iceman191

Hey finin, I was just told that what a bummer. So not good on the tooth I gather? Cheers iceman191

Hi Raiders, So I think I'm slightly obsessed with fishing and I'll tell you why. I have this routine where every single night without fail I look up the wind, seas, swell & BOM for the coming weekend. It's updated everyday so i need to monitor it to see if I'm going fishing, that way I can plan my weekend as far out as possible. If the all the stars align then I'm going fishing if they don't I'll be making plans to do something else. So this week Sunday was looking like a cracker so plans were made to head out and this is what happened. I head out from Tunks Park so I know if the weathers looking good the boat ramp will be busy so we planned a 4:45am launch. Even getting there that early the carpark was full and I was the first car on the hill. Tets and I get the boat prepared and head on out to the heads in search of live bait. We sat just inside South head and found a few small patches of yakkas mixed with a few slimies but they where hit and miss so we headed to the artificial which looked like a car park. I love watching the routine out there, the drift then drive back around for the next drift then repeat 20 more times, such a spectacle. Caught a heap of lollypop yakkas then headed south to the Wedding Cake which produced a big fat zero. So we then moved to The Peak and wow was there some action out there. Dolphins everywhere chasing schools of bait fish, birds diving and getting their share. What an amazing place to live, I love Sydney. Did a few drifts got a few bites but no fish then bang my brand new rod bends in half and the line is flying off the reel. My hearts racing I can't stop this fish it just keeps taking line, I then get some line back and straight away it's on the go again and all that line I just got back is taken by the fish plus more. An exhilarating 10-15 minute battle and up comes my very first bloody barracouta (AKA Gemfish look alike boo ) measuring 99cm. I'd only ever seen these fish in the forums on here when ppl go fish with electrics at Browns so I never thought I'd see or catch one at The Peak. So after that excitement we went back for a few more drifts to no prevail. Then we see this 200 meter bubble trail come through The Peak then about a 100 meters of it just explodes with bait fish hitting the surface, something I've never seen before, it was amazing. It was thousands of slimies eating surface algae. We head on over to them and threw a few lures to see if anything bigger was lurking below but unfortunately there wasn't. So we throw in our bait catchers and filled the live tank, the slimies were just jumping onto the hooks which I wish happen every time we went fishing. It was time to head home so we trawled all the way to Long Reef wide but didn't get anything. The water was only 22-23 so maybe a little cold for anything big to be looking around that far in? So I got my R&R or what I normally tell my work colleagues my meditation from hanging on my boat all day. Got back to Tunks around 2ish, so a rather big day out there in the big blue. Cheers iceman191

Hi yelnats, Fridges is just off Chinamans beach around from The Spit bridge. The bridge is only minutes from Tunks boat ramp. If you have a sounder there are plenty of spots to try. I've attached a map for you, the stars are good spots. Good luck and let us know how you go. Cheers Iceman191 Fishing spots.docx

So it continues, windy windy windy. Where's the fishing gods when you need them?

Hi Everyone, Who's heading out this weekend from Sydney and where and what are you targeting? I've fished mostly in Pittwater and I'm now trying to learn Sydney Harbour and Offshore but finding it hard to find the big kings and flathead grounds. Any tips or locations would be greatly appreciated. I love to learn from the locals. Cheers Iceman191

Thanks everyone. Hopefully get out next weekend for some big harbour kings.

Hi Cargo05, Thanks, I got a Stessl Trophy 5.3 Centre Console. Loving it.

Hi MrsSwordfisherman, Just entered the Catch of the month comp. Hopefully i did it right. Thanks Iceman191

Hi Raiders, This is my first post ever so please go gently on me I've been a member for awhile and just upgraded my boat so I have more to say now. Though I'd give back since I read everyone's reports. The site looks fantastic now too, great job guys. My mate and I decided to venture out late yesterday afternoon from Tunks Park. We poked our heads around the corner and decided she was blowing far too much to enjoy it out there so decided to anchor up at our fav spot at Fridges. We got the burley trail going and pulled up a lot of yakkas and a few taylor. Unfortunately we dropped two big unknown fish that took huge initial runs then nothing, always disappointing but that's fishing for you. It started to get quiet so we decided to move spots, our last rod to bring up had a live yakka on it which we upgraded to a very nice 78cm flathead. WOW what a fight, i'd say one of the best fights I've seen for a flatty over the years. We took some pics and let her go to fight and breed another day, she had plenty of energy and shot back to the depths. I think I need a bigger net though. Had a fun session and felt very relaxed after it, wish this wind would stop though. Seems that mid week is amazing fishing weather and the weekends are shocking, shame I have to work Mon - Fri. Cheers Iceman191