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Very good to know Aff, thanks for posting up.
Not a bad idea catching up for a cockle day @nosaj.

Thanks for letting us know. Sounds like another opportunity for a Strike and Hook catch up and cockle day like a few years back....

This a quick one. Not as good as Brutus's but could not get fresh large prawns.
 
It is simple prawns (frozen) in Panko crumbs. I cooked the rice and mixed saffron and garlic.
 
So rice bed and prawns with sweet chilli sauce on the side. Looked good and went down a treat.
 

 
Enjoy. I did.

Origin of the Platypus???
 

That's a shame for them that the business is closing. I know it was for sale some time ago, I actually thought it had been sold on

Aye guys just wandering if someone can help me
I have fishing kayak. I want to do a big trip from stansbury to port Wakefield then on to outer harbour how many nautical miles. How many miles as I am going to do this for kid with diabetes hope you can help

Stop being so stingy and live life a little eh??
              cheers b

Headed down the fleurieu peninsula on saturday. Got there early morning on the hightide. Started receding nicley. Put my rag soaked in tuna oil in and in 10 mins there was plenty of garfish swimming around in my berley trail. Put out a float on one rod and the other with 2 splitshots and let that one drift. Ended up with 14 ranging between legal - 27cm. And 4 at 30cm. Fair few undersized that i had to work through but persisted. The legal ones were nice and fat aswell. Things shut off after and hour or so. Bring on the warmer weather!

Well done Rob!!! This is great news
 
The below info is sourced from the Southern Times newspaper and from the following website http://messenger.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
 
The Harbour Kiosk owner Rob MacKay will continue to operate at the O'Sullivan Beach site!
 

A guy at work has tried the battery method a few times but there is a lot of effort for very little return. The other thing he was using were old lead knock on wheel weights.

Just wish I could catch a good variety of fish to try the many recipes out there - or even catch enough fish 

Nice report and pics doobie, great you could get out while it was decent and get a few.

Nice report and pics doobie, great you could get out while it was decent and get a few.

Nice work guys, some decent looking fish there

Nice work guys, some decent looking fish there

Nice work on the butt extension, southie....I presume you will be nicknaming it the "Kardashian"?
 

 
Cheers
af

Done this one plenty of times.
Size 8 hook with cotton wool on it........bind it on with some cotton,almost a type of fly I guess.
Either use as is,or a quick dunk in tuna oil every second or third cast.
It's a great method when they are in a berley trail and in a frenzy.

Sounds like you would have taken a lichen to each other.

I read once using cotton wool for mullet bait.....

Never fail to disappoint Alex, yet another awesome report and photos ! Thanks for sharing. Great job.

Well my mate asked me along another Kangaroo Island trip last holidays! Arrived back home last week with an experience we will never forget. 

When we first arrived on Hanson bay, we got out of the car for a quick stretch and collected some fresh air on the front porch. We looked at the first bay to see a massive patch of "seaweed/reef" that was never there before? After a long analysis, I realised it was a salmon school that was incredibly close to shore!!    We quickly started to unpack but my mates mum told us to grab the rods and go so we did!   
It was the closest school I have ever seen and the salmon weren't small! We hooked up every cast for a good 25 minutes before the school moved out deeper. Biggest went 70cm and they were all around 65-70cm. Awesome fun while it lasted and we already collected a feed. lol   

 
The next day we woke up at 6:30am to find another huge school (possibly the same one) being chased in close by a couple of hungry seals!  
Same thing happened, we ran down and hooked up every cast for a solid 25 minutes before the school moved back out. Crazy stuff!! 




 
After had some time to relax and eat, we headed down to the river and realised that it was full of feeding bream!!! We used surface lures (OSP Bent Minnows) for the majority of the time, landing dozens of healthy fish including a 36.5cm one! 




 
Went back home for dinner and played a couple of board games before I headed back to the river for a solo flick. Caught another half a dozen or so before dark. 



 
The next day we woke up early once again, but this time we couldn't see any schools so we headed straight for the river. Within the first half hour of using surface lures, they seemed a bit slow because it was freezing!! So we switched to Zman grubz, cranka crabs and dragon maggots. This turned out trumps and we found ourselves catching one almost every cast in one specific spot.   Not huge but they were fun little fish. 







 
After about 3-4 hours, we went back to the shack to get our energy back, when my mates mum comes in and informs us of a big salmon school on the second bay! We grabbed the big rods and ran down to give it a suss. Standing on the cliff at the start of the second bay, I spotted the school! It was out far unfortunately so we waited (impatiently). 



 
After a long wait, we realised there was another smaller school further down the bay, but this one was closer! 
We followed it around the place, landing a fish every few casts into the school before one fish broke my hook! For the next 20 minutes, I was casting into the school with a hookless slug and watching them chase it all the way to the shore. It was an amazing sight. 




 
After the school moved out far and wide, we  decided to call it a day as we were buggered... 
 
The next day, we headed north towards Kingscote! Expecting the best, it ended up being rough and windy at the jetty but we fished it anyways. It was real slow but we managed to land 2 tiny squid (kept for bait), a few red mullet, a leather jacket and a troutie! 


 
On the way home, we stopped at Vivvone bay for a quick night flick. After landing about half a dozen nice tommies on plastics, along with a couple of tiny trevally, it was time to go. On the way home, a 4x4 with a barcrusher boat overtook us at high speeds. Then another one which looked quite familar? After a second look, I realised it was the Paul's boat, "True Blue" and the Ifish crew! LOL   Hope they didn't hit any wallabies. 
 
The next few days we only fished the river as there were no salmon schools in sight! 
We landed over 30 bream on the OSP Bent Minnows including some bruisers that were 35cm+!  We had clear visions on most of the hookups! It was insane!!!! 









 
Overall, it was one of the best holidays I've had! None of it would have happened without one of my best mates, John and his lovely family!   
 
And to finish this new thread, here's the longest video I've made on my YouTube channel!!  Cheers! 

 
 
 
 

Nice piece of kit Brankim

Nosaj i ended up with the nanotechnology 30 ton series. Feels great in the hand. Feels balanced very nicely just need to get a bend on it. Anaconda is where it was 40% of. Pflueger had trions for 40% off also.

Well I have solved the tangling issue.
 
I put some plastic stoppers on each end of the float as suggested, but didn't think this would solve the issue as I already had split shots at each end anyway - sort of defeating the purpose but give it a go anyway.
 
Nope, didn't work or help much as still tangling through the air when casting - the odd cast was ok but many tangles.
 
Some also suggested to use a heavy leader, but reluctant as wanted to be light tackle although in theory I could see theory behind using a heavier line for the leader (basically it may keep it a little more taut and a way from the main line/float).
 
So this got me thinking to move the 2 slit shots I have on the leader down much closer to the hook - theory was to give a little more weight towards the bottom than midway up.
 
Solved - not another tangle was encountered for the dozen or so casts afterwards.
 
So thanks everyone for your help and suggestions and hopefully this post may help others.

There's beauty in the tidal reaches if you care to look