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Thinking of heading there this evening and doing an all nite session with my son and a mate. If you see me camping on the beach come and say hi. Wish us luck. Will let ya all know how it went.

Have to get there early to get a decent spot, after the sun comes it gets full. First thing is catching live yakkas for bait, plenty with multiple tiny hooks and bread burly. Get good sized kingies, salmon on livies. Seen some massive flatheads being pulled in. Night time all I seem to get is sharks and stingrays. Overall a very nice spot to fish, its a shame it is getting very polluted since everyone leaves their rubbish behind.

I am based in Fairfield and would be interested to join you on weekends. Prefer early day trips, early means having bait in the water by 6:00am :-) Places I usually cover are Botany Bay (Browns Rock), Stanwell Park (beach fishing), Port Kembla (Terminal pier) etc..Would welcome new spots to try. Been fishing for quite a few years now with mixed success rates. Always something new to learn :-)

Nice catch mate, any pics?

Well done mate! and as always nothing beats live bait. Next time a kingie

Nice report Brett, except for the dates, must be back from the future

Hi Mike well done on the kingie, too bad i missed this kind of action earlier in the week. oh well, next time

Well done mate, any King land based is a prize in itself.java script:emoticon('',%20'smid_18') Also good on ya for releasing the fella. He will thrill someone else soon.

Hi John Use a snap swivel which rates at about 40kg break. Sample below:

Fish for yellowtail (yakkas) get yourself either a hand line or a short kiddie rod with multiple small hooks smaller the better. Burley bread mixed with pilchard and sand to break it up. This will bring yakkas close to the surface so you can actually see them, for bait use anything from prawns, pilchard, chiken or best is mince. You have to be quick cause the bait will keep disappearing every minute or so. Once you get one, hook it just behind the dorsal and let it swim attached to the main line. Main line, just tie up a heavy sinker and trow as far as you can--tighten up the line. Live bait attach to the 40lbs or more 1 meter monoline with number 4 hook on one end a nd a clip on the other. Clip on the main line and let the live bait descend into water. The bait will tend to stay close to the surface thus attracting kingies, taylor or salmon. Bigger the bait, bigger the fish.

Thanks mate.. The ledge is quite safe in any kind of weather as it is being sheltered by the north head, also there is an old concrete platform that use to house a canon, on high tide you would be about 2 to 3 meters above water. Easy to catch yakkas for live bait and it is much safer than Bear Island, that's one dangerous platform to fish from. One thing is, gotta get there early as late comers will find there is no places left to put their rods in. I always get there before the sun comes up to ensure a spot. I have attached an image that shows where the place is. You could park at the golf course but not recommended. The walk is about one and a half km and takes about ten minutes as its going down hill. Going home will take a bit longer and will knock the wind out of ya.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN ABOUT Bit late to post and my first one on this forum. Friday/Saturday 5th December, got up around 3:00 in the morning and thought what would be the best way to spend the morning. Its an hour drive to La Perouse and to get a spot one had to be early. yep...4:30 arrived at Browns rock and I'm trying to get some yakkas..no luck. Other fishos show up within minutes and seems to be much luckier catches 5 within ten minutes and has livies on three rods. Mine are sitting empty. Took me until 8:00 in the morning to get one and got one rod waiting with a livie on it. Within minutes the rod starts jerking, thought I had a salmon but turned out to be a 40+ Taylor. Managed to get one more yakka and by 10:00 am my rod went screaming must have taken at least 50 meters of line since I set my drag to only about a kilo or so, less lost fish . Took control and reeled the kingie in. Just over 78 cm and what a great barbie that Saturday evening. Using Shimano three piece rod with soft tip and same brand reel 4500's. Main line braid 20lbs and 40lbs mono lead. I just trow the line with heavy sinker to keep the line tout and attach a yakka with a hook behind the dorsal on a 1.5 meter lead which I clip on the main line and let it decent into the water. They seem to stay alive much longer compared to attach and trow method.

Mike I would be keen to join you on one of your outings, not sure how booked you are for this holiday period? I'm off work from 23rd December to the 11th of Jan. Available on short notice so if you got a space give me a call on 0413 652 582 and let me know. Will share bait ,petrol,etc... Cheers Roland