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Hi raiders, is anyone heading down to the NSW South Coast for the long weekend? We have booked a place in Orient Point but none of my friends that are going are fishos. Anyone keen to meet up for a fishing session or two? Anyone taking a boat with an open spot? I would love to join while sharing the fuel costI also wouldn't mind hiring a boat and trying some deeper water. It would be great to meet up with some raiders in person.

Based on the lack of responses I look forwarded to wide open fishing spots Hopefully, this time I'll have better luck than last time.

Hi fellow raiders. I've got a short 2 day trip to Jervis Bay planned for the coming weekend. The last time I was in JB we stayed in Currarong and tried fishing the tubes on 2 occasions without any success. This time however I will be much better armed and prepared. Has anyone been to Beercroft and the Outer tubes lately? How does it fish in the colder months? All the reports I have read so far have been for the warmer months.

Not too long ago I was at Balmain wharf and watched a guy take a whole bucket of undersized fish (snapper, bream, anything that moved). When I told him these were ALL under the legal size limit he acted like he spoke no English. I called the hotline, got an automated answering system. Left a message with the location and the problem. No one ever showed up or called me back, and I continued watching the guy for another 4 hours filling up his bucket. At this point I think the illegal fishing hotline is useless.

Do the rocks still have all the algae on them on the northern end? Last time i was there 2 months ago, I caught a decent pike (I was told) but as I was pulling it out I slipped on the green stuff and fell pretty hard on my ass. Have been avoiding that spot since

Thanks for the tip. I always thought the bigger the fish the less sensitive it will be to the sinker weight but that doesn't seem to be true.

Hi Fishraiders, this is going to be my first official post. I moved to Sydney about 6 months ago and have been trying various spots I have read about. I haven't had much luck so far since I am still learning the ropes but I have always liked the convenience and accessibility of Clifton Gardens. So I decided to give it a try last Saturday night. I arrived around 9:30 PM thinking the gates will be closed and the crowds gone. The place was PACKED. Way more packed than usual with a few families even camping out on the wharf. I decided to skip the usual spot at the end of wharf and move to the side since it was the only area with a spot open. As a rig, I was using a double paternoster rig with frozen pilchards. Within 30 minutes I was able to catch 3 undersized snappers along with countless snags of other fisho's fishing lines. At the end the effort and the headache was worth it because I landed my first legal size Trevally. That's one hard fighting fish and good tasting as well! Around midnights the bites suddenly stopped and I decided to call it a night. By that time the wharf was still as packed as before in addition to loud Arabic music blaring from a Ghetto blaster I know many people dislike Clifton Gardens because of the crowds but now that I have caught my first legal Bream and Trevally there it has become my favourite spot. I hope I can find more convenient spots like it.