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06-11-2007, 09:14 PM
5159 Fishing Pittwater With Peter Le Blang
Join Our Downriggers Club Now! Heaps of Benefits. Next Competition 17th November
Hello Sydney Anglers
There has been a big delay in reports for two reasons.
Firstly I have been slack on the reports and must apologise to all. The second is the delay with the new vessel. Waterways still has it tied up in paperwork. Fingers crossed they will find the time to sign the paperwork as all survey requirements were met some time ago now.
To all those that placed a bid in the auction for Harriet a huge thank you. Please get some dates together for December, first or second week so we can all venture out and enjoy a day.
Either PM me with dates and phone number or call me on
0410 633 351 so I can work out a suitable day for all.
On the fishing front Pittwater has been brilliant one day but a hard slog the next.
The squid are very hard to find at the moment and twenty spots may be tried before one squid can be caught and they are usually larger squid.
Truthfully the better areas to try have been either along Sand Point / Careel Bay or along Longnose Point. The shallower areas have held the smaller squid and the deeper spots if baitfishes are near have some bigger squid.
Don’t be surprised if the squid are not there by the time you try as they are moving around a lot because of all the predators that have been after them.
The last month has seen some shark and spotted mackeral being caught in Pittwater. We first ran into these fish whilst downrigging for kingfish and were trolling a squid strip.
We had 4 shots at these fish before they took off to deeper water. Seeing these fish on the Strikevision Camera was awesome. These fish smash the tails so hard it’s amazing, and the only shark mackeral that was caught for the day, nailed the treble in the corner of his jaw. Every other miss had the leader snipped of without even registering on the rod tip.
The following day saw us out trolling Rapala Cd9’s in blue at 5 knots. We caught and released 3 small spotties that were well under legal but couldn’t find any of the 80cm fish that there the day before.
Over the next few days these larger fish were being caught on pilchards at Box Head.
Whilst in Pittwater watch for their distinctive swirls that they produce when turning sharply to attack baitfish. These fish when in Pittwater can be anywhere but floating buoys near sandy areas and deeper water close by should see the odd one turn up over summer.
The kingfish have been of very decent size over the last couple of months. These fish are on the travel and can be encountered anywhere. Our largest kingfish was released last week at 95cm. He was kept in the water, as his following mate was a lot larger. The spot…West Head. Estimated size of his mate was 35lb and he didn’t like live squid.
Smaller fish are cruising Broken Bay and Barrenjoey Headland and are cruising well inside Pittwater as well as Cowan Creek.
As usual the better baits have been squid or fresh squid strips. Glowbait has been needed on the squid strips and the baits that have it on them are being hit before ones without.
5160
Matthew with his first Pittwater kingfish. They had their chances at 12 kingfish for the day.
Nice sized kingfish have been caught along the river but there is still a fair amount of water between the fish.
The larger fish are refusing all baits except for live squid on the troll or floating pilchards down a heavy oily burly mix.
5161
Ron and Clayton with a long awaited kingfish
For those that have a bigger vessel there are a heap of bigger blue-spot flathead at the 50m mark. Most fish are better than 50cm and once located its all hands on deck.
I ventured out last Wednesday in the new boat with a few mates to blood the boat.
The conditions were meant to be good but arriving 10miles off Terrigal we were drifting in 1.5m slop and a 1.5m swell. Although the seas were rough the boys managed 4 drifts of the reef catching nannygai before a flattie drift was needed.
We headed to the 50m mark and set out the baits. It only took 5 minutes before the first of 6 flatties we caught. All fish were 50-60cm and after only the second drift the boys had their limit of fish (5 each). The boys believe in only taking what will last them for the next 2 nights.
We proceeded to our offshore squiding grounds and proceeded to catch 4 squid. The boys kept the hoods and the heads caught a small kingfish of 65cm that was released.
Other news is that Des from Hookem & Cookem Fishing Tours caught last week an 80cm snapper in Sydney Harbour and lost another. For those of you that don’t know Des Toms he is a great skipper, bloke and fisherman. Des knows Sydney Harbour better than almost anyone else as most of the spots you guys have fished Des has also dived.
A second snapper of the same size was also lost so at least there is still one bigger snapper left to chase inside Sydney Harbour.
If you want to book a charter on our new vessel we are taking bookings now.
We will be able to fish comfortably 6 people for Pittwater or offshore. By having a larger boat and being able to fish to the horizon or area has somewhat become a fair bit larger.
Shimano have been wonderful enough to organise suitable tackle for the bigger fish as well as some brilliant new rods and reels for all to enjoy.
Oh and for The Downrigger Club members we have our next competition on the 17th of November.
To book, PM me or contact us though our web site of www.estuaryfishing.com.au or call 0410 633 351.
No Bananas!!!!
Best Wishes.
