Beautiful way to spend Good Friday. Fished the Alvey 55B on the Alvey 555 rod. I really love this set-up with light line and weight. Eight whiting on beach worms. The fish were right at my feet. Not much swell around Sydney right now. A fantastic morning to be on the beach. 🎣👍😁
Session in Pittwater for a great afternoon of fishing! It was so windy I spent the first few hours flicking hards, vibes and softs in any sheltered area I could find. The lure that got all the hits was the Prolure D36 Crank – Tiger Shrimp. Three little squire came first from above some seagrass…
There is nothing quite like the feeling of a cranking lure being smashed by a big bream while slow rolling over the flats, or that moment when a suspended hardbody on the pause is eyeballed by a big bream, for what seems like an eternity, before it decides enough is enough and sends your reel…
Afternoon session in the entrance of the Hawkesbury for only one hit, but what a hit! It was the last of the run out tide with moderate and gusty SSE winds that made hard work but persistence paid off. I was after a solid bream so I stuck with the plan and avoided dropping back…
Hawkesbury Bream, Flathead and Mulloway 04-11-2016. Early morning launch from Bayview was the start of a great day. It was an eerie morning with lots of smoke from the local back burning. Much windier than predicted, it seemed like the air was being compressed under the fog smoke and creating extra wind. It settled down…
Got out after work for some squid and some Kingfish down rigging. The squid were scarce with the wind up but I eventually got onto a good one on the west side of Pittwater at about 6:30pm. No Kings so calamari for lunch the next day.
I recently decided to put a fuel filter on the boat to protect the motor from fuel contaminated with water. The choice of filter was easy; the WaterScreen nano fuel filter from Whitworths. The process was pretty simple, however, I had to look around a bit to work out how the inlet and outlet system…
Today my tinny had its first water test. After drilling some decent size holes in it for the livewell and bilge I was slightly apprehensive. DRY! absolutely no water in the bilge. It sits great on the water and rides better than I expected. Checkout the video and photos here Cheers Matt
I got out today to test my new Olympus TG4 camera. The Olympus TG4 is a great little camera that is perfect for fishing. The TG-4 is a waterproof rugged camera able to withstand drops from 2.1m high, freezing temperatures down to -10°C, crushing pressures of 100kg, dusty conditions, and water depths down to 15m.…
Early morning fish up the back of Narrabeen Lake today. It started out as another very quiet morning. I started fishing with the Rebel pop R for whiting and with no interest shown I soon switched over to the sx40 (348). Unfortunately there was a huge amount of fine green weed in the lake that…
This morning was my first fish of the season after the winter shutdown, though after this morning I’m not sure if fish know it’s time to wake up. It was quiet to say the least. I fished from 6:30am to 11am and worked really hard for two small flathead and two whiting. It was a…
Chop chop chopper ain’t much chop! I just caught the last half hour of light today but hey, any time with a wet line is better than none. Given the short time frame I thought I may as well try out Crystal Bay, Newport, along the southern shore. I’ve fished this spot years ago in…
I just managed to catch the last hour of light today and it was absolutely beautiful. I started out throwing the Ecogear VX40 (435). This is the first time I’ve used this lure and I love it! It casts like a bullet, especially on the light line. It wasn’t long before I was onto a…
What started out as a very quiet session wading around the back of Narrabeen Lake ended up with a personal best flathead on light line. A 72cm, 3kg flathead on 1.8kg line. The monster lizard inhaled the Ecogear SX40F at 5pm and had me dancing all over the place for the next 25 minutes. When…
This is a beautiful rod. My G.Loomis IMX S841-2 is by far my favourite rod. I’ve never found another rod like it. I own two other G.Loomis GL3’s but the IMX S841-2 is in another league. This is an ultra-light action rod with a short grip. It is so light and balanced it feels…
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