Gary Brown's Weekly Reports

LATEST LOCAL REPORT.

Well, I don’t know about you but the weather has been the biggest talking point over the past month. If it hasn’t been windy, it’s been raining and if it hasn’t been raining it has been windy or it has been both. As I put this report together the rivers, creeks, bays and beaches are running brown at the moment in Sydney. I haven’t been able to get out for a fish for just on 2 weeks now and believe me I am starting to twitch. Next weekend I have a bream comp in Sydney and I am going to get out on the water to find out where they are.

I have had a couple of reports that have come in from anglers who have been able to find that small window of time to get out on the water. Scotty Lyons has been nailing a few bream, silver trevally and the odd jewfish off the end of the third runway, the drums and the sticks. Best baits have been nippers and half pilly tails. Don’t forget to berley. For the full report go to http://www.fishingsydney.com.au/

Carl Dubois won the SBSS kayak event last Sunday and for the full report go to www.kayakfishingsydney.com.au and you will learn how Carl took out first prize.

You could also go to the www.basinlureandfly.org.au web site and read the report of how Andrew and Neil took out the first round of the SBSS team’s event on the Georges River. What a cracker of a bag of bream.

Due to the fact that there has been so much fresh water about I would suggest that if you are going to fish with bait you should try using pilchards, blood and tube worms (may be hard to get), chicken and mullet gut, strips of tuna, bonito, slimy and frigate mackerel. You could also try concentrating your fishing time to about a couple of hours either side of the top of the tide.

If the seas are still up you can still find a few calm spots to fish off the beach and rocks in Sydney and once the seas calm down offshore you can give the reefs ago for snapper, tarwhine, jewfish and tailor.

DVD’S REVEIWS

Secret Silver by Brendan Wing and Warren Carter
This is a 2 set DVD that plenty of tackle tips, techniques and secrets on how to go about targeting mulloway. Even though it has been filmed in Victoria’s Western Port and surrounds the information that is shown in this set will help you target mulloway where ever you are thinking of targeting them. I have learnt a number of techniques from watching Secret Silver. Running time is 165 minutes. Go to www.afn.com.au or visit your local tackle shop and ask them to get it in for you.

Sydney Rock and Beach Fishing with Alex Bellissimo

If you want to improve your skills as a rock and beach angler then this DVD is a must. Alex takes you through what baits to use and how to rig them. What type of equipment, rig set ups and techniques to use when targeting bream, drummer, Australian salmon, luderick, groper and silver drummer. Running time is 59 minutes. Go to www.afn.com.au or visit your local tackle shop and ask them to get it in for you.

What’s New

If you have never been on the Pure Fishing Australia Web Site before I would suggest that you go to www.purefishing.com.au and have a look at what is there.
You can find the latest rods, reels, lines, soft plastics, hard bodied lures, terminal tackle, accessories and clothing they have in Shakespeare, Ugly Stik, Pflueger, Berkley, Gulp, Fireline, Abu Garcia and Nitro.

There are product reviews and a new feature product catalogue for 2010.
You can also view video clips on Pure Fishing TV (PFTV) on how to rig up a whole pilchard onto a set of ganged hooks, strip baits, whole and peeled prawns, squid and worms. There are also plenty of other clips, for example, how to use blades, squid jigging and bream on soft plastics.
There are also species guides on Dusky Flathead, Bream, Kingfish and Mulloway.

Articles on targeting whiting, kingfish with live baits, how to berley and freshwater flats fishing with Neil Schultz and going fishing with the kids by Andrew McGovern.

If you are interested in getting a newsletter to also keep you up to date on what’s happening on www.purefishing.com.au all you need to do is subscribe to their newsletter and they will keep you up to date.

DVD RELEASE

In the Port Hacking “The Jewel of the South” Scott Lyons and I show you our techniques we use when targeting squid, what to do when blue swimmer crabs come up to the back of your boat in your berley trail, what rigs and techniques to try when chasing luderick, leatherjackets, how to target flathead on live bait, different ways to catch poddy mullet, techniques on how to pump for nippers, bream on soft plastics and some light offshore and estuary fishing for Australian salmon and bonito.

