Guest Guest123456789 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Curious to know what your number one goal everyone has for this summer season of fishing. We all fish differently and are at different levels of experience. Me personally I’d be stoked to catch a a feed of blue swimmer crabs. I’ve never targeted them before in my local system. I’d like to catch/eat enough so that I might have gout in time for winter 2018! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Signing Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Ill have a crack at my first blue marlin when the water shows up around crookhaven heads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonD Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Chase a few tropicals, wahoo, cobra, mackerel etc. Also get among the north coast jews again with the kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 I have a couple of wants this season coming..10kg red..havnt got one for 6 yrs...nice big Spanish..havnt got one for two yrs..and a good jew off the beach..ive been too slack for two yrs to try...rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARC H Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 i would love a 70cm+ flattie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrassRoots Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 I want to get profficient at hard body lure for bream/flathead. Also want to get good at whiting on lures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutsaboutfishing Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 I'd like to catch a few species I never have before like king fish and salmon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaxland Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Learn about pittwater hawksbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekD Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 (edited) My general goal for the Summer is to spend more time learning how to shore jig well with the flutter jigs. My fishing holy grail, my trinity, my golden trifecta is to catch a 1m plus king, from the kayak on a fly rod. May have set the bar too high. Have caught kings from the kayak but haven't caught a king with the fly rod yet and certainly not a 1m plus specimen. Edited December 4, 2017 by DerekD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Ranger Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 I'd like to get my son to catch some nice snapper off our boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishermanSteve Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 I would love to finally catch on soft plastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirvin21 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 murray cod my fish of a thousand casts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 watching the water levels in my fave spot dave...a trip in the new year will be the gun mate...cant wait to hit the river..rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGG DADDA TREVS Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 My number one goal for this summer is definitely to get my first king on lure and hopefully beat my PBs of 83 kingfish and a petty 32 snapper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonD Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 2 hours ago, BIGG DADDA TREVS said: My number one goal for this summer is definitely to get my first king on lure and hopefully beat my PBs of 83 kingfish and a petty 32 snapper. That little snapper is because you use those little 1/0 circles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonywardle Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 a legal snapper , then any jewfish or king fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGG DADDA TREVS Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 19 minutes ago, JonD said: That little snapper is because you use those little 1/0 circles Yep, it is pretty small but I've only tried for snapper landbased. What size hooks would u suggest using for bigger snapper in the harbour. I'm heading out with some friends in the holidays to try for some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauafritta Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 2 goals for me. Catch a kingfish on my new downrigger and make it out to the FAD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Signing Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 1 hour ago, Pauafritta said: 2 goals for me. Catch a kingfish on my new downrigger and make it out to the FAD. I wouldnt be too worried about making it to the FAD mate, more important to make it home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonD Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, BIGG DADDA TREVS said: Yep, it is pretty small but I've only tried for snapper landbased. What size hooks would u suggest using for bigger snapper in the harbour. I'm heading out with some friends in the holidays to try for some. In the thread on circle hooks where I noticed you mention those 1/0 hooks I mentioned that I use 4 or 5/0 circles. As you are probably aware circles often seem a fair amount smaller than an equivalent j hook this seems even more the case since I've been using bkk hooks. I find in the 4 & 5/0 if using either a whole or half pilchard there's still enough hook showing to catch good sized snapper. You may miss out on those trevally though with the bigger hooks. I honestly believe plastic are so much better on snapper and you will get far less of the small pickers attacking your bait. Even from the rocks or harbour I would be trying to get a zmen squiggly tail out there somehow and twitch it back. Edited December 5, 2017 by JonD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest123456789 Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 2 minutes ago, JonD said: In the thread on circle hooks where I noticed you mention those 1/0 hooks I mentioned that I use 4 or 5/0 circles. As you are probably aware circles often seem a fair amount smaller than an equivalent j hook this seems even more the case since I've been using bkk hooks. I find in the 4 & 5/0 if using either a whole or half pilchard there's still enough hook showing to catch good sized snapper. You may miss out on those trevally though with the bigger hooks. I honestly believe plastic are so much better on snapper and you will get far less of the small pickers attacking your bait. Even from the rocks I would be trying to get a zmen squiggly tail out there somehow and twitch it back. I just bought some frozen southern calamari. I’ve individually bagged them and they’re tiny, Look just out of the womb. I’m thinking they’ll be irresistible to a stud snapper around some of the closer reefs where they would predate local squid??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonD Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 (edited) 26 minutes ago, flatheadluke said: I just bought some frozen southern calamari. I’ve individually bagged them and they’re tiny, Look just out of the womb. I’m thinking they’ll be irresistible to a stud snapper around some of the closer reefs where they would predate local squid??? It's funny those who've caught snapper regularly on baits would know sometimes they will be all over squid and other times just pilchard, all you can do is hope you are at the right place at the right time and they are in the mood for what you are offering. keep us informed how you go, I've tried those little squid and had more luck on kings with them than snapper, just little ones a couple of inches long. Edited December 5, 2017 by JonD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gundi4 Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 Legal king, (caught plenty of rats), and a dolphin fish on lure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regan Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 (edited) jewie or massive flattie on sp Edited December 5, 2017 by Regan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackingsOG Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 working up Newcastle for the next 12 months and have my sights set on jews from the beach, have been hitting blacksmiths and Stockton 2/3 nights a week, have managed regular catches of sambo's, rays, flathead, bream and whiting, sticking to the theory persistence pays off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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