Weekly report 15/05/08
FISHING CLASSES
My next fishing class will start on Thursday the 5th of June starting at 6.30pm and will run for 2 consecutive Thursday nights and then the following Wednesday night. The cost of $95.00 includes a fish barbeque and the class. To book in and pay you will need to either ring the shop or pay them a visit.
Windybanks Bait and Tackle
523 Pacific Hwy Mt Colah NSW 2079
Ph (02) 9477 1501
Annette, John and Luke
If you can’t make that class I will be running another class starting on Wednesday the 2nd of July and will start at 7.00pm and run for 3 consecutive Wednesday nights. The cost will be $80.00 per person. To book in and pay you will need to either ring the shop or pay them a visit at
Absolutely Hooked
174 Merrylands Road
Merrylands
Ph (02) 9897 3474
Mike and April
BREAKING NEWS
Watto’s Fishing at St Mary’s has moved to a bigger location with more parking. You will find them at Shop 1 LOT 9 KURRAJONG AVE ST MARYS NORTH
NSW 2759
NEW PRODUCTS
TT SWITCHBLADES.
TT Switchblades have not been long on the market (and yes there has been a number of similar types around many years ago), but once I got hold of a few and used them for the first time in the Squidgy Grand Final 2008 they now are one of my go to lures. Actually they tend to be one of the first that I will grab out of my tackle box when chasing yellowfin bream.
In the Squidgy Grand Final Carl and I started our fishing over a set of weed beds in Hen and Chicken Bay. We both were fishing with Berkley 3 inch minnows and managed to get a couple of small, but legal sized bream. I then changed to a TT Switchblade and from them on during the competition I never changed. Well I did change the colours, but I did keep on using the TT Switchblades. I caught fish in water as shallow as 50cm and as deep as 10 metres.
Since that day I have caught sand whiting, dusky flathead, flounder, leatherjackets, tailor, silver trevally and plenty more bream. They are 35 mm long and weight 1/8 ounce. There are ten colours.
Having 3 holes at the top of the Switchblade and a simple and easy to use clip you can change the action of the lure when you are using it.
Front hole is used for maximum lure action when vertically jigging.
Middle hole is used when fishing the flats, banks or schooling fish when a medium to fast retrieved is needed.
Rear hole will give the lure the maximum vibration for very slow retrieves whether fishing the flats or deep water.
I also found that when hopping the Switchblade slowly off the bottom the fish would take the lure on the drop and even some times the fish would pick the lure up off the bottom and swim away with it.
Personally, I wouldn’t leave home with out the TT Switchblade when I am going for a fish, as they work just as well out of a boat or off the shore.
The next time that you are out and about why don’t you call into your local tackle shop and have a look at them.
UGLY FISH Polaroid Sports sunglasses RRP $109.95
When I was up at the Australian Tackle Show at the Gold Coast last year I came across a set of Polarized sunglasses that are not for everyone. These glasses are specially made for anglers like me. I mean the type of angler who needs to have 2 pairs of glasses when fishing.
A set of Polaroids which would allow me to see into the water, cut down the glare and enables me to see the line move ever so slightly when a fish has taken the lure on the drop or the lure has just hit the bottom. You know everything that a good set of Polaroids should do.
The other pair would be my prescription glasses that I would have to use for putting the line through the eye of the hook or lure, putting on bait, reading a set of scales, measuring a fish and even un hooking a fish. It was a complete pain in the butt having to take off one set and then put on another set. That is until I got a couple of pairs of the new UGLY FISH Polaroid Sports sunglasses.
Okay, yes I could go and get a set of very expensive prescription polarized sunglasses, but why should I when Ugly Fish Eyewear has a pair of light weight, polarized,
By-focal sunglasses that I can wear when driving my car, fishing, camping, well doing most out door activities.
Ugly Fish have for types available for the fishing, sports, outdoor angler, 2 of which I have been using for about a month now. They are the High Tide and Cyclone models.
The lens in both are Smoke, nylon Polarized with anti-Reflective (AR) lenz coating. They are both available with +1.50, +2.0 and +2.50 bifocal lenz. The frame in the High Tides are made of a shiny black, Eight Base TR-9- compound and the Cyclones are a matt black, Eight Based Aluminium frames with spring loaded temples.
Over the past couple of weeks I have given a talk of either lures fishing or bait rigging and I have been able to have these glasses on top of my head and then when needed use them to rig baits, hooks and lures when carrying out these demonstrations. Now this has been inside and at night under fluro lighting.
