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I dont doubt it was a black. we hooked one in 60ftms off kiama on thursday that i could of sworne was a blue the way it was jumping in circles,greyhounding and charging at the boat.it wasnt until we got the fish on the trace that we realized it was a big black of over 130kg. unfortunatly we straitend the hooks on the trace only 300mm off the tagpole Matt

hi brett while i have never fished the tubes i have gamefished jb a lot and there is definatly sharks in the bay.id be waiting for summer for your best chance when the sharks are on the banks or other near by reefs.if this season is anything like last season there will be thousands of whalers on the banks and with all that action close by there is bound to be some sharks around the rocks.the majority of the sharks last season werent big ranging bettween 20-90kg but there were a couple of larger fish mixed in. unfortunatly i have never lbg fished (but i wouldnt mind trying) so i cant realy give you any tips.we got our whalers last year while fishing for blacks using mono and circles.any way good luck with your dvd and battleing the the crowds at the tubes cheers matt

looks like i wont be seeing you there.good luck anyway matt

hi brett i might see you there if i can get some mates to come. is banjo patterson reseve not far of victoria road. if so i know the one, do you fish off the warf or land base. cheers matt

hi brett thanks for that i might give it a try soon. and with the mono i was refering to leader.we still use mono main line between 10-24 kg.but plan to use 80lb braid and a 20ft windon leader on a stella 20000 from the beach so should have heaps of stoping power if i do hook a good one. cheers matt

thanks alot for the info brettman i have wanted to chase sharks from the beach for a while now. i wouldnt mind trying blacksmiths beach at swansea. its 4wd access and doesnt have to many swimmers and often has deep gutters and holes.have you ever tryed 400lb mono and a circle. all the whalers and hammers we get off the boat have been caught on mono while marlin fishing at places like the banks.and also do you get many through winter? matt

hey driftwood i also live within the area and often fish the river for bass. fishing under the bridges at both windsor and north richmond will get you fish as well as any snags or low hanging trees. i dont realy fish windsor but i know the park on the western side of the river at north richmond has quite a few snags but be careful because some of them are hard to get down to. matt

hey mate thats some good news from jb. how far out were you? matt

fish just to the right of the boat ramp at the mouth for blackfish. the area is quiet reefy so be prepared to lose some tackle. i also have heard of some good bream caught recently on live nippers. not 100% sure where but if you fish the weedbeds or the bridges you should get somthing. matt

hey guys im looking to buy a large threadline combo for chashing marlin and tuna or jigging big kings. i am a big fan of shimano so at the moment the stella is in front but i though i would see what other raiders think. and also any suggestions for the rod matt

thanks guys and mike it was actualy that flat. matt

got back today from the jervis bay game fishing club junior classic in which my two younger brothers were compeating in. day 1 saw us trolling to the shelf in our trusty little boat jake two. this was the first trip to the shelf for jake and the first trip out the heads for luke (congrats to both of them for not getting sick). apon arrival at the shelf we hit a patch of stripe tuna from which we tagged 3 and lost many more.that got us and early lead but at only 10 points each not much of a lead.we then headed out to 250ftms were jake managed 2 dolphinfish 1 tagged and one good fish of 90cm kept for dinner. the rest of the day was slow until back at the kink the tld 25 loaded with 10kg took off. this time luke was on strike and hooked up to wat we thought was a good size tuna until 40 minutes in a stripe marlin of about 90kg jumped out and all of us went nuts because finally after 8 marlin lost shortly after hookup one stayed connected. dave and his crew on offtap then joined us to guided us through the fight which after two hours ended in dispear when what we later found out would have been a record breaking fish for a smallfry busted us off. day 2 was a late start but we found another patch of stipeys which other compeating jb boats were working. out of this patch we tagged 5 until they moved on. shortly after i spoted a mako crusing the surface. and within seconds of droping in some burley we had him swiming in the trail. down went a dead bait on 24 and strait away he was hooked up and jake had the job of bring him to the boat which wasnt to had until the tag went in. the fish went nuts jumping and striping line.15 minutes later the fish was released. end result saw jake come first, caige from offtap second and luke fourth. matt

keep at it croydon im still after my first after losing 7, 6 of those before i could get to the rod and 1 big black after about a minute or two our last attempt had 1 minute of madness for the whole day in with we had a double hookup and a third attacking a lure (the 1 minute fight with the black was the end result) all of this with just two on board. matt

mate we were fishing in 140m west of the jb kink. the bait was down 80-100m matt

hey mike we were using 24kg tackle and although it was deep we had no trouble finding or catching live bait. infact we ended off with so much the we started just leaving full strings of slimies under the boat (when drifting) to try and bring the fish to the boat. matt