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Cheers mate, I had a double snell with the front hook through the lip and the back one through the back of the yakka. Only reason being, I have hooked a lot more 'bycatch' by having this. Thanks for the tip on the drag, that seems to be the reason I lost a lot of fish. As for the sinker and speed, I had a star sinker and would keep the yakka near the bottom, I would knock the boat in gear and out of gear when the yakka had come of the bottom a bit (every 20-30 seconds), then kick it out of gear to let it sink back down slowly. Appreciate the help.

Yeah I had a suspicion as I have seen videos of what Jews do to lives. A big jew has been on the bucket list so disappointing. Was rather a funny spot for it though, middle of the day and not in very deep water,

Well done mate, I think I saw you in the rain, we were over at Lilli Pilli. SIlly me detached the bimini so we had to sit there and cop it.

Thanks mate, been trying to find some poddies, Used to find them in SWA now can't find them anymore. Cheers mate, how would you smoke it. Was thinking bbq, low temp, one side on and fish on the other side. Also have a weber which might work.

Thanks Mike, little bit of dinner but for a full days work not much to show Cheers Yowie, lots of different stuff but still the kings alude me. I feel the circle hooks are good for fish like flathead and snapper as they go hard at the bait. Then normal hooks for fish like salmon and those who tend to play with it

With complaints from the family of too much of one fish, I was told to go get something new. Haven't really had much luck with different species around the hacking but decided to give live baiting a go today. Early start and loaded up on yakkas at the boat ramp and headed out to Lilli Pilli, forgoing the top of the tide to fish the deep, to troll some yakkas around. Was using a double snell rig, one that I have previously used whilst anchored and caught fish on, first yakka dropped down and did not have time to even put the boat in gear when it buckled over. Short tussle and up came the flattie, biggest one in the hacking for me and was a pain to net solo, and even more of a pain to keep on the brag mat. Sent her back and trolled the drop-off and channels for a few hours and when the sun came fully up I made my way over to Buraneer Bay where a mate of mine has been landing some kings recently. Sent a livie down and trolled between the moored boats managing a tailor probably around the mid 40's which was released, then had a quick flick for squid before picking up a mate to no avail. Live baiting gear away, picked up a mate, and headed to maianbar to collect some nippers, fished around their for a bit but no fish biting. Headed towards lilli pilli, fishing nippers on the flats with a live bait of the drop-off. Picked up the whiting which went just shy of 40, and plenty of stingrays around. Schools of bait being busted up came past every now and then, managed to get one taker on a sluggo, being a salmon and another one taking a yakka before jumping next to the boat and throwing the bait, hooks and all back at us. Persisted for a while and every so often the live bait rod would start moving around, I had set the drag loose as we were anchored, theory was to let the fish run and then slowly tighten the drag with the circle hooks hopefully finding their mark. Wondering if anyone does it differently? Missed 5 hook-ups doing this so maybe doing something wrong. Decided to go for one last drift in the rain before heading back, livie got smashed as soon as it hit the bottom, big headshakes and runs then gone. Tiny puncture marks all the way up the yakka and near the head was damaged, not sure what it could've been. Managed the crab then went home. Pretty slow day and just ceviche for dinner.

Great stuff mate, real quality in that box of fish. Well done.

Good stuff Yowie, still a very nice feed. Had a mate go out this morning with jigs and caught a few rat kings and trag on them. Also been catching a few kings inside gunammata and buraneer bays, seems the kings might be moving into the river finally.

Great stuff Chris, always here if you need to give some fish away. Mum has been complaining about too much snapper, not enough variety. Well done

Good stuff Yowie, still managed a feed in the murky stuff. I might've been fishing too far up the river a few days ago. Well done.

Thanks mate, boats started to rock up the the jetty as we were leaving, timed it well. Thanks Chris, been a while since we have got a few this size. Usually all are around that 30-33 mark.

Thanks mate, seemed very fussy, hopefully another time. Thanks Yowie, a lot chunkier fillets of this lot.

Thanks Neil, great time of year to get out early. The lag between the end of daylight savings allows you to not get up too early and still catch the sunrise bite.

Hello all, after not much fishing over the long weekend down south I decided to get out this morning for a quick fish. Headed out early in the dark up from Lilli Pilli and anchored up. Burleyed up and not much action before light with just one reddie. As soon as a bit of light came the fishing turned right on, with the reddies coming in thick and fast. Landed 3 of the 4 in the photo on the same piece of squid and dad landed the biggest reddie on pilly, personal best for him. Live yakkas went untouched and the squid kept producing. Landed a further 5 just over 30 but released as we had enough. No school soapies or tailor around even though there was more surface action than the last few trips. Whilst cleaning up the fish a kingfish came up in the scales and guts so dropped a live and squid head on him. After about a minute the livie went of, few runs then gone. All in all a good day, beat the rush of boats coming out.

Well done Yowie, very nice bag there. Good feed again.

Well done mate, good to get out. You are right with the first fish, it is a leatherjacket and the second appears to be a weed whiting although I am may be wrong. Shame about the big fish, potentially a kingfish or salmon or something along those lines. Hopefully more good sessions to come.

Well done mate, love fishing the basin, probably the one place where the main species is flathead. Great to see it producing before I come down and have a crack in the coming weeks.

Great stuff Chris, another great bag of fish. Trags around but also the crabs, have seen a lot lately.

Great stuff Yowie, good feed there. Well done.

Good to know there are a few squid around, might make for a few king and Jew sessions if I can get onto them.

Well done Chris, great stuff yet again.

Very nice Jew bob, well done.

Well done Yowie, a good feed there. Seems like the lack of surface action wasn’t a once of, wierd there wasn’t much around early this morning. Good job with the jewie

Thanks Chris, last few trips I have caught at least one crab, thinking about dedicating a day to it.

Thanks Yowie, The fish weren't eating the whole pillies, rather taking the smaller cubes fed out on the lighter lines which probably was why we lost a few.