I have even found that when I am driving my car and I can’t see the dash board as clearly as I use to. All I need to do is look through the bifocals section of the glasses and I can clearly see the gauges.
If you are after more information on these excellent sunglasses you could go to your local tackle shop and asked about them, visit their web site at http://www.uglyfisheyewear.com.au/ or drop me an email and I can let you know where you can go and check them out.
REPORTS
Scotty Lyons from Southern Sydney Fishing Tours (http://www.fishingsydney.com.au/.) reports that he has just come arrived back in Sydney after a week fishing in Weipa and what a week, Warm weather and top fishing we hit the blue water for Tuna, Queenies, Trevally and Mackerel and then head up the rivers and creeks to live bait and toss lures around the snags for Barra, Jacks, Cod and heaps of others and more bust offs than one can remember. For more information and some great photos you should go to Scotty’s web site at http://www.fishingsydney.com.au/ and have a look.
Scotty also has a WEIPA FISHING IN SEPTEMBER coming up so here is your chance to book now while there are still some spots open.
This is 6nights and 7 days live aboard with to 4metre runabouts. Fish for Barra, Jacks, Finger Mark, Coral Trout, Tuna, Cod, Gaint Trevally, Queen Fish, Mud Crabs and many more. For all details please give Scotty a call on his mobile 0418 169439.
Scotty also has SPECIAL MID WEEK MAY TRIPS from 7am to 1pm $550.00 Botany Bay trips, Deep sea trips for $700.00. That is a saving of $200.00 off each trip.
SNAPPER ARE ON
This is the start of the Snapper season in Sydney and this year its a big part of our winter fishing, Nathan and myself have spent a quite few hours out on the water finding and fishing these spots with great results. Are you keen on targeting Snapper, Would you like to learn how to fish for them and the spots to do so and the rigs and baits that are used over the winter months even try your hand at soft plastics fishing for reds.
Headed off shore today to check out the Snapper and found good numbers of plate size fish and the odd larger fish as well, I have just loaded the boat with new Shimano rods and reels spooled with Schneider braid just right for this type of fishing, also great for jigging Kingies.
We anchored and fished across broken reef and also caught Flathead and Jackets we finished with a top bag of fish at the end of the day.
Ron Osman from Estuary Fishing and Tours doesn’t have a report yet for this month but, if you would like to find out what type of fishing has been happening in the Hawkesbury, Pittwater and Brisbane Waters area you could have a look at the reports that have been put up on http://www.estuaryfishingtours.com.au/ web site or you could email him at ron@estuaryfishingtours.com.au
Jason and Virginia Isaac from Ned Kelly’s Bait and Tackle jasned@ozemail.com.au reports that off the beaches, the annual bream run is now underway with excellent reports from most beaches. Locally Lighthouse has been the pick of locations however; North beach too has been yielding some excellent fish. Best results have been achieved on the morning tides, which is not unexpected given the evening tides have been around 2 meters recently, and quite difficult to fish at that height if there is any real sea or current present. Live worms, mullet strips and pipis have all proven successful. Tailor numbers are beginning to pick back up after the recent fresh, with the dirty water now slowly beginning to clear, and the bait fish beginning to move back in. If the seas remain calm for another week or so, look for some terrific formations to begin to develop, and along with that, hopefully a considerable improvement on the mulloway front. To date this year have been quite disappointing apart from the occasional encounter, however the signs are encouraging for the next few weeks at least.
Off the rocks, tailor numbers are solid and bags have generally included a better class of fish than off the beaches. Point Plommer and Hat Head have been the pick of locations. Bream numbers too have been excellent, and hopefully a precursor to an excellent season ahead. Drummer and blackfish numbers are steadily improving and should continue to do so as winter progresses and the water temperature begins to drop. For land based game enthusiasts, now the water clarity has improved, a few longtail tuna and cobia have returned to the coastline, with Point Perpendicular and Hat Head both worth a look. On the mulloway front, numbers are not big however the odd big fish is about, with Rob Atkins scoring a terrific fish of 33.4 kilos early in the week from down Laurieton way. Not a bad effort considering he was only chasing a tailor!
In the estuary, bream numbers have really picked up over the past week, particularly from around the break walls. The combination of the recent fresh together with good tides at present have certainly had the desired effect. To date the average size is not spectacular; however the numbers are excellent and should even further improve in the lead up to the next full moon. Gut baits, mullet strips and of course yabbies are all working well. Elsewhere in the estuaries, flathead remain solid however the better action has been from the lower reaches. Blackfish on the other hand remain a little below expectations, however this will no doubt change when the big bronzies hugging our coastline at present decide to move in for their seasonal estuarine holiday.
