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  1. Hi Yowie, Can I ask what water temp you have in the hacking at the moment? The Georges river and bay has been sitting on 19.5 up until Christmas and the fishing has been abysmal. Even the stingrays were absent at that point.
  2. Mate it was the REEL. vintage reel vintage fish if you want to catch a bigger Jew use an older reel lol. Well done on a spectacular fish. Some people dedicate huge amounts of time and money to get a fish half that size. You did it with one bait, one rod in one evening renting by a bnb. Buy a lottery ticket so you can retire 😆
  3. Lucky the couch owner wasn't still asleep on it with the remote control. And those floating couches might have been made by Nick Scaly furniture. 🤣 OK dad jokes never cease at my place but fair dinkum those reds are beautiful fish. Love the way you put it on the brag mat, fish alive, full technicolour and not covered in the red stuff. Nice run of the boat for you, and nice of snapper for your son. Next time you see a floating couch, grab a rod with a squid head, send it down and watch it like a hawk...
  4. Hey Jimbo, Your report created a flashback for me - no not the illegally-induced ones lol - I meant that I remember perhaps 30 years ago, there were crowds of people fishing the Captian cook bridge pylons. Burley the side of the bridge pylon and walk-the tide as your float was carried by the tide alongside the pylon. There were heaps of people assembly-line fashion. I have not seen anyone on the pylons fishing in years - probably illegal to tie the boat off on them and fish them... I bet the fish are still there but no-one fishing them..
  5. Well Bob you did it again. When the odds are against you (weather, religious conscience, too many soapies and even a hook shaped like a banana), you still come up with the goods. Such a solid fish on light line, I'm sure the lord will pardon your deviation from his house and applaud your angling expertise. Afterall, like you said, Jesus was a fisher of men. The fishermen were fishers of fish. Now you have become fisher of fishermen. That's quite a mix of fish, fishers and men. You are truly blessed, as are we to be privy to your stories and experiences.
  6. Hey Jeff, And I was gonna say "oh of course the motor had issues and you had to return to port because your son was getting all the action", but you have a photo to prove it. I guess you have the knowledge to diagnose the problem at sea, implement a solution and got yourself back to port without any incident. That's huge I reckon, and there was more effort involved in that than catching the fish. Well done on the fishing results as well. Big smiles on itchy's face after those nice snaps. Oh, maybe it will be the "itchy and scratchie" show? Except you two won't beat eachother up. And as was stated earlier, your son might get a hold of whiskers first. You never know. I guess it will be 'watch this space'.
  7. Man that is a hard pill to swallow. I have had amazing luck with 2 rods that went overboard. The first one was an ugly stik I built myself - baitcaster with a shimano bantam baitcaster reel. I used it only a couple of times when I placed it against the gunwale of my boat. Well it went flying over so fast, but me being young at the time, I had cat-like reflexes and I lunged at it with the skill of a world glass goal-keeper. I grabbed it by the butt and dragged it back in. Well from that point on my brother called be the butt-grabber. This was near lion Island and the fish was a mack tuna. But only a couple of trips later, HE cast a baited rod over and forgot to keep a hold of the rod butt. Over it went and I hassled him about needing to HOLD ONTO the butt. Well I cast in another rod trying to snag it (but I REMEMBERED to hold onto the butt) and I actually caught his rod and brought it up... This was at Watts reef. True story
  8. Hey Gordo, Kingies can drive you mad. They make no sense sometimes. If livies dragged by their noses don't work, try something else. Drop'em a jig or a freshly dead butterflied yakka or as one old-timer said, cut the tail off a livie and send it down (I've never tried that one though). There is always SOMETHING that will get them to bite - squid strips, cuttlefish heads+guts or even yabbies! You gotta work out their mood on that day.
  9. The drone is a great idea. All I got to figure out now is how much line I need to drop a couple of baits from kurnell cliff top onto browns mountain. Blue eye from the shore! Actually Khalid I think we will see more of this style of fishing, except in those areas where you need special permission to fly a drone. And I believe there are quite a lot of drone no-fly zones in populated urban coastal areas. Keep these reports coming mate coz they are a really interesting twist on our great sport. Great vid and a great result as well.
