Meppstas

They're beautiful eating that's for sure.. lovely pickled.. a bloke used to come into the Royal Arms Hotel selling them by the jar for $5-00, I'm going back quite a few years now though..
 
I had a set of long handled tongs and used them when out in the boat, very useful item that's for sure.
 
cheers
Adrian

They're beautiful eating that's for sure.. lovely pickled.. a bloke used to come into the Royal Arms Hotel selling them by the jar for $5-00, I'm going back quite a few years now though..
 
I had a set of long handled tongs and used them when out in the boat, very useful item that's for sure.
 
cheers
Adrian

They're the same brand that I bought too SF, only ones I could find...
 
cheers
Adrian

Cheers for the support Guys . It was a great night but the wind did pick up , the winning Mully was caught overnight but the rest were caught early afternoon on the first day with sunday morning being a very tough day fishing . Funnily enough it is usually the opposite and was one of the reasons it was held overnight .
The placings were = Carl Smith             1st place    81cm Mully             prize Rod and reel + prize pack $300
                                 Gavin Stansfield   2nd Place  74cm Shovel nose  prize Reel + prize pack $120
                                 Neal Palmer          3rd place   71cm Mully             prize landing net + prize pack $80
                                 Ashton Stansfield Junior         27cm Bream           prize Rod and reel  + prize pack $70
                                 Dylan Liddle         Mystery L   22cm Bream           prize Lure pack $60
                                 Scott Pascoe        Raffle        Novelty Lure            prize $100
It was a great day and i was rapt to have 5 jnr entries that had a crack . Keep your eyes out for the first round of the next season early Dec . Details will be on the Mully Mayhem FB page and also on here closer to time .

1st place 80cm lake mully
2nd place 75cm shovel nose skate
3rd place 60cm port mully

Pearler of a day for it!
 

 

 

Thanks for that, Panga. $80 is probably going to have to get me a whole lot of Razorfish!
The only reason I asked the question is that I finally tried Razorfish for the first time earlier this month and have now become hooked.
Good luck on your most excellent adventure tomorrow (sorry I won't be aboard).
 
Cheers
af

For  Territory Lad , as promised , here is a picture of 3 of the "small in-line hooks" I use to replace trebles on my small lures.
 
 

 
 
You can see the Model Number on the top.. 329406 ...404 , so the bigger ones would be 329401 ...
 
I have them from Size 1 down to size 12 ..... very good hooks .. haven't seen any other brands, so can't comment on them, other than these Gamakatsu's.
 
And for those with a keen eye , yes, these packs are un-opened .. as the others are in small clip bags with only marker pen.
 
So, hope this gets you sorted out, and perhaps some tackle sponsors have these in stock.
 
 
SF

As SF stated try the inline single hooks or take the front treble hook off the lure and just go with the tail treble hooks.
 
cheers
Adrian

I have managed to get some very small inline hooks, which I have put on my small HB's for whiting, Work a treat.
 
I grabbed a few packs of them from size 1 down to size 10, all proper inline hooks. Will need to go and look at the brand, so you could see if some of the fishing gear sponsors can get them for you.
 
I did buy these online, but was a local bloke, who actually hand delivered them to me...saved postage, as he was in the area.
 
I think he is down south .. ??
 
Will get back to this for you.
 
SF

After some advice / thoughts.
 
Given my fishing is currently purely C&R, I put high priority on releasing the fish with as little impact as possible. Using SPs its not an issue as 9 times out of 10 the hook comes out with minimal fuss. However almost every fish I have landed on a HB I have had issues with. Issues ranging from the trebles being difficult to remove to the 2nd treble latching into the fish's eye, gills, face and causing more damage. 
 
Over the weekend, over two separate sessions I landed a handful of small bream, each of HBs. In each instant the the rear treble lodged in the mouth and the 2nd / front treble lodged in the face of the fish. More often than not in the eye. Thinking back, this also occurred with other species. 
 
If I was keeping the fish of a feed I wouldnt be so concerned. What makes it a little more concerning for me is that added to the fact im doing this purely for C&R, is the fact these are undersized fish more often than not!
 
