Simonator

Hi all I am going to be getting some fresh Bonito for use as bait for beach fishing here in the Solomons. Can anyone tell me how you treat it to be able to use it later? I will be using it fresh but I want some ready for 'sudden' trips as well. Cheers and thanks in advance Simon

I literally used to live down the road and fished there as often as i could. Got good bream on chicken there, nevr gor a flattie, got busted off by something huge though a faior few times, try downriver towards the larger jetty...might have been a jew. Simon Would these areas be likely places/structure to target bream and flatties on SPs/HBs? I've caught bream, flatties and whiting here on bait but no luck with SPs, the substrate is mainly sand and more towards the mangroves mud. The water around this location is under 1 metre Under this mangrove is sand This mangrove is in mud and with a fair bit of rocks around with oysters growing on them. This is towards the right/further out of the picture above, likewise, mud. A concrete jetty, both sides sand, this is where iget most of my whiting, up close and out further, the jetty is visible in the first photo. So, are these areas likely places to target bream/flatties on SPs/HBs, around the jetty always holds small prawns and also small fish. To the left of the jetty always holds mullets jumping around Thanks, Ray.

>Simon, you can email me on dreamtime@solomon.com.sb Will do mate and thanks. >Zenman, this time of the year it's a little unstable due to the vast numbers of people in the capital. School >has finished for the year so there are plenty of "bored" students lurking about. >2 nights ago snip> What night and which area was it mate, I will light a couple of fires under people and see if we can't improve the score. Simon (yes I am with the PPF)

Hi All I've been quiet for a while as I have been posted to the Solomon Islands with work (I am in the AFP). Have finally managed to set myself up with a nice rig and am keen tog et amongst it, the fish here are incredible. Has anyone fished the Solomons before? If so do they have any hints or tips? Appreciate any advice anyone can give me Cheers Simon

It wasn't a flattie, it was a good solid hit then a dash for the bottom or a rock, really could feel the tail going. Thanks for all the tips, would anyone suggest possibly a heavy handline under a float? Simon

Obviously I didn't catch this rotten thing but I want to so hence the questions., I was fighgin down at the end of Old Ferry Road opposite Lugarno on Saturday. I was about 100 metres from the loading ramp on the ramins of the old wharf there. I was using whole prawn for bait targeting some large Bream. Now I know bream bites and this wasn't it. Was a single powerful hit, followed by a fast swim down into the snags on the bottom, or perhaps even into the rocks. I could feel the fish swimming hard then the line would snag up. I don't think it's a flattie because if it is it's a monster, it felt really hard and strong. Any ideas? I have caught a tailor here before but it just zoomed off and didn't swim for the bottom, likewaise Bream. Even the flatties I catch don't do it. Anything else it might be and some advice on how to stop it happening/catch it? Cheers and thanks in advance. Simon btw I am using a light 6 ft rod with 8 pouind mono for the trace, a running sinker above a swivel and a long shanked hook.

Hi all Am heading away for the weekend to batemans and will be restricted to the beach or estuary around Long Beach. Want to wet a line so wondered if anyone had any advice for the area and locations that pay off? Cheers Simon

Cungee George rolled up again with a couple of rods this time for a jew and we all talked till six o'clock on Sunday night without checking a single rod for the last two hours and there was no need to whatsover. Cheers jewgaffer I'll post the night time pics when I manage to resize them. JG I live just around the corner, literally, from that spot and regularly fish off the small platform about 100 metres to the right of the boatramp, near the submarine cable. I get a fair few undersized bream and flatties there. However haven't ever seen a blink of a Jew, unless that's the big hit that simply snaps the line and buggers off once in a while! What would you recommend for land based jewies of the point nearby that you mentioned, I would love to catch a decent sized fish as a 32 cm bream is my PB for anything. Simon

Seems the water in the Georges, as well as being cleaner has started to warm up. Fished the top of the tide today at Illawong across from Lugarno and managed a goos sized bream, two undersized and a lizard that was long but a little scrawny so I tossed him back as well. Lots of other bites but my reflexs must be shot. i have a question, when people fish for Luderick, do they often throw fist sized balls of weed and dirt into the river? Simon

Hi everyone It seems my usual spot at the boat ramp in Illawong has dried up. Anyone got any other spots on the Georges they would be willing to share? Would like to have a go at some big Flathead. Cheers Simon

Borders Book Shops have them if the shop is big enough, try the one in Pitt Street mall. Failing that the huge on in Canberra of all places had two a couple of months ago, they can obviously source it. maybe there could be a group order? Simon

I had wondered about that, but the water is really murky at the moment and quyite a lot of fresh coming down so I didn't think they would be that far up. I thought maybe a Luderick? Simon

Hey all I have been out a couple of times lately, in the usual spot in the Georges across from Lugarno. I have had a couple of bites that puzzle me. They don't seem to nibble at the bait, they just swallow it, you feel a couple if tugs then a pull and when you set the hook the fish seems to simply try to swim away. The one last night swam into some rocks and broke off and the others have all either bitten off or pulled the hook. They don't fight like bream and it has been ages since I caught a flatty so I am not sure but what else could they be, heavy buggers whatever they are. Simon

Just a 1 metre fish of any kind would be amazing..hell a 50cm fish would do lol.... Current records 32 cm Bream, I kid you not Simon

I used Chicken offcuts, the fatty gristly bits from the edges of breast fillets Got a bite with every cast but think I was using to large a peice of chicken sometimes. Simon