southie THE BANGA

On 05/10/2021 at 9:28 PM, styla said:

Fingers crossed Happy Valley is going to be better to fish L B.  Think i will be waiting for that to open & being 15mins down road even better. Otherwise wait for the water to warm up & fish shallow hardbodies. Its easier to fish when the water is lower , so u can cast further away into the drop off. But at the moment its very full, right up to the tree line.

Happy Valley Should go alright mate Be some good fish in there too

Will be a trophy fish fishery if my sources are correct  can't wait for this to open up. Living only 5mins away makes it an awesome place to kill some time after work! 

20 minutes ago, Beau_H said:

I went down there yesterday, just behind the footy oval. I only got 1 smallish bream and a few hits.

You might find the mid reaches of the onk a bit better this time of year as the breeders and bigger fish do move downstream after they have done there business 

1 hour ago, Beau_H said:

Thanks for the replies guys this helps heaps. I'll try and post the results next time I'm down there. Also what time of year fishes best down there?

I find just before and after the closures of the upper onk. 

Plenty of good size ones in there. Good fun sight casting at them in the shallows at the back of the footy oval.

Go to plastic is the Ecogear Aquaprawn unweighted and on a weedless hook.

Look for the feeding fish by using polarised sunnies and look for the golden flashes. 

Hope this helps

Can't believe i hadn't seen this!!!

Stoked you have gotten some fish on them mate! especially fish from another state... Might need to buy some more of those blanks and paint some more up!

Next lot i'll be sure to add red dots to them was always my intention i just hadn't found a way to add them so they dont look like they are just put there sort of thing!

Noticed with work if ya after light globes you better stock up. We haven't been able to restock our shelves and warehouse since March/April. We have thousands of various globes on back order and its getting tough for us to fulfil orders to our big contracts with hospitals and government buildings etc. 

I assume it would be the same with most high selling commodities in general. 

Cheers all..... my main passion in photography is lightning photography. Bit disappointed of the lack of lightning this season.... 

Also disappointed with the fact that covid is ruining my chances of hitting up Darwin in the wet season to capture the amazing light shows they get up there...

i use to be massive on photography a year or two ago.... But work life and other hobbies have gotten in the way but i found these on my computer today.... Porties is such a photogenic place to take photos. Probably my favourite place that i took the majority of my photos...

Photos taken with an Canon 6d mk ii and a dji mavic pro drone...

Hey all

Been quiet on the fishing/painting front with me...

Been working my arse off at work to start getting to look at purchasing my 1st house .. So with that been hindering my fishing time with all the overtime I've been doing... my car decided to shit itself again 2months later im only getting it back on Monday! Bloody Covid!

So it's been a pretty stressful couple months...

But when it hasn't been cold out in the shed i have been painting up a few lures here and there for my own personal use...

I have been using a new clear coat that is alot quicker and harder than what i have previously been using....

Hopefully with winter almost behind us it means a few more nights in the shed to start painting up the yellowfin whiting lures for the up coming season.....

Heres a few of my personal collection i whipped up

Hey all,

Quick update Work has been stupid crazy and got a few personal things going on aswell. But will be getting back into the painting tonight and this weekend....

I am about to put a big order in for my YFW whiting topwater blanks aswell as several new different types of blanks getting ready for the opening up of the Ressies down south....

Keep an eye out 

Thanks for the kind words mate. Much appreciated.. i hope it slays you a few trout when you get back out there!

They certainly the best ones I've painted to date and will be keeping with that pattern for all my trout lures from now on!

Added the pattern onto some of them this morning. 

Stencils are the best thing ever to add another dimension to lures... added 3 different stencils to 3 different baits... 

Just needs sealant then clear coat Nd eyes and they are ready to smash PBs

The middle one is my favourite out of the lot!

So update on Softys Callop Lures. 

After i had applied the base coat of Yellow i added pearl orange to the sides of the lure....

I then added Pearl Pineapple to the belly to give the yellow a little more pop!

Then i added an colour called Detail Sepia which is an dark brown. I added it to the top of the bait

I have now used an transparent sealer over the top of the bait so i can add the stencil pattern tomorrow. The sealent is just a safe guard when using stencils that it doesn't scratch or damage the paint... 

