Neil Stratford

Did that yellowbelly look like that when it was tagged last year? That’s an extreme case of saddle back if that’s what it is.

I find the tide sizes don’t really affect it too much , you’ve just got to be prepared to move around and position yourself in the right spots during your session down there. It’s always about knowing how the puzzle works ie  how when why and where  you anchor your  boat and  present your baits. Whiting will move to where the food is., think like the fish .Sounds like you tried a few spots ,but  hey , not all was lost , at least you’ve found where they don’t bite on those tides. The next trip will  be better.
regards
neil

Filled a seat  as a Deckie this morning in the fresh water.
Not that I did much deckieing . I just sat back an enjoyed the ride for most of the day.
Did manage to pull a few nice bass for team south though. 
Australian Bass 415mm 460mm and 420mm
Thanks for the invite Ray, much appreciated as always.
regards
Neil

Found a significant school  of Threadfin  and baby bull shark tailing   in 1.5 m of water this morning , right where they’ve been for weeks, so didn’t have to go looking for them. 
Helped myself to a couple before the wind started  to puff up a bit ,  then took off for home.
Had a double hookup on the second one , but it got off before I could attend to it , which was a bit of a bummer.
2 was enough  , so  left them feeding , for next time.
Beautiful clean fish off the sand , full of banana prawns , bled out and iced down well , they should taste good! 

A start for team south for May.
Threadfin 1010mm and 910mm.
 
 

Just stumbled across a video I shot last year,   I wanted to see what was eating our reef fish , before we could get them half way up. So I chucked a couple of bait fish frames on the  surface .Hungry little suckers aren’t they!
IMG_0691.mov

Beautiful clean looking fish , looking forward to Sunday .
Please promise me , we are  not targeting fresh water cobia ! 
Regards
Neil

Well done fellows , that’s a good effort.
regards
neil

Just stumbled across a video I shot last year,   I wanted to see what was eating our reef fish , before we could get them half way up. So I chucked a couple of bait fish frames on the  surface .Hungry little suckers aren’t they!
IMG_0691.mov

Very nice work on the binding and components ,  those saragosa’s are a tough reel ,pity they’re so dam heavy

Just stumbled across a video I shot last year,   I wanted to see what was eating our reef fish , before we could get them half way up. So I chucked a couple of bait fish frames on the  surface .Hungry little suckers aren’t they!
IMG_0691.mov

Just stumbled across a video I shot last year,   I wanted to see what was eating our reef fish , before we could get them half way up. So I chucked a couple of bait fish frames on the  surface .Hungry little suckers aren’t they!
IMG_0691.mov

Wow ,10 out of 10 for effort.
Good to see you were rewarded with a feed of flaties

Wow ,10 out of 10 for effort.
Good to see you were rewarded with a feed of flaties

Very nice work on the binding and components ,  those saragosa’s are a tough reel ,pity they’re so dam heavy

Wow ,10 out of 10 for effort.
Good to see you were rewarded with a feed of flaties

Very nice work on the binding and components ,  those saragosa’s are a tough reel ,pity they’re so dam heavy

Went to NPD this morning with Craig. Neil and Hai. Weather was a bit dreich at first with the drizzle easing and the sun coming out to a perfect glassed out day.  The shrimp traps opposite the ramp were disappointing so we headed off to the first spot where we found a few bass and a couple of forkies at the first drop off before running out of bait. We then did the rest of our pots and pulled up on fad 2 and got stuck into some quality bass and the odd small forky, The fish slowed down after a couple of hours and we went to the floats where Craig caught a nice 45cm yella. We were told that there were some bass around FAD 0 but could not locate anything there so we called it a day with 6 forkies,1 yella and 41 bass with the majority of the bass being over 30cm and aprox half of them over 40cm with the largest 46cm

Yes those baby Nannie’s have been down in the southern bay for many years now but you never hear of any big ones getting caught .
 

Yes those baby Nannie’s have been down in the southern bay for many years now but you never hear of any big ones getting caught .
 

Well done fellows , that’s a good effort.
regards
neil

Well done fellows , that’s a good effort.
regards
neil

Yes those baby Nannie’s have been down in the southern bay for many years now but you never hear of any big ones getting caught .
 

Filled a seat  as a Deckie this morning in the fresh water.
Not that I did much deckieing . I just sat back an enjoyed the ride for most of the day.
Did manage to pull a few nice bass for team south though. 
Australian Bass 415mm 460mm and 420mm
Thanks for the invite Ray, much appreciated as always.
regards
Neil

Filled a seat  as a Deckie this morning in the fresh water.
Not that I did much deckieing . I just sat back an enjoyed the ride for most of the day.
Did manage to pull a few nice bass for team south though. 
Australian Bass 415mm 460mm and 420mm
Thanks for the invite Ray, much appreciated as always.
regards
Neil

Filled a seat  as a Deckie this morning in the fresh water.
Not that I did much deckieing . I just sat back an enjoyed the ride for most of the day.
Did manage to pull a few nice bass for team south though. 
Australian Bass 415mm 460mm and 420mm
Thanks for the invite Ray, much appreciated as always.
regards
Neil