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Cheers mate...

Wanna say a big thanks to Luderick -Angler (Royce) and Hawkesbass (Trevor) for spending time with me on Saturday learning what I'm sure is just the tip f the ice-berg of black-fishing... Learnt when, where and how to collect burley and bait for luderick... Also was showed a few spots around the harbour and balmain areas which I'm sure to re-visit to hone my skills... Unfortunately I didn't connect with any fish on the day (got snagged with 1 and pulled too soon on the other), but Royce and Trevor landed 2 nice ones and were kind enough to give them to me to take home...thanks guys... Filleted them when I got home and ate them that nite with a friend with some Coronas ...mmm..I think I am turning to the dark side...really nice fish to eat... Thanks again Royce and Trevor and hope to be able to tag along again sometime in the near future... P.S. I think I'll still bring my "princess-gloves" and how bout a heater next time...Trevor, you were hardcore in your shorts...take my hat off to ya...

Update report on status of the bream... 1 down, 1 to go ... Had it for dinner last night and damn it was good... Was bringing in the fish and of course the neighbour asks what's in the bucket...in short, she basically gave me this recipe that I'm hooked on now...she said I could use this for pan fried crispy skin or baked in the oven...here's what I did... Combine: - 1 TBS minced garlic - 1 TBS crushed ginger - 1/2 TBS chilli powder - 1/2 TBS ground tumeric - 1/4 cup chopped coriander - 2-3 TBS vegetable oil I cut some slits on the outside of the fish and rubbed the marinade all over and inside. This time I baked it (last time pan fried it) wrapped in baking paper and then al-foil... 30min on 200oC wrapped, and then another 15min opened to crisp the skin a bit... Needless to say, the meat just falls from the bone ...mmm...there's just something about eating your own catch and oh so fresh... If you got any other recipes to share, let me know...

Ok, so high tide's at 1:22pm and low at 7:17pm...sunset at 5:05pm... I always seem to get some small tailor and snapper (squire, whatever) and bream...if the water's clear you should be able to get some squid...oh, check out this post that's about seeing some guys catch a massive kingie in off the decking... Kingfish (which I didn't catch) at Gymea Bay Bath Reserve My suggestion for the bream is try and get some live yabbies...I got 'em on that but also some chicken with parmesan...but take a mix bag and definitely pilchards... Best of luck there...let me know how you go...

Persistence / insanity...yeah same thing... Good thing I'm married to a psychologist, so if I ever lose it, I've got the free consultations But yeah, following my previous post, I've moved my attention more to casting my line towards the shallower areas and around where the boats are in the purple section as below...albeit, I've started walking along the whole pier trying different spots and trying to see what activity I can see on and in the water... Tried making my own traps to catch some poddy mullets, but had no luck yet...oh well...persistence/insanity will prevail...

So, my faith has been restored in Gymea Bay Baths. Had a session on Wednesday arvo/nite and caught the below. 2 x 25cm bream plus some smaller borderline-legal snapper that were thrown back. Another guy was there just trying to catch bait for his next day trek and caught the below whopper of a squid. The hood measured about 30cm. Needless to say, we were both surprised of the size of it in that area. Dipped in batter and deep fried for dinner rather than bait I reckon...mmmmm...fresh calamari...

Sorry to see this happen to ya dhype...I think I saw you yesterday morning on my way down to Gymea Bay... Were you turning off of King Geroges Rd onto the M5 between about 6:30ish to 7:30ish??? and was the towing vehicle a Mazda??? BTW, hope there's little cost for repairs for ya... Cheers, Al

Thanks Safari...every little bit of advice is helping... I was trying the whole time to use my rig with a float attached...

Thanks Stingerz... Appreciate everyone's input... If there's one thing I love it's info overload, hence providing all the info on my trek with pictures... I'm still trolling thru posts etc to find additional spots to fish from but still notice some raiders keep their spots close to their chest... If anyone's willing to share a spot of two for a noob, even if you wanna send me a message, again, welcoming all advice... And I've taken a look at purchasing the Dummies book for fishing, and am seriously considering the purchase...the more info the better...

Here's another clip that I found just now... I think I'm starting to get the idea...

Yep, that fish skin leader with lumo beads is exactly what I got... Thanks for the clip...now hopefully this system is as efficient on land-based as it on a boat

Thanks Royce... yeah give me a buzz for the time you're thinking for... At the moment, no plans for the arvo... Hear from you later... Al

Thanks for that...

I don't mind being corrected, but when I was there the time before, all along the jetty on the green side, there were thousand of little schooling fishing breaking surface and swimming along... To a novice like me, yeah I think pilchards, but when swimming past, you could see the flashing of silver all over the place... Moving forward, does anyone have advice as to what type of a rig to use and possibly techniques to be able to catch live bait...again, something I still haven't broken ground on...

Sorry, a few of us guys refer to pilchards as pillies...