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I really doubt the mullet tried to eat the metal lure and was prolly foul hooked. The few "hits" you got were most likely the lure bumping into the school of fish not them actually biting it. Deffo should have put a fillet out as a bait with the school of mullet there might likely have been a predator about.

Hi all. Well I think my fishing days are coming to a end . My breathing has got to a point where I can't do much at all. I have sold the Quintrex 14 footer with trailer and also sold the Savage Scorpion. Have also sold a heap of fishing and boating gear that will never get used by me. I have bought a new computer and I am happy with the way it is working, sit most of the day behind the screen watching Utube and the rest of the day sitting on the front verandah watching the world go by. I have a golf course at my back fence and a play field in front so lots of activity going on pretty well all day long, I often spend many dark hours sitting on my swing seat on the verandah. I still have the Pride gazelle a 5.5 glass open boat that I have done some work to but still lots to do, and I don't know if the work needed will ever get done. I have a good mate that loves his fishing and we have been sharing our passion for the past 40 odd years but he has a business to run and has a family which he needs to show attention to so his fishing time is very limited. I find it hard these days to just go down to my local shops at Berala and in fact I needed my partner Val to come with me to the computer store to carry my old computer.just going to get a hair cut or similar takes planning and a lot of effort for me. SO I have bought myself a cheap Mobility Scooter to allow me to go places I can't walk to. I bought a electric scooter about 12 months ago thinking that would be a good idea rode it up and down the street twice and decided I looked and felt stupid on it so that has been sitting in my bedroom since, the battery has never been charged only used portion of the charge that was in it when bought. Anyone want a cheap Scooter ?. I have a garage full of stuff I need to get rid of so will be putting heaps of items for sale in the very near future. Thanks for reading. Frank

An exciting report Fobbie with some good fish landed. Great to get out on the water with mates, especially if they are mad keen and you can teach them a thing or two. Shame about the lost fish but totally your own fault as you need a good landing net to improve your chance of landing the good fish. You don't need anyone telling you that, I suppose. Good luck with your future fishing adventures with your friend, hope they manage to get onto some fish too. Cheers, bn

Some quality fish you got! Shame about the flatties, never a good feeling losing a fish like that 🥲 especially when they’re big. Also quite a nice rod you got there

Great catch! Sometimes fish just wanna break the lure rules I guess. I caught a bream on metal jig recently which seriously surprised me. And I was using 10lb leader!

Exactly what I've experienced from my last session - 60-70cm flatty lost due to no net and leader snapped off while the final landing. Within the same session I also hooked either a king or huge Jew that SMOKED my 3000 fuego and finally pulled hook. As you said, that's fishing, all these facts make us addicted to it.

Albert next time ask the person what their fishraider name is We have had a few Zorans on here.

Not good about the flatties, a bit of distance to pull it up. In regards to the last flattie, the mouth is open, you are wearing gloves, stick your fingers in it's mouth, grab the bottom lip, and pull it up. You may have the jaws clamp down on your fingers, you are wearing gloves, just a small bite if anything. As for the fingers in the mouth, do not try it with tailor, spanish mackerel or other toothy critters. A couple of bream for variety.

Nice session! I live very close but somehow never tried fishing in that spot. I had seen decent jewfish caught there at night.

I can't add anything to the comments already made. You angled the fish in and with some luck on your side got it to the edge. We have all probably learned the hard way that graphite rods are no good for deadlifting, just make sure you remember that because, with your hook up skills you will definitely get the opportunity. Good advice from Little Flatty to salvage what you can from your broken rod, for future possible use. You certainly are a very keen angler...good report. bn