On the offshore scene, conditions have been close to ideal, with last weekend seeing small tinnies cross the bar as if it was not there. Bottom bouncers report there are still good numbers of kingfish and Sampson fish off Plommer, along with better than average numbers of pearl perch. Those drifting the flattie grounds advise it is almost impossible to drop the bottom and not get fish at present. Snapper numbers close in remain excellent as is often the case following a good estuary flush out.
When you are next up in Port Macquarie call into the shop and have a look at their great selection of tackle and bait they have on offer. You could also ask Jason and Virginia for their daily report on what’s happening on the fishing front. Call them on (02) 6583 8318.
No report from Peter Le Blang from Harbour & Estuary Fishing Charters, but he has updated his website http://www.estuaryfishing.com.au/ all you need to do is click on the prices button to view the many available charters and different styles of fishing available or call 0410 633 351 or 9999 2574.
Paul Martin from Rock Marine Bait and Tackle (rocksmarine@tsn.cc) reports that
last week brought another good week of fishing outside although the fisho’s put up with windy conditions there were fish about. Snapper were again feeding off Grassy and Scotts in close while terrific Pearl Perch are out in about 100 meters up to 4 kilo. Fish Rock has some monster Mac Tuna with reports of a few Blue Fin and the odd Snapper. Black Rock has been quiet. If you battling for a feed out there the Flathead grounds are full of keepers. Steve Beljars had his hands full with a 32 kilo whopper Wahoo on the Gaol Grounds while there have been reports of a few Cobia out of the same location.
Right on que there are big Bream off the north and south Break Walls smashing live Herring, Chicken guts and Fish Baits, this should continue for as few months providing the netters don’t net the living daylights out of these magnificent fish before they get into our river. Flathead have been around with some Whiting, but finding the keepers is the problem. Blackfish are making their way into the river but quality weed is still a problem. No Jew fish reports this week but there are plenty of live bait around to have a crack at them.
Back Beach was a hot spot for Bob Humphrey and Col Hornery with a 3.6 kilo Flathead using White Bait. Smoky beach has had a few Bream and Tailor coming off it but there has been a lot of netting along this beach so let’s hope they leave us something.
For daily reports and special call Paul on (02) 6566 6726.
FISHING CLASSES
My next fishing class will start on Thursday the 5th of June starting at 6.30pm and will run for 2 consecutive Thursday nights and then the following Wednesday night. The cost of $95.00 includes a fish barbeque and the class. To book in and pay you will need to either ring the shop or pay them a visit.
Windybanks Bait and Tackle
523 Pacific Hwy Mt Colah NSW 2079
Ph (02) 9477 1501
Annette, John and Luke
If you can’t make that class I will be running another class starting on Wednesday the 2nd of July and will start at 7.00pm and run for 3 consecutive Wednesday nights. The cost will be $80.00 per person. To book in and pay you will need to either ring the shop or pay them a visit at
Absolutely Hooked
174 Merrylands Road
Merrylands
Ph (02) 9897 3474
Mike and April
BREAKING NEWS
Watto’s Fishing at St Mary’s has moved to a bigger location with more parking. You will find them at Shop 1 LOT 9 KURRAJONG AVE ST MARYS NORTH
NSW 2759
NEW PRODUCTS
TT SWITCHBLADES.
TT Switchblades have not been long on the market (and yes there has been a number of similar types around many years ago), but once I got hold of a few and used them for the first time in the Squidgy Grand Final 2008 they now are one of my go to lures. Actually they tend to be one of the first that I will grab out of my tackle box when chasing yellowfin bream.
In the Squidgy Grand Final Carl and I started our fishing over a set of weed beds in Hen and Chicken Bay. We both were fishing with Berkley 3 inch minnows and managed to get a couple of small, but legal sized bream. I then changed to a TT Switchblade and from them on during the competition I never changed. Well I did change the colours, but I did keep on using the TT Switchblades. I caught fish in water as shallow as 50cm and as deep as 10 metres.
Since that day I have caught sand whiting, dusky flathead, flounder, leatherjackets, tailor, silver trevally and plenty more bream. They are 35 mm long and weight 1/8 ounce. There are ten colours.
Having 3 holes at the top of the Switchblade and a simple and easy to use clip you can change the action of the lure when you are using it.
Front hole is used for maximum lure action when vertically jigging.
Middle hole is used when fishing the flats, banks or schooling fish when a medium to fast retrieved is needed.Rear hole will give the lure the maximum vibration for very slow retrieves whether fishing the flats or deep water.
