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Hi JT, there is some great fishing to be had down mollymook way, they area I know best is around lake Conjola so Ill stick to that. just north at Bendalong is red head there is good rock fishing for drummer, groper etc. You should find plenty of kings and sambos around this time too. Life bait a plenty here traveling south towards ulladulla you get to green island which is another good rock fishing sight for the species above. In between is Manyana beach where you can pick up Sambos and the odd Jewie if condtions are good. In the lake theres top esturey fishing for whiting, bream, and Flatties (signiture sp. of the lake - some real crocs come out every year especially at the steps) heading down towards Mollymook theres a Loooonnnggg stretch of beach with limitless gutters and holes for all the beach species listed above. From there my knowledge runs a little short but I hear there are some great headlands around ulladulla to chase all kinds of things, ask at the tackle shop in town their helpfull with everything. Offshore the fishing can be awesome for everything from snapper to marlin depending on condtions and your boat. You can also chase bass in the hills hope that helps cheers Phil

All sentiments I agree with Ross, but I also implore people to be informed on what the alternitves being offered to the rec fisho are. We must not forget that it was libreal / Nat goverments who put into place the managment practices that created so many of our current problems, for example do we all remember the kingy traps, longlinning, rapeing of the bluefin fishery all Lib/Nat managment practices. Whilst i agree that we have to fight the green marine park initative, we also have to make sure the bad old days of king traps etc are not brought back by the other mob. Whilst I urge people to fight the M.P's I also urge people to lobby any alternitive to the green/labour goverment to ensure there is no shift the other way and we return to the very bad old days. Just my thoughts

Brian yes the fishings getting better every year and you will find your old spots are once again fireing and the old techniques still work well. Its just were all fashion victims in Sydney and need to keep up with the joneses hence everyone wanting a downrigger. cheers phil PS I remember a school of rat yellowfin in the same spot in that year

Bumbow - sorry iceman not a dogtooth Butterfly

Well done mate you finally did it, its an awesome place isnt it.

Spooled again, I dont mean to sound patronisng so please dont take it that way but if your asking this question then you are not ready to go out to Browns by yourself. The first trip to Browns is a very daunting experince, you cant see land and get disorinatated easily Iwould highly recomend you get your sea legs at places like the Peak and the 12 mile before taking on Browns. When your confident at these places and your boating skills i.e how to log on with the coast gaurd, using safety gear (in an emergancey situation), boat handiling skills etc then take on Browns with a buddy boat. Belive me I learnt the hard way with my old boat sinking in 30seconds flat almost killing me and two mates. Luckily I was only 5ks out to sea and got picked up by a passing boat. What haunts me is the week before I was at browns and came across makos with dorsal fins the size of a boogy board. If it happend there I wouldnt be writing this now Id be DEAD cheers Phil

Great fish and respect you for making the decison to return the fish, the small ones are better eating any way less dioxins

You have slimy Mackreal and a lone frigate mackreal (tuna looking one)

Yes as a life time supporter of the dogs it does hurt to see, but still it wouldnt hurt as that massive hit by shrek on the tigers big mouth. GO THE DOGGIES

The problem with swansea is the air tempreture dosent get down low enough to greate snow and consequently the last few seasons (since the last ice age) have been crap. Id try perisher or thredbo

You know my opinon Pete, why muck around with an old unrelible inboard engine when you can have the bliss of twin 200's. Id go the 4/ and IMO with the work you do in the pigfuel consumption will not be an issue. I smoke and have never had an issue with petrol dangers, again IMO this is a firthy, we didnt blow up when we went out on my boat and the tanks are plastic hidden under the hatch. Im 100% confident the Noosa cat came with outboards and am very very confident they would power the boat very nicely. I went on a charter on a Noosa cat in Noosa with twins and it was a fantastic set up. GO THE OUTBOARDS

Sorry guys but its just my opinon, Ive had enough of these guys muscling in when Im fishing so with that in mind I cant honstley retract my comments it has happended on at least 4 -5 occasions now. If you purposfully lodge under a boat where you know people are fishing (which they do) you assume the risk of that choice and of being accidentally hooked. i dont beleive the responsibility falls on the fisherperson already at anchor to avoid an incident with you. If Im wrong I apoligise, to also clarify I spear and dive so I do not mean to victimise all divers and speros, respect would be nice though. jewel i will refrain from publicly ousting them but lets just say the name has something to do with the diving and the new millinea.

Ive had exactly the same experince with the same dive opertator (from Manly I suspect?) they are assholes and it one of the reasons I dont fish that section of Nth Head any more. As for speros comming up the trail a good dose of tuna oil will sort them out, gets into the wetsuit. If I were you and these d--- heads tried to muscle you oput again Id be doing some deep water jigging with large treble tailed jigs. I treble will sting a bit but wont do too much damage and the dive operators need for saftey should see them preventing the practice of camping under fishing boats. IMO they are fully aware of their actions turning the fish off and contuine to do so out of a warped ulturistic notion.

Here here stew, and unless Im a very poor judge of a Kingy they both look over 60 to me.

Good report shane bad luck about then fish and dont get me started about charters

already down

Great stuff guys the saily is an awsome fish arnt they.

Good place tp catch bream, flatties from the sandy side, tailor occasionally and trevs occ as well and of course the various rock sp. IMO there are much better King spots to hit, like middle head, bluefish point, clifton gardens etc.

Nice little browny there pete well done.

well done thats concieinous fishing

Nice one Ken, well done on the PB Ilost one with Mark D the other day that snapped 40LB like cotton.

Great fish Allen, well done.

I just hired a sailing cat from the hotel (irriki island), bought a ten dollar kiddies rod and some lures (popper and a bibless minnow and stuck out the back then crused the moorings in the harbour (where the ferry goes across) and around the island. Very outgunned but it was great fun trying to steer a boat and land GTs as well. But you are right I would hire a boat from one of the locals for the day and just skipper it like my own boat. The reef edges are well difined and Im sure some local village knowledge would come in very handy, it would cost a quater of the price too, plus I like the adveture of it all. From my brief jaunt in the harbour (marlin have been caught in there before and some very big dogtooth as well) Im sure the results would be great too.

Posted it last week bob