King chaser

For the Bonnie’s? Yea we did block up a few pilles mashed some also. Probably not steady trail though, just every so often.

Long awaited fishing trip, weeks in the making began at 530 am putting in at terrigal boat ramp. No wind, overcast and swell was sitting on a comfortable 1.2 metres. We set out for Texas reef and got their a hour or so later. Jigging with 180-250 gram jigs were the order of the day. First few trips to the bottom only brought in some pesky barracuda like fish, not sure what they are but there in plague proportions. By this time a number of other boats arrived and it was five of us trying to get amongst the northern peak. We were marking a few fish here and there but they were not schooling and was the odd fish here and there. There was a good show on the sounder but all on the bottom (90m mark) so I don’t think they were kings. Come 11am and we hadn’t seen one boat pull in a king. In we came to a closer reef off the entrance and pros were pulling in Bonnie’s one after the other. We seen one pro pull in 10 Bonnie’s in 2 minutes. We figure it looked good and anchored up in line and sounder was going crazy. Trying to mimic these pro’s we flick hard bodied lures but could only mange 2 Bonnie’s. Not sure what these pros were doing differently but we couldn’t pull them in despite the sounder going nuts. We were running hard bodies of different colours on Fluor to braid into the school, scratching our heads and with angry wife’s at home we called it a day with Bonnie’s on the menu for tea. no kings only a couple Bonnie’s but better than any day in the office

I have found some helpful locals at terrigal boat ramp, not sure how much of it is a bum steer though! But I spose no one is willing to give up their local honey holes! Yes Rick I can’t help but notice 4 or 5 fish traps around the reefs I originally listed. Not sure if it is a good indicator wether to fish around them or not???

Thanks JonD, I’m slowly finding preferred spots on the reefs with the help from the sounder! The old man fished strictly anchored on his marks and didn’t move all day bashing the bottom with cubes of pillies. I found certainly one side of the reef may not be as good as the next side the very next day! I’ll certainly take your advice and find the school fish on the reef and drift on top of them. I’ve got a Lowrance ti-5 in the boat (Dont know how to interpret it all yet) and it marks a few wrecks so I’ll give them a shot for a Jew! thanks again for your help Jon I’ll keep at it and see how I go!

Hi all, I have recently picked up fishing after a good few years off and am looking for some local advice about the reefs, fish seasons and they way to fish for certain fish I was allowed to get a 510 Ocean spirit this year. I have been fishing out of Terrigal and Brisbane waters mostly. When I head out of Terrigal I have been fishing Foggies, Tuggerah reef and Terrigal/Forries tank. When I head out of Brisbane waters I fish Box head for yakka and then head out to west reef. I have been fishing for Kingfish, Mulloway/Jew and Snapper at these spots. I usually use live yakka / whole pilchards on a running rig with a fluorocarbon leader and fish 3 – 10 meters off the bottom. I have also tried jigging at these spots for kings and only been hit once with a short run before it got away. I have tried spinning at these reefs but barracuda type fish seem to be a plague proportions at the minute. At this point I’ve only been able to get a few decent snapper from these spots usually on pilchards. I’ve been fishing marks I usually find on the net, I have been getting on the marks and sounding around to find nearby structure on the bottom or school fish nearby the marks and remarking the spots for myself. In saying that other than a few good reds I haven’t been able to bring home any decent fish. My goal is to learn how to get Kingfish, mulloway and snapper from my local spots. At the spots that I listed I have been told the bonito come on around December and to hold on till then but also been told by local fishing shops that the kings, mulloway and snapper should be at these marks mostly all year round. Can anyone give us some info on these reefs re what is typically caught there and at what times of the year. Does anyone have any tips, tricks for fishing for these fish or spots to recommend for this young central coast local!