bennos

Take it for a test drive bud. Might meet or exceed your expectations, or you might think its a dog

are the fish now bigger? - or is it that the bigger ones were always there but can now be stopped.......... And weve screwed up the run of inshore babies.......

Is that the Lelepa Island Charter? I did the Island Tour and was wondering how they did on the dedicated fishing charter out of the longboats

go alright as sashimi - not as good as kings/fin obviously, but eddible

No joy here either out near bait station

Have been getting reasonable flatties around one tree island, the channel west of Pittwater Road and up hard against the drop off on the main bank to the west of Wimbldon Ave trolling hardbodies in the Yak. Also some whiting on poppers on the main bank - hard to hook the buggers though.... dont overlook water that is only 2 feet deep cheers Bennos

Yeah the marks are correct - and from the looks of the other posts perhaps they were not at the Sydney North (Broken Bay) FAD. So its prob just underwater - current wasnt screaming that hard tho....

Can I just check - we are talking about the Sydney North FAD here, not the Sydney Harbour FAD - those co- ord look very close to the Sydney Harbour FAD (and its a long run from Bluefish to Sydney North). Just checking - no probs if im wrong , just trying to find the bloody thing. Cheers Bennos

I was one of those boats circling at the Sydney North FAD. I was actually first out and thought I was in the wrong spot till four or five other boats arrived. So left there and went to 9 mile, found some traps and got a few dollies, but they were so small, maybe 50cm. Fished some closer reefs on the way back in for snapper, tailor and bonito. Ended up being a good day. Cheers Bennos

I was at the Broken Bay FAD on Monday - 20.2 degree water with nothing doing - current was fairly raging though. Saw a Marlin on the way back in in 19 degree water. Had a spread out but no interest. Cheers Ben

Hi All, Got some beaut bream in Cowan system on friday night - left them biting too. And plenty of choppers around. Cheers Ben

I too want to get a T Top - can it be lowered or taken off easily as I have to keep mine out on the street and need to put a cover over it. Also would it be better to put riggers on the t top or off the gunwhales. Cheers Ben

Got four nice browns and one small rainbow in the Murray River at Tom Groggin. Caught on Rapala cd3 in brown trout colour - looks like they were eating there own! Cheers Ben

For big kings (close inshore) you cant go past live garfish and after that live frigates (and pike), and it really is amazing the places they hang out. I spent a lot of time fishing from the ovens and caught a lot of kings there, but the unlikley spots are best for the bigger ones such as south palm beach (shallow, look more like drummer spots). Greg Finney wrote an article many years ago titled 'Pike in Plain Places', I found this holds true. Live frigates at spots you wouldnt expect can really turn it on as can live garfish hooked behind the bum and drifted as far as you dare then brought back in across the surface (backwards). Unfortunately I only ever fished 15kg LBG so didnt land any of the truely big kings (20kg plus) but they are out there. Basically use big baits and 100lb trace minimum. Not sure about big ones in the bays though, cant crack em. Cheers Ben

Went down to Thredbo for the weekend. Plenty of trout in the river, but they were too good for me - but then again I am not very good on the fly. Spinning for them didnt do any good either . Also went and had a look at the Murray River around Tom Groggin. Great looking water - anyone had any sucess there? Cheers Ben