Tony Soprano

There's plenty of Trevs around this size in the harbour at the moment. Great fun on light gear!

That's a good haul buddy, well done.

Nice flatties lads.

Very nice Kings! Cracking fish mate.

Nice Jewies guys, well done.

The spines on a flat fella definitely hurt when they get you, and as mentioned they are covered in an anti-coagulant which means you bleed for ages. I read about the belly rub many years ago and last time I got pinged by a big flatty I tried it....it definitely helped the blood to clot and stopped the bleeding relatively quickly. It still stings though! I figured the slime must be some sort of self-protection for the flatty....if one of his mates hits him with a spike, the coagulant in the slime helps ensure he doesn't bleed too much. That is my completely un-scientific opinion but it seems to make sense.

Great Mulloway mate. Nice pic too

Just logged back onto FR for the first time in a few years and was catching up....very sorry to hear about the passing of Byron. The few nights I spent fishing with him on the Hawkesbury will stay with me forever. Rest in Peace old mate.

Good stuff Byron..glad to hear you're back at it mate! And what a way to make your comeback Would be good to catch up again soon, it's been a very long time. Cheers Tony

Nice report Ray, and love the pic of the Bream... Bad luck about the finger but good luck with the badge draw! Cheers Tony

Awesome stuff Steve. Congrats mate!

I don't recall insulting or abusing anyone. Lesson learnt

Pukunui- it's a great spot... I love fishing there, thanks for your comments about the photos! Byron- close mate but it's not actually that wharf it's another one a bit further up river. Guys I have had a lot of people asking me to name the spot, I hope you can understand I'd rather not broadcast it over the internet as these kind of spots tend to cop a hammering as it is. The same advice I give everyone is you don't need to know the specific spot, just look for sandy areas interspersed with patches of kelp or seagrass and fish the run-in tide up to the top. There are literally thousands of possible places to get squid, especially in Pittwater, you just need to put in the time and effort to find the areas yourselves! Cheers Tony

Ahhh Byron you're a crack-up mate! Would be great to have another session with you blokes in the near future...I really enjoyed the cold I caught last time Richard - Yeh mate there was a vapour trail quite close to the horizon when I got there and then watched the jet go over a bit later and leave the massive one through the middle of the sky..it stayed there for ages too....Cool stuff. Cheers Tony

Steve I did think of you but it was only a short session so didn't bother calling.. We should catch up soon though mate, it's been a while. I didn't take the fish spike on this occasion but I think that definitely could've made the difference, will have to remember to take one next time.