Saturday, September 4, 2010

WEB REPORT 14/08/10

A few weeks ago I held a talk at Fergo’s Tackle World at Taren Point.
The evening is designed for beginners and intermediate anglers. I covered the following:

• Using soft plastics and blades to target winter and autumn fish species like bream, silver trevally, whiting and dusky flathead.
• Deep and shallow water spots to try in the Sydney region.
• Suggested rod and reel selection.
• Types of knots used to join superlines (e.g. braid) to your leaders, jig heads and blades.
• Types of leader material.
• What techniques to use.
• Times and tides.
• Moon phases.
• Suggested types of jig heads, plastics and blades.



I was told that there was close to 200 people at the talk and at the end of the night there were a number of lucky door prizes drawn. The major prize on the night went to Vince Joyce (a local angler) who won a day on the water with me in my new boat learning how to put all the techniques that were discussed on the night into practice. Vince and I will be going out on Sydney Harbour later in the month, so I will report on the days outing in a later report.
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Local Fishing report

The Hawkesbury River has been producing bream, flathead and the odd mulloway along the stretch of water from Spencer to Bar Point. Strips of mullet, Hawkesbury River prawns and squid are the go. Berowra Water shoreline is worth a flick with soft plastics and blades for bream.

The reef area off the south eastern side of Bar Point has been producing bream on the run-out tide, but you will need to keep your baits about a metre off the bottom to get away from the catfish. Further downstream at the road and rail bridges you can try for flathead, bream and mulloway on the first and last parts of the run-out tide.

Flint and Steel has not been as crowded as it gets during the summer months, but is still producing the odd bream, flathead and mulloway on both the run-up and run-out tides. Try using a paternoster rig. The Pittwater has a few kingfish still patrolling around looking for baitfish. You could try down rigging for them around Scotland Island, Careel Bay and West Head and if you are down rigging try to keep clear of those anglers who are anchored up and bait fishing. Nothing is worse than having someone drive across the back of your boat in your berley trail.


If you are after a feed of trevally and leatherjackets you could try Sydney and Middle Harbour. It is just a matter of finding a spots that has either a drop off, small reef, marker buoy, channel marker or a set of boats on swing moorings, anchoring up and laying out a steady stream of berley and they will come. I use bread and chicken pellets for my berley and peel my Hawkesbury River prawns. The 2 rigs are a ball sinker down onto the bait and a running ball or bean sinker behind the swivel with a leader of between 1 to 2 metres in length.


Tailor and Salmon have been chasing the baitfish around the entrance to Middle Harbour and Sow and Pigs. Try using as small metal lure, by either casting to them or trolling around the edges of the feeding school.


Botany Bay has the usual schools of trevally feeding at places like Trevally Alley, the drums, the Sticks, Towra Point, the oil wharf and Sutherland Point. There have also been a few legal snapper about in the bay, along with bream and the odd kingfish or two.


Port Hacking is worth a shot for leatherjackets, luderick, silver trevally and bream on a run-out tide. Bait, soft plastics, blades and squid are the go at the moment. If you are chasing the luderick you will need to berley and use fresh green weed. I am not going to tell you where to get your fresh green weed, but I will give you a hint as to where to locate some. Look for stormwater drains close to the saltwater.


LATEST REPORTS FROM AFAR.


Paul Lennon from the Got One Store at Port Stephens portstephens@gotone.com.au reports the following:

5/09/10
OUTSIDE
Someone needs to get out and chase a few Yellowfin as the long liners are getting stuck into them straight out just over the shelf in a 100 fathoms. Edith Breakers has been firing over the past week with plenty of quality Reds to 5kg coming in by those using soft plastics. Gulp Jerk Shads are by far the most productive Snapper plastic with the best colours being Water Melon and Blue Pepper Neon as well as Camo and Orange Tiger. Snapper are also poking around Broughton, Chris our newest Got One staff member managed to get a few to 2kg early in the week around the Sisters. Another customer also got stuck into the Reds around the bommies at Broughton managing a bag of solid fish to 5kg. Mack Tuna have made an appearance around the Islands and headlands with one bloke I know hooking a 9 kilo model on 6 pound gear at Tomaree and landing it Big Island! There are plenty of Pigs and Stud Bream around the wash that will take a liking to a lightly weighted fresh Prawn or bit of Cunjevoi. Trolling or casting metal lures around the Islands and edges of the white water should result in Bonito Tailor and Salmon.


