Absolutely not, I would strongly recommend that you do not eat from manly lagoon. There’s signs everywhere and I’m pretty sure it’s regarded as one of the most heavily polluted systems in Sydney, if not Australia. There’s run off from 3 golf courses, couple of ovals and some from industrial brookvale

100% mate. Sometimes what we consider the most dangerous/polluted environments can often act like a haven for wildlife. Look at Chernobyl, it’s now acting as a sanctuary for wildlife. Just goes to show how detrimental we as humans are to our natural environment

Nah I haven’t been there in ages, I just recently moved out of the northern beaches closer towards the hawskbury, plenty more wild populations of bass out here

I’m not sure if I can offer any tips other than what some other instructional yt videos can provide. I think it must just take some practise. However I’ve noticed walking the dog action can be harder or easier depending on the lure. The more bent (banana shaped) the lure is the easier it tends to walk the dog. Lures like the sugapenn are harder to walk the dog on, but that’s part of the design, because you have the option of having a more subtle action vs a very wide sway. A more subtle action is better when imitating shrimp/prawns, or working in a heavily fished area

Yeah probably not the smartest idea I’ve had and definitely do not want to lead by example. I know for a fact that bull sharks are in that area so you’re definitely right

Bet, sounds like a perfect winter set up. I’ve found in winter you gotta really play it slow and patiently, but in summer you can pretty much do whatever you want. My go to is always surface action of any kind

I’m pretty sure in that video I had a kayaks2fish nextgen 11 at the time. However I really wouldn’t recommend it because I had a fair few problems with it. Ideally hobie kayak are the best but they’re pretty bloody pricey. I’d recommend the kayaks2fish nextgen 10.5, pedal king 12, the nextgen 10 mkii, or the nextgen 10 depending on ya budget

Up to you, you’re right about the chemical buildup, and there’s a term for that called bioaccumulation. It’s up to you, there are no warnings about eating fish from narrabeen, however there are signs at manly lagoon everywhere. I’ve never had any problems eating fish out of there, but who knows I’m still young and the effects could occur much later down the track

Couldn’t agree more. It’s disgusting and the council should really do more to try and restore it. Although some run off from Brookvale drains into manly lagoon, most of Brookvales industrial run off actually drains into curl curl lagoon, hense why curl curl lagoon is considered more polluted than manly lagoon.

Indeed it was summer. I’ve never had any luck with whiting any other time of year, nov, dec, Jan and Feb are the only months that have seemed to work for me

I used to, I worked there for 5 years and have moved on to work in a more ecology based career that supports my degree

Honestly not the best rig but it worked just fine, it was literally just 3m of leader connected via a fg knot. I would recommend using a better rig like a typical live bait rig with a down rigger, but if you don’t have one a poor man’s down rigger should work just fine too

Unfortunately I’ve left yt behind for now. I’ve moved out of the northern beaches and am focusing my time and effort into my uni education and my career. Potentially in the future if I have more time I’ll try get back into it. Filming is easy, editing 6-10 hours of footage can be pretty bloody hard

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You should be able to see the narrabeen bridge in the background of the video, this spot I don’t really keep a secret because most locals know it very well. It’s also in front of the Narrabeen caravan park

sugapen HF119

Honestly in this vid it was literally just a yakka on a hook. 3m of leader line, fg knot and a size 5/0 hook. I’d recommend using something better suited like a proper live bait rig

It’s in the vid description. Lure: Zerek Fish Trap 65, Dry lime

Thanks mate, always heartbreaking loosing a zx

Yeah I totally agree, and looking back at it I definitely should have. I actually do environmental biology at uni and am planning a future with management of invasive species

@@fletchersfishing Good stuff. My boy is at Macquarie doing something similar.

Yeah mate, a sugapenn. Details are in the description of the video

Hey mate. In that video I had a kayaks2fish nextgen 11. However I had a lot of problems with that model kayak so I’d would really only recommend the pedal king 12 or the nextgen 10 or next-gen 10 MK2. The pedal king 12 was the hardest to put onto a sedan style car and I needed an kayak loading assistance device but the nextgen 10 is piss easy

Hope this helps

Thanks mate. I have another question. I am just a beginner. Can i move backward with mirage drive? Do you recommend mirage drive or other types?

Yeah no worries at all mate. Only very few of the ACTUAL hobie kayaks actually have the reverse drive and that’s why I gotta pay a premium for those suckers. None of the kayaks 2 fish pedal kayaks have reverse drive and the hobie compass is the cheapest model that has reverse

Good question mate. Just looked it up, if you’re over 18 you’ll need to get a fishing license. They’re pretty cheap and I’m pretty sure you can get them for as little as one day. Once you have that you should be able to fish any fishing permitted zones. Before I fish any new grounds that’s I’m unfamiliar with I always look for marine sanctuary zones to make sure I’m doing the right thing. In manly the only marine reserve is cabbage tree bay/Shelly beach. I hope this helps.

Hey mate. I’d rather not say exactly where this ledge is. It’s on the northern beaches and it’s a pretty dangerous location to fish and to trek to. Additionally it’s one of the few ledges not many people know about and would like to try minimise pollution and overfishing. Hope you can understand, however I find that curl curl and freshwater have given me similar results

Yeah it’s not the best but it’s my local bass impoundment. Last couple of sessions I’ve had there have been donuts

because the few massive murry cod that are in there are getting alot of the medium size ones ...i know of about 30 that were release in there at lese 20yr ago they would be huge now

Hey mate. I’d Rather not give the exact location but it’s out the heads of Pittwater. We used live yakkas

Should be in the description mate

Not as many as I honestly would’ve expected. I think it was around 5-6 jigs, luckily I work at a tackle store and the discount can somewhat justify my costs.

We just rigged them with a single hook I think 5/0 or 6/0. Trolling along the surface however I’ve caught much better and more fish down rigging so defs worth it

🤙🤙 cheers mate. Good luck

Cheers mate. Unis almost done for the term so heaps more vids should be on the way

@@fletchersfishing LETS GOOOOO

Is there many there

I had a Kayaks2fish next gen 10 at the time. Sold it a while ago but was a solid kayak