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I've had success with https://www.pro-fishing.eu/ They don't have a big range and don't have the top end reels, but if you are after a reel like a Shimano Ultegra, you can pay about $195 landed as opposed to $260 locally. Add in a spool of Shimano Kairiki 8 for $20 and some terminal tackle, maybe a couple of lures and you have saved $100. One of the good deals about this store is they charge a flat rate of EUR9.99.

I buy all my reels, line and most of my terminal tackle from Japanese and European online stores. I've even bought my last 4 rods from overseas. Soobz's advice is spot on. If buying with mates, you can get the prices up to the minimum spend for shipping even on mid to lower end reels. My Ultegra FC 1000 cost $190 landed, a fair bit cheaper than $260 at BCF. I bought the reel when they were first released but now they are even cheaper, if buying with a mate, you would pay about $150 landed.

I have an Emeraldas LT 2500 which is supposed to hold 200m of PE 0.8. I have Platypus P8 10lb which is meant to be equivalent to PE 0.8 and I only fit about 100m. Initially it didn't bother me, but I've noticed on long casts I get a lot of drag on the line when the tide is running strong. I've just bought some Diawa Emeraldas Durasensor PE 0.8 and it is noticeably thinner. I have no doubt I'll fit the full 200m.

Which one did you use? Was it one of the nude or was it clot wrapped?

Corten steel edging. Loads of different suppliers.

I have two raised beds and 5 ground level beds. The raised beds are great for things like lettuce, spring onions etc. The ground level beds a good for tomatoes, cucumbers, beans etc. Having multiple beds means I can rotate different crops in different beds, particularly important with tomatoes. Everything is irrigated and I run it off a B-hyve irrigation controller; which is wifi enabled, so if I'm away fishing for several days and the weather changes, I can login via my phone and increase or decrease the watering as needed.

For most of my adult life I lived in the CBD in townhouses so I didn't have a garden. Six years ago I moved to just south of the city, renovated the existing house with a bulldozer and started afresh. One of the key aspects was a big veggie garden and 2x 20 thousand liter rainwater tanks (there is no storm water runoff from the site into the local waterways). I'm not worried about the price of lettuces! And when I'm not growing vegies, we go foraging for food.

I like to make spaghetti vongole (cockles). I'm sure there are plenty of places to collect the small mud cockles, but I've found them abundant at Port Vincent and Stansbury. This year I'm going to give pickling a try with squid

Depends. Tommies and garfish I sprinkle salt and pepper, then dust in flour, before frying quickly in a lightly oiled fry pan. YFW I like to crumb in panko crumbs before shallow frying. Crab, I like to make serve with spaghetti. I also like to make tommies into fish cakes. In summer, when I catch most of my fish, I have loads of home grown tomatoes, cucumber, basil, chillies etc. for the salads. I get a lot of satisfaction from serving a meal that is mainly made from what I've grown and caught.

Makes sense to me. If you have only one or two reels it may not be worth it, but I have 6 reels and use 3 different diameter/strength lines. If I save $10 per reel it's worth the effort.

I'm a tackle rat when it comes to swivels and snaps, with a variety of size and strength and for snaps different types of closure. I use different types of snaps not just to suit line class, but also for different lures I consider myself pretty proficient when it comes to knots, but also only use a few knots; line to leader - slim beauty loop at end of leader - perfection loop loop in the line/dropper loop - surgeons knot loop at end of hook length - surgeons knot hook length to hook - snell knot leader to terminal tackle such as lure clip - trilene k

How much line do you have out when casting? I like to cast with minimal line out, which is probably the main reason I tie the leader to the line, so I can wind it through the guides. With float rigs and paternoster rigs I end up with quite a bit of line out, just because these rigs can be quite long; but with squid jigs, soft plastics and other lures, I would only have about 20cm of line out from the top guide.

Depends Squid - mainline - leader - snap swivel - squid jig Paddle tail soft plastic - mainline - leader - Mustad Fastach Clip - jighead or cheb rig OR if using a Texas rig I tie directly to the hook and don't use any clip YFW - mainline - leader - bean sinker - snap swivel - hook length - hook Garfish - mainline - leader - snap swivel - float rig Except for YFW, I rarely bottom fish, when I do it's mainline - leader - snap swivel patenoster rig

I keep a pair of hemostats with me when fishing to remove hooks, crimp split shot etc. They are also handy for tying knots like the blood knot. You can also use them to tie the surgeons knot for line to leader connections.

