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Thanks Pickles. Its memories like these that last forever ! RE sandcastles...of course. Who do you think was the designer 😂 Absolutely agree. Very satisfying and proud moment. I really cant wait for them to hop onboard offshore fishing with me. But they are still a little too young perhaps. The wife is very scared ! Thanks Yowie. Thats what holidays are all about id say ! Thanks Isaac. Thanks Z. Some of my best memories involve the kids and fishing. I remember my daughters first fish..narrabeen lagoon. A yellowfin bream about 9cm in.length on a size 10 hook ! She was stoked. The boy is on his way to becoming a fisherman too i hope. RE bunnings. I brought 4 rod holders with me so the loss of 2 was not catastrophic to our plan. I usually ask scavenge a few pipe offcuts from my building sites and cut them into 1m pieces.

Thanks Pickles. Great fun so far ! Thanks Rebel. Hes been having a great time at the beach, in the pool, fishing and his favourite of all....rockpool hunting for crabs and other goodies Thanks Masterfisho

Gday Raiders Headed over to Burill Beach today to have a fish with the family. The forecast was for rain and it was pretty cool and overcast but it had been dry all morning so we made a mad dash over hoping we could squeeze in a cast or two before the rain rolled in. The surf conditions were pretty strong and from the highest vantage point available there was no gutter visible in 400m of either direction. With three kids, beach chairs and wife with me i chose what appeared to be the deepest part of the beach and set up. The kids decided to build a sand castle while i prepared the rods and sadly 2 of my plastic tube rod holders rolled into the ocean never to be seen again. First line in i wasn't optimistic at all as there was a cross wash taking my ball sinker full across the beach and onto the sand to the left. I upsized the sinker hoping to keep the bait more grounded and started getting a few bites. Adam was adamant that he wanted to fish with ""his favourite rod"" which is totally unsuitable for beach fishing, but i didnt want to break his spirit so agreed. Surprisingly he managed to snag a juvenile aussie salmon all on his own. Very proud moment for me. Ayah was next with a nice little whiting. We got a few more undersize whiting and a flatty which we sent back and then packed up and headed over to the fishermans co-op at Ulladulla for fish and chips. All in all a great day out. Thanks for reading Sam

Thanks Crusher. Fishing is always about persistence. Glad it didnt rain on us ! Thanks Z. Let me know when you want to go and we can do a trip together 👍 Thanks Jeff. This time last year we were in port. I would have loved to come back but the family wanted to change it up !. PS theyre regretting it now. Ulladulla and Port Stephens are chalk and cheese apart!

Thanks Yowie. They tasted great on the bbq Thanks Z. Hope to see you soon for a trip onboard the fin Thanks mate. Havent been to the lake yet but ill let you know when i do visit Thanks Big Neil for your kind words. Tight lines Thanks Isaac. The kids are having a blast. Cheers Corro

Great report. I love it when a plan comes together. Nice king

Now thats a seafood lunch ! Awesome stuff Yowie. You certainly are the master of the hacking

Gday Raiders Currently at Ulladulla for the week. As i mentioned in an earlier post i planned to do some bottom bashing offshore and also wanted to give burill lake a try for whiting. Conditions today seemed good for a bottom bash. So we dropped in at Ulladulla 6am and hopped around a few marks i was thankful to have recieved from a good friend. Managed to find 3 decent reds between 40cm and 50cm and a dozen or so flathead. Theres 4 families here together and it was a delicious dinner this afternoon where everything got eaten. Nothing tastier than same day caught fish! Hopefully out again tomorrow and then a whiting session in the afternoon with my son and daughter. Kids also having a great time hunting the rock pools for starfish, shells and crabs which all went back after a quick inspection.

Great bag. Well done

Nice! You got me excited now. Send me an inbox when you arrive and well do a session together. Thanks mate. Its good fun. I have running rig with 1m of 12lb trace. Not at all strikes hooked up we lost about 5 or so fish. One fish i lost in the surf. Backwash from the waves put too much pressure and the leader popped. Thanks mate. Yup fresh is best !!

Absolutely awesome. If fishraider let me like this twice i would. Cracking write up for a cracking day. Enjoy the quality fish

PS.....find the gutter....take your time. Dont let the excitement overcome you to get into it. No gutter. No fish !

Great. Ive sent u an inbox

Nice work champ and great write up

I agree that different flathead species taste better than others. I rate marbled and blue spots above all others. Dusky is probably third place. PS. What on earth is a rock flathead? Never heard of it

Nice bag of fish Jenno. At least you got a nice feed ! Im not an expert on whiting fishing by any means but i find that bait makes the biggest difference. Over the years ive fished side by side with people who used nippers, prawns etc and always without a doubt worms outperformed every other bait both in terms of quality and quantity of fish. I also find that the larger fish are on the beaches as opposed to the estuaries. Im sure the larger fish do come into the estuaries occasionally

Thanks Isaac. How do you prep and eat the roe?

Thanks Yowie. We can't let you catch them all, right !

There was a gentleman there last night chasing flathead but in the hour he was next to me i didnt see him pull any. Based on a few reports ive seen i suspect they are in deeper water atm

Not from the harbour id say. Too far away from Sydney where i got those 🙂 Thanks Pickles. I must admit it took a bit of convincing for ralph to pack up all the gear and the beach chairs and trudge through the sand ! But it paid off. Thanks for the well wishes. I have a few friends who frequent Ulladulla and Burill Lake so have a few marks in advance. Thanks Jenno. They are one of my fav eating fish 😋 Thanks Rebel. I was impressed by the size of them last night. Mostly big girls

Gday Raiders Couldnt help myself after mondays sandy R&R. Packed up work early again and headed out for another whiting session this time with old mate Ralph. Almost pulled the pin when clouds and wind picked up with lightning and thunder but the forecast said this was over the blue mountains and heading north. So we trusted the weatherman and headed out. Found a gutter which produced a few whiting then it went quiet. Packed up and walked another 400m or so up the beach and found what was a much deeper darker gutter. Produced another 8 or so whiting. Absolute horsies tonight. Four of them just under 40cm and a few around 35cm. They make the just legals look tiny. Just finished cleaning them and all the big ones were female and full of roe. Lunch tomorrow will be whiting with a side of fries and garden salad. Heading to Ulladula for a week from Monday plan to do some bottom bashing and give Burill lake a try for whiting. Thx for reading. Sam

Thanks Jenno. Get out there mate the whiting are on FIRE atm

Hey Jim. Sorry to hear about your back and your knee. Hopefully you will be back onto fishing soon. Extreme Fishing in Merrylands stocks live tube worms most of the time.