BEACH.
Salmon are getting thicker along Stockton, Samurai, One Mile and Fingal Beaches, most fish have been taken by those using whole Pilchards or Garfish. It’s the same story for the Tailor, you just need to get up a bit earlier and fish that dawn period for best results. Mulloway are worth a shot along Stockton and Samurai if you fish after dark. Bream and Whiting are on Fingal Spit with live Worms as always the gun bait.


ROCKS
Still loads and loads of Pigs and Luderick roaming the white water. The best areas are Tomaree Torpedo Tubes, Fingal Island, Boulder Bay, Rocky, and Cemetery Point. Bream are also pretty thick in the white water so don’t be surprised if you rustle up a bit of a mixed bag fishing the wash. If you’re fishing for Bonito you just might get connected to something a little bigger as there seems to be a few big Mack Tuna cruising around. Tailor and Salmon are from Barry Park to Fingal Island down to Sunny corner.


ESTUARY
Flathead are starting to make their way down the rivers and spill into the Bay. Mick Styles managed to nail 14 in a couple of hours fishing the sandy patches between the racks and around Tiligerry Creek. Luderick have gone haywire over the past few days along the Nelson Bay Rock Wall with many anglers getting there bag limit inside a couple of hours. Bream are still getting caught on the inside of the Break Wall at night, while the Short Cut and Soldiers Point Racks have been fishing well for the lure guys. Squid are still in good numbers around nelson Bay Marina, Shoal Bay Moorings, and Little beach. .

NSW 06 August 2010
OUTSIDE

Snapper are still patchy but there are scattered reports of quality fish coming from Broughton and I did hear a rumour during the week of a monster 10kg Red taken from Fisherman’s Bay. Plenty of tailor are around the Island’s out the front and a quick troll should get you a feed in a short time. Squid are in Hospital Bay, at Big Island. The Gantry and Boat Harbour. Bonito are still racing around the headlands and if you peg or troll a couple of metal lures or feathers around you shouldn’t have much trouble getting a few.


BEACH.
Salmon are in massive numbers along Stockton Beach down to Fingal. Tailor are also in good numbers but try and get to the Beach early on first light for best success. Box Beach and Fingal spit are also fishing well for Salmon and Tailor plus guys are getting some cracker Bream in the middle of the Spit on high tide using Live Worms.


ROCKS
Drummer are chewing their heads off with big pigs coming from Rocky down to Tomaree Point. Plenty of Luderick off the rocks with Barry Park, Birubi and Cemetery Point all fishing well. Salmon and Tailor are coming off Sunny Corner at One Mile, Fingal Head and Box Beach Rocks. Heaps of squid are at Boat harbour and Boulder Bay with Yo-Zuri pink and orange jigs in 2.5 to 3.5 doing much of the damage.


ESTUARY
Luderick are going haywire in the bay with fish being caught in big numbers from both the Anchorage and Nelson Bay Rock Wall through to Little Beach. Big Bream also have taken up residency along the Nelson Bay Rock Wall; I spoke with one customer who had caught 7 Bream for 8kg one afternoon this week. Yet again, Squid are still about in the Shoal Bay moorings. The odd Mulloway is also poking around the place and I’ve heard of quite a few being taken over the past week inside the estuary.

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NSW 13 August 2010
OUTSIDE

Snapper are still patchy but there are scattered reports of quality fish coming from Broughton and I did hear a rumour during the week of a monster 10kg Red taken from Fisherman’s Bay. Plenty of Tailor are around the Island’s out the front and a quick troll should get you a feed in a short time. Squid are in Hospital Bay, at Big Island. The Gantry and Boat Harbour. Bonito are still racing around the headlands and if you peg or troll a couple of metal lures or feathers around you shouldn’t have much trouble getting a few.

BEACH.
Salmon are in massive numbers along Stockton Beach down to Fingal. Tailor are also in good numbers but try and get to the Beach early on first light for best success. Box Beach and Fingal spit are also fishing well for Salmon and Tailor plus guys are getting some cracker Bream in the middle of the Spit on high tide using Live Worms.


