WEB REPORT 11/07/10
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rl Dubois teamed up with Dave (Just Crusin) in Jason Meech's tinnie. It was a freezing' start to the morning but at least the predicted wind was absent. They started off in Exile Bay and Carl picked up their first (bang on 25cm fork) after about 30 minutes. They snaffled a few that were just undersize so they moved upstream to Brays Bay near Ryde Bridge and started working a likely looking shoreline. Dave was fishing the shallows and Carl was casting out into the deeper water.
Dave gets a whack and lands number two (27 fork). Then Carl gets another, that's 26. Beauty, that's three and they still have three hours to go. All the fish have been caught on blades so far, even though they were changing between various HB's and SP's.
Then Dave also pulls in a nice 37cm whiting, a flathead and another whiting. Carl also caught a 70cm mulloway on a Shimano Stradic Ci4 matched with an Okuma spin travel rod while using 2lb crystal braid with 4lb leader.
They managed 18th place with 1.51 kgs so it wasn't a bad effort, we just couldn't get those thumpers that we needed. In fact we didn't even hook any that we'd call good fish. Still, it was a great day, even if Dave and I felt a bit funny fishing out of a boat rather than a yak.
On the Botany Bay front, Terry has been hitting it all this week (jammy git has been on holidays, hasn't he!) and has been getting heaps of tailor on the troll. Most of them have been up near the 50cm mark too, so they're a good size. Every now and then he'll pick up a trevally as well, so he's been having a ball in his new Hobie PA.
Scotty Lyons from Southern Sydney Fishing Tours reports that they had another top weekend of fishing, yes Saturday morning was a little cool but in behind the Container wall at Trevally Alley was quite nice and the fishing started slow due to the low tide but once the sun hit the water and the tide started running in it was game on with Trevally on the bite, this repeated itself both days.
Tailor were slow on Saturday but Sunday we did well with a small school just at the end on the Third Runway and spinning with small metals fooled the fish and we boated around 30 fish in a hot session great fun. Spinning with Plastic on Saturday along the
beach at Brighton produced well with around 10 Flathead, two keepers and the rest all around 33-35cms were put back.
FISHING TRIPS COMING UP
*Holiday fish with the Kids next week in Botany Bay
13th, 14th, 15th, special trips 9am to 2pm.
Come on the kids will love it.
*Saturday the 17th I have spots open.
ROCK FISHING NIGHT AT HUNTS MARINE
SPOTS STILL OPEN 19th JULY.
BOOKINGS AND DETAILS
Scotty Lyons 0418 169 439
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rl Dubois teamed up with Dave (Just Crusin) in Jason Meech's tinnie. It was a freezing' start to the morning but at least the predicted wind was absent. They started off in Exile Bay and Carl picked up their first (bang on 25cm fork) after about 30 minutes. They snaffled a few that were just undersize so they moved upstream to Brays Bay near Ryde Bridge and started working a likely looking shoreline. Dave was fishing the shallows and Carl was casting out into the deeper water.
Dave gets a whack and lands number two (27 fork). Then Carl gets another, that's 26. Beauty, that's three and they still have three hours to go. All the fish have been caught on blades so far, even though they were changing between various HB's and SP's.
Then Dave also pulls in a nice 37cm whiting, a flathead and another whiting. Carl also caught a 70cm mulloway on a Shimano Stradic Ci4 matched with an Okuma spin travel rod while using 2lb crystal braid with 4lb leader.
They managed 18th place with 1.51 kgs so it wasn't a bad effort, we just couldn't get those thumpers that we needed. In fact we didn't even hook any that we'd call good fish. Still, it was a great day, even if Dave and I felt a bit funny fishing out of a boat rather than a yak.
On the Botany Bay front, Terry has been hitting it all this week (jammy git has been on holidays, hasn't he!) and has been getting heaps of tailor on the troll. Most of them have been up near the 50cm mark too, so they're a good size. Every now and then he'll pick up a trevally as well, so he's been having a ball in his new Hobie PA.
Scotty Lyons from Southern Sydney Fishing Tours reports that they had another top weekend of fishing, yes Saturday morning was a little cool but in behind the Container wall at Trevally Alley was quite nice and the fishing started slow due to the low tide but once the sun hit the water and the tide started running in it was game on with Trevally on the bite, this repeated itself both days.
