Meppstas

This was  a great spin session on the trout in one of my favourite tannin streams.. Hope you enjoy it..
cheers
Adrian
 

I've had the same problem with several Daiwa reels ( Exceler, Fuego, Legalis ) and had them repaired at a tackle store in Devonport at a cost of $90-00,  every one of those reels was due the bail arm not flicking back. The problem with every one of the reels was because the bail trip levers were made of a soft alloy that breaks at it's narrowest point. Even after having them repaired two of them have got the same problems again after three trips to the river while trout fishing. So those reels are now in their original boxes and that's where they're staying. The only Daiwa reel that I've never had a problem with is the Revros spinning reel which still gets used once a week during the trout season. Over the past four years I've been using the Okuma spinning reels and thankfully never had a problem with them to date. 
 

This was  a great spin session on the trout in one of my favourite tannin streams.. Hope you enjoy it..
cheers
Adrian
 

This was  a great spin session on the trout in one of my favourite tannin streams.. Hope you enjoy it..
cheers
Adrian
 

The trumpeters were a pest at times when whiting fishing too, good live bait for Mulloway as well, I used them many times in and around the Port River years ago, they're a tough little fish..

Shitty mate
or proper name trumpeter
last thing u wanna catch unless u want crab bait 

Hi, my son caught this tonight on west lakes. I'm not clued up on fishing - can anyone identify for him. Felt like it was almost vibrating when handled. Thanks

This trip I took young Roland with me, he's a very keen trout fisher and wanted to learn more on chasing trout in the rivers. It wasn't one the best spin sessions of the season but we did get onto a few trout. Roland enjoyed every minute of it and he picked up quite a few tips on where to find the trout in a river. Being young, it's now a matter of getting him to slow down as he bypassed several stretches of water that had trout in them. Given time he will slow down and fish those areas.
cheers
Adrian.
 

This trip I took young Roland with me, he's a very keen trout fisher and wanted to learn more on chasing trout in the rivers. It wasn't one the best spin sessions of the season but we did get onto a few trout. Roland enjoyed every minute of it and he picked up quite a few tips on where to find the trout in a river. Being young, it's now a matter of getting him to slow down as he bypassed several stretches of water that had trout in them. Given time he will slow down and fish those areas.
cheers
Adrian.
 

This trip I took young Roland with me, he's a very keen trout fisher and wanted to learn more on chasing trout in the rivers. It wasn't one the best spin sessions of the season but we did get onto a few trout. Roland enjoyed every minute of it and he picked up quite a few tips on where to find the trout in a river. Being young, it's now a matter of getting him to slow down as he bypassed several stretches of water that had trout in them. Given time he will slow down and fish those areas.
cheers
Adrian.
 

This trip I took young Roland with me, he's a very keen trout fisher and wanted to learn more on chasing trout in the rivers. It wasn't one the best spin sessions of the season but we did get onto a few trout. Roland enjoyed every minute of it and he picked up quite a few tips on where to find the trout in a river. Being young, it's now a matter of getting him to slow down as he bypassed several stretches of water that had trout in them. Given time he will slow down and fish those areas.
cheers
Adrian.
 

Well done, I don't think Roland could have got a better teacher. 👍

This trip I took young Roland with me, he's a very keen trout fisher and wanted to learn more on chasing trout in the rivers. It wasn't one the best spin sessions of the season but we did get onto a few trout. Roland enjoyed every minute of it and he picked up quite a few tips on where to find the trout in a river. Being young, it's now a matter of getting him to slow down as he bypassed several stretches of water that had trout in them. Given time he will slow down and fish those areas.
cheers
Adrian.
 

This was a trip to the upper Mersey River, dull overcast conditions made for a good spin session in the river with quite a few rainbows being caught & released.
cheers
Adrian
 

This was a trip to the upper Mersey River, dull overcast conditions made for a good spin session in the river with quite a few rainbows being caught & released.
cheers
Adrian
 

Many thanks Adrian looks like what I need.CHEERS
 
 
 
 
 

I put this post up in a Facebook group last Autumn ...
 
HAND CAUGHT YELLOW FIN WHITING
As the YFW lure fishing season is starting to wane when Autumn progresses.
I resort to catching them by hand!
At this time of the year YFW are more active in the evening tide and into the night.
They have shifted from their major meal of the day being Breakfast to now being Dinner.
It is not so much water temperatures. But rather it is all to do with the tide cycles.
The YFW behaviour is as strongly driven by the tide cycles as much as it is driven by the water temperatures.
Autumn water temperatures are still holding above 20C and their metabolism and appetites have not yet slowed down.
The evening tide is now the larger more dominant tide. YFW use the largest tide on the day to access many otherwise inaccessible feeding areas.
Their daily feeding cycle and movements have now changed to feeding more in the evenings using the larger evening tides of Autumn.
Morning runoff tides and mid day lure sessions are far less productive now. The better lure fishing sessions now occur during the evening run in tide.
Particularly an evening after a warm day with a strengthening evening breeze and a large tide pushing through the mangroves.
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However there is only a limited opportunity for lure fishing, before night falls. Whiting Lures don’t work in the dark, and so bait fishing for YFW in the night run off tide is very productive this time of the year  …  Or alternatively for a challenge catching them by hand.
 