So tomorrow the pattern is gonig to go onto the lure then from there it will just need eyes and completed. 

I also have done two different Purple colours that i will be inverting the 2 purples on each of the baits with a criss cross pattern. Hard to explain but will show once finished.... 

Both purple baits will be finished with black backs and black around the eyes.

If you think there are other colour combinations you'd like to see be sure to let me know i still have another 15 of these blanks and i also have plenty of colours to choose from

My latest project

Softy asked for some callop lures so after some research and finding some to suit the depths and conditions for the variety of ways people will fish them. 

So after 2 weeks they finally arrived. 

So decided to prep and start placing the sealent undercoat and base coat tonight to let it dry overnight to add the next colours to it... 

Softy gave me a photo of one of his favourite lure  patterns so i am going to replicate it but put my own twist on it... 

The lures are 100m from start of bib to tail end. (Only 5mm larger than the popular Daiwa rpm crank and weigh 15grams roughly with terminal added. 

Come with rattles too. Dives to 10ft-12ft

If interested let me know as i have sooo many colours and patterns available for this lure..

Here is some progress shots..

Ill post pics as i progress with it. Cheers

4 hours ago, southie THE BANGA said:

Working $$$$ Going away in a couple weeks so fingers crossed the weather plays ball...

Forgot to mention painting lures all weekend got some new blanks to paint

Working $$$$ Going away in a couple weeks so fingers crossed the weather plays ball...

1 hour ago, MIKECATTS said:

Let me know how you guys go...

Im looking forward to my drone.. Hope its what I want.. Very expensive bit of gear...

Mike

haha only reason why I am going to use mine for drone fishing now.... I spent over 2k on the Mavic pro when it first came out as i wanted to add another dimension to my photography... But work got in the way now i have 2k worth of drone sitting there only been used a dozen times if that so might as well make use of it. 

Bought the Gannet release dropper for it and all so it is setup all ready to go...  

All good here from Dinga Never any dramas from them at all! 

As for reels I just bought an Daiwa eliminator 8000 Spin reel for my drone fishing Setup.  I'll roughly be able to get 700m of 50lb braid on it. I also purchased an Penn fathom 2 50lw which holds 600m of 50lb braid haven't used them yet but hoping to in the next couple weeks down the bottom of yorkes.. 

I'll be using an DJI Mavic Pro and m mate has AN 3DR solo drone. Mine can only carry 500g where his can carry 1kg no problems at all.... i'll let you know how I go if we end up going.... 

17 minutes ago, Territory Lad said:

Dont forget the little people when Banga Baits goes global! 

Any plans on doing larger 90mm - 100mm stickbaits for YFW and the like?

Yeh mate sure is.... i won't buy anything until spring... unless i can get a good deal on them. But when spring time comes I'll be buying up a 100 or so yfw blanks. Maybe even some small poppers aswell... 

But certainly put the larger sizes on the list

On 22/05/2020 at 4:35 PM, Softy said:

Let me know once the cranks arrive.  

Got an notification saying they have landed in Australia and aus post have the shipping info...

So fingers crossed it gets delivered sometime this week...

Perfect weather to paint on the weekend as the weather looks crap to do anything else

Cheers all... 

Might have some bigger projects in the near future i will be working on....

Just working on the options i have and wether or not they will be viable for me to make and sell..

But keep ya eyes peeled in the near future as it will take me awhile for all the parts to get here

But for now here is a taste of what im working on at the moment

4 have already been sold before i have been put them up for sale... might have to make some more!

Well these are at the 2nd last stage of the lure painting process. 

Just added my signature on the bottom of the lures and added the 2nd and final clear coat to them. 

The last stage is fitting terminal tackle and test swimming before sale...

It's not as simple as paint lures and your ready to fish. It takes plenty of prep work and tedious bits amd pieces to produce lures like this...

It has taken 2 weeks of prepping. Drying. Clear coating etc just to complete 10 lures... 

That's what makes it much sweeter and rewarding when you sell one and someone catches a fish on them...

Keep an eye out as I'll put these up for sale on here 1st before i post elsewhere...

A couple mates have been getting a few while drone fishing along the south south around Victor/ Port Elliot etc might be worth a look...... Been dropping baits a few hundred metres from shore