Tailor were slow on Saturday but Sunday we did well with a small school just at the end on the Third Runway and spinning with small metals fooled the fish and we boated around 30 fish in a hot session great fun. Spinning with Plastic on Saturday along the
beach at Brighton produced well with around 10 Flathead, two keepers and the rest all around 33-35cms were put back.FISHING TRIPS COMING UP
*Holiday fish with the Kids next week in Botany Bay
13th, 14th, 15th, special trips 9am to 2pm.
Come on the kids will love it.
*Saturday the 17th I have spots open.
ROCK FISHING NIGHT AT HUNTS MARINE
SPOTS STILL OPEN 19th JULY.
BOOKINGS AND DETAILS
Scotty Lyons 0418 169 439
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PURE FISHING (Pflueger / Shakespeare) - http://www.purefishing.com.au/
The Pure Fishing Australia Web Site has plenty on offer for the keen angler and I would suggest that you go to www.purefishing.com.au and have a look at what the Pure Fishing Team has put together.
There are product reviews on the latest rods, reels, lines, soft plastics, hard bodied lures, squid jigs, terminal tackle, accessories and clothing they have in Shakespeare, Ugly Stik, Pflueger, Berkley, Gulp, Egi, Fireline, Abu Garcia and Nitro. The web site also features a product catalogue for 2010, but you should also be on the lookout for the new 2011 product catalogue (soon to be released).
If you go to the Berkley Proteam Blog (located at the bottom of the home page) you will find new product reports, reviews, reader’s stories and much more. Then you could try clicking on the “The Armchair Angler” you will see a new segment called the Panel. This segment is open to all anglers on the Pure Fishing pro team. The Panel gives all fisho’s an insight into techniques these experienced anglers use to catch more fish. A great read for both tournament and social fisho’s alike, there is sure to be a few nuggets of fishing info that will improve your winter bream fishing.
Some of the Pro Anglers are Andrew McGovern, Brad Hodges, Neil Schultz, Mark Mangold, Stephen Wilson, Me and many more.
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 and surface poppers.
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.
Australian Fishing Network AFN (Publisher) – http://www.afn.com.au/
For over 20 years the AFN has been the publisher of the premier fishing magazines in Australia. In their continuing efforts to bring the best fishing magazines, books, maps, DVD’s and other exciting products to the anglers of Australia and around the world. The Australian Fishing Network has added to its range some exciting new products. With more magazines a year there is always
something new to offer every angler. Take some time to browse the www.afn.com.au site and help them to plan your next fishing trip.
For over 20 years the AFN has been the publisher of the premier fishing magazines in Australia. In their continuing efforts to bring the best fishing magazines, books, maps, DVD’s and other exciting products to the anglers of Australia and around the world. The Australian Fishing Network has added to its range some exciting new products. With more magazines a year there is always
something new to offer every angler. Take some time to browse the www.afn.com.au site and help them to plan your next fishing trip. AFN have an online book shop where you can purchase one of my books, DVD’S AND map that I have produced for AFN over the years. Or you can send them an email to find out which tackle shop that sells their produces that is closest to you.
BLA (Hummingbird & Minn Kota) - http://www.bla.com.au/
On this web site you will find links to their catalogue, products and dealers. You could also go to the www.hummingbird.com.au web site and have a look at the Humming Bird788 C2X Combo GPS Fishing system that I am running on the side console of my boat and the Humming Bird Fishfinder 345C that I am using up the front of my boat in conjunction with the Minn Kota Auto Pilot Riptide 70lb Saltwater Bow Mount, complete with foot control.
On this web site you will find links to their catalogue, products and dealers. You could also go to the www.hummingbird.com.au web site and have a look at the Humming Bird788 C2X Combo GPS Fishing system that I am running on the side console of my boat and the Humming Bird Fishfinder 345C that I am using up the front of my boat in conjunction with the Minn Kota Auto Pilot Riptide 70lb Saltwater Bow Mount, complete with foot control.
Good Times Marine - http://www.goodtimesmarine.com.au/
Good Times Marine is a boat dealership specialising in new and used trailerable boats and are situated in the aquatic playground of the Sutherland Shire the dealership for Anglapro boats. There boats are powered by Suzuki Marine outboards and supplied on Dunbier trailers.
They are also an authorized Suzuki Marine dealer. Our outboard mechanics are experienced in servicing all brands of outboards and they offer valet servicing to our customers unable to deliver the boats to our premises.
They offer a range of marine electronics from small compact sounders to large dual frequency colour sounder / GPS combo's. They also offer marine radios and stereos as well as a full selection of safety gear to keep your boat as up to date with the current safety requirements on the water. On display is a great range of on water toys like tubes and tow ropes and also other general boat and trailer chandlery. They also supply a full range or engine oils and lubricants to keep your boat running at its best.
