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Well done. Pike or snook there dont smell. A fine fish to eat. 1000 time better quality fish than Australian salmon.

Hi there thanks to above members I dont have to elaborate in detail of information. I used to have 40pound motor and 100ah battery and combination hobie mirage drive, 15km range with varying speeds. Going home was tough with this dead weight motor15kg and battery 16kg drained. So I upgraded with Bixpy jet weight about 1.2kg motor and 404 watt lithium battery. Total weight about 7kg with motor adapter and battery. Range and speed depends on your kayak hull design. I have 3 lithium batteries which is enough to cover a full day. Expensive but vary quite and light. Recently I have sent these motors to Bixpy USA for warranty repairs. Mean while I have been looking into 2 stroke petrol engine jet These motors are used in Brazil kayak fishers and there are not cheap (A$700 with freight) to import from Brazil but I found the manufacturer supplier can supply me with a sample cost A$200 approx plus freight and tax. Going to install into mounting of mirage drive location. No more expensive battery to replace and charge. Just carry enough fuel no worries except the noise and fume. Anyone interested in these motor private message me. Still waiting for payment details from China supplier.

Wow. Nice report. That's one fine video editing. I like to see more of your video uploads. Well done Sam.

Congrats Nice catch. Yummy..

Hi mate. I was on a kayak out in bay 6km. Came by illawong bay the sounder picked up a lot of fish even hairtails. People were casting at wrong spots. I told them what depth and how far. There is fish there. Use fresh bait hawkesbury prawn and pillhards. Last night it was so windy could not fish there. I caught breams when it was noisy there, or maybe I got lucky. There are sensitive fish. Good luck. Cheers

Hi Sam. Thanks. Yes I would be happy to go on another hairtail voyage with fellow members.. Mostly on weekends. Cheers.

I posted if anyone would join me for a session of Hairtail and kindly members replied with good feedbacks and information. The day started well, did all my home chores and family matters. Arrived at Akuna bay set for launch and testing all my electrical but trolling motor would not start wasted 1 hour. Peddled out to Jb took me 75mins. So many boats. Disappointed a party boat anchored at my hot spot. Dozen drunk men screaming, swearing and music so loud you hear them a mile away. Anchored 100m away from them and these guys were so abusive. It annoyed me crazy but there were having fun. Sounder showed lots of fish the whole time I was there and I think it was hairtails. Cast my first rod and preparing 2nd rod the float disappeared fish on. Dropped and missed many hairies but had I good time out there caught 5 total and a yellowtail. Tide changed around 9.30pm and bites gone off. Tides is going out but sounder showed lots of hairtails but there have gone deeper water from 5 to 6m to new depth 9 to 10m. Not a single bit for half an hour. My mobile rings strangely normally dont get a single here. My daughter calls and says are you ok and replied why? Its blowing so hard at home be careful out there. I take her advice and started packing up. It was very calm night no wind in Jb, as soon as anchor is up wind picked up getting choppy. Struggled from shark rock point to Cottage point open waters. In the middle of bay got blown away, for 20mins top speed 0.75km/h Got to Illawong wind was behind me and pushing 4km/h no paddle no peddling great. Total voyage time 120mins. A good exercise and good feed catch night. Loved it.

Hi, I fished yesterday in Jerusalem bay a party boat was anchored with dozen drunk blokes screaming, swearing the night and music so loud your hear them a mile away. It annoyed me crazy but fishing was good it didn't bother the hairtails.

Hi Zoran, I will look out for your boat. I do have a marine vhf radio but have not booked myself for a test yet. Soon I hope... Thanks for the offer for hot cuppa. First I will have to find you. I glade I'm not alone this time in water..... Cheers Myung podtrailler

Hi fellow members. Going hairtail fishing on a kayak, anyone interest on Saturday 11th 4pm session launch at Akuna bay boat ramp. Going to my usual spot Jerusalem bay. Be brave..

Nice report. Good times and fantastic fresh water catches. I was there at Jindabyne for snowboarding not fishing. Met a friend who has estate in Jindabyne and asked me come down for fishing and I think I will take that offer after reading your results.... congratulation on your fishing trip..

Pity all urchin are killed. Someone should harvest and sell the urchin eggs to korea and Japan. There expensive and demand is alot in Asia.

How far out from malabar. I am kayak Fisher. Keen to fish out there some time.

I launch from akuna bay marina boat ramp. Nice car park and well lighted and safe area and free carpark as long as your have national park ticket. No evidence of car window breakages. I think there is security there. Bobbin head appletree has boat ramp but not sure leaving in the carpark I've seen alot of window breakages. Use akuna bay its 2km closer to Jerusalem bay. But a bit of drive depending where you live. Cheers

Thanks mate. My pride and joy Love kayak fishing.

Thanks .