I spent the weekend thinking about ways to reduce the damage / make it easier and quicker to release the fish. I was originally looking at simply making all the trebles "barbless" by crushing the barbs. I used to do this Barra fishing in Darwin and found it had the desired result. However I then started to think about swapping out the trebles to single in-line hooks, The idea being the hook up should more often be in the mouth. Once hooked the drop / loss rate should be less. The single hook is stronger than the treble and as a bonus there should also be less snagging potential. My only concern is im not sure the in-line hooks are made for Bream sized lures.
 
My questions to those more experienced in this area than myself are:
 
1. Do these hooks come in a size suitable for Bream sized lures?
 
2. Does anyone else do this?
 
3. If you do it, is it worth it?
 
Thanks in advance Hookers.

Took this photo this morning, didn't come out all that good as I only used my small Canon camera that I use for trout fishing..
 
Didn't have time to grab my good camera  and set it up as the moon was setting too fast at the time.. May get up early tomorrow and see what it's like.
 
Cheers
Adrian

Took this photo this morning, didn't come out all that good as I only used my small Canon camera that I use for trout fishing..
 
Didn't have time to grab my good camera  and set it up as the moon was setting too fast at the time.. May get up early tomorrow and see what it's like.
 
Cheers
Adrian

We're supposed to get a shower or two tomorrow so I'm hoping it will be later in the day.. My luck I'll be up early enough and it will be heavy cloud cover..
 
Had I been up ten minutes earlier it would have been fine, once the moon got low into the mist it makes it that much harder to get a clear photo.
 
Not that I'll mind because then I'll head off trout fishing...
 
cheers
Adrian

Took this photo this morning, didn't come out all that good as I only used my small Canon camera that I use for trout fishing..
 
Didn't have time to grab my good camera  and set it up as the moon was setting too fast at the time.. May get up early tomorrow and see what it's like.
 
Cheers
Adrian

Took this photo this morning, didn't come out all that good as I only used my small Canon camera that I use for trout fishing..
 
Didn't have time to grab my good camera  and set it up as the moon was setting too fast at the time.. May get up early tomorrow and see what it's like.
 
Cheers
Adrian

We're supposed to get a shower or two tomorrow so I'm hoping it will be later in the day.. My luck I'll be up early enough and it will be heavy cloud cover..
 
Had I been up ten minutes earlier it would have been fine, once the moon got low into the mist it makes it that much harder to get a clear photo.
 
Not that I'll mind because then I'll head off trout fishing...
 
cheers
Adrian

Took this photo this morning, didn't come out all that good as I only used my small Canon camera that I use for trout fishing..
 
Didn't have time to grab my good camera  and set it up as the moon was setting too fast at the time.. May get up early tomorrow and see what it's like.
 
Cheers
Adrian

We're supposed to get a shower or two tomorrow so I'm hoping it will be later in the day.. My luck I'll be up early enough and it will be heavy cloud cover..
 
Had I been up ten minutes earlier it would have been fine, once the moon got low into the mist it makes it that much harder to get a clear photo.
 
Not that I'll mind because then I'll head off trout fishing...
 
cheers
Adrian

I thought exactly as SaltyFlyer did (before seeing his post) on how eerie the fog makes it look - great minds think alike Salty
 
Hope you get some more good shot tomorrow morning Adrian

Took this photo this morning, didn't come out all that good as I only used my small Canon camera that I use for trout fishing..
 
Didn't have time to grab my good camera  and set it up as the moon was setting too fast at the time.. May get up early tomorrow and see what it's like.
 
Cheers
Adrian

Took this photo this morning, didn't come out all that good as I only used my small Canon camera that I use for trout fishing..
 
Didn't have time to grab my good camera  and set it up as the moon was setting too fast at the time.. May get up early tomorrow and see what it's like.
 
Cheers
Adrian

Took this photo this morning, didn't come out all that good as I only used my small Canon camera that I use for trout fishing..
 
Didn't have time to grab my good camera  and set it up as the moon was setting too fast at the time.. May get up early tomorrow and see what it's like.
 
Cheers
Adrian

Took this photo this morning, didn't come out all that good as I only used my small Canon camera that I use for trout fishing..
 
Didn't have time to grab my good camera  and set it up as the moon was setting too fast at the time.. May get up early tomorrow and see what it's like.
 
Cheers
Adrian

Took this photo this morning, didn't come out all that good as I only used my small Canon camera that I use for trout fishing..
 
Didn't have time to grab my good camera  and set it up as the moon was setting too fast at the time.. May get up early tomorrow and see what it's like.
 
Cheers
Adrian