mako2000

Preferably between 80-120 fathoms. That's the main drop off area for the shelf where bait tends to congregate. Engine off as you would be surprised how finicky some sharks can be and there's no use wasting all that fuel.

Not necessarily, A leaking regulator or slow pump will still not give the required pressure. Most pumps only run a few seconds once the ignition is turned on so leaving it on between 3 and 12 seconds isn't going to make any difference. Had the battery tested yet?

When I was up there over Christmas, the day I pulled my boat out of the water the cleaning table at the ramp near the old Restaurant on the lake was littered with huge Jewfish scales.

Geoff, first place to start is have someone put a fuel pressure guage on it, it sounds like you have a weak pump hence the taking a couple of turns to get it going. It should have about 40lb of pressure within a couple of seconds of turning the ignition on. .Second thought, have the battery tested, and make sure the connections are tight and clean they can do weird stuff sometimes with starting on the Toyotas.

Havent been posting much of late as I just haven't been able to get out on the water. I just spent from the 27th of December until the 4th of January at the entrance with my girl. All I can say was the Flathead fishing was amazing. Most days headed out in the boat around 3pm after most of the hoards had left the water. With a bucket of poddy mullet each day we caught at least 80 legal flathead over the week. No monsters but most between 40 and 50cm. Very few undersize fish with a few good bream thrown in as well Only kept about 15 for a feed and a bream. Luckily we finished before the rains came the day we were leaving. Sorry no pics as they are on my phone still but everyone's seen average size flathead anyway.

Theres some great video of this capture on the Sydney game fishing club facebook page

One of my customers is the river keeper on the Georges, was telling me last week he has seen heaps of big jews caught lately

Didn't see any where I fished and normally this time of the year the gear gets covered in it, looking good for summer

Nice feed there Yowie, well done

Good effort

Cheers guys, Was a great day on the water, the best thing was no slime weed anywhere in the hacking , should be a good summer

Was good to be finally out on the water today for the first time in months. Although time restraints and a late start meant only a few hours were available 39 and 40cm whiting and a 32cm flounder made the day worthwhile. All fish caught on live nippers.

Start by taking your boat out one day when there is a 30knot wind blowing and you are prepared for it, and then think I am only 1 mile offshore, can I do this if I get caught 30 mile offshore and I am unprepared.

Nice catch there Yowie, the only flatty I could fine yesterday was the one monster I lost, ended up letting some live poddies go at the end of the day.

Headed out yesterday afternoon for a few hours on the Hacking. Day didn't start to good when a 80cm plus Flathead spat the bait next to the boat, but ended up with a nice 40cm whiting, 32cm bream and a good Flounder.

Thanks guys, first time I have seen on in the Hacking

Caught this one in Port hacking yesterday on a live bloodworm

The fat fish in the second pic is a Striped Tuna, the lower fish is a Bonito

Focker...will you be land based or in a boat?

Its been a while since I have been able to get out for a decent fish but managed a week away at the Entrance over New years. The first few days only saw a couple of Flathead until I managed to work the place out but after that every day saw plenty of Flathead, some whooper Flounder, Bream and whiting. Kept a few fish each day around the 42-45 cm mark and threw back probably at least a dozen legal fish every day as well. To top the week off the prawns were also running so a top feed was had most nights. It was hard to get back to work last week but managed to sneak out for a couple hours on the Hacking yesterday after work for two 45cm flathead and a few squid as well.

well done Yowie...its been tough in the hacking lately...not that I have got out much

You are dedicated I will say that, about 7am it was raining that hard the roads around Kirawee were flooded.

If you are burleying them up to the boat, normally the slimies will sit wide of the boat and nearer the surface than yakkas, an unweighted bait on a hand line thrown out a wider normally does the trick.

How did everyone go today? best I could manage was a 58cm flattie

Just entered, taking my dad fishing...aiming for Flatties, last time I took him fishing I caught my 94cm .....hopefully hes a good luck charm