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Went for a bit of bait collecting/feed of bonito 2 weeks back, with the 1000 stradic and 1-4kg shimano raider. Whilst my mates caught some bonito and little Mac Tunas, i wasn’t quite having the same luck on the light gear. But, one of my last casts happened to have stumbled upon a 55-60 cm rat king on some 10 pound line. Put up an immense fight, having to free spool it once to free it from the reef, and taking big hard runs along the ledge. One fight I’ll never forget, yewwwww 🤙🏻

Earlier season cicada bass. Just as the season is approaching for cicadas they are beginning to smash them. I don’t think it’s because it imitates a cicada this time of year exactly, mainly because the action and making of these lures can attract bass even on the most timid or low barometer days. Like this little fella, check out the colours 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

Well done mate 👍

👍 @Squ!rt

A couple around. Zak at the entrance bait and tackle should let you what’s going on.

The lake has started to fire up since the start of October, just like most years. The mouth is still quite shallow but some anglers have been getting some good blackfish along the rocks. Most of the usual spots have been holding good numbers of flathead, so if your willing to get out in your boats or fish landbased like I do it is a good time of year to do so, like always early mornings or late arvos generally provide the best fishing. Prawns have also begun to make their presence clear, not huge numbers yet but soon enough we will see them flourish. Leatherjacket moved on since spring, break thankfully for me I’ll be saving a few more of my soft plastics now 😂. If your looking to get into soft plastics I highly recommend getting some and trying your luck now on the flatties. 1/8th - 1-4th is a good starting point, and use plastics that fit the size and resemble baitfish. cheers Toby 👍

Hey guys, I’ll be staying down in Narooma in November and I would be extremely grateful as to where to have a flick, I’ll be using plastics, hardbodys, vibes and surface but am willing to try with Livies for kings or a Jew. Have google earthed some spots already but any tips would be much appreciated, cheers 👍🎣

Thanks guys 😄

Cheers everyone. And to your comment @bookwa, the first 3 photos are EPS and the one with the bream inbetween it is a bass. The easiest way to tell the two apart for me is the concave on the head of the EP going towards its mouth/nose area. The bass also has a red eye

A 40 cm bream in there as well!

What a winter it was. For me compared to last year, I caught a considerably more amount of fish, and had plenty of fun, even though my toes and fingers were numb! Perch, big bream, big bass in the saltwater and Luderick were majority of the fish caught. Here’s some pics.

Thanks guys @jnrfinatic @fragmeister. I wasn’t actually targeting the blackfish, I was going for some bream. This season however me and heaps of my other mates have been getting heaps more on the plastic. I believe it’s them hitting it out of aggression due to them spawning, but you never know. Could just be some carnivore blackfish 😂.

It’s been a fun period of fishing the past 2 days. blackfish were smashing the soft plastics and at one stage we had a triple hook up! Couple of breambos getting around as well. Love seeing the blackfish put out in numbers, I for one love eating fish but it’s always a case of every fish you catch they kill down the entrance. Not a big problem just really saddens me to see guys killing everything.

Thanks guys

I finally got one, well two! I was flicking down the entrance early this morning around 4:30, and picked myself up two perch, my first perch at the entrance. Here’s some photos.

Ps I know I don’t look to happy in the photo, i just wasn’t feeling the best on the day. But you have to fish through the sickness!

Just like to share this photo of my Pb estuary perch. Went 41 cm, was caught on a zman slim swim and was a good fight on 4 pound. This was one of many perch me and my mates caught over the a school holidays last year. Every session targeting bream we’d keep getting perch, until we could only catch perch (which is a good thing). I’ve done another forum on this before but I’d REALLY like to know some reliable perch spots in Tuggerah lake for soft plastics, surface or cranks. These perch were schooled up so they were very easy to catch, now I just want to catch one!

Hey guys, just wondering if anyone could give me some tips on snapper off the rocks, it would be greatly appreciated. Where to go and what to do would be a big help

Thanks guys

Hey guys, winters just hit and Tuggerah lake is quite boring at the moment ( accept for the blackfish, @Koalaboi😂) I have recently fished the rocks at crackneck and have had good sessions on bream, drummer, leatherjacket and trevally. One fish I want to catch off the rocks is some snapper! I’ve caught a few offshore but never off the rocks. Just wanting some tips as to what to do, where to go on the central coast. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Tight lines, Toby.

My very first jewfish! Caught on live arrow squid in Lake Macquarie. Was about a month ago but I didn’t get the chance to put it up here. Went 87 cm and a very nice flathead by catch as well.

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They’d be still there mate.