Camoman

Looks to be the same hammerhead i saw lurkin off the back of shark island two fridays ago. either that or it has a twin of what appears to be indentical size.. nice cathc.

I watched a mate jig a 107cm king outta the banks over the weekend while i was pulling just legals... gave a good account for itself. So the fish are there at the moment. Take care with any stationary lines thou.. we lost a few jigs to jackets when people got lazy arms.

Trolled them up by sight on where the bust ups came up using a 6" hard body. Can't remember brand but was using a metallic blue one. It was interesting on gutting the one I kept, its stomach was completely empty. So hopefully if the bait sticks around they will stay around the hacking to fill up

Got out Sat for only a short while. Straight up a nice bust up thou a little sporadic off Jibbon beach. Spent some time there and pulled 3 nice salmon. Wanted to poke my nose outside so left em' but what a mistake that was ey.. Washing machine out there a bit down the coast. Haven't been out much lately so couldn't say how inside is going.

Hey mate, As A.dawg said bream on plastics landabsed in the Hacking aint easy. I have only caught a decent number and size using bait and burley from my boat. There are a few spots inlcuding up past swallow rock and also south west arm where i have had success although these are a little harder to access than the wharves (such as wally's or lilli pilli baths, etc). I think if you are limited to fishing off the wharves or even to mainbar/bundeena then maybe change your tactics to going for some squid or whiting, jackets or even flathead. At the common wharves and at bundeena these are more prevalent and easier to catch than the bream. maybe try bait fishing rather than plastics. nippers always do the trick in the hacking. an old favourite of mine when i was land-restricted was to pump nippers at mainbar then fish off the end of the flats into the deeper main channel. this usually produced gud results with whiting and flathead. similarly, squid can 'always' (unlucky if you dont at least catch one) from budeena wharf or wallies at night on jigs. just make sure you use quality to increase you chances. 6lb fire and 8 lb leader should be working ok as this is a relativley light set up. if you still dont ahve much luck try 4lb line and 4lb flouro leader. sizing down has always increased my big hits but also increased number of bust offs too depedning on territory. i have found that the hacking fish are very sensitive to weight of tackle. Cam

On the dolphin note.. was out Sunday morning down Marley and Wattamolla and everywhere in between and there were plenty of dolphins about heading up the cliffs. Great fun watchin them jump alongside and not to far from the boat when we were underway. Considering how many i saw (at least 30 over an hour or two) it is very possible there were dolphins off cronulla.

Hey mate I too am an engineer and like others have had a downturn in the level of business. Luckily I'm just having a few 3 day weekends (meaning i can fish Mondays instead of on the busy weekend!!!) to cater for it and am able to keep my job. Keep your head up, things will change. The most annoying thing for me is that the decrease in income through the lost days ends up being felt harder because I'm keen to get out and fish (i.e. spend money) on those days lol..

Geez is all that really true. Im too lazy to confirm it but thats all a bit freaky.

Sorry to hear that however I think there is a general consensus that it was bound to happen sooner or later. Hope he recovers quickly.

Hey mate nice catch there. Im finding that the flatties are biting consistently off cronulla (or moreso the national park) at the moment. How deep were you fishing and were you a bit south? I went out on Sunday but had to turn back in after only about half an hour at most. I have never seen somebody throw up so much from a messy swell as much as my old man did haha. Unfortunate as the fish were biting well.

Keep on doing it and when one of those buggers spikes you you will never handle them with just your hands again. Poor mans lobster wont make you sick from a spike but they bloody hurt..

I have only ever caught two flatties off the sand near the boat ramp at wonny using plastics (probably fished it ten times). However if you head up past the estate towards the needles on a high tide then you should have more success on the sand flats up there. Some nice fish to be had and its great casting against the bank and seeing fish take the lures in the shallows.

Thanks for the explanation as I had also been wondering about this. IMO it would still be worthwhile without a prize. Its great to see some of the fish people pull up and for me even without a prize I would definitely enter if I caught a decent fish.

Damn nice fish there mate. Any chance of mentioning the general vicinity.. Congrats on the catch. I will be heading out for a night jew sess in the boat soon since i have noticed a fair bit of bait activity inside the Hacking of late as I go out. I sure hope I can post a similar report

Hey, Only saw one charter and that was when he was heading back up from further south. We trolled the cliff line all the way back from when we finished drifting at marley both minnow and skirt. Not a touch. I think it was just too windy and choppy for any surface action and even if there was any about you wouldn't have seen it.