MIKECATTS

22 hours ago, bjorn2fish said:

An incredible gesture @Plectropomus Thanks for your great report and contribution to S&H.

S&H Admin did have a very close second that is extremely deserving of a win with exceptional reports posted up all the time.

@MIKECATTS is our new winner! Mike, please contact me with your contact details via PM.

 

Wow... Nice way to wake up..... Yes please... I do need a new charger. 

Thanks ALL ABOUT BATTERIES.... Great service, great products and a nice guy as well...

23 hours ago, Softy said:

Those look good Mike. 

Thinking of getting one.. I like the longer rods.. suits my fishing style... and for the price.. Its worth a try..

https://razoredgelures.com/collections/rods/products/marksman-long-cast-pre-order-includes-shipping

4 hours ago, Territory Lad said:

Thats a bloody good cast that. Great result! 

Yep I agree.. Ive set up markers on my property.. I have 1 hector.... have practised to get the best cast... Ive found it goes further if the leader to braid knot is past the last eye... But tends to ware out the braid.. I use FG knots.. With knot before eye.. about 30-40metres.. 

I use super thin 6lb braid/12lb leader... The thinnest braid I can find... and making sure the braid on the spool isnt to full. A little wind behind also helps .. with no wind or very little I still can get easily 40-45 metres consistently.. using 2-6lb rod.. not as good with the 4-8lb rod around the 30 metres... same reals... I set up the two with identical braid/leader/reel/4.5g lure (no hooks).

I tend to keep the lure in a over head straight flat cast, rather than a over head lob or round house... The light rod whips it out no probs.. Dont need much effort to cast.. can do it all day.

I try and keep the knot right on the last eye when casting now, with about 2 feet of leader. Taken me a while and 100's of casts to get it right... My FG knot has 40 first wraps, then 10 second then 10 to finish.. Its a longer know but its easier to sit on the last eye..

My lite 2-6lb Diawa rod doesnt do as good/feel right..... I prefer the Samaki any day.. 

My Samaki Archer... 2-6lb 6'9" long casts a 4g lure about 40-60 metres using 6lb braid.. my other Samaki Archer 4-8lb 6'11" doesnt do as well.. But the heavier one is way better to get "walking the dog" action better..... I prefer the lighter rod... Suits my fishing style... I use it for hours at a time and its soo light/balanced.. doesnt fatigue me at all..

I use a cheap Shimano $30 1000 reel.... Its held up well, but have to keep up the maintenance with it, especially the bail arm/roller.. gets tight...... It was best/cheapest way for me to get extra spools. I bought 3 when on special for $30. I have plenty of spares as well.. LOL.. and they balance well with the Archer.. Ive got a decent/expensive 2500 reel, but it feels too heavy/awkward for the light rods.. 

Ive always thought "would an expensive reel do better? One day Ill find out.. But spare spools are as much as the reels themselves.... I like to have 3 spare spools ready to go... Its just me...

I use flannelette jarmy bottoms., thick wool socks. I get some strange looks when dressing for a wade... 

What gets me is why does Coles send the fish to Asia for processing, then send it back to us for sale? I wouldn't trust ANYTHING, especially food stuffs from Asia...

17 hours ago, Softy said:

Wasn't to bad heading to the mid North apart from one turkey doing 80kmh causing a 20 car line up behind him for like 30km



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Nice spot...  Is it full of people? will be cold though..... Good luck....

17 hours ago, Meppstas said:

I just saw some footage on 7news Adelaide, traffic near bumper to bumper through Port Wakefield....

Looks like every man & his dog are heading to Yorkes... 

cheers

Adrian

I was on Pt Wakefield rd yesterday arvo... Bloody mad.. Im glad I decided to stay away.... One good thing.. Plenty of burley going in the water this weekend... Might head down that way Tuesday for the week..

Check this out..

Would work on most small fish.... 

Yep.. As I thought.. Smart people stay away....  Will be a mad weekend.... 

If the weather holds.. I might go to Yorks Tuesday for a few days.. Crowds should of gone by then.. Wind/weather looks good for the bottom to try for this years first winter salmon... and the mullet should be there.. And GKW off the beaches at night in coming tide as its a full moon..