Hi Jim its Hobbie pa14 with ama sidekick outrigger. Some might say overkill with outrigger but I have flipped this stable kayak and lost my gears, since with sidekick it's near impossible to flip unless in surf. Its mirage peddle drive 180. Reversible. I have paddle for emergency but 99% never used. I have a motor to assist long voyages and coming back makes it effortless. Does 5.7km/h best water conditions and with mirage 7.4km/h. That's maximum speed for hobbie pa14 the hull speed. The motor is Bixpy jet. It's about 1hp motor driven by 404w lithium battery with remote control runs 80min full power or 3hrs half power. I carry 3 battery and full power unless trolling at low speed. Sitting on a vantage seat it's incredibly comfortable I was on this seat for 10hrs. I do offen get up and stretch my legs the ama sidekick make it so stable and safe. Use coopper anchor 1kg blue, rigged with quick trip link no cable ties if it gets stuck reset very easy. 50m rope attached to a small boay with quick release carabina. Anchor can be dangerous at swells and strong currents the ama sidekick makes so safe to pull in your anchor at any angle or position. Behind the seat is hobie xl live well tank 42litre. Keeps all my catch alive even my hairtails. It comes with 4 rod holders. Battery operated built in to pump fresh seawater to tank. The h- rail on pa14 is versatile and easy to install all your accessories rod holders, cup, cutting board ,souder. I use lawrance 4 sounder. I transport my my kayak on trailer but never wet my trailer. I have boondox landing gear, a permanent installed wheel system on kayak, launch any where. For sand I have sand wheels. For night fishing I have railblazer attaching system front and back boat lights. On the boondox accessory can be attached , I have 1 inch ram ball to 1meter adjustable stand and flood with daylight led light attached. All the batteries are inside the kayak. This kayak has huge deck and storages. I use 6 to 7 foot rods. Daiwa , Abu garcia Reels 2 to 4 thousand.Daiwa, pflueger. Cheers Myung

Hi Pat. The map below is in Jerusalem bay. The bay is shallow , where I marked is 14.3 meters deep and anchor in deepest water. Cast into the lines marked. looks like hairtail most active there because of bait fish. From experience these fish are caught within 50 meter from shore when I was land based fishing. Of cause it has to be deep waters. I used large green led lantern waterproof 5m under the kayak to attract baitfish and hairtail. I used sounder but no hairtail under the kayak the whole time anchored there. Set your float 3 to 6 meters to bait. I used 3 rods varying as above and all rods was biting. Depending on tide, set your depth. Best bites time are rising tide from sunset. I anchored around 6pm and high tide was 2.30 am. Biting from 6pm to 1am waited till 2.30am but no bites. So packed up and head back. Used flashing led lights 70cm above bait. Used part of umbrella automatic folding ones. It's about 10cm long and has holes either ends fit split ring with two small treble hooks. Cut sardine bait to size and insert umbrella rod with hook and link to your line. Hope this is helpful. Its hairtail season now dont miss out. It's cold out there be warm. I used balaclava and hot flask drinks. Good luck mate.

This is my second time out catching hairtails in Jerusalem bay on a kayak. A month ago I caught one hairtail and thought I could do better, I caught 3 hairy and dropped a dozen. Used 3 gang hooks but not a single hookup very fiddly pickers. Changed to treble hook better result but the sardine bait was to big for the treble hooks, so added two treble hook to thin steel rod. 100% solid hookup and fish could not shake to unhook.

Went out on friday night till 2am Saturday in Jerusalem bay on a kayak, caught two hairtails but dropped one. Many Bites but could not hookup. My experience is around 14 meters of water and 5 to 6mtrs baiting from a float and aided with lights. I have caught hairtails on different tide mainly rising tide. Good luck...

Hi. Yes i try to. Mobile signal no so great around this waters but around Cottage point you get a weak signal to make a call. Thanks for safty awareness.

My first time out to these water system and pretty dark on the way to Jerusalem bay.On the way back clear skies made it bright. It took me 70min but i was trying to find possible location to anchor. I have battery operated motor(Bixpy Jet) which can do 5km/h on the water and its hobie mirage peddle drive combination can speed up to 7.5km/h. On the way back full speed took me about 45mins. Wetting line couple times on the way. Hobie amas to stablize even more cause i need to turn on my front rear night light and dont want flip kayak at night when alone fishing.

launched kayak from Akuna bay 4.30pm friday, headed out to Jerusalem bay. There were half dozen fishing boats scattered all over aiming to catch fish. Anchored 800m in Jerusalem bay close to shore sitting 14m depth and cast float rig with flashing lights to attract hairtail and first cast landed a hairtail within few minutes but cut my line as i was trying to use my net and my reel got tangled. 20 minutes later i caught one without the net. I had few more bites but could not hook them. Bites were off for hours, changed location for next couple of hours and nothing. No fogs during my session till 2am. Very clear and bright night and not so cold only my feet, need to put thick ski socks. I will try again next Saturday.

Thank you Zoran and Brew for very useful information. I have many lights and navigation so im prepared. Cheers.

Nice catch... Im going fishing this friday night on a kayak for hairtails whats the night condition like, i know its very cold but are there any fogs?