Archives for September, 2008
Thru The Gate To the Lake
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
At the Southern end of Narrabeen Lake in Sth.Creek there’s a gate leading across a weir that winds along the golf course out to a sandy bar the family call “Fishermans Beach”.The bush track abounds in wildlife and has an excellent fishery for flathead and bream.Weed patches and drop offs can be perfect areas to [...]
Pittwater and Broken Bay
Monday, September 29th, 2008
Launching outa Bayview ramp and heading on around Scotland Is. there’s a mirriad of fishing opportunities to be had.A couple of our favourites are Towlers and Lovett Bay .The latter is fed by a tidal creek with heaps of moorings and structure such as wrecks and reef.Top breamin’ spot using fresh squid strips and S/ps.
Time [...]
The Hawkesbury
Sunday, September 28th, 2008
Below are locations in this mighty river system.The Rail bridge,Flint and steel,Juno Pt,Cogra Bay.”Deliverance Country”,launching out of Bayview ,Moonee Moonee , Parsley Bay and of late Akuna Bay,Cottage Pt.
Sydney Harbour
Saturday, September 27th, 2008
As an introduction to fishing this area, I will begin with just to the West of The Harbour Bridge around the dock area to Darling Harbour.There’s a major shipping line and deep drop off to set a live squid in search of those ever illusive Kingies!Good bream ground with heaps of structure around the pylons.
We [...]
Rock and Beach
Saturday, September 27th, 2008
The Nthn.Beaches provide numerous spots for land based fishing!
Little Narrabeen to Long Reef
The Basin Long Reef
Nth Head
Old Mans Hat
Balmoral Beach
Blue Fish Pt.Manly
You never know what to expect,Flatties,Tailor,Bream,Whiting or Snapper,to name a few.
Click on map to zoom in!
Some pics of medium to heavy gear we employ!
Estuary tackle and targeted species.
Friday, September 26th, 2008
The Gear we have for light finesse fishing is a blend of Daiwa and Shimano in a range of sizes.The Tierra reels come with spare spools which can be loaded up with 4 to 6lb braid and varying mono leaders from 2 to 10lb.A simple Uni Knot will take care of the business end.
S/ps,hardbodied and live [...]
Lures and lure making.
Friday, September 26th, 2008
Lures and lure making.
Harbodied lures in the crankbait series have always been my favourites ,especially getting down mid to deep waters.
Here’s a couple of Luhr Jensen divers for example that are formed in a mould ..
Check out Fred Abbogahst for an Australian luremaking icon.In the 70s the guy made poppers out of old thongs and [...]
Chilli to Shadow.
Friday, September 26th, 2008
Our old boat “Chilli”,a 4.2m Savage, had served us well ,but it was time to update.We have been designing major changes to the basic layout of “Shadow”.,our new Stessco Catcher.If you recognise the area,It’s Akuna Bay Marina ramp.Coal And Candle and Cowan Ck,tributaries of The Hawkesbury, offer marvellous opportunities for the fishing enthusiast.Heading out to Bobbin [...]
Navigation
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
This thread will cover a full spectrum of navigation tecniques starting from chart and sextant and moving on to Gps and Dig.Chart mapping.
Suggested reading-The American Practical Navigator by Bowditch,Duttons Nautical Navigation by T.J. Cutler,Mariners Celestial Navigation by W.P.Crawford and my personal favourite The Weekend Navigator by R.J.Sweet.
The main topics will flow on as time goes [...]
The Shores Of Botany Bay.
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
We have recently begun to explore this part of Sydney and its waterways.After reading Scotty Lion’s reports in Fishing monthly N.S.W we began to check out the endles options.It’s a big place!Below is a Garmin East Coast Dig.Map of the ramp off Foreshore Drive,Airport runways ,on to Molineaux Pt.”Trevalley Alley”,Bare Is.,Etc.
Trevally-
Garmin Dig.Map.Left click on the map twice for + [...]