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Yeah those dotted parts are all sandbar, leading up to it is anywhere from 12-20 meters deep. Im in the same boat, yet to get a hairtail however I have never intentionally targeted them. If you use a beacon light you should be ok there, its not a heavy traffic area, especially to the right as you indicated.

Cheers mate, yeah the fog worries me, was thinking of just turning right once past the marina so won’t have to navigate to far and I might stick to afternoons up to midnight, hairtail are my bogey fish still yet to get one so was hoping that stretch of the creek produces.

Hey everyone, I’ve spied out some nice looking drop offs at Kurnell beach. I’m going to go fish the runout tide if anyone wants to join me. Unplanned trip, but figured I’d post here anyway. Should be there till dark.

Nah, there's some large ones lurking around. They hang around all year, but in fewer numbers. I do a mixture of sweep pause, slow wind, fast wind, and long arcing sweeps and a jagged side to side (believe it's called walking the dog). They work well off the beaches to.

Thanks everyone! Well, no surprises here Daytime fishos have to fish smarter, that's for sure.

Hi @linewetter and @Mike Sydney Really glad to see two people I've mentored catching up and getting along. Hope you have many more fishing sessions together and I'm looking forward to more reports. Regards, Derek

Hey mate. You should have no issues, the ramp is well maintained. Not slippery and busy like many others I have been to but yes very foggy early mornings and nights but it adds to the atomosphere. Good fun.

Thanks mate! I am on the hunt for my first kingy... not too sure if they're all but gone from the rocks now but? Going to go pick up a few 12cm and 14cm ones tomorrow as i have a voucher. What's your go to retrieval? Sweep and pause or slow wind in?

It casts a absolute mile, because it doesn't dive much, it's great for casting off the rocks and fishing rocky areas. Its great for kings, salmon, tailor, bonito. Got a good action. Just all round great lure. I also use some nomads

My favourite was the Rapala xrap long cast 12cm in either ghost or pink. but now i use lively lure mack bait 4”.

Boat or land?

Great to hear! Can I ask why it is your favourite and how you use it mostly?

Had a lot of success with the CD12. A tip is to glue some sheet lead to the tail. This stops it tumbling and tangling with the line when casting.

Thanks @kantong ... sharing info on rigs, conditions and fishing experience is what Deckee is all about. Happy to do my bit. Cheers Z

We are still trying to get inked but no luck so far. Fished Rushcutters Bay, Clifton Gardens and Bradleys Head using 1.8 and 3.0 jigs. No catches. Where did you go?

This one is by far my favourite Rapala X-Rap Long Cast Shallow Hard Body Lure 12cm Silver Blue Mackerel HD

Hey guys, Having loads of fun with rock fishing atm spinning metals but was hoping to throw some other lures around. Everyone suggests the rapalas but was wondering which one and why? I see there is the 1) Rapala X-Rap Saltwater Hard Body Lure 10cm 2) RAPALA X-RAP LONG CAST 12CM HD which also comes in a 14cm variety. What is the main difference between the two? Happy to buy them just a little unsure. For reference I am located on the Central Coast, NSW (probably be throwing them off Avoca, terrigal rocks etc) with my main targets being pelagics, tailor, salmon etc. Cheers!

Ye yakkas small tailor and stuff are always around

So the swell was 2m south, although I know ledges that are possibly safe off the rocks that face north. I don't want to chance it there and not be able to fish. So it's been a while since I fished harbour but back to places in mosman. I am not normally a squid fisho and I only catch them opportunistically ,also I want to try new spot. Initially I tried @DerekDadvice of float and squid jig due to spot being snaggy but I found not being able to work my jigs uninteractive. So instead I tried at first the Japanese style then switched to my variation of @DerekDwalk the dog with double hop instead and letting it sink 5 seconds. If squid sees it it will swim up to middle water column for it. During one of my flicks I felt a weight on rod and thought it was a large clump weed but it turned out to be calamari when I only have caught arrow heads squid previously. After nothing for a hour I switch to blades to cast clear of Kelp beds and see if new spot has flathead but caught nothing but main aim of prospecting new squid spot was done.

Nice few meals there Chris... you've certainly perfected being nimble and agile with your fishing on the jetski ... lots of target species and spots and the results to show for it. Cheers Zoran PS - the toads were out at browns the last two trips ... biting off 2.5kg sinkers near the surface ... B&%$%@RDS !

Thanks linewetter! The flatty will get its usual beer battering - can’t go wrong with a crispy batter 😋 The kingies usually get eaten raw (sashimi with soy/ginger/wasabi or ceviche) sometimes I’ll pan fry a fillet with some olive oil, sprinkle of garlic salt, parsley flakes, pepper. But might try something different tonight with the kingy. Was a tough day Dave, with long periods between bites & a fair bit of travel. Those toads did me in - no matter how fast I was reeling. Lucky the kings were on. Thanks Rob! Always good to check your lines when reef fishing. I hooked a fish earlier in the day that went to reef - bit of scraping, gave some slack line and it came out. Must of scuffed my line.

I`m glad that I was able to help in your choice. That`s a good price for a great reel. I think that you`ll find that he Saragosa will be perfect for many situations. Now go and catch some PBs. Good luck.

No fish, but a friendship made good luck next time fellas!

Not good at all, had live poddies and not flathead in 3 days of fishing. Almost like it was winter, this time last year we were pulling in models over 70cm consistently.

not that im aware of .i havnt been there for a while ,last time no problems