ROCKS
Drummer are chewing their heads off with big pigs coming from Rocky down to Tomaree Point. Plenty of Luderick off the rocks with Barry Park, Birubi and Cemetery Point all fishing well. Salmon and Tailor are coming off Sunny Corner at One Mile, Fingal Head and Box Beach Rocks. Heaps of squid are at Boat harbour and Boulder Bay with Yo-Zuri pink and orange jigs in 2.5 to 3.5 doing much of the damage.


ESTUARY
Luderick are going haywire in the bay with fish being caught in big numbers from both the Anchorage and Nelson Bay Rock Wall through to Little Beach. Big Bream also have taken up residency along the Nelson Bay Rock Wall; I spoke with one customer who had caught 7 Bream for 8kg one afternoon this week. Yet again ..Squid are still about in the Shoal Bay moorings. The odd Mulloway is also poking around the place and I’ve heard of quite a few being taken over the past week inside the estuary.

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Paul Martin from Rock Marine Bait and Tackle (rocksmarine@tsn.cc) reports that last week they had mixed results last week in conditions that were pretty good on the water. Grassy has been a little slow with a heap of Bonito on the bottom but Snapper numbers are not good. Scotts Head is fishing better with some nice Pearl Perch and Snapper coming in. There are still the odd Leather Jacket about after 60 meters. Fish Rock reports are filtering through with a couple of cracker Kings being caught along with good numbers of Mack Tuna. Green Island has been producing quality Bream and the odd Tailor. Charter boats are reporting a few Kings out wider off Rocks In Line.


Black fishermen are getting a few fish along the wall and out of the Back Creek but unfortunately the numbers are not there to keep the boys happy. Bream are there on the change of the tide off the Break Wall with a few Flathead towards the boat ramp. Fishing the end of the wall has been productive for Tailor and Salmon late afternoon. Up river around Jerseyville Bream and Flathead are about in fair numbers with the odd School Jew and Whiting taking live worms. There are a few Bream around the oyster racks at Clybucca while fishing Stuarts Point should get you a Flathead of two.


Smoky Beach has been slow with gutter structure not spectacular at the moment. There has been a few Bream along the beach with Salmon and Tailor patchy. North Gap has a few Tailor and Salmon off the rocks as does the Gaol ledges with a few Bream and Blackfish.
Come in and check out our new range of Rapala lures including the new Clacking Rap exciting the Snapper fishermen.


The week before last week if you are one of the millions who love to throw a line out into a pristine estuary, cast a bait into the surf as the sun is rising over the horizon or simply drop a bait down to the bottom of the ocean please consider carefully who you cast your vote for in the upcoming election.


Labour has secured the Greens Preference vote and with the issue of Marine Park lockouts both parties have a high priority to put many more of these No Fishing Zones in place as well as radically adding to the already existing Marine Park zones around Australia. Labour has been trying to fast track this through before they were interrupted by the dumping of one leader and creating a new one with the same vision. Please don’t be fooled, if Labour is returned your right to recreationally fish in your favourite waterways or your holiday destinations will be in serious doubt. The frustrating part is these Marine Parks target small coastal towns like Byron Bay, Batemans Bay and Nelson Bay etc, and earmarked as their next conquest hear at the Mid North Coast. These towns rely 100% on tourism and the dollars they bring to towns like ours. No fishing zones do not make sense when there are a thousand things you can do for fish stock sustainability without locking up multiple areas around our country.


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.

Over the years I have had an enormous amount of support from my sponsors. They have stuck by me and supported me in many different ways. So when you get a chance, go and visit their web sites and have a look at what they have on offer. It is not all about fishing and boating gear, it’s also about how to articles, suggested techniques to try out, competitions, what’s new, plus much more.


SPONSERS WEB PAGES


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.


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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.


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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.


Go to the Hummingbird web site and read up about my new Hummingbird 788CX GPS



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 combos. 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.


1. Plane easily with minimal hole shot effort
2. Corner comfortably
3. Offer stability at rest
4. Be comfortable underway though choppy seas


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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.


Professional Fishing Instructors & guides association – (Member) http://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.


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.


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. POSTED.

August 2010
Techniques on how to target dusky flathead with soft plastics. POSTED

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


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