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There are narrow and wide waterways. I think common sense prevails in these situations. So longs you're not putting harms way to people, it's all good. I just try and see where they are and go wide. What's more dangerous is a big green buoy in parra river and its pitched black and the buoy was not lit up. This is dangerous and had to do an emergency manoeuvre to avoid it in the last minute as it wasn't visible to me until about 3 meters away. Also this buoy was about 2 meters wide and high.

yeah i cant say Pittwater is an ease to fish in at the moment.

Daaaaaaaammm! it must be cold!

Hi Raiders Went out on Sat late around 1pm for a 4 hr session, launched at apple tree bay, tide was high, the sun was out and it was a really nice clear day. Water wasnt looking bad either given previous weeks rain. Though i did see plenty of squid stains off the jetty. First spot was a few marks in the middle of the channel outside cottage point cowan creek and dropped some big baits (bonito fillets). Marks were around the 20 meter mark in about 30 meters of water. Done this for a few drifts and yielded nothing. Was hoping for a big jew or something, maybe hairy? Given the short timeframe i thought i'll target some flatties at patonga and a few beaches along the system. Anyways went to Patonga off the beach throwing SPs and old bonito fillets and resulted in nothing too Also went to Pittwater system to target some green eyes along the bait grounds and west head area. Probably worked the area for about 30 mins before the sun went down and got nothing. Went over to the golf course at palmy and didnt get any there either. For the first time in a long time, there was absolutely nothing seen on the boat.. not even squires. Wasnt too disappointed as it was very nice day still. Was freaking cold though! Werent many boats out there either.

hi good catch what time were you out there from and till?

Nice catch! I've been giving the harbour a miss due to predicted swells on the weekend. Would like to hit it again soon.

What time did the bites come on?

Cheers Harold - This should help with my planning.

Thanks Scratchie! I'll shall try again and admittedly a few more hours is probably required. 'Winter is here!' So lets hope the white walkers dont come around whilst fishing!

Hi Raiders, So a few weeks ago I tried fishing for hairtail at waratah bay using pilchard on gang hooks. Burleyed hard and stayed only till 630 as I wasn't really dressed for the cold. Saw a bunch of boats and out there, but I didn't get any. Any body else had any luck? BTW I had a lot of trouble with the gang hooks wrapping itself onto other lines deployed. What's the usual rig to targeting these? Do I use a sinker, no sinker or float? Also what depth and whereabouts in the bay are you suppose to fish? I notice the water is about 15 meters or more in the widest part of the bay near the opening and didn't get anything except for squires and tailor.

why didnt you keep the flathead! good feed esp if your daughter loves em

yum great stuff. Whereabouts were you fishing? Caught 3 on Sat myself using plastics - great fishing and great feed.

it's funny how they ignore the livies and go for a simple pilchard cube! Always pays to have a bag of pillies around

good stuff mate!

Good on ya! I see clips of people going out wide on their yaks! I admire them! If it helps, If i ever see a yak flipped in need of help, i will always try to lend a hand. Tight lines

Awesome catch, this must be out wide. What was the bait that did the damage?

If it's teeth that busted you off then it's probably sharks as opposed to kings. That's my guess. I havent caught a king off pitt water in ages. May revisit there soon. But hate the car park fees at bayview.

I always say, just because you find the fish doesnt mean you'll catch!

When is this SP day? I'm happy to join. Care to provide some details?

caught 2 in the woy woy system too from a handline, must admit it was all fluke. Just happens the hook was in the right crevace of the crab and he didnt swim away. Tasty though. I simply boiled it. The shell was brittle and broke easily. Flesh was salty but fresh and juicy and meat tender. Wouldnt mind a few more flukes like that. Why have they banned crab traps? Is there a crab shortage in the system?

Must admit im still working on my lures fishing techniques. The bites are fewer however the excitement is better and the fish is usually bigger. Need to do more SP and HB fishing though... maybe i'll just wont bring bait next time

Ive seen heaps over the weekend of what appears to be unlabelled crab nets used in brisbane waters. Just doubled check DPI and it is illegal. "Closed to all nets & traps except dip/scoop net, landing net or bait trap" Are crabs being over fished are they?

Thanks guys, not to mention the saving on fuel, back break, white knuckles and swells of catching kings! Everything in moderation is probably another lesson here

Sometimes the aluring kingfish just takes a hold of your mind, and you're constantly out to catch them. And after all summer trying to get them i managed a few but wouldnt credit myself with 'cracking the code' by any means. Whilst i had fun targeting these fish it was hard work. I'm sure we all have done it, wake up early in the morning with the moon still out, seeing the sunrise (beautiful) catching livies (which can take hours of the morning) then trying your best at finding them. To date, my best king was my first trip to 12 mile when i got an 86cm model. Ah good memories! But these trips are tiring! Often spending waaay too long on the water > 9 hours, you're wrecked and exhausted. And almost every single time i say i should come home at a reasonable hour, but exhaustion is almost not felt when you're on the water. hahah It's probably like i've been on an all nighter at a rave party. And to also face the music from the other half for wasting your weekend. As by Sunday all i want to do is rest. Anyhow, i thought it was time to do some lazy fishing, aim for your basics, bread and butter. So the plan was to hit the estuary, target breambos, flatheads, whiting and thought the Woy Woy would be a goer. Havent been there in ages. So i picked up my mate at a lazy 830 am. Drove to Woy Woy and launched by 10. Armed with prawns and soft plastics. Started eyeing out some drop offs and sand banks and within minutes a keeper! A whiting comes on board which took some tweed head prawns. The day was awesome. Whilst soaking baits, the strategy was to throw plastics at the drops offs with a chance of getting a flathead. We ended up with 6 duskies, 2 taken on prawn, 4 on soft platics however 1 undersize an few whiting and 1 bream. Oh and a healthy blue swimmer which managed a foul hook. All up awesome day and an actual feed which was a bonus. As the saying goes, a change is as good as a holiday. Tight lines.

Yep it's definitely a teraglin they're both inshore and offshore species legal length are 38 cms You missed out! Were you trolling your livies or downrigging ?