(Anglapro boats) – http://www.anglapro.com.au/
They are also an authorized Suzuki Marine dealer. Our outboard mechanics are experienced in servicing all brands of outboards and they offer valet servicing to our customers unable to deliver the boats to our premises.
They offer a range of marine electronics from small compact sounders to large dual frequency colour sounder / GPS combo's. They also offer marine radios and stereos as well as a full selection of safety gear to keep your boat as up to date with the current safety requirements on the water. On display is a great range of on water toys like tubes and tow ropes and also other general boat and trailer chandlery. They also supply a full range or engine oils and lubricants to keep your boat running at its best.
(Anglapro boats) – http://www.anglapro.com.au/
At Anglapro we started our design process by contemplating you! What seats would you prefer to sit in, how would you like your dash laid out, what fishabilty needs do you have? From there we got started on building a good hull. So in short we built the boats backwards starting from the driver seat and finishing with the hull. So the result is love at first sight with the layout, then you get in and head for the horizon and its all smiles because the boats just perform in all conditions!
We keep our hulls simple by design, no catchy names for the hull to make the boat sound tricky. We know a hull must achieve 4 main results.
We keep our hulls simple by design, no catchy names for the hull to make the boat sound tricky. We know a hull must achieve 4 main results.
1. Plane easily with minimal hole shot effort
2. Corner comfortably
3. Offer stability at rest
4. Be comfortable underway though choppy seas
Uglyfish eyewear (Sunglasses) – http://www.uglyfisheyewear.com/
Ugly Fish has a huge variety of specialised and general use glasses and related eyewear products. They have an extensive set of polarized sports sunglasses that is perfect for driving, fishing, boating and all other outdoor activities and spots where wrap around sports eyewear is the best choice in the sun. This range includes their collection of highly advanced bi focal polarized sunglasses, which by the way I cannot be without when out in the sun.
E J Todd (Luckycraft lures) http://www.ejtodd.com.au/
At E. J. Todd & Son Imports they work hard to bring quality fishing equipment to the Australian Sports trade one of which is the highly prized lures from Lucky Craft. If you go to the web site and click on the logo of Lucky Craft you will be amazed at the number of lures they have in their stable. Some of which are the Sammy 65, the Pointer 65, Humpback minnows, the Bevy Shad and the Bevy Minnow. All of which show their great colour range in each lure.
PFIGA (Member) www.fishingguides.org.au
Professional Fishing Instructors & guides association – (Member) www.fishingguides.org.au
Fishing salt water or fresh water, fly casting, lure casting or fishing with natural bait, whatever style of fishing you like, a professional fishing guide will save you time and money in reaching your goals.
Fishing salt water or fresh water, fly casting, lure casting or fishing with natural bait, whatever style of fishing you like, a professional fishing guide will save you time and money in reaching your goals.
This web site will help you find an approved, accredited fishing guide or instructor that is of only the highest standard. PFIGA accredited members must adhere to current Codes of Conduct and be able to demonstrate business best practice, eco-friendly/sustainable fishing practices, adherence to OHS Acts/Standards/Regulations, customer service and expertise/ability amongst other, essential and desirable qualities.
In the late 1980's there weren't many professional fishing guides in Australia, yet the fledgling industry was getting a bad reputation due to poor experiences some people were having with "amateur" fishing guides.
The late Mike Spry in Khancoban, along with Bill Bourke from Alexandra were the prime movers in getting together a small group of guides to form an association. Other founding members were John Killip, Evan Mathews, and Ron Vise. One of the earliest "meetings" of the association was around a fire on the frosty banks of the Eucumbene River when the lake trout were running upstream in early winter.
Eventually, the Australian Professional Fly Fishing Instructors and Guides Association was formed in 1990 with an emphasis on fly fishing training activities. The name was changed to its present form at the 1992 Annual General Meeting when it was decided that the association would embrace all methods of recreational fishing, with guiding and instructing getting equal emphasis.
For a few years membership of the PFIGA remained very small, until Rod Barford took over as secretary and started working hard to recruit members. The numbers increased to nearly fifty before the severe drought during the late 90's and early 2000's began to affect participation in freshwater angling throughout South East Australia. As a result, a number of members dropped out of the industry, going back to their "day jobs" in many cases.
Now, in 2010, membership is slowly creeping back up. With an influx of members specialising in Saltwater services the face of the PFIGA has evolved again and now boasts fee for service fishing guides and instructors from all around Australia.