This afternoon I went out today to Mortlake along the bay to teach my newbie mate how to fish with soft plastics to take a break from Uni work. He's only just recently gotten into fishing and was interested in learning how to fish with lures. Conditions were good with the sun just setting around 1 hour after high tide. On my first two casts out, I hooked onto three decent flatties using bloodworm and midnight oil, all approximately around the 40cm mark, whilst teaching my mate different retrieval techniques and how to work soft plastics. I sat back for 20 mins whilst watching him cast out and working the plastic back, giving him tips and helping him slow down his retrieve, inducing a few bites however none hooked up as he missed the strike timing. But that's all part of fishing, I remember when I first started using lures and missing my strikes, so I kept encouraging him to keep trying. I went back to fishing myself in search of some decent fish after donuting my last session around Iron Cove recently. That's when I struck something big, then came a huge run with my drag screaming and line peeling. The headshakes were violent with a huge weight behind them, that's when I caught a glimpse of it, a flatty at approximately 60cm. However, here was the start of my major issue that plagued this session, I had no way of landing the fish as I didn't bring a net with me. On 6lb leader, there was no way I could winch this massive fish up the side of the bank without snapping off. Hence, I tried walking the fish to a rocky area 20 meters down on the right to get a chance to get as close to the water as possible to land this fish. I got within 2 meters of being able to climb down to grab the lizard when POP, the hook had pulled from its mouth. I was distraught losing this fish which would be close to my PB of 71cm and even more so as I realised my gopro wasn't even filming this ordeal🥹. But hey that's fishing. After walking back to the same spot, I re-scented my plastic and casted the same zone again. On the third cast, again, I struck into something big again, this time it felt even heavier. It's runs and headshakes were even more violent than the previous flatty I just dropped. This time I was not making the same mistake again of waiting too long to start walking it over to the rocks on the side. I was very tempted to slide myself down the bank with my mate holding the rod however I decided against this whilst walking as I would have no way back up with the fish in hand. When I pulled it to the edge of the bank, I was able to see this lizard I had hooked onto, by our approximation, easily a 70+ cm flatty, both longer and fatter than the previous one I just dropped. This time I made it down to the rocks and was within touching distance of the flatty. I wrapped the leader with my right hand was about to reach for the fish to pull it up with my left hand when it threw one final headshake which snapped my leader and off she swam. Two times today and this time losing my PB flatty 😭. The leader snap moment on camera, it's mouth dwarfing my slim swimz plastic. At least to end off the session I caught two legal that put up fun solid fights and one small bream. After we then called it a day, however this did not make up for the fact I lost those two fish. What a session and an interesting way to teach my mate the importance of having a landing net 😂.

They look like good fillets there Jenno. Nice work!

Very interesting regarding the weed comment! I have had similar experiences with smaller bream, like around the 20-25cm mark. I had hooked into it and it caused the same sensation of being buried. I thought I had snagged and was pulling and pulling and it would not budge. Only realized it was still on the other side from some head shaking. Eventually got it to lift and when I brought it up, I was very surprised how small it was considering how hard I was pulling to get it off. That explains it

That's a bugga Mark, The good O'l weather always changes things... At least you got out.. PS. Na I was asking Paddy the question about rubber bands/ Du Bro clips..... Our methods are very similar.. Myself, I recon rigging the live bait is worth the effort with a rubber band, the live bait lasts a heap longer. I even wind in and put the livie in the tank, rubber band still attached and re use same one an hour later... worth the extra effort and I think that extra bit of shock the rubber band gives, with zero in the braid line, helps too.

Cheers, thanks Zoran!

Early April is when the mullet run, out of the estuaries and into the ocean. I think Narrabeen lagoon opened up recently and maybe it came from there.

The mystery continues .... hope the jewie spot works out ! Cheers Z

No, just like you I ditched them and just have a snap swivel off the bomb and use a rubber band wrapped around the main line and connected to the snap. Went to try again today but the good old weather man got the forecast backwards, instead of a quiet morning and windy afternoon we had 20 knots from the south at 10.30am so we gave up and grovelled around Middle Harbour for a few blurters and salmon instead. Very murky water and bait hard to find.

Nice Trev and well done keeping your cool to land it after the disaster. The sensation you described as buried, is likely being amongst weed. When lucky, braid will saw its way through weed. Sometimes you may need to back off pressure and allow the fish time to swim out. You discovered one of the disadvantages of modern rods. Fibreglass (and composite) are more forgiving, but you trade off feel to get it.

That’s a huge mullet! I always see those big ones always teasing in the estuary, never taking anything. Awesome to see they CAN be caught!

Impatiently waiting for the day I manage to hook into a kingy only a matter of time. Very likely we did go over landing good fish on light gear - think it was the day we went over black fish since we were quite high up that day above the water. All thoughts went out the window this time around though in my excitement 🥲 It is awesome you’re still keeping in touch with Jakob - how cool is that, from a post he made on FB asking about fishing gear to this. Something to be said about human connection here but I’m not creative enough to come up with it!

I’ll have to look up about tightening drag mid fight 😮 didn’t realize it was too bad. I’ve been leaving the drag at a not light but light enough for a decent fish to still have a chance level but maybe I need to up it a bit.

Mullet on lures is becoming a thing!

Hey Zoran, this might be one big coincidence haha, because he said he was on fishraider as well so I assumed it was you . Well we'll just have to wait and see if he comments haha

A nice mullet for a change, something different. Worth having a cast or 2 with the lure.