We have also put in 30 different fishing locations on easy to read maps to fish from the shore, boat and where to go to get your live bait.

Scott also explains, with the use of a white board the details of the rigs we used throughout the DVD.

We also go through the types of outfits we used and how to set them up.
Now even though this may be a DVD that has been filmed while fishing in the Port Hacking River in Sydney’s south, the types of techniques, bait and lure types, tackle and rigs can be used in the same way anywhere throughout Australia.

While you are at your local tackle shop you should also look out for our first DVD “A Day on the Bay” In this dvd we cover how to target yellowfin bream in fast running shallow and deep water, silver trevally while using small amounts of weight, how to get live squid and yellowtail, target kingfish around structure, cast and troll for tailor, soft plastic fishing for dusky flathead and even a little bit on cooking your latest catch.

There are also maps, techniques and tackle covered in this DVD.
RRP $24.95

The Port Hacking “The Jewel of the South” is now available in the following tackle shops;

Ace Fishing Tackle 3 Newbridge Road Milperra
Amazon Outdoor Centre 1273 The Horsley Drive Wetherill Park
Anglers Leisure World 3/2 Garling Road Blacktown 2148
Anglers World 1 Lawndale Avenue North Rocks
Bass Angler Batt Street Penrith
Beverley Hills Bait and Tackle 410 Stoney Creek Road Beverley Hills
Botany Bay Bait and Tackle 1a Jacobson Street Kyeemagh
Brighton Bait and Tackle 285 Bay Street Brighton-lee Sands
Cast Wide Cnr of Wollongong and Forest Road Arncliffe
Campbelltown Fishing Scene 6-12 Dumaresq Street Campbelltown
Chatswood Bait and Tackle 342 Penshurst Street Chatswood 2067
Complete Angler 938 Woodville Road Villawood
Compleat Angler 3rd Floor Dymock’s Building
438 George Street Sydney 2000
Drummoyne Bait and Tackle 104 Lyons Road Drummoyne
Equipped Fishing Bait & Tackle 115 Railway Pde Canley Vale NSW 2166
Fish Outta Water 263 Condamine Street Manly Vale 2093
Freddy’s Fishing World Cnr Griffith and Broadmeadows Roads Newcastle
Freddy’s Fishing World Erina
Fish and Dive Warehouse 238 Taren Point Road Taren Point
Hunts Marine Princes Hwy Blakehurst
Gabe’s Boating and Fishing centre 1a Somerset Avenue Narellan
Gabe’s Tackle and Bait Shop 4 Princes Highway Sylvania Waters
Kyeemagh Bait and Tackle 164 Bestic Road Kyeemagh
Macs Bait Bar Princes Highway Blakehurst
Mako Tackle and Bait 201 Newbridge Road Moorebank
Matraville Bait and Tackle 548 Bunnerong Road Matraville
One Stop Bait & Tackle Cnr of Waterloo Rd Greenacre
Otto’s Fishy Business 139 Victoria Road Drummoyne 2047
The Big Catch 12 Chapel Road Bankstown
Wattos Shop 1 & 2, Lot 7 Kurrajong Ave
North St Mary’s
Windybanks Bait 523 Pacific Highway Mt Colah
Windsor Bait and Tackle Cnr Baker and Macquarie Streets Windsor
West Engadine Newsagency 121 Anzac Avenue Engadine

FISHING CLASSES FOR 2010.

WINDYBANKS BAIT AND TACKLE

My next fishing class will commence on Wednesday the 10th of March 2010. It will start at 6.30pm and will run for 3 consecutive Wednesday nights. 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
Contact Annette and John.

WATTO’S TACKLE SHOP

I will be starting up my fishing classes in early February 2010 at Wattos and they are run on 3 conconsective Wednesday nights. The class will start at 7.00pm and finish at 10.00pm. For further information you will need to ring or pay them a visit at the shop. The cost will be $80.00 per person.
For further information and to book in and pay you can contact Sean at
Email: wattosfishing@gmail.com
Address: shop 1 & 2 LOT 9 KURRAJOMG AVE ST MARYS NORTH
Phone: 0416 203 507
Contact Shaun

And while you are at it you could go to their web site and see what special they have on at the moment http://www.wattosfishing.com.au/
LATEST REPORTS FROM AFAR.

