Nyxy

sorry for the absence of a report. I started the day under the harbour bridge at first light. Hadn't caught anything by 11 so I caught the ferry to circular quay and went round to the Piers. No luck there either after an hour or so, started to walk back to circular at about 1ish. I sight casted at some bream which were moving through the ferry wharves but only had 1 follow, it looked more like an aggressive chase away than a hunt. Only thing I brought home was the water on my lines. It was still good to just get out of the house and have a change of scenery.

Was it at least somewhat fun going through the chop Dave, or was it just a drag?

Thanks for the replies guys, I'll definitely be wearing some warmer clothes now. With the chart saying it'll be southerlies ill try to fish the northern side of the bridge first before the wind picks up. Hopefully I don't end up getting busted off like James did, I thought of bringing a net and that just sunk the nail in the coffin for bringing one with a longer handle. Ill see if I can rig up a rod camera on the bigger rod, might come in handy.

Hey Raiders, I plan to try my luck at getting onto some pelagics around the harbour bridge tomorrow morning, and would appreciate any tips or gossip that might help me hook up. *sorry for the long winded post but thought i'd include as much detail as I could* Ill have a lighter Savage Gear Black Savage combo- 7ft 5-8kg rod with a 3000 sized reel with 12lb braid/leader for flicking small metals and hardbodies. Then a 5'9" 7.5-15kg rod or similar with a Shimano 6000 OC Baitrunner reel spooled with 20lb braid/flurocarbon for throwing heavier metals, bigger poppers, larger hardbodies, plugs. Then depending on how much I can carry, an Abu Garcia 5'6" 7-10kg C-Stick overhead rod with a 6500 C3 Ambassaduer reel with again 20lb braid and flurocarbon, as it has a lower gear ratio, less line capacity and I can't cast as far with it, I will use it for my heavier topwater slow action lures. As for lure range I will be bringing with me a couple 3-8g squidjigs, a couple 5-15g metals, several 40-150g metals/metal jigs, a variety of 3-8cm hardbodies/divers, several 8-16cm hardbodies/divers, a couple 45-85g plugs (size 3 richter and a 45g longtom), a couple 80mm poppers (one homemade and one roosta popper), a 135mm roostapopper, a few 8-12cm softbodies, and a homemade skute (a 1/4 oz jighead with blue and red pipecleaners tied on). I will also be bringing some hooks for just incase I get a squid or something that I can have as a livebait. I don't plan on keeping any fish I catch but if I get a small Bonito I might have sashimi for lunch. Regardless of the outcome I will post a report sometime tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully I will be acknowledging some of you for your wisdom in an exciting report. Cheers PS: I do know what I'm doing, but I thought I might aswell ask for some advice. There is always more to learn and discover.

ok, ill have to try that one out.

@slothparade what modelling software do you use? and is it free?

For those who arent on tinkercad here are some examples of models I have made. I have also made a popper with a spinning section which does what its designed to do but I need to refine my thruwire skills so that the lure cant move on the wire and doesnt break too easily. The First lure was "not in any way shape or form" based off of an ecogear SX 40(F).

I haven't had squid from that close to the bridge but I do have squid from around Clifton gardens (close to spot X). No issues so far (that I know of) even after bagging out on calamari.

if you comment on the models i can give details about them individually. I would try offsetting the sinkers to be as low in the model as you can get away with.

I can give you some advice on this as ive had a shot at it myself. Yes you can 3D print lures, ive made multiple and I use tinkercad (a free cloud based 3D modeling software). Tinker cad has basic functions but if you can get your head around inverting copies of shapes to get more complex surfaces, its worth it. To make them sit properly I suggest having cavities in the model and or having recesses for sinkers. I have made some poppers which i have tested in my pool, and they do displace relatively decent water and make good bubble trails. If you search up nyxyn.mason in tinker cad you can see my models. Hope this helps.

Haven't personally caught any but my father has, he got two about the 50 cm range if i can remember correctly.

i think that they are around the navy ships, some near manly and some near shark island, mind you this is what i gathered from seeing bustups last weekend.

job well done i'd say

well done, i recently snapped a rod on a leaping bonito 54cm. was only 2-4 kg rod because it came out of the blue while fishing for tailor, still landed the fish though. Good report

except for top photo credit to my dad