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Hi Jenno Good to see that you made a good fishing effort. As Yowie mentioned the whiting is a good length but a bit thin. I noticed this wirh some mullet i caught at grays pt. The mullet are thin. Could this be about time of year conditions?

Hi Yowie Well done on the bream.they look quite good. From ryour experience , is this the start of the bream season in the hacking.

Hi Yowie, Again good to see your posts. In regards to your above mention of the 23cm vic tailor size limit, I would like to share to you how NSW got its 30cm size limit. A few years ago at the south sydney amateur fishing club, we had a fisheries presentation. (We normally have a lot of presentations from guest speakers). At the end , we were asked if tailor should have a sizel limit. Majority said yes. The we were asked for what size. Someone said 30cm, and it was voted in.

Papafish, Thats a top catch. Trevally are great fighting fish. Make great sushimi. I guess the winter months is when trevally come to the estuaries

Yowie, thats a great catch of quality fighting and tasty fish.

Great observation that HooketBruce said in the earlier replies, that we should let the fish sleep in, every now and again.

Hi Larkin, Wow, thats a great landbased catch. Its always satisfying getting a good landbased catch. It was memtioned that the bonoto took baits, But has anyone recently caught these port hacking leaping bonitos on lures, if so what has been your biggest metal lure that they took. Normally i use 10grams from the boat. But from land i would use 40gms just to get a distance cast. Maybe an 80gm lure, or would that be too big

That striped tuna brings back memories of when the stripies were so thick. They are so rare now off sydney. With them there were millions of mutton birds , they too are rare or extinct off sydney . I loved catching those striped tuna

Hi Larkin, Thanks for the great report, it is a very good read . With the salmon and tailor, did you get them in a close gutter, or did you cast far. ?

Hi Corro, Yes again it was on the home made lures. This time i made them exactly the same as last time, but i scaled them up a bit in size (extra 40%), i am hoping to encounter some kingfish, and see how effective they will be to them

Hi Fish Raiders, Went for a late evening troll near lillii pilli and 600 meters in its vicinity. Managed to get 5 choppers, but they seemed to be quite fat. All just over around 33cm. Kept trolling till the moon rose, didnt get any night strikes normally i do. Never the less it was very tranquil.

Imagine if the goat fish breeded just as good as blue spot flatties. If so we could have even more stock of great table fish.

Great fish, especially when caught land based. Looks like you put alot of analysis behind your efforts.

Thanks Rebel. Also thanks Yowie for the reference of the lure based on a piece of white rag I place a long thin rolled white rag on a soft plastics jig head. On my belt i clip a half cut 2 litre milk bottle, of which carries used frying oil. I always put in some oil from a can of tuna. Every few casts i dip the white cloth jig into the oil. It really improves results.

Hi Corro, thanks for your interest. This is the lure. Please ensure that the head of the lure is made of something that is super light. Eg. Balsa wood. As this will give it great action. Mine swim just under the surface for between 5 to 10 seconds, then pop up for a second.