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That is just crazy. I love the berkely jigs as well. Mate pm me your banking details and I will wire you $50 for some gear and shout you a upon return!

"I was wondering if anyone knows any good kayaking spots near Sydney. Also would anyone any good spots on the Hawkesbury & the Harbour near boat ramps." Any beach, road, ramp, bay, is easily accessible by kayak. Much more versatile than boats. Bayview is great with kayak, paddling up towards Palm Beach. Its a good spot to launch from, I fish the area quite often. Don't forget fishing around Clontarf, Spit, Middle Head and Quarantine. All easy to access by kayak. When you feel able and ready, let me know and we can go out and take a peek around the heads up or down a couple of Km's.

Wow, that trip sounds pretty good from where I'm reading it. Good luck in the comp and all the best in the Triathlon!

How would I be able to put it on the back of my Outback (kayak)?

No offense mate, I don't think that the government is banking on raising revenue from people buying extra life jackets as its the law to already have them on the boat. However, in real life, having them on board and not wearing them is as useless as base jumping without your parachute. From observation, most fishos don't appear to be great swimmers. Therefore, when an "unexpected accident" happens, and your find yourself in the drink 20m away from your boat and 100m from shore, you will be happy that it will keep you afloat for a while instead of a slow drowning. Besides, with the advent of modern vests, any fishing technique, or your overall experience would not be affected.

Wow, what a day, thanks for helping the fellow man in need. I was out around Middle Harbour on Saturday as well in my kayak. Nothing much happening out there, however, I did manage a nice kingy from around the Spit. It punched well above its weight.

I fish there regularly and mostly target squid. Good spot for that. Also, since I mostly fish during the week I manage to avoid the doodle dongers. However, on a particularly cold, Monday morning I had the best time and was totally justified to call my mate at 530am to tell him what was going on... At first, this Asian dude walks down with a suitcase, later followed by a blonde. Absolutely magnificent because it was a naked photo shoot and she did all sorts of great poses and didn't mint me being 20m away just smiling ear to ear. I stayed in that area for 3hrs catching no squid.

Hey mate, I'm a teacher as well and usually fish from my Outback. Pop over to KFDU, or AKFF to set up a fishing session with fellow kayak enthusiasts. I'm considering head to Port Hacking tomorrow morning if your interested.

Sounds like a top day out. I also have some requests: 1) Picture of Lucy 2) What time is dinner?

I was out there yesterday on my kayak and it was quiet. Seen plenty of boats and by the looks of it they weren't catching much either. I fished around The Spit, and over towards the heads.

It's a little late, but since it has become my personal best, I might as well brag about it. Fishing the Hacking (25/07), launched around 6am and right away there were several bust-ups. A very aggressive school of Salmon and I popped the cherry on my $1.39 Chinese lure. A great way to start the morning. As for weather, calm, glassy, no wind, no waves absolutely perfect. Decided to take the action outside towards Shark Island. Had a go around the area but did not get anything. Back in we went for the time of our lives I was using pilchards but was not getting any results. Made the switch to plastics and hooked up to a porker of a flatty (~78CM). The thing fought all the way into and out of the net....I managed to net the beast and lift it into the yak when it just flopped and jumped out of the net back into the water....bye bye.....or so I thought. She was still on and I had a second chance at making this catch official and did it. It was released to fight another day. Overall, great day and I recorded my PB for a Flathead.

I know this may sound obvious, but take it back to the store that did the servicing. I got 2 Sorons and I treat them like I treat a rent-a-car . Also give them occasional TLC. A possible explanation is that they might have replaced them with crap parts, or simply not put it back together correctly.

Welcome mate. Nice sambo there. I caught quite a few from Garie Beach and that being my first time catching them, I was disappointed with the amount of fight that they put up. Could have been my heavy gear, but I just dragged them in. Next time, I won't bring a massive beach rod and give it a go for enjoyment.

Along the shoreline of Neilsen Park near Hermit Bay (Rose Bay area) is an ok spot. I usually fish from my yak, but notice quite a few families fishing along that shore. I'm sure people will give some other ideas. Alternatively, Check out Dolls Point as that area usually produces some sort of excitement. I was there a while ago with 3 other blokes, all had good gear waiting for a fish. Along came a mother with a kid and had some kiddy rods, he chucked in a line and whamm, nice trevally. He had a blast while we looked on dumbfounded. Worth a try. (But that's Botany Bay)

Great stuff mate. We were there this morning and stayed until noonish. Heaps of fish but only kept 4 between the 3 of us. Weather, fish, landscape were all fantastic.