Let's Talk Fushing Captures Options

[Christos]

I am landed based fisher person, normally off the rocks.

When I want to try a new area I first look at what could be possible fish feeding area. This is a though process that I follow. Where the wave comes to the shore and where the water returns to the ocean is where you want to fish from. Easy to get the Bearly trail going and it does take it out for you.

You look at what would be safe to fish from and what would be your quick exit. Do not run walk fast

Then when you think you found a place you look to see what underwater rocks if any etc.

Now that I have given some background here is where I go.

In Sydney

I have fished:-

South Head for Kingfish and caught Trevally
Green point and caught Snapper and Bream????
Watsons Bay wharf and caught whiting
Clovelly Inside and outside the bay and caught Trevally, One Bream, Salmon, Luderick, Rock Blackfish, Sweep, Leather Jacket, yellowtail, Nannygai (must have gotten lost), Red Morwong, Pike
Avoid Gordons Bay too many rocks
Coogee (South) from clift - Stupid rock cods
South Coogee (A place we call splash rock, Because you get splashed.) Luderick, Sweep, yellowtail
Lureline (You catch fish only if you pray real hard) Sweep, Bream, Squid, Leather Jackets
Malabar (Long Bay) Bream, Sweep, Leather Jacket, and you do see a lot of interesting sea life (Dolfins)
La Perouse Bream, Sweep
Yarra Bay - Bloody Crab just would not get off the line.
Molineaux Point - Rock Blackfish, Bream, Mado, Snapper
Kyeemagh (north and south of the cooks river) bream, snapper, whitting, yellowtail

I think that I should stop here. I drive to the coast and then look at what the waves are doing before I consider to start fishing or move somewhere else. I have a very large option based on the wind as well. You do not want to try and cast into the wind you have to use heavier sinker.

[Spudly]

I fish in the Nerriga River... We catch Marlin and Flathead... they swin up river and have extra fight from swimming aganst the current.. The ones that avoid the bundy bears become large and hungary and can be caught most friday nights when you spend enough time with the cask of tawny port!

[CATCH22]

LIVE IN THE SHIRE FISHED PORT HACKING ALL OVER AND BOTANY BAY NOT TO SHOOT DOWN PORT HACKING BUT ALWAY DO JUST THAT LITTLE BIT BETTER OF ALL IN BOTANY BAY WHY ??? USE SAME BAIT SAME LINES/RODS/HOOKS ..AND FIND I ONLY CATCH MORE BLUE SWIMMERS IN PORT HACKING MAYBE CAUSE OF TRAPS ARE BANNED ..........

[Jumpus GooDarus]

I was taking the piss out of the flattie_hunter in another thread in regards to some fish caught in the Hacking a Jewgong in particular.

Dontthink alot of you guys are aware but my boats get used as a bit of a testing platform for fishing products & I dont mind one little bit cause I get to try out alot of the new gear that comes out + alot of the old stuff as well.

One of the reasons alot of my old gear has been coming up in the Auction Forum most of it still pretty brand new.

Now in regards to the Hacking & the fish that get caught there !

I was asked to go fush the place this arvo but had prior a commitment I've got a day out wide in the morn.

@ present just about every wharf in the hacking yields wittle frogmouth pilchards.

One of the products I'm supposed to be testing are these fish skin bait jigs but not my style of fushing but the very small ones are whats been catching these frogmouths ideal live bait for alot of species like jew , kungs , flathead etc.

I have a couple of box's & will prob put them up in Auctions later.

Now if anyone is in a big hurry to go get some from the tackle stores make sure you're buying the fish skin ones with tinsel on them as there's imitation brands just made from poly's boat type material.

If you see the Viva label on them ? they are the genuine japanese product.

Now where to anchor up ???????????

Virtuaully any rocky dropoff which drops down to say 6 meters + is a good spot to try & prob the best way of finding such dropoffs if you're not familiar with the area is to use Google earth.

Look for the darker greener water , the shallow sand bars are easy to spot