wazatherfisherman

Glad you walked away without any worse injury, on rough days try and get your cabbage off a harbour wharf edge instead.

Good work Mike, the lures look like the 'nudes' they use for Tuna in the USA! Re the bent style minnows, you can buy bibs etc from the USA. I'll message you where from. Great satisfaction when you see your own designs work

Hi again, no wasn't me, haven't been there for ages. Best access is via the track down to the beach. The Twins isn't what I'd call dangerous- I never provide info on accessing anywhere that could put anyone in any danger (common sense needs to be applied in ALL rock fishing!)- it's more about getting a bit wet if you climb out onto the rock. The location is pretty much as far as you can go eastwards, Middle Head spots can't be accessed via this route as there's no way around the bottom. Beware of handling the Black Trevally/Rabbitfish/Spinefoot- they call them 'Happy Moments' and are extremely painful if you get spiked. Tongues/fish grips a must for them

Hi mate there is a Luderick spot if you go around to the right from Cobblers Beach, it's quite low and goes underwater at higher tides. It's about 100m from the eastern point. If you go as far as you can go towards the right, there's a large free standing rock you can climb onto between waves, which is a really good spot to spin lures for Tailor. You get a bit wet as there is a small gap to cross, but there are often good Tailor under the wash towards the east. The spot is called 'The Twins' (from the 2 larger rocks there) only available to get on until half tide in and is sometimes exposed to the swell- even from the south, as it hits the opposite side (Grotto Point) and surges back across. Trevally, Leatherjacket, Bream, Luderick along there, plus Squid. You can't go to the left from Cobblers due to it being HMAS Penguin naval waters.

You might find a few leaves in pools, but it isn't much of a spot to find very much at all. Better sources are most wharves, you'll need someone to hold your legs while you stretch over.

If you fish Akuna Bay you won't have a problem when the fog comes down because the marina is well lit. The best area is on the opposite side of the creek to the marina. If you go down to the end towards the sandflat stay more in the centre of the creek. Most use either an anchor each end or one on shore so you don't blow around. It pays to establish a small continuous burley trail to keep the Yellowtail around your boat and if the fish are around they'll find you. A light-stick on the wire trace about 30cm above the hooks often works really well. Good luck when you try, they are great fun to catch and excellent on the plate

All of them do at different times- any that have creeks, lagoons etc spilling out into the ocean are good places to start

Fish where the water come out of the lakes on the outgoing tide and let your bait flow out with the run. Live Mullet or Whiting (legal sized) if you want to avoid the stingrays

Hi Neil I came down with it on my birthday last November and although it only put me down for about a week, the dreadful taste etc lasted for ages. Hope you recover soon

If you were over any reef it could be a Port Jackson shark

1st one looks like South Whale second is definitely the ovens

Hi Neil I googled 'Fishing at Williamstown' and heaps of info came up

Welcome to the site- good intro and there's a gold mine of info here

The lights on the left hand side of the picture definitely look like the Ovens- too far out to be South Whale

You need another arm Dave! 3 fish at once is pretty good. Some good eating in that lot!