danlarter

I was surfing down there a few weeks back and a guy was pulling in a few decent tailor he was fishing in front of the little creek that runs out there when it rains enough.

I didn't bother measuring the pike but they were probably 45-50cm the slimey was probably about 30cm I was really suprised they would go for it. I've heard pike make good livies but half the ones we pulled in were looking pretty dead when thrown back in.

Hey guys, Hit the hacking on New Year's Eve for the last fish of the year. Plan was to get some slimeys and target a few kings. We had heaps of trouble getting past the pike and only managed 1 off shark island and a bunch of yakkas. The slimey went out live and was straight away taken by pike. We hit gymea bay to down rig the yakkas but it was quiet so we moved onto the deep off lilli pilli baths where we managed a rat king on a live yakka and a 78 cm flatty on a yakka strip. PB flatty was a good way to finish the year. Took a few snaps and sent her back. Happy new year everyone. Dan. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

some interesting reading. thanks for all your replies guys its always good to hear of these weird little wives tales and what people have discovered from trying them out. Cheers, Dan.

Hey guys I heard from someone that wd 40 works great to attract fish if sprayed on lures or bait anyone tried it? Cheers, Dan.

Hey mate I've been having some luck lately with a dark coloured jig with red behind it so it glows red under water. And a slow constant retrieve seems to be working for me aswell.

Nah I stripped it down and gave it a real good clean out and oiled it a bit so it's all good

hey fellas, hit the hacking this morning and it wasn't pretty, the wind was a lot stronger than forecast pumped some nippers and headed to a little cove just west of mainbars little harbour it was very slow with only one whiting in the boat and it was only just legal. i saw some flashes of silver so i cast a nipper at them and bang! a nice fat 30 cm whiting. all went quiet for a while until my mates rod bends over with something taking a big run, a couple of minutes later and a big fat 40 cm whiting was in the esky. all went quiet so we decided to head in. we were cleaning our fish in the boat across the bay from the water st. ramp where the old sailing club once was (when was that knocked down?) stupid me put some squid on my hooked and chucked it out and left the rod sitting next to me in the boat ( not in the rod holder) when all of a sudden i hear a splash and look up just in time to see my rod being towed into the depths. after standing there dumbfounded for a minute i grabbed my rod with a live bait set up on it and cast in the direction the rod was going. slowly retrieving it so the hooks would pull along the bottom suddenly i felt some weight and kept winding slowly when my rod appears, i grab the rod out of the water and feel weight start winding and still on the hook was a 30 cm bream. so thanking my lucky stars i headed home with a feed of whiting and bream and my rod lives to fight another day. Dan.

Hi fellas I fished up south west arm today and got a 46 cm flatty and two just legal whiting. Got bitten off by what felt like a nice flatty. Moved to the sand bar across from ship rock and picked up two bream about 30 cm. there was a bit of surface action in that area as well. Dan.

thanks pj. some very handy hints there. wont be giving it a shot till it warms up a little but i figured the more info i can the better. thanks again mate. dan.

Thanks ray I was on my phone and couldn't find a search section

Hey raiders what moon phases are best for prawning? Cheers dan.

Thanks for the replys fellas looks like my winter mission is to catch that first Jew that I've been chasing. Cheers Dan

G'day everyone, In previous years when the weather got cold the fishing gear got packed away but after being well and truly bitten by the fishing bug this summer I don't think I will be able to give it up this year. So just wondering what's worth chasing during the colder months? Fishing mainly in the hacking and botany. Cheers, Dan.

What rig were you using?