KhalidMSyed

Hi All,

Have not posted in a while. Here is a video report from my last trip to Molonglo River. Caught a 45cm Murray Cod:

Here is the video report from Wallaga Beach near Little Tilba Lake as promised.

Here is another one. Wallaga Beach near Little Tilba Lake. You park at #1 and there is a short walk to #2. Video report from this spot coming soon.

2 minutes ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

You could try using a similar rig for mulloway as what you said above. A clump of beach worms or a strip of salmon on gang/snelled hooks and a sinker large enough to hold the ground in the surf. Mulloway supposedly are best targeted on a high tide. I'm sure there would be plenty of youtube videos about it.

Cheers Hamish

Ok thanks. Will try.

42 minutes ago, Kat said:

What setup were you using?

Nothing fancy. Just fairly ordinary Penn Defiance surf rod that came with matched reel, 50lb braid, 40lb leader and size 3/0 hooks.
For footage, I use 2x GoPro Hero8 Black and Hubsan Zino 2+ drone and that's where things get a little bit fancy 

My pleasure mate. No, I have never targeted Mulloway as they seem rare and difficult to catch.

This happened to me recently on Wallaga Beach near Little Tilba Lake. 

After a fruitful fishing session where I caught 3x Salmons and 1x Flathead, I was just finishing off by making some scenic drone footage of the area when a wedge-tailed Eagle struck my drone. I actually did not see the attack when it happened because the drone was flying around 100m high and sunlight was very bright making it difficult to see the phone screen properly. But what I did notice was that the screen went black for a few seconds which I thought was a normal glitch. When I landed the drone I was surprised to see that the recording had already stopped which I also thought was a glitch. I did see the Eagle fly away in the distance but did not make the connection at that point.

It was after I came home and watched the footage that I understood what had happened. The impact from the Eagle was so great that the last 1 second or so of the video that was not saved to the memory card yet was lost and recording stopped.

Anyway, I am happy that my drone survived the encounter and the Eagle seemed unharmed. Video report of the fishing trip coming soon.

Here is the fishing report from Bengello Beach:

Hello All,

Starting a new thread as the previous one was specific to Durras North. I have been fishing on several spots on South Coast and wanted to gather all my fishing reports in one thread. For those of you who have not seen my fishing reports from Durras North, please view this thread first:

 More reports to come below. Stay tuned!

1 hour ago, Kat said:

Great camera set up.  Looks like good fishing spot.  How far is the walk to the spot? looks quite remote.

Thanks mate. From the nearest road, it takes about 15mins of walk but the gradient is pretty steep at some places.

1 hour ago, ellicat said:

Nice fish.

What went harder - the cod or the carp ?

Thanks mate. Definitely the Cod, it was much bigger too.

1 hour ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Nice work Khalid. I’m glad you’ve still been getting some.

It’s a shame they’re a pest, but those carp do look pretty!

Cheers Hamish

Thanks mate. Fishing has been very difficult for the past couple of months due to rain. Cannot go fishing when rain is forecast due to all the electronics that I carry with me. Agree, they look pretty.

Hi All. Have not been posting here for a while due to laziness and have 2 new video reports to share. Here is the first one which is from spot #1 as shown in the map at the top of this thread:

Another trip to Durras, this time to South Durras. Ended up catching a Port Jackson Shark, my first one. Watch the video report below:

Another trip to Durras North. Caught two Banjo Sharks. Watch the video report below:

8 hours ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Great Murray Cod! Seems you know how to catch them.

Cheers Hamish

Thanks mate. Appreciated. 

Another trip to Molonglo River. Managed to catch the large Murray Cod that got away last time and it was a new PB. Watch the video report below. This was at spot #1 as shown on map in the post at top.

51 minutes ago, Drop Bear said:

Mate we need to shout you a little landing net. Good to see a few carp are now out of the waters. well done. 

Thanks mate, appreciated. You will see my landing net in the next video when I land the same Cod a week later.

1 hour ago, ellicat said:

Shame you missed the cod, looked like a good one.

Actually, I managed to land the same Cod a week later and it was 70cm long! Though it was an accidental catch. Video coming in two weeks.

The local nature reserves and parks in Canberra finally opened after weeks of strict lockdown and I was able to catch my first fish in several weeks. This video report shows a 59cm Carp being caught between spot #2 and #3 as shown on map in the post at top.