Its coming off the land.. The west coast looks good, I couldn't be bothered driving there just for a few days.. Ill do that later..

Mike

Hi all..

Im curious to know where people are going this weekend? If any are that is..

Im not going anyware as I suspect its going to be mad, ignorant people every ware..... and very cold as well.

I was going to do a few days with the missus, filled the bus, packed and ready to go... But we pulled out, don't want stress....

One good thing.. I got diesel @ 1.02 litre.. Filled the bus and 10 x 20 litre drums for future use..

Pitty as the winds/tides/moon look good.... Coming off the land.. Yorks looks good on the Western side...

Ill do my fishing when no one is about... Much better.

Mike

22 minutes ago, southie THE BANGA said:

haha only reason why I am going to use mine for drone fishing now.... I spent over 2k on the Mavic pro when it first came out as i wanted to add another dimension to my photography... But work got in the way now i have 2k worth of drone sitting there only been used a dozen times if that so might as well make use of it. 

Bought the Gannet release dropper for it and all so it is setup all ready to go...  

Good luck.. hope it works for you... Might have to get together one day and work this drone fishing thing out together..

On 02/06/2020 at 12:53 PM, southie THE BANGA said:

All good here from Dinga Never any dramas from them at all! 

As for reels I just bought an Daiwa eliminator 8000 Spin reel for my drone fishing Setup.  I'll roughly be able to get 700m of 50lb braid on it. I also purchased an Penn fathom 2 50lw which holds 600m of 50lb braid haven't used them yet but hoping to in the next couple weeks down the bottom of yorkes.. 

I'll be using an DJI Mavic Pro and m mate has AN 3DR solo drone. Mine can only carry 500g where his can carry 1kg no problems at all.... i'll let you know how I go if we end up going.... 

Let me know how you guys go...

Im looking forward to my drone.. Hope its what I want.. Very expensive bit of gear...

Mike

Hi all..

I decided to give a new reel a miss.. Ill use what I have initially, then go from there....

My thoughts about the baitrunner is that the baitrunner drag might be too loose, and will get dragged about....

I have a decent overhead reel.. Might try that if I need BIG distance..

Ta for the input guys..

Dinga Aus have them on special with a spool of 300yards of 8ply braid for $233 shipped? has anyone used Dinga before?

I liked that the Penn has a machined brass gear as to a cast alumin one... Its water tight... Cheaper than the shimano with a good capacity.... But having a preset baitrunner? I wonder if I can tighten the baitrunner drag..

After doing a bit of reading.. I see that the Shimano's have an adjustable baitrunner tension.. where as the Penn has 4 preset settings

I like the Penns features, But Im tending to like the Shimano as I can adjust the baitrunner tension....

Cant find a lot of reviews on them... so Just guessing about the shimano….

18 minutes ago, Kelvin said:

Fair enough. Not many baitrunners will have the line capacity you need. The Shimano Thunnus 12000 holds slightly less. I've got 1 spooled with 30lb braid. The Penn Spinfisher VI 8500 LL might also be worth a look. I haven't played with one yet but they have the line capacity you need as well as the baitrunner feature.

Are you fishing with the baitrunner engaged? It might be abit hard on a surf beach as the drag of the waves will constantly pull out line.

I fished with a pair for Shimano baitrunner 40000D for a few years for snapper. I wore out the gears with just normal use after 5 or 6 years and had them serviced and the gears replaced under warranty.

 

I agree, would not touch the Kastking baitrunners. Too many cheap parts that break. I do have a Kastking Sharky II threadline that I use for a kayak reel that I am happy with for the price point.

 

I just had a look at the Penn.... It has the line capacity, has the drag weight of 18kg.... It has a slower retrieve of 4.7:1.... Will that matter? they are roughly the same price, to the Shimano C14+.. But the baitrunner is preset on the Penn? Is the Shimmano reel baitrunner preset? Ide like to be able to set it to the weight I want.

Im going to be fishing high, over the waves.. so hopefully the wave wash wont matter to me...

and

I used to have the older Penn gold reels 30+ years ago... brilliant reels.. Are the new generation of Penns the same quality?

