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Date: Sunday 17th Feb Time: 3pm Decided to randomly check seabreeze to see what kind of 30knot+ winds might be blowing in the bay this afternoon. To my extreme shock it was actually forecast to stay under 10knots all arvo! Quickly made the call to setup the boat for a quick flick in the bay. First stop was in the middle of the bay for a drift.. few hits but no hookups. Motored over to Kurnell to try flicking some squidgies around the sand patches/ weed beds. After about 5mins, felt a hit and struck... ZZzzZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz the first run was a good one! After tightening the drag on my little Daiwa 2000 with 4lb leader the fight was on. It was a tense few minutes until we saw some colour, nice lizard!!.. After some careful net-play the first fish was in the boat, a PB for me smack bang on 60cm. Few snaps and then it was back to the fishing. After about 5mins got another hit and struck, this time it was a short fight, my first snapper on plastics, only 25cms so back in the drink it went. By this time we had drifted a fair way so motored back to the starting point. After another few casts I was on again! Very similar fight to the first lizard although this one measured in at 50cm. After that things went a little quiet so we made the call to head to Towra point. The sun was beginning to set and just before we decided to pack it in a 40cm model was landed. All in all a great little arvo session, very satisfying to finally get a feed using lures, I've spent my fair share of time reading posts on here and watching Paul Worsteling on IFISH but it was great to finally have a plan come together. All fish were caught between 2-3 metres of water. Thanks for reading!

Nobody eats fish caught from Iron Cove do they?

Hey there, I've got a hobie revo 11 that I'm pretty new to fishing out of as well, know a few spots around Botany bay that sometimes produce flathead but apart from that I'm up for some exploring new grounds too! PM me if interested. Cheers, Peter

WHAT'S WITH ALL THE SHOUTING AROUND IN HERE CALM DOWN EVERYONE

Forgot to add I'll be on a kayak

Planning on chucking a few squid jigs around Bare island this afternoon.. Does anyone know if I'll have much luck with low tide being at 2pm? Never tried around the weed beds at low tide so I'm not sure if I should bother trying or not... Cheers, Peter

Attempted drifting but with the current and 20knot winds blowing in the same direction it was almost impossible.. Ended up with one 37cm flathead

Currently anchored east of como bridge on the run out tide hoping for some jews or flatties.. Nothing yet.. Using soft plastics and prawns Any help on spots to try would be good!!

Scene: Tokoriki island resort, Mamanuca islands Fiji, June 2012 Event: 3-hour "light-tackle" trolling trip around the surrounding reefs Tools: 3 rods set up at the rear of the boat, 2 deep-divers and 1 dead bait (some type of mackeral) Results: After an hour of trolling without a bite, we realised the 2 deep-divers had entangled. So we reeled them in and spent at least 30mins trying to untangle the 2-braid lines... Inside my head I was thinking great what a waste of money we're going to waste the whole trip re-rigging these ro.... and then the best interruption to my thought occured... zzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ the reel with the trolling mackeral started screaming, it was between me and another fellow angler to take the first one, and after he hesitated I jumped at the opportunity and grabbed the rod... At first it was like reeling a big heavy dead weight, indicating it was probably swimming towards the boat. After about 15mins we started to see some colour, at which the fish decided to make a run for it, the first real sign of a fight.. this happened again a few times, once going underneath the boat and if it wasn't for throwing the throttle into neutral I'm sure we would've been busted off.. The deckhand was jumping for joy as he came from the local village and we had pre-arranged for any fish caught to be given to his village. He quickly grabbed the gaff and pulled the beast aboard... A new PB for me in any species... the deckhand estimated it to be 20kg plus, but judging by how heavy it felt I would've guessed nearly 30.. I saw the deckhand the next day, he said the mackeral fed 6 families for dinner and there was still plenty left over the following morning! Great way to end the honeymoon!

Master of the Bay strikes again! well done Trung nice mods and even better to see them paying off!

Hey mate awesome report, shame about the gull wouldve been funny to see though lol. where abouts were ya fishing?

Hey raiders thought I post up a quick report from Tuesday.. With the sun shining and not a breath of wind on Tuesday morning, decided to take the yak out for a little fish. After hosing down all the cobwebs off the yak, rigging up 2 rods, and getting all the gear ready I was ready to leave by 10.30am. On the water by 11.30, I knew I had a few hours free on the water to do a little exploring and see if I could find some fish. Launched off the beach at la perouse and the first idea was to troll a hardbody as I made my way out to the channel marker to see if any kings were around. Nothing on the troll and no kings to play with after dropping a jerk shad around the marker. After that I decided to head back over to Molli point to check for any action. This took a lot longer than I thought as I was fighting against a racing current and in the blistering heat of midday. Finally when I arrived I took a little break to have some lunch and a drink. Soon after I dropped the soft plastic down and hopped it around the container wall for zilch. There were a couple boats about which didn't seem to be producing much either. I started to get that dreaded feeling of possibly heading home with a donut, and the heat of the day was really sapping my enthusiasm, I knew I should've woke up earlier and head out at dawn.. Anyway I decided to troll back towards la perouse and see if any flatties were about off the beach. As I was peddling back I looked over my shoulder and noticed masses of dark grey clouds coming from the west, with the faintest sound of thunder coming.. Great. Anyway by this time I was about 500m off the beach so I decided to drop a Gulp grub down to the bottom, after flicking the bail arm back over I immediately felt some weight, then a bit of line stripping off at a rather slow pace.. Great another snag, but then after I started to reel I felt a few headshakes followed by a decent little run! I became so excited I didn't even notice the clouds were right above me and I was soon getting pelted by rain. A few minutes later a nice fat 46.5cm lizard came to the surface and after a few tense moments with the net it was in the live well!.. I would've loved to stay out there but I couldn't see a break in the rain so I decided to peddle back content with the fact I had some nice fillets to look forward to for dinner. Of course once I packed up and hopped into the car the rain had stopped and the sun was breaking out.. Oh well I was happy with the flattie and it was good to get out for once, hopefully might have a chance again on the weekend.. Tight lines!

Nice one mate where abouts in the bay did you hook up to it?

Nice catch there yowie! Did you berley up at all??

Ohh thats a shame mate I can definitely feel your pain.. Lucky you took some pics.. Havent heard of many whiting being caught on softies before? Which ones did you use if you dont mind me asking?