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Sounds like a top day out there today! Damn seems like im missing out on a good snapper run, why did my dad have to go overseas cheers alex

hey mike, if you are ever short of crew would love to join you again...available pretty much any day of the week cheers alex

Top fish mate!...what a whoppa that higher class of line paid dividends.......if you ever are short of a fish buddy let me know hahahahaha alex

Yer i can imagine they would be in high demand and limited quantity...i use the stock standard 3/8 ounce and 5/0 size nitro jigheads. alex

Nice fish there Greg....those reel handles look soooo good!Are you using pogys? I was also out with my dad on Wednesday for a last trip before he goes to China for a month(dont know how im going to survive without going fishing for that long!), we ended up with four the biggest was jus shy of 3kg, they were all taken on 6inch grubs

Wow ive never heard of branzino braid sounds awesome tho!...might have to get my hands on some... Miller blanks have heaps of balls, sounds like it pulled out a really nice fish for you on Monday The washes between the harbour and cape banks are mainly adjacent to deep water, and some of the headlands hold big fish. Last summer for instance i hooked a 70-80kg marlin on my certate and a white 7inch shad while fishing for snapper. Of course didn land the fish but had it on for 20+mins before the 20pd trace wore through. Snapper wise the northern beaches hold more fish, off the eastern suburbs drawing blanks on some sp trips happens somewhat often (well for me at least). Im sure there are some sp anglers who pull consistent results along the eastern suburbs. The eastern beaches does hold some shallower ground which has produced some fish but nothing spectacular. And areas where i thought they would be without doubt has not really produced. PM sent Greg cheers alex

cheers mate.... have you found that the bites have decreased since you increased your braid strength? Sounds like a nice sp combo your running there....im using as my main outfit a certate 3000 with a diawa tournament saltwater rod, have been smoked a hand full of times. The way i see it the 20pd fluorocarbon trace is more likely to snap than the 15pd fireline. I believe part of my success with not being dusted too often is that i dont put much pressure on the fish running light drag and try and ease them back to the boat before they wake up. When i was in NZ sp fishing for snapper the skipper told me to run light drag so as not to get dusted (didn really make sense at the time) but after a few really good fish it did. When running lighter drag, braid is alot more abrasive resistant and when in shallow water say less than 15m good fish will usually get the bottom regardless of what drag your using on a light to medium type outfit. The skipper in NZ even went to the extent of pulling out an 8pd outfit and boated a few reds over 6kg and got dusted only twice. Though fishing like this does take the fun out of it sometimes especially if you like to high stick your fish and lean into them cheers alex

cheers chicka let us know the next time you go out would love to join you cheers alex

Thanks for the replies guys. Yeah the fish was a real buzz to land. There was a hell of alot of casts for that fish as we worked all day for it. Targeting in and around the washes can be productive especially this time of the year as the cuttle fish spawn and the snapper come in close. hey chicka, Apart from todays session had not been out for three weeks. Yu told me about your new purchase, sounds like a good boat too and by the sounds of it youve had some good sessions on it! cheers alex

Went out today targeting snapper on plastics around the washes off the eastern suburbs. Amongst the hordes of barker and pike pulled out this beautiful fish which went 5.35kg on a 7inch gulp on 15lb main line and 20pd fluorocarbon trace. The fish was hooked right in amongst the washes and called it for a king at first. cheers alex

nice fish mate!, sounds like an action packed day!did the mako put on a good show? alex

Just fininshed my uni exams, and am now free during week days if anyone needs a deckie shoot me a pm im always keen for a fish. Am an experienced offshore fisherman. Am located in maroubra but can meet anyone interested anywhere, cheers alex

Does anyone know the closest port to the hump? Would bellambi be? alex

how was the jigging out there ross?