lofty64

My mate is over there ATM and would love to have a fish , good bloke 

Hi Micky , I have a Savage 6'6 1-3 , which I use for KGW , great rod , light and have pulled 52cm KGW , my PB , but handled it no worries .

9 hours ago, gregtech said:

I've gone from cooking whole crab to backing them (removing shell and guts/lungs) before cooking.

Way cleaner process and drops cook time by 1 min. 

7min after return to boil and mandatory plunge in iced seawater to set meat as Jackmac said

I do the same Greg , but I steam my crabs , then on ice , way better flavour , and no flavour lost in the water .

Hi there mickyj , I use a Boilermakers tool bag ,I have had my tackle bag now for over 10 years , and is still in great condition , lots of pockets , and is water proof ,Look up PIRIE BLIND and CANVAS , my bag is size 112 st .

great bags and will last forever cheers 

26 minutes ago, Elecmuso said:

So if you had a day to collect bait (and I do today), where would you go?

I'm heading out in the morning and need bait but don't want to pay nearly $20 for a tiny bag of cockles - and it is tiny.

I gather ghost shrimp / nippers are mostly great yellowfin bait, but are they any good for KGs? Could collect some this arvo and they'd be OK in the morning.

A lot of KGW , I have caught over Moonta way , have had prawns in there guts , I always see what is inside a fishes belly , to help give you an idea of there eating habits , some days Pilchard will send them off as well  . I found that a finely cut up pilchard will keep the school around . The last hot bite we had , all big fish , had pilchard in there guts , and biggest 50cm , my PB 

31 minutes ago, MIKECATTS said:

KGW like KGW flesh.... Ive had great success with trevally meat as well... and theres lots of pipies exposed on the sand flats at the moment... They are just sitting on top.. Thousands where I was yesterday. Might be worth a trip for you to gather some..

My old man used to gather them, open and lightly salt them, then freeze... He always did well with the KGW..

I made a mistake in the fish count one day and was one over the limit bye one KGW , they were in a hot bite and all big fish , they were all followed to the boat by large Snook , so I took a strip off of the smallest KGW to see if I could score a Snook , no I scored a 46cm KGW , so yeah Mike I believe ya .

Very nice mate .

Fishing Wholesale , mid coast fishing tackle , they are a glass rod , very light , with lots of balls cheers

Maybe have a look at the OKUMA flexi tipz , I like them but you may not , around $50 .

13 hours ago, Hamo1234 said:

Hey - are you wedded to Shimano? I bought a samaki which Ive been using on the sort of fishing youve just come back from and its awesome. It looks like a stick but it is full of power. Same sort of rod I pulled the monster Samson up on (mind you - I couldnt lift the rod off the gunnel for the first few moments).

Hamo what Samaki have  you got ? I have the 10-17lb and feels very nice , yet to hook anything over 6kg .

59 minutes ago, Hunter69 said:

Hi, can anyway help out, trying to find a light Shimano type j Rod. Finding it extremely difficult. Cheers

Hunter. 

Try TACKLE DIRECT , it states it has 10 left , maybe RAY and ANNE ??? good luck  

All the best Adrian .............CHEERS

15 hours ago, Meppstas said:

I'm hoping once the weather settles down I'll be back in a river chasing trout, I'm not pushing myself this early in the season like I normally do..So there's no trout fishing for me yet, I had an appointment this afternoon to be assessed to see how soon I can see a orthopedic surgeon for hip replacements & lower back (L3,L4 & L5 discs) surgery.. Have been given the okay for a visit to the orthopedic surgeon for the hips which will be around twelve months time. As for the back, well that's going to be assessed another time down the track to see another surgeon.. Not in a hurry for the back surgery as they said it may result in three discs being removed & steel rods inserted plus a twelve month recovery.. I'll be trying to hold off on that operation for sure.. I'll just have to be more selective where I fish in a river this season, trouble is the easy to get to waters never hold trout.. My doctor is finally back from overseas so I'll be paying him a few visits for a dose of injections again... 
There was a nice dumping of snow overnight on Black Bluff with more forecast, very clear skies up this was tonight too.. more likely a heavy frost than snow here at this stage.
Here's a photo I took this morning from the back yard, I'd sooner it had been a few photos of some trout..
 
cheers
Adrian

Love the picture , but feel for your pain as I have the same problem with L3,L4,and L5  with Sciatica ,and is very painful,after a failed Lamonectomy  ( cant spell check ) and many other procedures ,I was implanted with a Dorsal Column Simulator into the spine ,not fun , so I hope you go well , as bad backs rule your life CHEERS and good luck Matey .   

love your work.

On 27/03/2020 at 8:20 PM, Hunter69 said:

Lost my job on monday. Lost my beautiful dog Thursday. Just 7 years old. Donut at Balgowan today. - ruff week. 

Sorry to hear matey , loss of your job is bad enough , but to lose your best mate is hard , been there and yes its hard .

Hope you are doing ok , in such a bad time in every way . Stay strong man .

14 hours ago, Plectropomus said:

The bloke I went with was a Parks'n'Wildlife ranger at Chillagoe for 15 years and used to chase them in the Walsh River. He told of very large waterholes there. I've never been out that way.

Worth a look some beautiful water holes to fish .

That is some good size fish , when camping on Gordonvale river just out of Cairns , some 30 years ago we would use a clear bubble float , with a metre like trace just using bread as bait , caught some nice fish but all around 25..30 cm good fun on a light set up , we caught bigger models up at Chillagoe QLD ,in some water holes we stumbled across great fun cheers .  great read . 

Hard hat weather , should bag it up , probably gunner be 40 degrees in a couple of days , the way the weather has been lately .

Top stuff Adrian , love the video and such a nice spot to fish ...…...unreal country side and water ways love it  

Now hopefully , to increase your catch rate lol     

I will help out if needed , I love catching the YFW

7 hours ago, yellow door 1 said:

Yeah before the sorting process I was congratulating my self on how well prepared I was

I had my rubber gloves on - I'd already dug a 2ft pit for the scraps - I had the hose ready to rinse the maggots in a sieve - I had the bran all ready in there storage container

My plans of a smooth operation flew out the window when the stench set it - from then on it was a mixture of panic and rash decisions

Trying to pry open the head, to get all the maggots out, unleashed a smell worse than Satan's bung hole and thats when I started to panic - after that I was cutting my losses and trying to get the stench underground - collecting the maggots became a secondary concern

 

Hey just a thought , put all of your fish frames , in chicken wire , like in a roll , frames in chicken wire ,roll the chicken wire up , like a tube , when they have been blown , wrap in news paper  , and bury , take out and shake the maggots out …...EASY , most of the fish stays in the mesh , shake , shake and put the SH&t in the neighbours   bin . not Rocket science ……….…………. and you don't need a Vernier, to measure , fish don't go on size ……..of maggots …….? and the science that goes into …….. maybe catching F%^k all .  

Just now, malb said:

I was kinda wondering if there'd be a few less boats at the marina than usual on a Saturday.  I don't usually go out on weekends, but maybe this time.

Or just save it 'till Monday.

Even better beats , the week end rush and lots of Wankers to put up with .

You may need a doctors appointment , the answer is FISHING lol , listen to it on the radio , best of both worlds .

I bought a 4 piece travel rod 17-24 pound , light as and love it , $27 delivered to my door , and matched it with a 3000 reel , CAPICI ,13+ball bearings spinning reel $32 delivered to my door , loaded with Mongrel 15lb braid .

Worked a treat on the salmon , and is kept in my boot with a handle full of lures ,just in case a school is spotted while driving .

Both rod and reel have been fine , and love the set up myself cheers