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i use Fins braid.
it seems good,....but i haven't used others to compare it to.
but i am getting good life out of the Fins.
i use 30lb on the deep water rod, 10lb on the whiting type rods, and 6lb on the bream type rods.
 
i'm still using nylon on the beach rod though.

well its not as nice as southie's, but a favourite of mine also.
taken with the phone, whilst out hunting.

well its not as nice as southie's, but a favourite of mine also.
taken with the phone, whilst out hunting.

well its not as nice as southie's, but a favourite of mine also.
taken with the phone, whilst out hunting.

One of my favourite shots I have taken so far.....
 
Taken during a storm front Approaching Porties jetty just after dark!
 

I've been using Daiwa Tournament Hyper PE on my 2000 Freams for flicking lures at bream and mulloway. I have 10lb which is overkill for what I've been using it for but the 10lb is almost equivalent to 4lb Fireline. It's super smooth braid that lays nicely and casts a mile. I highly recommend it.

Hi All,
Well its that time of year again where the 20th salmon comp is running on the west coast.
Start planning your trip as this year there is alot more prize money and raffle prizes to win!
 
Oh and there's a BIG school of salmon at locks well at the moment but just a tad too far out to cast to!
Any questions there is details on the poster or just reply here and I'll try to help
Lines tight!!

A great sight on our metro coast

still waiting to catch it.
 
but so far it would be when my wife caught a small gummy shark.
she nearly jumped out when i pulled it up on board.

still waiting to catch it.
 
but so far it would be when my wife caught a small gummy shark.
she nearly jumped out when i pulled it up on board.

put the canoe in the lake, quite a few mullys around and bream under the pontoons

Evening gents, Just wondering what is everyones most memorable catch?
It can be saltwater, freshwater, big or small

Mine would be a few years back now when I caught my first eagle ray, I'd gone out camping with a friend to fitzgerald bay just above whyalla and we spent the morning catching a few yellowfin whiting and a nice flathead off a spot right infront of our campsite then went spearfishing and collected quite a few scallops and razorfish, that night we put a few more lines out only to end up catching a few shitties so we went back to the camp site and started to have tea, I ended up casting a line in from the campsite about 20m back from the sea and sat it in a rod holder near the fire. We started to cook tea and were chatting about the days fishing just about to start eating when I saw out of the corner of my eye a slight tap on my rod, before I could manage to get up to see what it was having a go my reel started screaming so I jumped up and struck sinking the hooks in and after 30 minutes I managed to land the eagle ray, Weighed in at a nice 10kgs and wasn't a bad effort as I knocked it over on my whiting rod on a tiny piece of squid tentacle with about a 12lb hook trace, area was quite rocky further out and there was a large razorfish just beyond so I'm still surprised I managed to keep it connected. Since then I've landed a larger eagle ray at 20.5kgs as well as a smooth ray weighing in at roughly 80-90kgs (And I can tell you I won't be doing that again in a hurry) but still to this day that remains as one of my favourite fishing trips.
Heres a photo of the ray after we landed it 

good job.
definitely bigger than the 20cm one I got this evening.

went down for a flick after school on friday hoping for some bream and boy did i get more than i bargained for! this big mumma came along and smashed my small piece of pilly and after a decent fight i had my second 40cm onk bream! I let the big girl go to fight another day! love the feeling of releasing big bream!

quick hint with zmans, leave.them in the packet dont put them in plastic tubs or mix them with other plastics...they will melt

BREAM!
Get motor oil, watermelon red, or pumpkin.
Use TT jigheads coz they hold on to them better.
Go as light as you possibly can, I use as light as 1/60oz up to 1/16oz when I need to cast in difficult conditions.
Spot of S-Factor never hurts either.

bream, st's, yfw, snook, mullies, pinkies redfin, etc etc
i have caught all these on zmans. oh and.puffers like them too argh

Had the day off school today i decided to have a flick for bream down the port. ended up with 35 bream and 2 salmon on 2inch zman grubs. unfortunately no legal bream which was my goal but got 5 within 3cm. would also like to thank keenfisho for his knowledge which helped today hopefully next time a can crack a good fish on the lures

well i'm not sure about the larger salmon, but on the lil' ones (salmon trout), i've had really good results with a couple of the 'Strike Pro' hard bodies, in the 4gram size (about 40mm in length).
the two colours that have been most successful so far have been the;
 
black top, gold sides, with orange belly,
and,
pale white body with bright green top.
 
these are suspending deep divers (1.5m ish), with a faster & narrower swim action, and so far the small owner trebbles have been good.
i'm sure there are lots of other good ones, but these have been the best for me. no doubt bigger/stronger ones are needed for bigger fish.

Hi all,
looking in the fridge last night for a snack got me thinking;
hmmm,.....would that catch a fish?
 
so whats the wierdest substatute you've used for bait, that has turned out succesfull?
 
e.g.
would pitted olives work on a hook?

bugga that.
i'd want the KFC.

bugga that.
i'd want the KFC.

Hi all,
looking in the fridge last night for a snack got me thinking;
hmmm,.....would that catch a fish?
 
so whats the wierdest substatute you've used for bait, that has turned out succesfull?
 
e.g.
would pitted olives work on a hook?