Paul Martin from Rock Marine Bait and Tackle (rocksmarine@tsn.cc) reports that the fishing there are a lot of frustrated blue water fishermen here at the moment, where just as the fish were on the bite big seas have stopped pretty well all boats from crossing the bars. Prior to this Black Marlin have been in good numbers just off the Gaol, while most are around 40 to 50 kilo Russell Deilby weighed in a nice 70 kilo unit on 30 pound line, a small Penn Senator and unbelievably the line running outside one of the runners, you got to be lucky. Early last week there were a few Spanish off Grassy and Scotts with rumours of the odd Spotted Mackerel. The grounds off Hat Head produced a few Spanish as well. Slimies were tougher to get while Bonito are everywhere at the moment. Dolphin Fish are about with most of the Charter boats getting into these. Reef fishing has been ok with the odd Snapper off Grassy, Pearl Perch in good numbers off Rocks in Line. Fish Rock has Kings with a growing number of Mac Tuna.

The River is loaded with Whiting now jumping all over live worms and nippers. Fishing the Break Walls on the run out seems to be successful. A run up river as far as Smithtown has been productive for these fish. Good numbers of Flathead have been caught on numerous baits and plastics, just find the edge of a weed bed or some drop offs and you should be on some fish. There were a few Bream and small Schoolies along the walls.

The Beaches have been slow with the big seas. Smoky beach on the Hat Head end has been fishing well for Bream, Dart and Whiting with a few Tailor early morning last week. Off the ledges Bonito and Mac Tuna have been on the bite on small metal lures, these are great fun on light gear.
Paul Martin
rocksmarine@tsn.cc

Jason and Virginia Isaac from Ned Kelly’s Bait and Tackle jasned@ozemail.com.au reports that On the beaches, tailor numbers are as good as we have seen for quite some time, no doubt due to the combination of reasonable water clarity and the arrival of bait fish schools. Whilst a fair proportion of the fish may be undersize, the odd better specimen is on offer. With the bulk of the whitebait schools yet to arrive, the action can only improve from here on. Whiting numbers are also beginning to pick up, and should continue to do so with the water still warming. For night time anglers, the odd bream and school mulloway are about; however you will need to battle the hoards of stingrays which are particularly ravenous at present.

Off the rocks, tailor numbers have improved with Point Plommer and Diamond Head faring best, whilst Lighthouse locally is also worth a throw. A few nice bream have been on the chew during early mornings, with tailor strips proving the bait of choice. Little to report on the land based game scene as yet apart from the occasional cobia encounter. However from this month onwards is generally when it all happens so for those inclined, and if further incentive is needed, the currents are shaping up favourably and bait schools are becoming more common each day. For those simply inclined to have a bit of fun or gather some great bait, bonito numbers are everywhere around Port and Point Plommer, with small metals the weapons of choice.
In the estuary, flathead remain excellent with fish on offer from basically all points this side of where the river turns fresh. Lures, whitebait and the humble mullet strip have been well worth throwing. Pick of the other species has been whiting with terrific fish taken from Blackmans Point, Limeburners and the back channel. A few nice bream and tarwhine have also been on offer around the break walls, along with the occasional blackfish. Best results have been achieved at night on live yabbies.

Offshore action has been curtailed temporarily due to conditions, but the news beforehand was encouraging. Bottom bashers have been scoring snapper to above 3 kilos, pearl perch and sampson fish, along with a continued excellent run on small to medium kingfish. Pelagic action has also been reasonable with a few small black marlin beginning to show up, whilst good numbers of mahi mahi are haunting the FAD and trap buoys. With nice warm currents about, this month should produce excellent pelagic action in general, and who knows, perhaps the waters south of South West Rocks may even produce a reasonable amount of mackerel action this season.