Plectropomus

They are found in SA -- but very rare. See: https://cdn.environment.sa.gov.au/landscape/docs/hf/reef-fishes-field-guide-gen.pdf A few spearos knew where to get them down on the end of Yorke's Peninsula, and the State SA record is over 2kg from Seaford: https://auf.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/SA-STATE-Spearfishing-RECORDS-2021.pdf The "redmap" project aims to track chnage sin distributions of fish, and there are quite a few Luderick being recorded in Tassie: https://www.redmap.org.au/region/sa/species/1/85/

What a sensational fish! They really are muscled up right down to the tail. Enormous!!

great write-up. Those big ones are true "crocs". Speaking of.....how log is the biggest bluespot you have seen reliably measured?

are you selling some of those shiny metal jigs?

marvellous!! Hope to see some posts on here of your adventures and a review of the pros and cons.

what model did you choose?

beautiful picture>

do they "boof" at the surface? Like salmon or barra?

damn pretty fish. Loads of variety down there. Do the dusky flathead get that far south?

I was doing alright this arvo….. until the tax man showed up I was thinking "shark? ....down there?", but it looks like Sammy the Seal. I really like oily fish, and well remember having some marvellous battered 'coutta and chips down at Queenscliff (?) in Victoria. Yet most folk seem to loathe them as wormy line-cutters. Sounds like a great fishing location!

Amazing! I never knew the whiting ate crabs, and had wondered how they accessed them. They used to be named "Helograpsis haswellianus" ( think?). I love your posts with the gut contents and sharp observations. What else do you see at night on the samphire flats?

moon phase maybe??

I live in FNQ, and did go to my local tackle shop. He reckoned he bought some sort of automotive gasket material and uses that! Can't remember what it wass and cannot get it any more.

I read a lot of debate online about the use of drag washer grease (a "wet" drag system). One school of thought was that "wet" washers (greased and then grease squeezed out/wiped off) were the way to go for smoothness and lighter line. Another opinion was that "dry" ungreased washers were better for a heavy drag setting, but sometimes the "take-off" was not so smooth. Then a common opinion was the carbontex dont need grease!!! The comment I liked best was that the old Blue Shakespeare Series spin reels had the smoothest drag out at that time -- and they were made from felt! I wore out

That's one of my questions...how do I find out what thickness is needed for my 2 types of reels? I could measure the existing washers, but they have been fried and perhaps (??) made thinner. There are at least 3 thicknesses on the market -- maybe 4?? I guess I could count the washers, including the metal ones, try and calculate the depth of the housing for the washers and then divide the depth by the number to get possible thicknesses? In a pinch I punched out some washers from the thinnest part of old leather rigging gloves -- but they were too thick.