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Hey Kel, Crabs seem to run with the tide, sort of getting a free ride along the bottom. In my experience you will probably find the crabs have just moved on as the tide turned, as they usually move in schools. My bet would be to try the same area at the same tide next time and you will probably have the same result. If the tide is opposite, (as if the tide was coming in) I would try the opposite end of the bay as that is the way they would be moving. Personally I have never crabbed Botany Bay but I have many other places and this I have found out over many years of trial and error. Hope that helps. Cheers, Charmo

Well done on a great lizard mate......and even more kudos for letting her go. Hope ur 2012 brings bigger fish your way. Cheers Charmo

Hey Kitto, bad luck on the lost big fin mate. Maybe you should spend less money on the paint job on your boat and upgrade your tackle a little? Otherwise you could let me know when your going out next and I can give you a few pointers..... The more the merrier..... Charmo

Look like nice size schoolies mate. Did you use a scoop net or drag net? Cheers Charmo

Nice squid mate. Perfect size for jewie baits too, although i am always tempted to eat them. Well done. Charmo

Fishing inside mate but your probably right with the cold water moving into the warmer. I'm guessing the water temp is also turning over slowly inside and as such may be just a transitional period. I'll keep you updated. Cheers mate. Charmo

Hey Tony, Thanks for your response. The weed sounds like the same, a browny green tyrpe weed which weighs heavy on the line. I agree, the way the bait is presented as a result probably affects your catch rate more than anything else. Recently the tides have been quite big which probably supports your thoughts on where the weed comes from. In the last couple of days the weed seems to be dispersing a little, especially up the river however it still is hanging around in the lower parts. The deeper water with the main flow seems to have the most and as such (taking in your advice) I have searched for other areas to fish out of the main channel. This has worked well as the weed is less of a problem in the areas with less flow and out of the main channel. Also has pushed me out of my comfort zone and into other areas too which i thought would never produce any fish. How wrong I was!! Cheers for your help mate. Charmo

Hey Hodgey, The water temp up here at the moment is 21 degrees but feeling it the other day it seems warmer. Hoping your analogy with the water heating up will help it to dissapear soon as my holiday is over in a week.! PS read in a post the other day regarding the carp that you used to live along the Murray/Darling. Im currently living at Wilcannia and the Darling river last summer was firing with all the water we got from up north. They had one of the best yabbie seasons they have had for at least 10-15 years and with that came big catches of Murray cod and the famous yellow belly perch. But like you said, the Carp are now in plague porportions probably the only fish to have done so well from the recent rain. Go figure. Cheers for the info. Charmo

Hi all, Im not sure if this is the correct section for this question but I'm sure it will be re-placed if its not. I'm currently up in Forster on a fishing holiday and have noticed a large amount of green weed running throughout the water at all depths. The weed feels mossy(soft) and sticks to everything including sinkers, SP's, lures and line and the only way to get it off is to physically pull it off. I have noticed the fishing has been a little slow and the crabbing and prawning which I have also done as proved not existent. Does anyone know whether this weed slows down fishing, crabbing or prawning and puts them off the bite and how long it hangs around for? One bloke up here reckons it gets in the gills of fish and puts them off the bite. I dont know. Any help would be appreciated. Cheers, Charmo

Absolutely speechless mate! Top effort, and even better for lettin the big girls go...... Cheers CHARMO

Well done Nathan, plenty of Dollies everywhere and the best thing of all is the fact that the weather was great and by the sounds of it, it must have been comfortable fishing out there. Tell me, I've never caught a Dollie, are they any good on the plate? Cheers Charmo

Hi Rod, I was under assumption that you cant use any traps or nets in the Lake at all. The only way you can legally pick up a feed of blueies is by way of hand line or hand held landing net. Whitches hats are classed as nets from what I believe. Charmo

Hey Peter Great hall mate and to the bloke that pulleed in the 30 odd fish at the ramp. The fishing could be as good as that and better if you stopped the continual droves of trawlers raping the system as they do. But good on you for finding the fish thats left. Charmo

Hey Slaka, Beautiful looking fish there mate. She looks awesome laying in your arms in that shot. Congrats! And well done on the release, Id have to agree that feeling of seeing her swim away is as good as catching her in the first place. Thumbs up mate. CHARMO

Great looking boat spence. Cant believe the change you have made to the original........ you gotta be happy with that. Well done!!!! Charmo