Oztyke

Thanks all

Great fish and report. In the little time I've been fishing I've found that website to be a very good gauge on how busy the fish are, I'll be heading out with new gear next weekend

Should I enter in the monthly comp? There is a cloth near the fish's mouth, somewhat unintentional! Cheers Paikea

Big W could set you up for $100, it's worth speaking to the fisho's though, just got a great deal.

Cheers smn, will do

After being let down with the first order I just got the Daiwa Aird combo 1062mhfs with the 4000sh reel for $109. Hopefully it will do the trick???

The bait was salted pilchard, as for set-ups I don't know, I started a couple of months back, the rod was left by a mate and the line put on by kiwibrown. Sorry I can't be more help.

Hi, it's about 30 minutes for me but you may be able to get closer. You go through some bush which is on a bit of a decline then you'll need to get down some rocks, as long as you're relatively agile and don't mind heights you should be fine. One word of warning, it is used as a nudist beach so maybe don't take the kids!

Hi all, fairly new to fishing but here's my first report. Went to Washaway Beach last Friday with kiwibrown, the aim was to stay past sunset to get the best chance of a big catch. Things started off pretty quiet the all of a sudden my line was off. Due to the fight it put up we assumed it was a decent salmon but it turned out to be a very good (or so I was told) bream, it measured just over 45cm, we were after some flathead to keep so it went back in the drink to live another day. Within minutes Brown was on and he made quick work of bringing in a 50cm flathead, he was kept for the pan. After a quiet hour or so we headed over to the rocks for a quick 20-30 minutes before the sun set, we picked up a couple of snapper and a ray. On the way back to the beach, for the highly anticipated prime time fishing, disaster struck, Brown slipped and his hand met glass, we quickly decided it was a hospital job so we packed up and headed to RNS. The good news is there was no serious damage and he'll be back with rod in hand soon. And yes, it was his right hand... As we'd only been using 7' rods we decided to console ourselves on Saturday by purchasing a couple of 10' surf rods, so those fish better watch out when we return! Cheers Daryl