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Great fish and well earned . With a nice fish in the boat early bet you were both itching for the next reel to scream off. Enjoy Chris.

Cracking flatties Dave Cracking weather too this morning. And a feed for the table as always. Chris.

Basil I still find it hard to believe they say it is ok to blow BLUE smoke on start up when moving from spot to spot??? Hopefully is gets sorted soon with no headaches,will be my boat for next few outings Chris.

Grandad you did the right thing doing a U turn,those jackets have deterred many people hitting the peak. Nice fresh feed. Chris.

What a day to be snapper fishing,was working and only dreaming of being on the water. Lovely fish tony. Chris.

Congratulations and family team work landing your first yellowfin. Dad and grandma look like very keen fisho's :sun: The x-rap sure looks worse for wear,thought they were stronger than that? Chris.

Hi Quintrex, Awesome will bring a trip on soon,waiting for Groper to take time off as he wants some fun out wide too. Chris.

Hi Bluelabel, Hooks were baited with a strip of fresh squid 2 pillies hooked through the eyes and another strip of squid my hooks were 16/0 circle hooks. Chris.

Hi Dave, Quality feed mate,wind was good in close yesterday but out off the shelf was windy and white caps all day. Any headaches from the leatherjackets???Or was it stress free from them yesterday. Chris.

They were all on the southern side of the mountain ,did a few drops bringing back bait till we found them,then we got into a few. were you in the crusher??? Chris.

You must of hated work yesterday,even more now I pinched your record Chris.

Hi Stan, Change of scenery for me as I fish mostly inshore grounds. But the offshore fish sure are addictive,different taste all together Chris.

Thanks Dave, Not sure but I think I saw you early morning at lilli pilli deep water side??? And yes a Bloody great feed I enjoy bringing home some deep sea fish occasionally.Nice to be away from the jackets Chris.

Hi Formosan, Was a great trip,Thumb up to mako sharks they are a great fight and put on a great show when jumping Mate my boat is a fiberglass Caribbean 6m does the job fine. If your keen to pull up a few out wide lets organise a trip mate Chris.

Hi Raiders Decided to go out with Meng (gonefishing) offshore today to enjoy a good days fishing. Out and about early on the water to gather some bait at the heads managing two squid and a couple of large trevalley plus some pillies which we brought with us. Seas were flat so we headed for Brown's getting there at a lazy 9:30am. Couldn't miss the mountain as I counted 28 plus boats all in one spot. We dropped our bait just wide of the mountain and did the drift back towards the mountain keeping our space from all the other fishermen. Great fun we had managing our four gemmies in a couple of hours. Our next mission was to try for some sharks and hooking onto a large Mako which we lost in the fight. Then hooking a blue shark which we got boat side estimate over 2 metres and my first blue shark I have ever hooked and seen, was cut loose boat side (sorry no photo's as we didn't manage to take any). Definitely thumbs up for Mako's as they give a better fight on the rod. All in all was a good day and a new PB gemmie (110cm) for me. Chris

Will be enjoying your recipe tomorrow,kids should love this one. Good healthy feed Chris.

Five star fresh feed there Dave,i find flattie fillets make awesome baits for the larger models Where are the leatherjackets gone Chris.

Top beach session guys,nice work in seeing your first jewie from the beach Chris.

That's funny have to say you didn't give up without fresh bait and made the most of the day :sun: . Chris.

Great to be on the Hawkesbury with awesome company. Awesome to see hairtail for our first attempt,now to cook up a hard earned feast Chris.

Was a great fishing adventure with great fun all round Can still see gropers face with hook and line in his mouth,me voicing whats that line doing in your mouth Didn't leave till basil hooked on early hours of the morning Chris.

Hi leonardgid, My rig is 15lb braid mainline and a 20lb XL leader fluorocarbon,Crystal blue 3-6kg rods,squid jigs of choice are the quality brands daiwa or yamashita ,sizes are 3.0 up to 4.0 depending on wind and structure in area you decide to squid. Chris.

Dave I left my sea anchor at home yesterday so I threw out my two xl buckets and tied them off,they slowed the boat down really good.If that didn't work the bloody esky would of went out as a sea anchor Around 10 o'clock or so the wind dropped off so much there was basically no drift down along the cliffs. At least the jackets are letting us enjoy a few good drifts Chris.

As long as the leatherjacket don't hammer you first the flatties are on all year,even the tiger flatties all the way out to over 300ft in water. With the squid yesterday we picked up squid in close along the ocean rocks,making sure plenty of kelp was to be seen , depth was 16ft-35ft. Chris.

Still yet to try pigfish. I saw those clear transparent jellyfish also yesterday sure wasn't any shortage of them,they had a orange colour on them at one end. Chris.