I have some old braid and mono that I keep to practice knots with and while trying the knots mentioned in this thread, I also decided to tie a couple of line to leaders using the surgeons knot. I tied a few 3 turn and few 6 turn knots. I forgot what a good knot this is. Very quick and easy to tie, which raises the issue of repeatability. The best knot is often the knot "you" can repeatedly tie correctly. This is why the surgeons knot is such a good line to leader knot. If you can tie an overhand knot, you can tie a reliable surgeons knot.

I've practiced this knot a couple of times today and I'm very impressed. I normally don't like line to leader knots that include a bend in the leader, because I don't like how the line goes through the guides when casting, especially micro guide. I like the tag of the leader going in the same direction as the leader. But with the Yucatan I was able to trim the leader tag super close, so it shouldn't an issue when casting.

I don't fish much using heavy leaders and have found the slim beauty a great knot. I find the FG knot, when setting the knot, requires you to put the leader under too much strain for light line. The FG knot is completely dependent upon the braid biting into the leader material, which is why you need to put a lot of tension on the lines when setting the knot. Knots like the slim beauty, don't need to bite into the line, because you are wrapping two knots around the lines (a uni knot and variation on a clinch knot) which then are pulled up against each other and can't slide past each other (simi

Closure time: 14 May 2022 to 13 May 2023 Closure location: Spencer Gulf from the Mean High Water Springs closest to 33°55’39.942”S 136°34’20.131”E (near Arno Bay) to the Mean High Water Springs closest to 33°55’39.942”S 137°37’14.527”E (Wallaroo Jetty). https://www.pir.sa.gov.au/fishing/closures_and_aquatic_reserves/fishing_closures#toc5

I love squid fishing and mainly fish land based, but also get out in the kayak. As others have mentioned, structure is the key for squid (and basically all fish). If there is a sandy bottom, there is little chance of squid. Wert is spot on, seagrass, reefy bottom, rocky shoreline are the places to fish. For metro spots, you can certainly catch squid at OH. Most people fish the channel/northern side of the OH rockwall, but if fishing the southern side for something like garfish, it's always worth having a jig on hand as you get squid cruising along rockwall face (just not as many). Fo

A common principle of fishing is to try and match the hatch, or in other words, use bait that is the same or similar to the target fish diet; but considering the primary dietary components of southern garfish are seagrasses of the family Zosteraceae and planktonic amphipods, it's not really possible. Instead, generations of fishos have used substitute baits for southern garfish including; maggots bread chicken slivers of garfish Which bait to use seems to be a personal preference (I stick with maggots and chicken). Maggots Maggots are probably the

This information is based on the Honours thesis undertaken by Jason Earl in 2007, through Flinders University. All credit goes Jason for this knowledge. The information is based upon samples of southern sea garfish that were collected at two locations in Gulf St. Vincent between March and July 2007. Most sampling was conducted at Port Parham, while fewer samples were also taken from Bay of Shoals, Kangaroo Island. Garfish were sampled for this study in two ways: they were purchased from commercial fishers after haul-net capture; and captured at night using dab nets. Hook and line were not

This will be a series of posts about Southern Garfish (Hyporhamphus Melanochir), starting with basic information on fishing limits. Other posts will cover feeding habits and different approaches to catching these mini marlins. This information is accurate as of 13/04/2022, please check the PIRSA website for updates. Minimum legal length: 23 cm measured from tip of the upper jaw to the tip of the tail. Personal daily bag limit: 30 Daily boat limit when 3 or more people are fishing on board: 90

You're a jinx Des. I went for a fish on Monday night, throwing soft plastics for tommies. I grabbed my Atomic Arrows Bream Surface and Stradic Ci4+ 1000. This combination has worked great for years, but on Monday night I ended up with an ugly mess of a wind knot. This was the second time I used the reel after I had fully stripped it down for a complete service. When I got home and had a closer look, the line lay was top heavy and a bit loose. I've stripped the line, added a shim and re-spooled. The line lay looks perfect again, so hopefully it should be fine next time.

Monday night I decided to head out for a fish, so I packed my squid outfit and a soft plastics outfit for some tommies. I packed it into my bicycle bags and headed off to Glenelg jetty. Got to Glenelg about 7pm and fished for squid till last light, then switched over to soft plastics for tommies. No joy with the squid but plenty of tommies about for a feed and to stock up on bait for crab nets. The jetty was pretty empty with only two other people, which was surprising because the conditions were excellent. Then about 10.30pm the wind started to pick up with increasingly strong gusts. Jus