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Well I guess its better than going to work? ;P Tight lines buddy.

I think dpham is referring to fishing with deadbait. Having any leader over 1m attached to the swivel will make casting near impossible I would think.

There was no way we could have plug up the bungs and bailed water out because the boat was already in deep water and it wasnt possible to reach the bung holes within the boat without going into the drink. It was an eventful night indeed and looking back we can laugh at it, but at the time it could have gone either way for the boat due to the delay we had to wait for the other boat ahead of us to get out of the way do we could drive the trailer down the ramp. It really sux BIG time to have a good mate with a new boat and I suffer badly from motion sickness! spewing!!!!!! in both sense of context!

I didnt even know there was fish in Bents Basin. Might need to check it out soon, did you use soft plastics or hard bodied?

Just wondering though, I came across a couple of sites on the internet and its led me to believe that the water quality in the dam isnt great for fish consumption? Since some of you have been there recently, what is your take on this water quality? More so would taking redfins home for the table a good idea?

Just wondering since I have never been to Manly Dam before. Is it a good location for landbased lure fishing there? or is it better fished from a boat?

Excellent! excellent! info. Yeah carp thing is going to be a pain. If I catch one I cant throw it back hmmms so I was trying to avoid it. Yeah so Ill just persist witht he worms then, Ill dig them out of the garden at home in that case.

Thanks for that. Interesting indeed. Just wondering though, these posts seems to catching redfins with lures, I was intending on putting a garden worm on a hook and wait for a redfin or yellow belly to take it. Will these perch species only take lures and I might be wasting my time?

Hi all, Can anyone please answer this?

Hi Guys, Was planning on taking the missus to Canberra on the weekend for some fishing in Lake Burley Griffin. Was wondering if anyone can give us a heads up on the fishing in the lake at this time of the year. We are going to be targeting anything besides carp in the lake. Are the redfins still in existent in the lake and are they able to be caught at this time of year? Was planning on putting garden worms on a hook and casting as far out as possible in the lake, is this the correct way to fish for this species? or are they usually close to the banks? What other baits can I use? my missus dont want to touch worms hehehe. Was thinking of fishing behind the boat club on the stone wall. Has this location been known to produced before?

I was up there landbased during the 2nd week of January. Was heading towards the start of the breakwall, about 100m along the dirt road we started fishing ( since I didnt take my 4WD we couldnt proceed further ). Was there and started to fish right near where we parked and got non stop bites of mostly breams, most were legal in size. Was speaking to a guy who was walking up and down the breakwall with live bait and I asked him what he was targeting, and he replied flathead. Not even 10mins later he gives me a yell and I looked and saw him land a massive flattie on live bait, would have hit around the 65cm mark easily. Walked up the breakwall and witnessed 2 guys helping another guy land a massive 1m jewie. We managed to take back 3x30cmish breams, 2xking george whiting ( 36cm and 37cm ) back to the caravan park. Had 2 busts off from soapie jews, cant tell the exact size but would have been around the 45cm mark, too fast a run out tide and 10lb line was not heavy enough to land the soapies. Didnt bother posting a report due to not having any pictures.

Thanks guys, you've been very helpful.

Hi All, I was wondering if someone can tell me how to get the breakwall at South West Rocks. Im looking at maps via google and it doesnt show me where the breakwall is. Would anyone be able to tell me what street its on? or better still provide a map? I have never been to the area before and will be fishing landbased so besides the breakwall where else can a newbie try his luck?

Thank you for that fantastic effort putting it all down in writing. I will bring along my 2" gulps in various colours and go digging in the garden for some worms before I head out from Sydney. Grebbo you got me itching to fish the lake, never fished there before and Im coming from all the way from Liverpool for a day trip just to try out my luck. I wish I could head out there this weekend but the other half already has other plans. Can you tell me if there are people fishing there lately? since Im not local I figured if there are locals fishing there then I would fish near them without invading their space. Its bad to arrive at a new location and find no one fishing, either theres no fish in the area or you are stuck all day trying to find a fruitful spot ( not good idea if you are only there for the day ). Silly question considering its a lake, but just for confirmation the lake isnt affected by high tides and low tides right? So if I soak some worms I dont need to cast the line trying to hit the middle of the lake? an average of about a 20m cast should suffice? Also any tips for locations for a landbased newbie? Sorry for the newbie questions, just wanted to increase my chances of taking home a feed after a long drive there and back.

Just a question. Are you able to soak bait for these species? if so will they take prawns? Plastics Im thinking grub tails on a slow retrieve? If you wouldnt mind sharing your tackle and bait info with us?