I also found that when hopping the Switchblade slowly off the bottom the fish would take the lure on the drop and even some times the fish would pick the lure up off the bottom and swim away with it.
Personally, I wouldn’t leave home with out the TT Switchblade when I am going for a fish, as they work just as well out of a boat or off the shore.
The next time that you are out and about why don’t you call into your local tackle shop and have a look at them.
UGLY FISH Polaroid Sports sunglasses RRP $109.95
When I was up at the Australian Tackle Show at the Gold Coast last year I came across a set of Polarized sunglasses that are not for everyone. These glasses are specially made for anglers like me. I mean the type of angler who needs to have 2 pairs of glasses when fishing.
A set of Polaroids which would allow me to see into the water, cut down the glare and enables me to see the line move ever so slightly when a fish has taken the lure on the drop or the lure has just hit the bottom. You know everything that a good set of Polaroids should do.
The other pair would be my prescription glasses that I would have to use for putting the line through the eye of the hook or lure, putting on bait, reading a set of scales, measuring a fish and even un hooking a fish. It was a complete pain in the butt having to take off one set and then put on another set. That is until I got a couple of pairs of the new UGLY FISH Polaroid Sports sunglasses.Okay, yes I could go and get a set of very expensive prescription polarized sunglasses, but why should I when Ugly Fish Eyewear has a pair of light weight, polarized,
By-focal sunglasses that I can wear when driving my car, fishing, camping, well doing most out door activities.
Ugly Fish have for types available for the fishing, sports, outdoor angler, 2 of which I have been using for about a month now. They are the High Tide and Cyclone models.
The lens in both are Smoke, nylon Polarized with anti-Reflective (AR) lenz coating. They are both available with +1.50, +2.0 and +2.50 bifocal lenz. The frame in the High Tides are made of a shiny black, Eight Base TR-9- compound and the Cyclones are a matt black, Eight Based Aluminium frames with spring loaded temples.
Over the past couple of weeks I have given a talk of either lures fishing or bait rigging and I have been able to have these glasses on top of my head and then when needed use them to rig baits, hooks and lures when carrying out these demonstrations. Now this has been inside and at night under fluro lighting.
I have even found that when I am driving my car and I can’t see the dash board as clearly as I use to. All I need to do is look through the bifocals section of the glasses and I can clearly see the gauges.
If you are after more information on these excellent sunglasses you could go to your local tackle shop and asked about them, visit their web site at http://www.uglyfisheyewear.com.au/ or drop me an email and I can let you know where you can go and check them out.
REPORTS
Scotty Lyons from Southern Sydney Fishing Tours (http://www.fishingsydney.com.au/.) reports that he has just come arrived back in Sydney after a week fishing in Weipa and what a week, Warm weather and top fishing we hit the blue water for Tuna, Queenies, Trevally and Mackerel and then head up the rivers and creeks to live bait and toss lures around the snags for Barra, Jacks, Cod and heaps of others and more bust offs than one can remember. For more information and some great photos you should go to Scotty’s web site at http://www.fishingsydney.com.au/ and have a look.
Scotty also has a WEIPA FISHING IN SEPTEMBER coming up so here is your chance to book now while there are still some spots open.
This is 6nights and 7 days live aboard with to 4metre runabouts. Fish for Barra, Jacks, Finger Mark, Coral Trout, Tuna, Cod, Gaint Trevally, Queen Fish, Mud Crabs and many more. For all details please give Scotty a call on his mobile 0418 169439.
Scotty also has SPECIAL MID WEEK MAY TRIPS from 7am to 1pm $550.00 Botany Bay trips, Deep sea trips for $700.00. That is a saving of $200.00 off each trip.
SNAPPER ARE ON
This is the start of the Snapper season in Sydney and this year its a big part of our winter fishing, Nathan and myself have spent a quite few hours out on the water finding and fishing these spots with great results. Are you keen on targeting Snapper, Would you like to learn how to fish for them and the spots to do so and the rigs and baits that are used over the winter months even try your hand at soft plastics fishing for reds.
Headed off shore today to check out the Snapper and found good numbers of plate size fish and the odd larger fish as well, I have just loaded the boat with new Shimano rods and reels spooled with Schneider braid just right for this type of fishing, also great for jigging Kingies.
We anchored and fished across broken reef and also caught Flathead and Jackets we finished with a top bag of fish at the end of the day.
