North Harbour 18/02

[armagh6]

Well Dave, now it's my turn!
I had my best day yet on the inflatable, amongst the boats in North Harbour. ...42cm Tailor, 35cm Trevally, 30cm flounder, 2 x snapper (just under). All on a light Ugly Stik with 6lb braid. Pulling in the trevally was great sport as they can't half fight, but the tailor was unreal...he was running off, ducking and diving and leaped out of the water a few times before getting him into the net! Thank God for Jo's tips in another thread re number of turns in a uni knot - had a mishap-free day. The flounder took a pink bass minnow sp, all others on frozen peeled prawns. All hooked around 10.00-11.00am in the hot sun!
Very pleasant experience indeed.
cheers
Sean

[Peril]

Well done Sean.

[JOC00L]

Thank God for Jo's tips in another thread re number of turns in a uni knot - had a mishap-free day.

Glad I could contribute to your pleasurable day Sean.:D

[Boiler]

Top stuff Sean!!

[Blacky]

Well done Sean,top pics, looks like you've mastered the art of taking photos and holding a fish at the same time. I'm fishing that area next saturday, any tips you can give me?
Cheers
Blacky

[armagh6]

yeah it's not so easy struggling to get the camera out of the bag whilst balancing a slippery tailor in the other!
The one tip I can offer is to try that Ultrabite berley mix. It's under 7 bucks and a constant trickle seems to work wonders. You don't need to use much - in fact a bag would last me about 4 or 5 outings.

BTW, the flounder was the tastiest, followed closely by the trevally, then the tailor.

cheers
Sean

p.s. are you going out in a boat Blacky?

[Blacky]

BTW, the flounder was the tastiest, followed closely by the trevally, then the tailor.

cheers
Sean

p.s. are you going out in a boat Blacky?

i caught a flounder on saturday, had him for dinner last night, beautiful. I'll be out in a tinny with a mate. Got a social day for Sydneyangler at Quarantine beach so i thought we'd hang around Nth Harbour. Have you seen any kings around lately?
Blacky

[armagh6]

No haven't seen any kings Blacky. If you're around Quarantine area you'd have a good chance there. I've only been around the opposite end of North Habour near Forty Baskets where it's a bit more sheltered (and hopefully less chance of a big Mickey fin coming out of the water towards the dingy).

[xtosea]

Nice fish there, how good do the conditions look in the first photo!

[Boiler]

Sorry to steal your thread Sean, but......

When fishing the harbour is the tide just as important as say fishing the h/bury.

When i do fish the harbour i launch @ Tunks Park, head up to the spit bridge for livies then head out from there. I usually get on the water about 3.300-4ish fish for squid,yakka then cruise up about 6.30am - is in fact this an effective time???

I am sorry if this seems like a really dumb @ss question, just wondering thats all.

[armagh6]

I'm sure Jo the expert could give better advice than me on this one!
In my experience though and from what I've heard, tide doesn't make a lot of difference in the harbour's deeper water when targetting bigger fish. Different story though if going after say whiting or flatties in the shallower waters, or beach fishing. A recent tip from one of the state's best anglers was to simply get out and fish often. If you stayed at home because the tide wasn't right you could be missing out on a lot of trips. Early morning and dusk is always recommended but as I've shown, sometimes you get get a decent catch in the hot sun at 11.00am.

[JOC00L]

I don't profess to be an expert...but thanks for the vote of confidence!:rolleyes:

I really don't take much notice of tide state before I go out, but I have made a few observations when I do catch somethin. My biggest catches, 15-18KG Jew, 80 cm King, and the Hammer have all come on the change of tide from slack to the beginning of the run-in. I have also noticed that the bite gets better on the change (first of the run-in) when I am targetting Kings. Thats not to say that I haven't gotten bites at other stages of the tide.

I think this is especially important when fishing round structure, as the state of tide will determine the way/place that a predetor will hold to ambush it's prey. You know the old saying....You have to think like a fish....:rolleyes::rolleyes: