the herring are late

 well anzac day for me is traditionally the start of my herring quest and hillarys south wall generally my pick of places to harvest. what is the story this year???? a solid hour of burley for nothing friday morning, maybe 3 times had surface flicks after cage hitting the water! the place should be boiling by now going on previous years. come on hezzas , my smoker is waiting!!!!!


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We've been catching some

Sun, 2012-05-06 06:59

We've been catching some monsters up Seabird way Barlow. They're there.I've noticed over the years they can be finicky buggers on the boil one day day not a touch the next. One factor is water clarity if it's clear they are everywhere. They are awesome smoked as you say. Gotta build a cold smoker one day.

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This looks pretty cool:

Sun, 2012-05-06 07:36

This looks pretty cool: http://tinyurl.com/7pho59f

You just need a box of some kind and hook it up!

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Looks like a nifty thing to

Sun, 2012-05-06 15:12

Looks like a nifty thing to have. I tried for herring on ANZAC day as well but got absolute jack shit, aside from a pissy whiting that I hooked in the head. Had a crack down at Hillary's this morning for them, instead to my surprise I landed a few black bream. Got snagged by a couple of beauties as well.

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The herring have been around for a fair while

Sun, 2012-05-06 16:37

 been some good ones amongst them as well

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So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?

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 was being site specific in

Sun, 2012-05-06 20:36

 was being site specific in mentioning hillarys. fridays water clarity was exceptional. nothing at a certain jetty south of there either,which usually produces also. maybe after this massive swell hits on tuesday and things calm down a tad the smoker will have two full trays of trunks and my nan and her friends at the nursing home can have a taste of their early days again. cheers all

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We fished pinnaroo point for a couple of nights

Sun, 2012-05-06 21:47

 a month or so back and my 8 year old caught half a dozen good one before she got distracted. I caught a a few with the twins after that as well.We would have got a good dozen or so.A fair few people ive spoken to have said its the best they have had it in years.Not sure if its slowed in the last couple of weeks as we havent been down.Hope that helps.

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So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?

  • was sponsored by Atomic Lures and Shimano but they dropped me.Now sponsored by Fog Dog(The best fish coating out there) and raider lures.