. Plenty of fresh fish for a while Chris.

bn

[zmk1962]

Well done Chris. A beaut mixed bag. Nice to see the bluespot back - wonder if it’s tied to the toad’s vanishing?

cheers Zoran 

[HOOLIGAN2]

nice job 

[Larkin]

On 5/23/2024 at 8:18 PM, Yowie said:

Nice mixed bag there Chris. No green toads, but bloody jackets instead. 

Nice bag of flatties. Will have to give it a go when I return to Sydney in a week or 2.

Thanks Dave,

The toads seem to have gone - didn’t see any. That day.

and plenty of flatties about.

On 5/23/2024 at 11:15 PM, big Neil said:

Sounds like an excellent day out in a new(ish) area. Plenty of fresh fish for a while Chris.

bn

Thanks Neil, fish n chips, crab linguine and that bonito made some of the best sashimi I’ve had in a while - very fatty fish.

On 5/24/2024 at 6:20 AM, zmk1962 said:

Well done Chris. A beaut mixed bag. Nice to see the bluespot back - wonder if it’s tied to the toad’s vanishing?

cheers Zoran 

Thanks Zoran!

am so glad those toads have left! 
Ocean flatties have been hard to get over the last 4 months or so. Not sure why. On this day they just kept coming up.

On 5/24/2024 at 8:07 AM, HOOLIGAN2 said:

nice job 

Thanks Hooligan!