Ron Osman from Estuary Fishing and Tours doesn’t have a report yet for this month but, if you would like to find out what type of fishing has been happening in the Hawkesbury, Pittwater and Brisbane Waters area you could have a look at the reports that have been put up on http://www.estuaryfishingtours.com.au/ web site or you could email him at ron@estuaryfishingtours.com.au
Jason and Virginia Isaac from Ned Kelly’s Bait and Tackle jasned@ozemail.com.au reports that off the beaches, the annual bream run is now underway with excellent reports from most beaches. Locally Lighthouse has been the pick of locations however; North beach too has been yielding some excellent fish. Best results have been achieved on the morning tides, which is not unexpected given the evening tides have been around 2 meters recently, and quite difficult to fish at that height if there is any real sea or current present. Live worms, mullet strips and pipis have all proven successful. Tailor numbers are beginning to pick back up after the recent fresh, with the dirty water now slowly beginning to clear, and the bait fish beginning to move back in. If the seas remain calm for another week or so, look for some terrific formations to begin to develop, and along with that, hopefully a considerable improvement on the mulloway front. To date this year have been quite disappointing apart from the occasional encounter, however the signs are encouraging for the next few weeks at least.
Off the rocks, tailor numbers are solid and bags have generally included a better class of fish than off the beaches. Point Plommer and Hat Head have been the pick of locations. Bream numbers too have been excellent, and hopefully a precursor to an excellent season ahead. Drummer and blackfish numbers are steadily improving and should continue to do so as winter progresses and the water temperature begins to drop. For land based game enthusiasts, now the water clarity has improved, a few longtail tuna and cobia have returned to the coastline, with Point Perpendicular and Hat Head both worth a look. On the mulloway front, numbers are not big however the odd big fish is about, with Rob Atkins scoring a terrific fish of 33.4 kilos early in the week from down Laurieton way. Not a bad effort considering he was only chasing a tailor!
In the estuary, bream numbers have really picked up over the past week, particularly from around the break walls. The combination of the recent fresh together with good tides at present have certainly had the desired effect. To date the average size is not spectacular; however the numbers are excellent and should even further improve in the lead up to the next full moon. Gut baits, mullet strips and of course yabbies are all working well. Elsewhere in the estuaries, flathead remain solid however the better action has been from the lower reaches. Blackfish on the other hand remain a little below expectations, however this will no doubt change when the big bronzies hugging our coastline at present decide to move in for their seasonal estuarine holiday.
On the offshore scene, conditions have been close to ideal, with last weekend seeing small tinnies cross the bar as if it was not there. Bottom bouncers report there are still good numbers of kingfish and Sampson fish off Plommer, along with better than average numbers of pearl perch. Those drifting the flattie grounds advise it is almost impossible to drop the bottom and not get fish at present. Snapper numbers close in remain excellent as is often the case following a good estuary flush out.
When you are next up in Port Macquarie call into the shop and have a look at their great selection of tackle and bait they have on offer. You could also ask Jason and Virginia for their daily report on what’s happening on the fishing front. Call them on (02) 6583 8318.
No report from Peter Le Blang from Harbour & Estuary Fishing Charters, but he has updated his website http://www.estuaryfishing.com.au/ all you need to do is click on the prices button to view the many available charters and different styles of fishing available or call 0410 633 351 or 9999 2574.
Paul Martin from Rock Marine Bait and Tackle (rocksmarine@tsn.cc) reports that
last week brought another good week of fishing outside although the fisho’s put up with windy conditions there were fish about. Snapper were again feeding off Grassy and Scotts in close while terrific Pearl Perch are out in about 100 meters up to 4 kilo. Fish Rock has some monster Mac Tuna with reports of a few Blue Fin and the odd Snapper. Black Rock has been quiet. If you battling for a feed out there the Flathead grounds are full of keepers. Steve Beljars had his hands full with a 32 kilo whopper Wahoo on the Gaol Grounds while there have been reports of a few Cobia out of the same location.
Right on que there are big Bream off the north and south Break Walls smashing live Herring, Chicken guts and Fish Baits, this should continue for as few months providing the netters don’t net the living daylights out of these magnificent fish before they get into our river. Flathead have been around with some Whiting, but finding the keepers is the problem. Blackfish are making their way into the river but quality weed is still a problem. No Jew fish reports this week but there are plenty of live bait around to have a crack at them.
Back Beach was a hot spot for Bob Humphrey and Col Hornery with a 3.6 kilo Flathead using White Bait. Smoky beach has had a few Bream and Tailor coming off it but there has been a lot of netting along this beach so let’s hope they leave us something.
For daily reports and special call Paul on (02) 6566 6726.
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