  10. Hey Rob, You've been 'eyeing off' a spot? How does one do that? In camo gear sneaking a peek from behind a tree with binoculars and sunnies? Lol. Now we are eyeing off your whiting.. Very nice fish, especially from landbased. They would have gone hard being hooked so shallow. They are among my favourite fish. Well done.
  11. Nice smorgasbord of fish there yowie. Ripped off on the crab though. It's amazing they can still feed. I guess you could say he was clawless but he doesn't have to worry about that anymore eh?
  12. Well Jeff, it seems you catch more than just reds. You catch people as well, but unfortunately no marlin. Kudos to you mate for being observant, quick thinking and responsible enough to put whiskers on hold in favour of surviving spear fishermen. The karma is on hold to reward you in a more significant way. Wait and see.
  13. Hey BN, Indeed it is your signature I was quoting. I didn't quite remember the wording but the message is profound and that's what I took onboard. That little incident is what drove me to build and fish a 6m plate alloy boat in Botany Bay. Overkill so I don't get killed😁
  14. Hey kingie chaser, These stories are bitter sweet for me. I help others but the one time I could have used some help, there was none (well at least, not from humanity). The bitter part of bitter sweet. Many years ago I had a 4m tinnie and I was returning from a trip in summer. LOTS of boats around. I was eating a sandwich while travelling home at 25 knots. I set the tiller lock on the outboard so I can be hands-free while I ate. Well it failed after a few minutes and the boat swung violently 90 degrees. As I cartwheeled thru the air, I got a hand to the throttle. I wasn't hurt (miracle # 1) and I looked around for my boat - I couldn't see it. I looked around for a boat to get assistance but suddenly there were NO boats around. No help, so I waited for some minutes, then noticed a boat coming slowly towards me. It came up to me at idle speed and the motor stalled. It was MY boat. The tiller was in full lock and I managed to set the throttle to minimum as I flew overboard. If it was in full throttle the boat could have hit me or worse (miracle #2). So I ended up saving myself. The sweet part of bitter sweet: I once rescued a bunch of people whose 10foot tinnie capsized in shallow water near towra in a big southerly. They were on the beach and didn't realise the weather changed. I was the only goof still fishing. I noticed them leaving the beach and I knew they would not make it so I stayed to see if they made it to Kurnell boat ramp. They didn't. I rescued about 4 adults, 2 kids and 2 dogs plus towed their tinnie back to the ramp. One guy remained in the tinnie to bail it out. They didn't thank me or offer any payment but I am happy they didn't bcos it came from my heart, not my wallet. In hindsight they were probably a bit shocked at it all but they were so lucky - late afternoon, wet mobiles, no-one around and a very quick and smooth rescue. So the moral of the stories, help others when you can, and as one other raider mentioned in his signature, something like "remember that you have received but forget that you have given". For my bitter story, I remember that I have Received, because it came from God. Luck like that just does not happen. I also hope that the rescued people thank the good lord because their luck was just as great as mine.
  15. Hey Zoran, Wow, what a trip. Now I'm gonna say something that might polarize some members, but it's just for a light dig. Yep, bait fishing saved the day!....Again...! Ok, ok, ONE fish did it but what a fish. You can almost hide behind it. Love the story, the pics, the result and of course the cooking and presentation. I was really into deep dropping some years ago but it was too far, too hard, too expensive and now I'm too chickenshyte to go that far out to sea. By the way, yes, bricks are not dense enough and will slow down on the descent as the pressure rises, causing some overruns. Window sash cord weights are ideal and the only way to get them at a reasonable price is to go to period house demolition sales and ask. Typically 7lb - 8lb weights are the go. The price of lead is prohibitive these days. Jeez the fillet looks good on the plate. Now I'm gonna go and cook my whiting fillets....Also caught on bait...ahem...😆
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