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wazatherfisherman

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  1. Great compilation BBB- Mattens was 'home turf' for us
  2. G'day mate nice Salmon- I reckon they fight as hard as anything. One tip for you and I mean this in the nicest possible way- DON'T wear long pants when you go rock fishing! Any water coming over your ledge can 'grab' them and aid in knocking you over. If for some reason you end up in the water (and I genuinely hope you never do!) they are really hard to swim in also. Would like to hear you out catching more Salmon and other lure grabbing species for years to come. Stay safe and happy fishing
  3. Hi Fried Rice- We first did the cliffs when we were about 15 or 16yrs old and used safety gear the first 3 times down. The 4th time down without safety rope attached it WAS really nerve racking, however, by about the 6th or 7th trip we were doing it in the dark. The places your feet go never change (bar erosion) and I can close my eyes now- near 48yrs later- and still 'see' every step of the big climb and remember the nervous anticipation that came about 10 seconds before taking hold of the ropes
  4. Hi Mike great post! Making your own lures is both fun and satisfying, making them out of cheap or recyclable stuff even more so. Love the 'internal balance system' (very clever!) and ripple-effect texture too!
  5. Great post BBB! We knew the Mattings as the 'Mattens' and I fished there for 22yrs- probably the best rock fishing location you would ever find. Regards Waza
  6. Awesome fish, great story, unreal photo's- fantastic effort Chris!
  7. The better spots along there are on the extreme right hand side of your picture, the locations in your circled area aren't as productive as the ledges back towards Reef Beach. Access is easiest the first few times by walking around from Reef Beach along the rocks. You need safety gear- like rock plates, lifejacket etc as it's just like open water rock fishing. Completely exposed to any swell from the south. Fishes best for all species from last half of the in tide until half out- too shallow after that. Great area for Luderick, Drummer, Bream and throwing speed lures for pelagic's early morning
  8. Congrats on your first, hope there are many more to come!
  9. Hi Noel -The first 'game reels' were very similar to deep-sea Alvey's and had leather 'brake-pads' to palm the drag
  10. Pete that is mind blowing! Great capture from the rocks (or anywhere!)
  11. Hi Frank- We used to have some of Lee Marvin's tackle at the fishing museum
  12. Sorry to hear you copped a cattie Bob, they are agonizing. Imagine how bad it could have been if you didn't have hot water or knew what to do. Cut them off is great advice- them and Pike eels. Hope you are out of pain quickly
  13. On one trip to Wyangala we caught Trout, Perch, a Murray Cod and the usual carp on Powerbait- which was at least a couple of years old.
  14. Gobies- look like blue spot sand gobies
  15. You got off lightly Mike! Try getting a rare (these days!) $70 lure out of one- I'll say no more about it other than that!
  16. Hi Willpethh The tubes area is often absolutely packed with LB Game fishers at this time of year, many even stay there overnight to secure a spot. Add to this there are usually heaps of corks/balloons in the water with various live baits underneath them and it doesn't provide a healthy area to throw lures around until game season is over in a few months time. Another thing to consider is the area is often off-limits due to the Navy's bombing range being in use. Currently, Mermaids Inlet on the northern side of Beecroft Peninsula is also closed due to safety concerns, which is a shame because it's larger area and usually far less fishers would have been a good alternative- especially for Bonito. The beach at Currarong is a good fishing beach, with Whiting, Bream, Dart, Tailor, Salmon etc available. We've done well there a few times when rock fishing the Peninsula wasn't possible (due to the Tubes area closed and Mermaid's dangerous from the swell) and caught good mixed bags using live beach worms, which can be caught along the beach. NOTE no worming is allowed north of the small rock platform area known as Hammerhead- check NSW Fisheries for local closures. Some big mud crabs would be active in Currarong Creek also but beware the mozzie's, they are thick and aggressive!
  17. Happy new year everyone- let's hope it's the fishiest ever. Thanks to all the Moderating team and DECKEE for this great community Waza
  18. Merry Christmas Dave, Moderators and all Raiders and wishing everyone a very prosperous and fishy new year Waza
  19. Well deserved indeed. Derek is as nice a guy as you could meet, skilful angler, great tutor and eloquent writer. I am proud to say he's my friend and Raiders of all experience levels benefit from his time, knowledge, input and especially his company.
  20. Hi Zoran sorry to hear of Maria's health issues- hope you two are out catching more of those tasty Flatties soon, Nice size one on the plastic by the way and thanks for the photo too!
  21. Hi Justjames I wouldn't even know where to start on my favourite topic about reels, welcome to the Alvey brigade! The joy of using these reels comes from many different aspects, but my favourite thing would be fighting your fish WITHOUT using a drag system (mostly)-it's the fisher against the fish and you need to 'judge' everything 'manually'. If you have any questions about them just message me- I have loved using them for close to 50 years Waza
  22. I worked at the reservoir when the new filtering station was being built and can attest to it being full of both fish and eels. We were on site and painting everything colour coded. As it was a revolutionary concept (the water filtering) the French company building the filtration were constantly changing the mechanics of how it all worked and we would 'paint-to-order' on site, often having to repaint fixtures several times after changes had been made. While painting pipes over the inlet flow, we had the the environmental ranger sneaking around spying on us to make sure we weren't having a fish or putting a set line in. When I questioned him about what he was doing (he wasn't in any type of uniform) he explained that several of the construction companies employees had been caught putting set lines in and as we were in an ideal spot that was pretty well hidden from the rest of the site, it was 'likely' we might do the same. After a couple of weeks the ranger became a little more friendly and asked me if I'd like to see the 'fish wheels' put in place across the inflow channel a few hundred meters away, which I was really interested to see. There were 2 large mesh wheels that sat across the concrete canal and they picked up all the fish and eels moving towards the mechanical side of the filter and dropped them into 2 giant sized plastic bins. The ranger would then go the bins every hour and collect the fish and eels to return them to the reservoir. Didn't see many fish the few times I got to look in the wheels/bins (I was foreman of painters and had to 'check' the wheel area weekly after that) but saw masses of eels and a few Trout. They did get a Trout about 12lb when they were blasting and it didn't get returned as it was near dead, so there's some good ones in there, so it'd definitely be worth fishing if they actually open it up.
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