Coach

I am hoping that it will bring on the jewfish, in the coff's region this Friday!!! (Insert Jewfish prayers here!) P.s Mondo: I finally figured out this beach worm catchin thing, am no way an "expert", but am starting to get my rythum...Thanks again for offering to show me.

if this post offends, then please remove it.. I am just having a "vent" I dont understand how a few pro's can hold the pollies by the short and curlies...yet several several thousand of rec fisherpeople seem to be ignored everyday. Whilst groups such as the fishing party, ecofishing etc etc seem all good in theory, I (as "joe public") have never seen them REALLY ruffle a few feathers. It seems that the charter boat guys (i.e that Pete Le Blang bloke...Sorry mate if I spelt your name wrong) seems to do more feather ruffling than all these groups seem to do together.. We all talk about action, and seem to have been talking now for 10 years? But really..what have we done?? ( I conceed we have done some good things, but really...are we only scratching the surace?) A few pro's can huff and puff, sue the govt for damaged lifestyle etc etc, yet we...the majority...sit back, have a grumble and watch the tide go in and out. I dunno know what the answer is, but we need some cordination on getting all groups together before its our kids that are on this forum grumbling about the same issues. Currently we seem to be following protocol (dont get me wrong I am not implying that we break the law) and our efforts seem to be diluted and "lack lusture" at best. Perhap's we shold start takling more of an active part. I am presuming that their are guys high up in these groups reading my rambling... Why dont you pick up the phone and start talking to each other? get ONE spokeperson and work together for ONE goal in stead of going in different directions like a school of pillies with a hairtail going through it (Sorry had to throw at least one fishing analagy in it) If you want to brainstorm, then lets brainstorm on "Active" things as we have proven... writing a letter does nothing!! here's my first idea to throw into the "think tank": We have several thousand boats going out on sydney waterways every weekend..this just seems to be too good a resourse to waste... Maybe the first plan of attack is to organise more "on-water" protests. e.g If I knew that there was a protest drive up and down Pitwater, or broken bay etc etc at 2:00pm on every first sunday, then I would be in it every month!!! Cummon fella's (and girls).. I am not the sharpest tool in the shed, but lets get some "action" ideas out there and see if something really cool comes up before we all have to take up knitting cause there is no fish(not that there is anything wrong with knitting...from what i hear) Here endith my rant... Have a good weekend all!!

for pittwater, yakka's in front of the pill boxes at west head.. you will probably see boats there

Mate If its ok to come for a look see then that would be great.. i will repay the favor in kind by taking you out for a fish on my boat when i get her fixed up (nothing serious wrong with her..just a time consuming job!!!) It would be good to be pulling out worms and showing off when I have my "appointment" with "the Guru"!!! I'll PM you my details, let me know next time you go out and can handle someone tagging along. Cheers!!

Hang on.... if he is coach then i must be.,.. "Choice bro!!!" The last pic of the killer whale is awesome.. imagine one standing up on its tail like that looking down at ya!!! (I have never seen one in the wild, but apparently there were reports of a small group off sydney a few years ago)

any tips for a newbee to worming?? I was up near your way Mick the other day and saw a bloke pulling one up every 30 seconds and he made it look too easy!!!! I have an "Appointment" with apparently "a guru" in the next few weeks to try and teach me.. but must confess my previous efforts have all been woeful? is there anything that you look for on a beach that shows worms are around ( like bumps that Pippi's sometimes show). or is it just a case of walking along the beach and looking for them to surface to the bait bag? Cheers

dioxins might not hurt ya.. but what about the mother in law!!!! I wouldn't let her know you caught it in the harbour, otherwise she might think you are trying to poison her!!!

i freighted a 6 metre centre console (7 metre on the trailer) from Brizzy to Sydney for around $700-$800. I'll Pm you the details a little later of the mob that I used if I can find them for you. ( I figured that in my car, petrol alone would be 600ish ( She guzzles when towing) so in the end it was alright and a better option than towing

MIight be out that way as well.. but not 100% sure yet as I like to make the decision on the Friday before hand. Will probably start my drifts out near esmarelda.. then head towards terrigal for an explore.

I agree, but I would remove the words "threaten them to" so it read's .....give them a good old flogging and take uder the bridge and throw them over board with some heavey weight lifting weights tied to them. Sure, we will loose a few people along the way, but I bet after doing this for 6 months, the ramp will be so safe that you will come back to find not only your gear intact.. but someone has cleaned and polished your car as well!!! I recently caught a bloke steeling a handbag from one of the girls in the office, when I caught up to him he pulled a syringe out and started using it like a knife.. long story short.. he "Fell over" a few times before the police came around to collect him.. He was charged with 8 seperate crimes.. (from steeling, to resisting arrent to using using a weapon).. I then became the bad guy and spent a day in court. I had to barginthat i would drop all but three of the charges in return that he didn't charge me with...well like i said to the cute officer.. "he fell a few times" (I didnt go overboard, just caused a few bruses... nothing broken) In conclusion The river and a few bricks are a good idea.. Not only does it leave the courts open for more important things, but it also provides a better fishery for us by feeding a few fish. Thanks for listening to my rant and rave!!!

have you got a crazy mate with a surfboard???? Cause I hear that Stockton has a good population of sharks!!! (Dunno if the ban is lifted or not..didn't it expire on the 31/12??) I wouldn't recommend doing it without a mate who owns a surfboard thou!!!

Shheeeeeeettttt!!!!! I cant see any snapper.. I just see cutlets, Seasoned Flour, lemon etc etc!!!!! (maybe I am getting a bit ahead of myself!!!) fantastic pics!!! have just resolved to get to NZ this year now!!!

I do and have head mixed success 3 trips in total 1st = Lost fish (didn't have trace, but he was big and the head shakes indicated he was a sizable jew) 2nd = 20Lb Fish caught (trace works!!!) 3rd = Lucked out (was a dropping tide and there was a lot of weed) I used big storm shads and dragged them back in really slowly over the sand... both hits were near the end of the retrieve...right in the white water... both hits around 9:30pm. Still need to do further testing thou, and I have only just started on this plastics at night thing.. Good luck

Congradulations!!! I'm no expert on it either.. but have found that my hook up rate has increased significantly sonce i started stopping in my retreive. For flatties I will let it stop dead about 2-3 times in a retreive.Most of my hits happen on the stop for bream, I like to let the plasitc float around for a while.. in current... giving it just a little twitch everynow and then Again, I am not sure if this is right or wrong.. But like you, I nearly gave the soft plastic game away till i left a rod in a rod holder one day and noticed it get hit over and over again..

I'm heading out of Joey for a look to see if the ol boat will start (its been since X-mas till I took her out) Dolphin fish, Kings and maybe a little troll for a beakie if the water looks good. Good luck all!!