The Accreditation provided by the PFIGA is world class and distinguishes those that gain this accolade as the leaders in their field, covering all aspects of business best practice, eco friendly and sustainable fishing practices, OHS and Customer Service. A PFIGA accredited guide or fishing instructor can be trusted.
Love fishing - (Monthly articles) http://www.lovefishing.com.au/
The Love Fishing web site has so much on offer for the recreational from the beginner to the advanced angler. So much so that it is so hard to mention all of what is available on the site you should go to www.lovefishing.com.au yourself and see what they have to offer.
Some of the things you will find are Most Popular Stories, Weather updates, Kids Corner, latest photos, AFTA Retailer, member login, just to name a few.
I have now started putting together a monthly article for the Love Fishing Web site and for the next six months they will be as follows. So when you get a chance check them out:
July 2010
Techniques for Four fish species for the four seasons of the year
August 2010
Techniques on how to target dusky flathead with soft plastics.
September 2010
How, when and where to berley when bait fishing
October 2010
Whiting techniques
November 2010
Location guide to fishing the Parramatta River in Sydney
December 2010
How to fish pontoon, marinas and wharfs
LOCAL REPORTS & FROM AFAR
Techniques for Four fish species for the four seasons of the year
August 2010
Techniques on how to target dusky flathead with soft plastics.
September 2010
How, when and where to berley when bait fishing
October 2010
Whiting techniques
November 2010
Location guide to fishing the Parramatta River in Sydney
December 2010
How to fish pontoon, marinas and wharfs
LOCAL REPORTS & FROM AFAR
Paul Lennon from the Got One Store at Port Stephens portstephens@gotone.com.au reports the following:
OUTSIDE
While the long liners have been getting heaps of Yellow and Blue Fin I still haven’t heard of any confirmed reports of any recreational blokes doing any good. One customer went for a look earlier in the week and gave up after 5 hours of cubing. While no Yellow Fin he did see three Marlin for the day which is pretty impressive in July. Good Snapper are being caught from the usual haunts around Broughton and up towards Seals. Big, Little and out the front of Fingal Island are all worth a shot for Reds as well as down out the front of Fisherman’s. Drummer, Luderick and Bream are there to be caught by those fishing the wash zone with lightly weighted peeled Prawns or Cunjevoi. Tailor are still on dawn and dusk from the islands out the front and the back of Tomaree. We just received a heap of Halco Twisty’s metal lures ranging from 10-70g these lures are one of the best tailor lures you will use, especially the 30 and 40g models.
While the long liners have been getting heaps of Yellow and Blue Fin I still haven’t heard of any confirmed reports of any recreational blokes doing any good. One customer went for a look earlier in the week and gave up after 5 hours of cubing. While no Yellow Fin he did see three Marlin for the day which is pretty impressive in July. Good Snapper are being caught from the usual haunts around Broughton and up towards Seals. Big, Little and out the front of Fingal Island are all worth a shot for Reds as well as down out the front of Fisherman’s. Drummer, Luderick and Bream are there to be caught by those fishing the wash zone with lightly weighted peeled Prawns or Cunjevoi. Tailor are still on dawn and dusk from the islands out the front and the back of Tomaree. We just received a heap of Halco Twisty’s metal lures ranging from 10-70g these lures are one of the best tailor lures you will use, especially the 30 and 40g models.
BEACH.
The travelling season for Bream, Mullet and Luderick is starting to come to an end and now we will see the arrival of some massive schools of Salmon on our beaches. While a good sport fish and great fun on light gear Salmon can be a bit of a pest and don’t perform to well on the plate. They will eat a large range of baits and lures especially those fished in the same way when targeting Tailor. Best areas for Salmon are just about any beach between Stockton and Box. Bream are still in good numbers along the beach, Fingal spit is fishing well for them as well as Stocko and Samurai. Live Worms and Pippies are the two number one baits for Bream off the beaches. Tailor are also on the chew in that first hour before and after dusk and dawn.
The travelling season for Bream, Mullet and Luderick is starting to come to an end and now we will see the arrival of some massive schools of Salmon on our beaches. While a good sport fish and great fun on light gear Salmon can be a bit of a pest and don’t perform to well on the plate. They will eat a large range of baits and lures especially those fished in the same way when targeting Tailor. Best areas for Salmon are just about any beach between Stockton and Box. Bream are still in good numbers along the beach, Fingal spit is fishing well for them as well as Stocko and Samurai. Live Worms and Pippies are the two number one baits for Bream off the beaches. Tailor are also on the chew in that first hour before and after dusk and dawn.
