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Good work Adrian. Would have been tough going with all those Caddis moths as a easy meal for the trout!!!! Nice photos as always!

Cheers, 

Greg.

Love the reviews

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Good, I like it, the hinges are not off, the move is good, it's light after use. And who is there says that we are collective farmers, so he himself was a collective farmer once, he thought that he was the original Shimano, for three they will give him. The coil is actually (behind the 2,600) good.

Yep, sounds legit to me

Hi Rob. As long as you don't drop your pipe and your lighter still works, you should be fine

The 'Trout Assassin' is still hard at it!!!

Great pics Adrian. Still on my bucket list to get down your way.  Just got back from Exmouth WA getting into the Marlin and Sailfish so Tassie is next!!!!

Cheers, Greg.

Glad you're on the mend mate. I guess we're lucky to have wives that worry about us. Our small male brains think they're being mean but that's not always the case!   Iv'e adopted the 'beg forgiveness rather than ask permission' approach and it's going ok so far!!!!

Hi Adrian. Nothing worse than a bad back. Unless you've got a crook hip and a dodgy knee as well!!! Bad jokes aside, hope you're back in the river asap and posting the usual stories of great fishing in Tassie!!!

Cheers, Greg.

Good work Adrian. That second one was a cracker! Strange injury on its back for a freshwater stream? An angry eel maybe?

Cheers, 

Greg.

Your Saragosa has good and not so good impact on your rod choice I think. At around 700 grams it narrows down your options which is good in a way. No overthinking required! Its a big reel and is right at home knocking off a heap of larger models. It is overkill for snapper but like you said, you have it already. Doobs mentioned catching his first snapper on my gear and it was a nice fish but it was a tuna outfit and he made short work of it!!! That was a 6000 Shimano on a T curve Deep Jig 200.  Again, huge overkill for snapper but it is a brilliant allrounder for offshore work. Troll the tuna in the morning and bottom bash for nannies and whatever comes along in the arvo. Still sensitive enough to feel the bites on bait. The Terez range has a heap of rods in that 7 foot ish range in 1 and 2 piece. The TZS70M might be worth a look.  I'd head to a loaded tackle shop with reel in hand and try a few.

6 hours ago, jackmac said:

Snook have been one of my favourite fish to eat and catch for as long as i can remember.They are second to none as  smoked and as far as freezing them they need to be cleaned and skinned but before you crumb or batter them when defrosted squeeze a little lemon juice on them and season with salt and pepper.I will challenge anyone to pick the difference.Treat any fish you catch with respect ,ice slurry and clean and fillet as soon as possible and even salmon trout are a delicacy.I know so many people who say they wont eat this or that but after i have cooked them a feed they soon change their minds.

100% agree mate. Fresh, bled and skinned snook with the bloodline removed are spot on for eating. On the bbq for a couple of minutes and wacked on fresh buttered bread with salt & pepper or a dash of sweet chilli sauce. Bliss

Nice session there Adrian

I don't think even Doobs can cast that far

Haven't you got a new 'quietner' to deal with those things

Got my 'quietner' today as well! A lot heavier than it looks

28 minutes ago, Plectropomus said:

I've been turning these up to raise money for the local Men's Shed

Mate, I'll grab one of the large 'quietners'. Perfect for the rowdy Makos etc. 

PM your details.

Cheers, Greg.

That's a fair arsenal of weapons you've got there YD1.

That Hook'em spike looks like the allrounder . And that bend would do just as you said. Might upgrade before the season starts!

SBTs on light outfits are a bag of fun for the angler but the crew/other fishos get cranky when you're on one fish for 20 minutes.

Knock em' off quick for best eating or chance of survival if releasing. It would be a blast if you're fishing for snapper and hook up to one but!!!!

On 28/10/2021 at 5:51 PM, yellow door 1 said:

Did you ever find the bolt on that gun not long enough to hit a brain - I'm considering shortening my spikes so they dont go through a fish and into the floor.

On the bigger SBTs, the Ikigun is useless. T spike is the go there as you come in from the top and there is no bone to deal with.

Iv'e found the limits of the Ikigun a few times, mainly on bigger Snapper. The blunt end of the bolt is the problem. I was going to linish it to a point but the thing is dangerous as it is!  It is powered by the mother of all rubber bands that seem to lose a bit of power over time. We tend to use the 'T' spike a lot more lately.

YD1, you are obviously retired and have waaaaaay too much time on your hands.

I've got the 'real' thing but it does too much damage. To the boat floor that is! The thing is a beast. They banned gel blasters but these are legal????

Flash! 

Another option for lazy fisho (me) is part of a tyre plug repair  kit.

The word 'massacre' comes to mind watching that. But I guess Barney Bills squid rings have to come from somewhere

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

A Greek guy I used to work with years ago used nail clippers to remove them. Both for whiting baits and cooking. He reckoned whiting wouldn't touch tentacle baits with suction cups on them. 

6 hours ago, jackmac said:

the weather forecasters were having a bad week

No....really? That rarely happens. 

Hows the size of that snook!!!! Friggin horse!!!!

Agree that the snapper are a 'pest' at the moment and hopefully it isn't an outright slaughter on opening day 

Still looks like a great trip even without the SBTs

Practice your braid to leader knots Doobs.......