Longfish

Baby 3" sluggos rigged whacky and fished almost static with the odd twitch were what was working for me. Great fun! Hooked one king on a 4.5" sluggo fished a bit deeper on a weighted offset worm hook...the rest on the smaller whacky rigged ones on an unweighted offset worm hook. They are fixated on feeding on tiny 'eyes' baitfish at the moment so it is not that easy to get them to take...hence the whacky rigged tiny plastics.

Horizon line canoes is where i got mine from, good boat, its right at the regatta centre in penrith so you can 'try before you buy' on the lake...its what i did...in hind sight however i probably would have gone for a peddle drive option

Yes please mate. That would be great.

Hi guys, just wondering if anyone has had any luck with an 'over the side' type live well for storing squid/yakkas....I was thinking of maybe a little piece of 100mm conduit with holes drilled in it either end and some sort of streamlining at one end attached to the side of the yak just below the waterline... would have to be easy to lift in and out... anyone run anything like this?

Epic fish mate...i was just talking with a mate if mine about maybe doing a nepean yak trip sometime soon...you have just turned that maybe into a definitely.

I would also like to add that for my mate to work walk the dog style lured as well as he did...after i had given him only like a 10 second intro was amazing to watch...he has a lot of fish in him in his life...but he will never be better than me!

Cheers lads...still stoked to have caught my main summer goal so early on in the season...its all kayak from now on though...just need to convince my fishing mates that it is a worthwhile investment!

Took an inexperienced friend of mine out to chase some salmon bust ups from the shore in middle harbour as he has been banging on about wanting to catch one since my last report. Anyway i finished work at 3am and headed home to get the gear ready...pick up said mate and head out to a new spot i wanted to try at first light... Anyway we arrive at our spot and i can just see through the gloom that the tide is about right for what i wanted. There were no fish showing as we walked onto the rocks...ah i thought...maybe this spot is a dud. Anyway we start casting around...i had lent my 2-4KG outfit with the 10lb pp to my mate and i would therefore have to bash away with my 1-3kg and 3lb braid (i am far more experienced in playing fish than him so thought it would be better to let him take the heavier gear). After about twn minutes i see a fish smashing into something about 30 yards infeont of me and land a nice cast about 5 yards beyond it...a couple of twitches and my little sammy 65 gets smashed...nice salmon, nice start i think to myself as it runs...but it doesnt stop running i was looking at the braid melt of my 1000 spool...then the backing start to follow suit and i start to get suspicious! Anyway...not being able to believe that i have hooked my first kingie i assume it is a very large salmon...and i need new shorts everytime it runs as there are oyster clad rocks poking up everywhere infront of me and the braid is heading straight at them...i am waiting for that horrible PING any moment...but it doesnt come...i now realise jumping onto this rock was a bad idea as the only way off it without getting wet is a long jump behind me...to do that would mean almost certainly loosing the fish...but i had to get off to stop my braid contacting thw rocks infront of me...so i got wet! With the improved angle on the fish i eventually got my braid back, the fish is still running but less frequently now...but the braid is still dangerously close to contacting those oysters...then i see it in the water 'KINGY KINGY KINGY!' I shout to my mate get the bloody net! And soon it was all over...to say i was happy was an understatement...for my firat ever kingy to come off the rocks on bream gear is epic...and i learnt something...bream kit is bream kit, its for catching bream...not kings...like i didnt already know that! Anyway...to cap it all off we then changed location as it went quiet and my mate caught his first ever salmon...which he was made up with... All in all a great morning out full of firsts and PBs...looks like the season may be starting early...thank god!

Lovelly flattie there lads.

Pm(s) to you boys...cheers everyone.

Working night shift this week and managed to knock off early enough to hit middle harbour for a shore fishing session from bream and flathead on the flats as the tide was peaking an hour or so after sunrise. Took two outfits with me...my 1-3 kilo bream rod with 6lb braid and my 2-4 kilo plastics outfit on 10lb braid. Got to the spot around 6ish to find tailor busting up everywhere and got into them straight away on the sugerpen. After a few tailor had been landed the splashes began to look more serious and within moments i was into my first salmon 'off the top'. Took me by surprise on my bream outfit and 6lb...he had all my braid out and nearly kept it!...fortunately managed to get all my backing back and once the braid was back on the reel it was all over for mr.salmon...hooking them over a flat is epic...they only have one way to go and thats away from you as quickly as possible...I swear i saw smoke coming out my little 1000 stradic drag! Anyway...switched to the heavier outfit as i now realised salmon were about...and i didnt fancy loosing all my braid for good! The fish had wised up and were busting up consistantly just out of range and would only move within range in lightning fast raids...if you couldnt get to them fast enough...no fish for you! I was charging up and down the wall like a maniac! Eventually hooked my second...a Sammy 65 doing the damage this time...once i had changed to a different coloured chartreus one...for some reason they were following my clear sammy but not hitting it...change of colour and BANG i am on almost first cast...weird. The action then dried up so i headed home...on the way back home i drove past a little park in neutral bay...i couldnt resist a little bash for a flattie as the spot looked good for it...i stick a little plastic on my bream rod and within ten minutes i feel a little tap as the motor oil 2.5 " zman grub drops back to the seabed...instant strike and ON...only small but fun none the less...especially within walking distance of my house in north sydney. Saw a big school of blackfish mooching about but couldnt get them interested in a plastic...nor the whiting that were there...shame. Anyway...bed time for me i'm knackered!

Lovely flatties... great vid... lucky they didn't pull anyone overboard!!

Well played mate...those are good whiting by anyones standards.

Fished the northern end of dee why tonight as we thought it might be the only spot with any swell at all...got there...it was quite flat but at least there was something breaking. Anyway...had a couple of reasonable trevs and my mate had this stunning port jackson...then as the tide got near the top and the moon got high and bright it switched off...not a bad session to start the new season off. Humble frozen pillies did the damage.

Right, as promised here it is for anyone who is interested. My home made 'Maltby' anti wind rig. Start with the biggest paperclip you can find, straighten it and cut it in half...then bend a little hook in one end and twist a loop into the other untill you end up with something that looks like this... Then tie the looped end onto a 2-3 foot length of line. Once you have tied the clip onto this line then slide on a bead followed by a clip swivel like so... Then tie a swivel to the other end of this line and run your main reel line through this swivel... Run another bead onto your mainline and then tie a swivel onto the end of the mainline. To this swivel attach your hook link ensuring that it is slightly shorter than the length of line with the clip on it. Then attach your sinker to the clip swivel you put on earlier. The clip can now slide up to where your hook is and catch it, and the weight of the lead will ensure it stays clipped to the hook...cast out (with bait!) and as soon as the lead hits the water the whole rig will go slack causing the clip and the hook to uncouple...you will notice how much better it casts...wind or no wind as lead and bait travel through the air as one streamlined object adding yards and yards to your cast... (works best without circle hooks as very occasionally their inward turned points prevent release). A word of advice...dont make the little hook on the end of the clip too big...you want it as small as possible so it just catches your bait hook so any slack or release of tension from the lead causes it to release your baited hook. Cheers,