jdanger Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Wandered down to Bondi Beach for a quick flick late yesterday arvo armed with my bream stick and a small vibe I picked up in a $1 bargain bin. First cast landed an impossibly small whiting with the third cast bringing in this beautifully light coloured flatty. Dropped what felt like another small flathead a short time later but that was it for the sesh. Nice way to spend the hour before sunset. Swell was very low and it was nice to find a gutter without swimmers in it for a change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Well done getting a result from such an unusual beach technique. Gotta be in it to win it eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam bros Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Nice work mate Ive used soft plastics off the beach with some success but havent tried vibes Wasn't sure how well they worked in the swell I'll give it a go next time I'm out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Nice! From the iconic bondi beach. I'm surprised you managed to cast without hitting a swimmer or surfer too! Well done Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinsoi Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Great stuff and lovely way to spend the late afternoon. Keep up the great work All the best Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cargo05 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Nice. When flatties are in the mood, they will go almost anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savit Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 First cast landed an impossibly small whiting with the third cast bringing in this beautifully light coloured flatty. Nice photo, jdanger. How did you retrieve the blade for whiting and how deep was the water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdanger Posted September 2, 2016 Author Share Posted September 2, 2016 Retrieve was a mix of short hops and long pauses. Tried a few more aggressive retrieves but the subtlety seemed to work. Whiting was taking right on the shorebreak so water wouldn't have been more than a ft deep. Any closer and it would've been out of the water. The gutter itself wouldn't have been more than 1m deep. Had a night bait session off south Bondi a few days later for a couple of good bream taken on fresh prawns. The couple next to me bagged half a dozen trevally on pilchards. Best fish taken on the vibes was a 35cm bream taken around a year ago (really should put more time into the beach). The fish are there but the trend for making the vibes work seems to be low swell and daylight - low visibility and rough seas seems to be a waste of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMG Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 (edited) Grew up in Bondi and use to fish the rips at night on prawns for whiting and whatever else. Parking is a problem and fishing during the day most of the time is full of people. Use to spin off North Bondi point a lot too. Good all round fishing beach. Edited February 26, 2017 by DMG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrassRoots Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 12 hours ago, DMG said: Grew up in Bondi and use to fish the rips at night on prawns for whiting and whatever else. Parking is a problem and fishing during the day most of the time is full of people. Use to spin off North Bondi point a lot too. Good all round fishing beach. What's the North Point like? Dangerous? Safe? I'd imagine it would produce good pelagics but haven't had a chance to check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdanger Posted March 3, 2017 Author Share Posted March 3, 2017 North Point is fine in suitable conditions, though I tend to avoid it in swell 1.5M and up depending on directions. I actually prefer the south under Icebergs. More sheltered and not short of salmon & tailor. Blackies & squid are around as well. Also agree that prawns in the beach gutters at night are a bet for bream & trevally. Haven't seen good whiting but I'm sure they're there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flickn Mad Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Good one finding room to fish down there. No suprise to get the whiting on blades. Cast into the edge of the gutter slow draw with the rod to get the vibe working as the swell surges back out then let it drop back to the bottom. Often you don't need to wind in line as the vibe gets dragged parallel to the beach toward the rip. The whiting will pick it of the bottom. Vibes as small as 15 mm will catch flatties also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMG Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 (edited) Brassroots yes can be dangerous. I will try and upload a map and mark the areas I used to fish regular. The green areas are the only areas to fish here unless absolutely dead flat. beware these 2 spots are exposed to any type of swell and flat rock sits almost level with the water. Flat rock produces blackfish/squid most other stuff. The front rock platform circled produces surface fish as it is a rock to spin off,have had a penguin or 2 jump up on the rock in front of me while spinning. The boat ramp produces anything,not a boat ramp to drive down and launch your boat Beach faces S/E with 3 Permanent rips,1 Northern end as shown,2. Middle and 3. South end. a 4th one can appear at Northern end. Fish these rips. Never fished the rocks on the south side (AKA The Boot ) Whiting off the beach is a yes,I have caught on prawns. Edited March 15, 2017 by DMG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Wow, very interesting use of technology there DMG. Great stuff, BN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrassRoots Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Youre a legend mate! Thanks for that. Not sure how keen I am but its nice to tuck away in the back of the mind for those ultra flat days. I used to surf that northern rip all the time too in highschool. great place to go spotting for white pointers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMG Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Wow, I used to surf it too No probs Yer Neil windows 10 app allows you to draw over your photos,just took a screen shot of my google earth and marked the spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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