Northern NSW Stones Fishing...

[Angus]

Well not the day I hoped for, but by no means a bad day.

We were chasing Tailor and Salmon and just could not find them. A few big fish were hooked, but the new headland we tried provided some difficulat landing scenarios and several big fish were lost rock side.

The only thing that pulled drag all day for me (and a lot of it at that) was 2 mullet that were foul hooked throwing slugs. They were so thick we saw this happen a few times to us and other anglers.

Ryan persisted with light gear all day with much better rewards. Using a combination of 1/8th Jig heads and GULPS he managed bream after bream with a nice trev and a stonker whiting thrown in to mix it up a bit.

I will be back again during the week to try and find those tailor!

Angus

[Angus]

And and Ryan, thanks for not wanting to be bothered to fillet your fish!

Cooked up a nice feed of:

Herb crusted crispy skinned mix fillet.

Mash of coriander, sweet potato, mango chutney, chilli and lime.

Wok tossed greens in sesame oil and soy.

And washed it down with an ice cold cider.

Win.

[Surfingant]

Nice little session there guys, and a tasty looking feed too Angus.

[ellicat]

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Can't see the full scenario in the pic but that doesn't look like a great spot to fish with the gear the lads are holding. You'd need a decent bit of luck or a very long landing net to get a fish over those rocks

[Angus]

E-Cant it was one of many spots tried. Its hard to tell rock fishing locations in general from photo's but this place was a bit tough yes. However if you could guide a fish all the to those rocks there were a few spots you could get a fish through with a bit of luck with the surge.

Angus

[Jords]

Looks like a monster whiting, what did it measure up at??

Going to try my luck down at some of those rocks tomorrow/tuesday, should be interesting!

[eg_vtec]

the spot looks epic lol. good work to ryan and great report.

[PlasticFantastic]

Shame about not finding the Tailor one day they're there the next day they're not. After that breakfast this morning I might head down to Kingscliff and try off the beach for a Salmon.

Cheers

Mark

[ryanyoung]

A great day out, really enjoyed myself. I managed one hit on the slugs all day but had a blast with the sp's lol! The whiting went 33cm by the way.

Cheers for the invite fellas, can't wait for the next trip.

Ryan.

[tomca]

I had a bit of a look around the mouth of the Tweed and hooked one salmon that showed my trebles who was boss :pinch:

Couldn't stay long, Nickers vodka induced ill health meant we had to head straight home

[Keen-as-fisho]

How far south did you guys end up? Looks like some tough rocks to fish/land a fish as E_cant mentioned.

[Davo_Dinkum]

a nice thick lookin ting there ryan

[Jords]

Just heard stories of a 4kg salmon caught from the gutter directly infront of the house where I will be spending monday and tuesday night, fingers crossed!!

[Manni79]

Yeah was a good day the mullet kept us entertained, some more stories about the one that got away lol !!

Fishing off the rocks there has good potential, just gotta watch the waves, getting soaked at like 7am not fun

[ryanyoung]

Yeah was a good day the mullet kept us entertained, some more stories about the one that got away lol !!

Fishing off the rocks there has good potential, just gotta watch the waves, getting soaked at like 7am not fun

Ha ha ha, it was good to see I wasn't the only one getting soaked for a change :evil: I reckon the potential is there also, as long as the tide is late run-in or early run-out, otherwise there are too many rocks in the way, and areas are cut down massively.

[etran]

the whiting looks like a beast from that photo :woohoo:

the dinner looks heaps good as well :woohoo: :woohoo:

[madmullet]

u guys can keep your ocean rock fishing. me + rocks + ocean = 130 something stitches over legs, back, arms and hands.. not good....

be careful guys.

that is a cracker whiting.

you guys need to get down to port maquarie to to increase your chances of salmon. when i was down their this time last year you could near walk over them.