ROCKS
Luderick are everywhere right now with areas such as Boulder Bay down to Box Beach and the Torpedo Tubes all fishing well. Their bigger cousins the Rock Blackfish or Drummer are also in numbers around the same areas. Tailor and Salmon are coming from Box Beach and Sunny Corner on first light. Bonito are simply refusing to leave and are still being caught from the rocks around Tomaree .
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ESTUARY
The Gamakatsu Bream GTS Series tournament was held last Sunday and turned out to be an extremely well run comp with plenty of prizes and plenty of fish caught. I managed to scrape into the placing’s while local fishing identity Brent Hancock came very close to winning it but in the end had to settle for second place on both the overall and the biggest fish. Brent’s bag went 3.8kg for 5 fish while 1st place had 5 fish for just on 4kg. Biggest bream went 1.1kg with Brent also just missing out with a 1.070 fish. Luderick have started to really fire on the Break Wall over the past week and will continue to get thicker and thicker over the next month or two. Best areas to fish are Nelson Bay and Anchorage Rock Walls as well as the Torpedo Tubes. Bream are also thick around the rock walls and in the racks at Soldiers Point and Tea Gardens. Squid are off the Salamander Shores Wharf and Shoal Bay’s Jetty and moorings
Luderick are everywhere right now with areas such as Boulder Bay down to Box Beach and the Torpedo Tubes all fishing well. Their bigger cousins the Rock Blackfish or Drummer are also in numbers around the same areas. Tailor and Salmon are coming from Box Beach and Sunny Corner on first light. Bonito are simply refusing to leave and are still being caught from the rocks around Tomaree .
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ESTUARY
The Gamakatsu Bream GTS Series tournament was held last Sunday and turned out to be an extremely well run comp with plenty of prizes and plenty of fish caught. I managed to scrape into the placing’s while local fishing identity Brent Hancock came very close to winning it but in the end had to settle for second place on both the overall and the biggest fish. Brent’s bag went 3.8kg for 5 fish while 1st place had 5 fish for just on 4kg. Biggest bream went 1.1kg with Brent also just missing out with a 1.070 fish. Luderick have started to really fire on the Break Wall over the past week and will continue to get thicker and thicker over the next month or two. Best areas to fish are Nelson Bay and Anchorage Rock Walls as well as the Torpedo Tubes. Bream are also thick around the rock walls and in the racks at Soldiers Point and Tea Gardens. Squid are off the Salamander Shores Wharf and Shoal Bay’s Jetty and moorings
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Paul Martin from Rock Marine Bait and Tackle (rocksmarine@tsn.cc) reports that last week brought some mixed results from outside. With conditions a bit sloppy most fisho’s stayed in close. Snapper up to 3.5 kilo have been around Grassy and Scotts with some very respectable Pearl Perch coming in the bag. There have been a few Leather Jackets about but not in the huge numbers as first thought. There are still some nice Tailor to be caught in close off the Gaol. Fish Rock has some King Fish around it but some days they are just not interested. The Dot is producing Snapper and Pearlies with the odd Trag. Most reefs have Morwong on them adding to the bag.
The Luderick fishermen are a little frustrated, we should be in the middle of the season now but the numbers of fish being caught are patchy. Next week with the new moon hopefully they will be on the bite. The Break Wall is fishing well for Bream but like last week there are some small fish amongst them. Jerseyville has a few Flathead coming in with the odd Bream and School Jew. Kinchela to Smithtown is fishing well for School Jew, Bream, Flathead and Bass under the bridge. Herring have been hard to find but a small Mullet will do the trick on a lazy Flathead in the shallows.
The Beaches have slowed down with Smoky producing the odd Tailor and Bream, as is Gap Beach with better results on the northern end. Main Beach has some small Whiting while Back Beach has the odd Flathead off the sand.
Rock Hoppers are getting a few Tailor and Salmon with the odd Bream, Drummer and Blackfish.
Special: Finn Nor Jig and Spin rods $210.00 ea Shop around this is a very hot price while stocks last.
Special: Finn Nor Jig and Spin rods $210.00 ea Shop around this is a very hot price while stocks last.
FISHING CLASSES FOR 2010.
WINDYBANKS BAIT AND TACKLE
My next fishing class will commence on Wednesday the 8th of September 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.
523 Pacific Hwy Mt Colah NSW 2079
Ph (02) 9477 1501 Contact Annette and John.
