King chaser

Hi guys, Fishing from terrigal today and brought up a decent shark. It took a live yellowtail and was a 15 min fight or so. Was let go to fight another day but after the species name, see photos bellow

Agree with bluefin the faster the better! Also are you letting the metal sink, vary your depths of retrieval! Also what line are you using? I generally spin with braid and Fluro carbon leader. Give the metal a spit shine every once in a while get the light bouncing off it really good, size and colour, if one colour is working try switch it up! Cheers

Couple muddies and a cold one, That’s living! Nice catch mate

@antonywardle can you shed some light on West reef? Had no luck the last few times I have fished there! Is there some local knowledge that can be shared about the reef!

NIce report mate and good bag! I’ve fished West reef a few times now and haven’t come up with anything good! Has anyone had any luck here and if so what species???

Hey Jenno, very similar I reckon and same consistency! Cheers Rick! Thought he had me on the reef a couple times but the Saltiga brought her up! I launch at terrigal And fish from crack neck to Norah head, I find the action bit better around there! If I fish around terrigal I find the closer to the shore the better! He’s turning into my best fishing buddy! Each trip is priceless!

First fish of the new year began at 530 from terrigal boat ramp with the old man. Water looked clean and the water was sitting at 22.7 degrees. Biggest mistake of the day was not picking up yakkers before heading out. Steamed out a little and landed on reef. Trolled around marking big schools of bait but after a hour of trawling, couldn’t tempt a fish. Water here bumped to 23.4 degrees and the bluest I’ve seen in a while. Decided to bash the bottom (25 - 30 m)and bang into a school of teraglin! Fishing was great for the first half hour and then it hit the bottom of the tide. Fishing went slack with pesky reef rubbish chewing on our baits. Half hour later, it went bang and soon we bagged out on teraglin, biggest 90cm. The reef was pumping and bonito’s made a show, and the birds were working. Strippies were mixed in there and were fussy as not taking interest in what we threw at them. Managed to get three in the boat. Min the mix of it all managed to get a few mowies in the boat also. getting ready to pack up and decided to float a pillie down around the 15meter mark and it got hit by a frieght train. The Saltiga was getting smoked but eventually got it turned. It ran down then out then down again. After a 20 minute fight got it up to 10 meters or so and it shot back down breaking my 30lb Fluor leader. Not sure what it was and it will bug me for weeks wondering. It was a heavy weight but when it ran, was getting massive head shakes and when it dove it went down like a bullet. Been struggling to get a king in the boat this season and this could of been it!! any ways not being greedy we packed up and tried to pull up the anchor and we were stuck. After a long wrestle and a broken anchor guide we got it off (serves me right using a sand anchor on a reef). Headed home with a bag of trag, Bonnie’s and mowies. Great day fishing. Best part of the day was fishing with old man having fun reeling in fish.

Great report stu! The dollies are so much fun! What was the water quality and temp like out there?

Nice catch mate! Love finding new spots, even better when it holds your target species!

How did you cook the Bonnie’s fisholb?? Any secrete recipes?

Hey guys, question. What are people referring to when they they ‘the carpark?’ Always hearing on the radio that they are north of the car park ect?

Hey kaniss certainly a great piece of advice I picked up here; is to look around the reefs and marks for bait and structure before anchoring up. This week the eastern part of reef was fruitful were just 5 days ago they were all over the western edge. Cheers for that Rick, I’ve never fished the bull or b/island, how deep is it there and is there certain sides of each to concerntrate on? And other than kings what else do you come across? another cheeky shot before they hit the pan this evening

I was pout to terrigal FAD yesterday, the swell was .8 with a glass surface. The current was barely moving and the water was 21.4 with a navy colour to it. We got out there and spent a few hours trying to find fish but not marking any fish or even bait. We tried lives, jigging spinning ect but didn’t even get bumped. Looked few hundred meter each way around the FAD but no joy.

The day started on the water at 530 and it was looking flat as a tack putting in at Terrigal Haven. The water in close was 21.4 and relatively clean. The old man and I shot out to terrigal FAD real quick, the swell was .8 with a glass surface. The current was barely moving and the water was 21.4 with a navy colour to it. We got out there and spent a few hours trying to find fish but not marking any fish or even bait. We tried lives, jigging spinning ect but didn’t even get bumped. Looked few hundred meter each way around the FAD but no joy. We then darted out to Texas to try raise a kingfish. Got out there and water was 21.7 degrees and a deep electric blue colour, slightest current. Did a few laps of the reef and didn’t mark a thing, no bait either and the surface was barren as well. Jigged for a few hours and all we could manage was a few barracuda. Tried bouncing some pillies off the bottom and burleying up and a 1.5meter mako started to circle the boat. We started to mark bait down on the bottom but no kings chasing. With no fish in the bucket we retreated to the good old faithful reefs off the entrance / bateau. Happily they were pumping with activity. Water was 21.4 in here and a little dirty, there was a reddish alge slick right across the reef but that didn’t seem to put off the fish. Swell was still under a meter and there was a slight greenish tinge the close in. we had a 1 hour sesh before the ‘wives curfew’ and we managed 3 trevalley, 4 bonito (biggest 62cm), 5 teraglin (biggest 78 cm). So top day, best part was hanging out with the old man and a bonus was a bag of trag for tea. sorry bout the poor photos bellow. and anyone have any tips re the fads and Texas reef for me.? I’ve been finding it hard to get a king in the boat lately.

Lowrance ti-5 at the moment, heaps of features on it and I’ve been hitting the YouTube tutorials and pick up more each time I head out on the water!. and will keep it in mind to find the structure around upcurrent end of the reefs ! cheers for all the tips, it’s all coming together

Thanks paddy thats certainly all new info to me. Does particular swell direction / winds / currents bring in different tempts and water quality? Ill look for that tide change to mate and sit on those schools, I am finding it hard to read the sounder and identifying the differences between a schools of bait and decent fish.

Hi all, looking for some help understanding the water and what it means for the fish. Im fairly newish and generally fish out of terrigal going for kings, bonito and snapper fishing the close reefs and venturing out to Texas and the fads. I hear the fishos referring to the water as dirty, blue, electrical blue, green, clean ect. What should I be looking for in the water and how much does ‘dirty water’ put off the fish. so I can plan my fishing trips what types of swell current and wind brings in the dirty water or good water? also how does currents tides and swell / swell direction come into play? I offten hear fishos talking about the water temp and only a few degrees can turn fish on or off. What is the idea temps to be fishing in? How much does the water temp and quality effect your fishing. Do you abandon your marked spots and go searching for better water? Any insight to understand what it all means and how it effects the fish would be great! Also any1 know if there is much around the fads at the moment?

Hey guys, when does the activity start to pick up around the fads? Is it mostly dollies hanging off them or does kings make a show? cheers

Yea I hear ya Aardvarking, growing yup using pretty much only mono it feels more natural to me in the cast and retrieve, with rod I’m using I’m still able to get a good action with mono line. im using Sufix 832 at the moment which is great but finding the odd wind tangle here and there and again I find the feeling of mono more natural to me, and enjoy the stretch during a fight. Going to switch back for a bit and see how I go, just looking for a decent brand that’s good on the cast.

Cheers Luke I’ll keep an eye out for it!

Hi guys looking for new monofilament line for my spinning set up, I am switching back from braid. I’m running a Daiwa Saltiga on a 6ft 6 Daiwa saltist rod. I generally fish off a boat and flick hard bodied lures so like a distance cast. Looking for recommendations for a good brand of mono!

Cheers smasher, I’ll definately give this a go. Not bad size around he 35cm mark Sam! Enough for tea!