Hammo2809

Hey Raiders, Can anyone tell if there is anything to catch at Bretti Reserve?? Either in the Barnard River part or the Manning River part.... I'm new to freshwater fishing and am going there in a few weeks & wanted to have a go. Any advise would be great or any spots nearby.. Cheers Hammo

Hey Raiders, I am thinking about going to Pearl Beach for the fist time on Sunday arvo/evening to fish of the beach. Can anyone give me some tips on baits, rigs etc?? It's going to be a low tide would that also be an issue?? Any help would be appreciated. Cheers Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks Crossfire63, I went out this morning but was unsuccessful. Had a good time though. Cheers Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hey Fishraiders, Could anyone give me their opinion on beachfishing tomorrow morning?? Are the tides right etc for an early morning session just before dawn?? I checked out Seabreeze & it looks okay. I was thinking of Wamberal/Terrigal. Any help would be appreciated. Cheers

Well you wouldn't believe it!!! I turned up to Avoca at about 5.30am casted out a salted pillie, after waiting quite a while with no action I changed over to a frozen pillie and still nothing not even a bite. I changed location twice to better my chances but to no result. At about 8.30 I packed up and went over to Terrigal where I'd been on other weekends and there were a few guys leaving with there catches of Salmon. I gave it a go with a fresh one one but not one bite. Bugger!!! I think I might try Mullet strips this weekend. Cheers

Hi All... Thanks heaps to all your advise, I'm going to Avoca in the morning with salted and fresh frozen pillies & hopefully a good report to come home with. Cheers

Sounds good Mate!! I'll be trying that when I get myself some Tailor. Cheers

Hey Raider's Do you have to freeze the pilchards after they have been salted?? I have had mine in salt for a couple of weeks now and all the juices have stopped coming from them. So do I leave them in the bucket in the garage or do i freeze them again??? And if I do re-freeze them can they be thawed out and then frozen again after that?? Thanks for any advise. Cheers

Nice catch mate!!! Just out of curiosity do you eat the salmon or use for bait?? I only ask as there is so much bad press about the taste of Salmon and I am yet to catch my first one. Hopefully this weekend. Cheers

Hi Fishraiders, Can anyone give me some advise?? I have recently decided to take up beach fishing and have been spending my time at Wamberal/Terrigal generally at dawn with an incoming tide fishing with a whole pilchard on gangs (3 x 3/0). I have tried to find the channels hoping to get a Tailor or Salmon, however so far I have only landed 1 x 46cm flathead which I was happy with but still no Tailor or Salmon. I am thinking about venturing to North Avoca on my next trip and was wondering if anyone has been catching the Tailor or Salmon there or am I too early for the season yet?? I have all the gear for beach fishing ie 3.8m Snyder rod with 650B Alvey so casting isn't a problem. Any friendly advise would be very appreciated so I can catch my first Tailor and Salmon. Cheers

Hey Warnie100, There should be a small sticker/tag stuck to the clamp bracket that states a model and serial number. It is the model number that they (OMC) uses to identify the year model. If it is prior to 1980 the model number will generally contain the year in it, post 1980 they use a system they called Introduces. If you can post the model number I can let you know what it is. Cheers

Thanks Mate, We were just south of the opening to the Basin. Cheers

Still learning how to post with pics. Excuse the date & time it was on my sons camera.

stayed overnight on Pittwater on Saturday with my son & mate and picked up a good bag of Bream just on Dusk and another the next morning before the southerly picked up. The largest measured 35cm which my son caught. Looking forward to getting back out there for some more action.

I keep them them in a bucket and keep an esky in the boot with a couple of frozen water bottles in there ready to chill..