Peter Le Blang
Harbour & Estuary Fishing Charters
0410 633 351
Join Our Downriggers Club Now! Heaps of Benefits. Next Competition 17th November
Hello Sydney Anglers
There has been a big delay in reports for two reasons.
Firstly I have been slack on the reports and must apologise to all. The second is the delay with the new vessel. Waterways still has it tied up in paperwork. Fingers crossed they will find the time to sign the paperwork as all survey requirements were met some time ago now.
To all those that placed a bid in the auction for Harriet a huge thank you. Please get some dates together for December, first or second week so we can all venture out and enjoy a day.
Either PM me with dates and phone number or call me on
0410 633 351 so I can work out a suitable day for all.
On the fishing front Pittwater has been brilliant one day but a hard slog the next.
The squid are very hard to find at the moment and twenty spots may be tried before one squid can be caught and they are usually larger squid.
Truthfully the better areas to try have been either along Sand Point / Careel Bay or along Longnose Point. The shallower areas have held the smaller squid and the deeper spots if baitfishes are near have some bigger squid.
Don’t be surprised if the squid are not there by the time you try as they are moving around a lot because of all the predators that have been after them.
The last month has seen some shark and spotted mackeral being caught in Pittwater. We first ran into these fish whilst downrigging for kingfish and were trolling a squid strip.
We had 4 shots at these fish before they took off to deeper water. Seeing these fish on the Strikevision Camera was awesome. These fish smash the tails so hard it’s amazing, and the only shark mackeral that was caught for the day, nailed the treble in the corner of his jaw. Every other miss had the leader snipped of without even registering on the rod tip.
The following day saw us out trolling Rapala Cd9’s in blue at 5 knots. We caught and released 3 small spotties that were well under legal but couldn’t find any of the 80cm fish that there the day before.
Over the next few days these larger fish were being caught on pilchards at Box Head.
Whilst in Pittwater watch for their distinctive swirls that they produce when turning sharply to attack baitfish. These fish when in Pittwater can be anywhere but floating buoys near sandy areas and deeper water close by should see the odd one turn up over summer.
The kingfish have been of very decent size over the last couple of months. These fish are on the travel and can be encountered anywhere. Our largest kingfish was released last week at 95cm. He was kept in the water, as his following mate was a lot larger. The spot…West Head. Estimated size of his mate was 35lb and he didn’t like live squid.
Smaller fish are cruising Broken Bay and Barrenjoey Headland and are cruising well inside Pittwater as well as Cowan Creek.
As usual the better baits have been squid or fresh squid strips. Glowbait has been needed on the squid strips and the baits that have it on them are being hit before ones without.
5160
Matthew with his first Pittwater kingfish. They had their chances at 12 kingfish for the day.
Nice sized kingfish have been caught along the river but there is still a fair amount of water between the fish.
The larger fish are refusing all baits except for live squid on the troll or floating pilchards down a heavy oily burly mix.
5161
Ron and Clayton with a long awaited kingfish
For those that have a bigger vessel there are a heap of bigger blue-spot flathead at the 50m mark. Most fish are better than 50cm and once located its all hands on deck.
I ventured out last Wednesday in the new boat with a few mates to blood the boat.
The conditions were meant to be good but arriving 10miles off Terrigal we were drifting in 1.5m slop and a 1.5m swell. Although the seas were rough the boys managed 4 drifts of the reef catching nannygai before a flattie drift was needed.
We headed to the 50m mark and set out the baits. It only took 5 minutes before the first of 6 flatties we caught. All fish were 50-60cm and after only the second drift the boys had their limit of fish (5 each). The boys believe in only taking what will last them for the next 2 nights.
We proceeded to our offshore squiding grounds and proceeded to catch 4 squid. The boys kept the hoods and the heads caught a small kingfish of 65cm that was released.
Other news is that Des from Hookem & Cookem Fishing Tours caught last week an 80cm snapper in Sydney Harbour and lost another. For those of you that don’t know Des Toms he is a great skipper, bloke and fisherman. Des knows Sydney Harbour better than almost anyone else as most of the spots you guys have fished Des has also dived.
A second snapper of the same size was also lost so at least there is still one bigger snapper left to chase inside Sydney Harbour.
If you want to book a charter on our new vessel we are taking bookings now.
We will be able to fish comfortably 6 people for Pittwater or offshore. By having a larger boat and being able to fish to the horizon or area has somewhat become a fair bit larger.
Shimano have been wonderful enough to organise suitable tackle for the bigger fish as well as some brilliant new rods and reels for all to enjoy.
Oh and for The Downrigger Club members we have our next competition on the 17th of November.
To book, PM me or contact us though our web site of www.estuaryfishing.com.au or call 0410 633 351.
No Bananas!!!!
Best Wishes.
Peter Le Blang
Harbour & Estuary Fishing Charters
0410 633 351