14 hours ago, Kelvin said:

What are you looking for in a reel?

Longcast spool for casting? Line capacity? Baitrunner feature?

The big baitrunners are nice but longcast spools will always be mechanically weaker than standard spools. The baitrunner feature is another thing to fail on the surf beach (with the extra sand and wave splash), but fine if you are only using it off the rocks. 

For drone fishing I suspect spool capacity and drag will be really advantageous. You don't want to be just out of range of fish and you'll want plenty of line capacity in reserve if chasing big ones.

There are a few big threadline reels that will fit the bill. For the price range the largest Quantum Cabos are very nice. I've got 2 of the 120s that I have filled with 400m of 40lb braid and 100m of 40lb mono topshot for surf fishing and slide baiting.

Shimano Saragossa 20000 would also work very nicely if you can get one on sale for the right price.

 

Thanks for that Kelvin.. Im after line capacity/set and forget features...

I was going to use my overhead reel, But It has a slow wind speed and will take ages to wind in..

I have a BIG threadline real... I was watching a vid of someone using a BAITRUNNER reel and thought that that is what I need..... I realy like how it works as a baitrunner….. I will be using off beaches.. Im care full with my gear.. and when set with the drone.. I will be up high in the dunes. well that's the plan anyways..

Im a lazy fisherman.. Who likes to set and forget... Hence why the baitrunner?

The shimano has the most line capacity in all the baitrunners I looked and has a 10year warranty..... Wont buy Kastking, etc.. They are junk.

Mike

22 minutes ago, Territory Lad said:

Cant comment on the reel, sorry mate - but drone fishing? That is going to open up some interesting experiences. I've seen some footage of unreal catches from drones.

Best of luck with it!

In WA they are smashing the snappers off the beaches..

Ive pre ordered the Gannet Pro water proof fishing drone.. Got it at an intro price.. saved $100...

Yet to arrive due to the Coronavirus crap.. Should be here by the end of July, fingers crossed... 

Its a new design, water proof, has a bladder, can land and take off from water, live feed on controller.. Can carry 2kilo.... with the tried and tested DJI circuit board/software.. 

I ordered the camera as well....

Just hope it works as promised.. was this or a yak... prefer to keep my feet dry.. LOL..

Hi all...

Im thinking of buying the Shimano Big Baitrunner Long cast real C14+.... to use with my drone..

Why this reel.. 

I reacon a baitrunner is better than a standard spin reel for this type of set and forget fishing..

It can hold 500+ yards of .35 50lb braid...

Has 20kg drag... 5.3:1 gear ratio.. fast retrieving.

Is a bait runner for the long drops chasing BIG stuff. Fishing around 200-300meters from shore.

On special... 20% off

Shimano quality..

To be mated to my Samaki Xtreme Surf rod 120SXH-12" long, 20-40lb line, cast weight of 3-6oz.

What do you guys think of this reel? or is there 1 better for around the $300 mark?

Mike

Hi all..

I recently got a Watersnake PFD jacket from WA on special for $69 + $20 to post.....In red so its easily seen. Arrived today. Tried it on and its comfortable to wear.. Fits well..

way below half price..... Im getting old and not as strong a swimmer as I used to be.. so I thought that this would be a great idea... Had to try at that price... Hope I don't have to use it, but you never know....

Also got the new Storm Biscay minnows soft plastics to try on salmon this year for something different.. Not cheap but looks the part..

I got the 90mm and the 120mm.... Should work on flatheads as well...

Cant wait to go away again... Might do the bottom of Yorks for a week or 2 soon.... 

Mike

Hi all..

Ive been trying to find out if this lockdown includes stopping us/me form going camping/fishing?

I was planning to go to the west coast for 2-3 weeks soon... Not too sure what applies now?

I still want to go.. Will stay away from people.. (which I do anyways)…. 

Mike

Fg knot..... Never had issues.. Use it on 6lb braid to 10lb leader all the way up to 80lb braid to 120lb leader..

I cheat though and use the FG knot tool..

works for me..

Landed a ray, held up no probs.. 50lb braid to 80lb leader...

Your a talented man.. They look good.. well done.. Post pics of the catches..