In a previous post on YFW Habitats and the food source they held,  I covered a favourite YFW food item. Haswell’s crabs.  ….
It is their love of these little critters that gives you the opportunity to Hand Catch a few YFW at this time of the year.
Under the cover of darkness in the evening tide, the YFW will hang back in the very shallow waters of the littoral zone, as the tide drops. In the narrow channels that run between the Samphire beds.
They wait for the Haswells mud crabs to emerge from their mud holes, that are under and around the samphire beds.  They YFW will linger a long time amongst the samphire beds. A long time after the high tide has dropped, and in very shallow water.

If you are equipped with a bright headlight you can momentarily hold a stunned YFW (not Mullet!) in the shallows long enough to try and grab him.
 
I missed a few by hand tonight. A very still evening meant the tide did not push in as high and not as many fish came in. But nonetheless I managed to catch a dozen on bait in the couple of hours after dark.

 
Try hand catching. A good fun alternative to lure fishing them.
 

 
Cheers, Des

A great write up there Des, plenty of good info & tips.. 
cheers Adrian

You're onto it Chuck!
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Password: tipping 
Good luck fishos  

The 2023 AFL season is just 4 weeks away, I just put my tips in!
Are you tipping again this year?
All the best to those that participate!
Cheers Chuck

SUNSHINE … ON MY SHOULDERS MAKES ME HAPPY
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I had checked the weather ahead for this week.
And I could see there was a spell of Sunshine ahead.
So I managed to rearrange my week and set off fishing on this Sunny day.
It was such an enjoyable day, fishing in the brilliant sunny conditions today. And there were some good results.
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Here are a few reasons why sunny days are great for lure fishing Yellow Fin Whiting on the Sandflats.
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Simply put, on sunny days you will catch more Yellow Fin Whiting !
There is the extra warmth in the water that a sunny day adds. Increasing the fish metabolism and their eagerness to feed.
There is usually much better water clarity on sunny days.
Your lures are so much more visible to the fish.
Bright sunshine will also reflect a lot more off your lures, gaining the fish’s attention from a long way off.
Fish will notice your lure from a much greater distance, and often come hurtling in, at right angles from afar. Most often this happens very late in your retrieve.
Importantly, strong sunshine produces an extra “attractant”. Another stimulus. Something extra for YFW to chase.
The strong overhead sunlight casts a strong shadow from your lure onto the sand below. The stronger the sunshine, the stronger the shadow, and the stronger the stimulus.
Yes, in bright sunshine, you will often see whiting chase the lure shadow cast onto the sand. They will chase and frustratingly grab at the shadow along the sand, before looking up and striking the lure above.
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The sunny days also provides the fisher with better visibility.
One can clearly see all the terrain on the sandflats. It is much easier to identify and target your casts to known fish holding spots.
Structures like sand steps, shallow ledges, gutters and channels can all be easily seen and cast towards.
You can spot fish a lot easier and further away, in bright sunshine without disturbing them.
Sight casting your lures to and hooking up visible fish while wading the shallows is such a thrill.
The greater visibility of the lure, the chase, the strike, the runs and the fight of the hooked fish, all enhances the experience for the fisher.
It is so much more fun in Sunshine.
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But really, on these days, it does not matter if you don’t catch fish ! Sunshine on your shoulder just makes you happy.
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This day started with light winds creating a strong ripple on the surface, under the bright sunshine of a clear blue sky of a hot day.
Clear or lighter coloured lures work better in strong sunshine for me.
These were my successful lures today.

 
Zipbaits Skinny Pop and Fakie Dog DS in their clear colours took fish.
 

Smaller lures are easily seen in bright sunshine, and are a bit more subtle in the high visibility and light wind conditions. .
A new lure I tried for the first time today; Zipbaits ZBL Zoea Lipple 45F Floating Lure Col:248. A small juvenile shrimp imitation worked very well. I think they may have been designed for Bream but I knew they would catch YFW on days like today.

 
Jackson Ebi Panic in the clear colour comes to the fore in these conditions.
The ever reliable Sugapen in MB16 was still producing the goods. Although it was the smaller 70mm that was successful rather than my fave size, the 95mm.

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As every thing is seen so much clearer on these days, I don’t like to give shy fish a second look at the lure immediately. If they have chased the lure and have not committed, my next cast will be 90 degrees away to let them settle before I cast back at them. On windy and cloudier days fish are more aggressive and you can send repetitive casts their way with out scaring them off.
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The breeze died down later in the afternoon. And the water had glassed off.  Fish were getting timid, not hooking up well with many dropped fish.
I finished with 16 fish. Ranging in size, from 30 to 40CM. With 5 fish around the 40cm mark.
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Sunshine on my shoulder made me very happy on this day.
Cheers, Des
 

Went with the hose clamp in the end - It allows you to orientate the torch for single handed button access

This was one of my better trips to a small stream when the trout were on fire..
cheers
Adrian
 

This was one of my better trips to a small stream when the trout were on fire..
cheers
Adrian
 

This was one of my better trips to a small stream when the trout were on fire..
cheers
Adrian