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drone photo over River Murray, looking for gigantic carp....

I have bought spinning reels from Temu as well - 2000 size. 12 ball bearings etc. with a spare "plastic spool". They work smooth as silk. Drags works well too - Only $35. Cant go wrong I reckon..........

I couldn’t stop myself couldn’t find a 500 size reel in tackle shops . So my family buy off Temu I got my daughter to download the app all security stuff done . I thought for under $15 why not .it’s a ZP 500 5kg max drag 5.2.1 140g . had to spend a few more cents to get to $15 so bought braid scissors to

Is the Seamartin wooden reel more about catching fish or catching eyes at the pier? Are we paying for craftsmanship or just aesthetics? Would you trust it in a real fight with a monster fish, or is it destined to be a shelf ornament?

Got this line on it the tackle shop person was shocked the entire line fit on the spool with backing it’s thin 8 lb and I put on 4 lb FC leader

Ok my Temu 500 reel arrived looks good I’ll get line put on it this week , I’ve lined it next to the sienna 1000 .

This trip was from a few of days ago when I decided it was time to do some fast water fishing for trout. The trout have been very scarce in the rivers due to the large influx of cormorants that have hit the rivers here in Tasmania. Thankfully on this trip I did manage to catch & release of few trout, the weather conditions were ideal & the going was tough in the river too. Thanks for watching & stay safe on/in the water, don't forget to watch the photo slideshow at the end of the video.. (this is a shortened video of the spin session as well) Cheers Adrian (meppstas)

thanks this 500 was $14.85 thought why not I’ll give it a try when it gets here and I get line on it

This trip was a couple of weeks ago and finally after several trips to the Meander River I finally manged to catch a few trout, they were still very scarce in the river which is a big problem. This is the worst start to a trout season that I've ever had in the 24 years we've been living here, eleven trips to various rivers/streams for just the 16 trout caught in total with ten of them being caught on one of those trips. My last trip to this river I covered 1-1/2 kms of river and never saw a trout, other rivers/streams have been the same that's how bad it's been. cheers Adrian (meppstas)

Ryan's a passionate fisherman himself. I'm sure he'l make the right decision for you over there. Like you said it will take years to get the numbers back up in the rivers with out stocking.

The yellow highlight is what the like is for, the red isn't good, I hope it turns around

Yes, it's not good that's for sure, I spent another few hours in the Meander River again two days ago and never saw a trout, did see half a dozen Cormorants (Shags) fly over which was not a good sign. The majority of rivers are the same, a large shortage of trout in all of them.. it's going to be a poor trout season all round, by the looks of it. Quite a few people are fishing private fishing farms that are stocked with large rainbows & browns, but I'm not into that, besides it not cheap to fish those places either & the trout will take what ever you throw at them. I prefer the challen

Unreal, its like trout don't even exist atm. I havnt even bothered. Got 2 bows on my first session just out of Tumut but didn't spot any. Normally I'd see 12 or so fish. Just baron out there. Hope it improves