brenton

Get that bloody fish out of there {SMILIES_PATH}/grin.gif cheers bretnon (oops forgot how to spell my name)

You can get a Shimano Catana 7"ter for about $50 which is all i,m using ATM and does the job,if you have a bit more to spend i,d go the Berkley Dropshot or the 7.2" Raider for around $100 they are a fair bit better but it depends on your budget eh cheers brenton

I thought those bullrout were quiet a small fish as well Buff but as to what it is well??? cheers brenton

I,d be over the moon with that "small king" AFC and how about a few details next time as i,ve now written more than you and i didn,t catch squat.... {SMILIES_PATH}/grin.gif {SMILIES_PATH}/grin.gif cheers brenton

Thanks for all your help chaps,i will be some of this stuff in the near future {SMILIES_PATH}/wink.gif cheers brenton

Yeah I know a net might come in handy next time {SMILIES_PATH}/grin.gif {SMILIES_PATH}/grin.gif cheers brenton

Reminds me of the time i was fishing with a couple of mates for S/T off the rocks at deep creek,as one of them went to cast in the drag ripped off the reel making him think he had snagged on the backcast.He had ,he hooked our friend straight up the nostril.I said to him "geez that must of hurt"and he said not surprisingly %$# > %& {SMILIES_PATH}/cry.gif %&% {SMILIES_PATH}/angry.gif:(" title="Angry" /> $#$%$ #*&%$ {SMILIES_PATH}/sad.gif@#$ {SMILIES_PATH}/cry.gif cheers brenton

{SMILIES_PATH}/grin.gif {SMILIES_PATH}/grin.gif As you said Rhett "priceless" thanks again for a great day. cheers brenton

What i find sad about these situations is that little effort will be made to lessen the impact of this salt enriched waste,the money is spent on the plant itself the golf course and other facilities and the salt pumped into the bay.I,m pretty sure that if the outfall pipes were extended and the brine metred out over a km or so through 10 or 20 small bleeders or taps then the impact would be minimal.Whats the bet that it ends up being pumped out in 1 spot 300 metres off the coast.I would site the west beach outlet as an example,it was supposed to be 500 metres of the coast but looks to be more

Heading Bush as well,Rainbows eh? sounds like a good idea. {SMILIES_PATH}/wink.gif cheers brenton

Thanks for all your input on this thread guys,this is my first winter chasing bream and i,m learning...slowly {SMILIES_PATH}/undecided.gif So far i would have to agree that a much slower presentation is what seems to push the little buggers buttons though having the patience to fish this way is definately a challenge.At this stage i have mainly fished the S/Ps but can see the necessity to use something different.Like Yak said maybe a different presentation is required,I,m guessing he's referring to something like a Carolina rig which would give the casting distance required to get the lure out

If you don,t mind me asking ..how do you fish these things? on the bottom like a standard S/P slow draw,lift and retrieve,shake and bake etc or something else?and in what scenario do you use them. cheers brenton

Considering i,ve caught thousands of the things my best is only 55cm... from Aldinga {SMILIES_PATH}/cheesy.gif cheers brenton

Join the club MJ,I fished for about 4hrs this morning for zilch in the lake .I tried h/b's and s/p's large and small all to no avail.Same as you i could only get a few taps from the midgets in the shallowsI caught a few S/Ts on the way home in the port but it as L tide and i didn,t bother hanging around or keeping any of them. cheers brenton

I still reckon there chumps {SMILIES_PATH}/grin.gif ECO this ENVIRO that...what it boils down to in alot of these scenarios is someone pays a fee to get a report on this or that and if in the end the recommendations don,t suit the investor then that report is scrapped and another commissioned.What consultant is going to go against the "required" outcome if he,s going to get 200k for the "right" result and the promise of more work in the future {SMILIES_PATH}/huh.gif By the time the horrible truth is realised he's sitting up on the Gold Coast in his million dollar pad and has wiped his hands

Never fished it myself FF but i think most prefer mono up there...snags i suppose and not so brutal on the gear? cheers brenton

Great idea on that clean-up Ranger,i'd like to get a few of those shopping trolleys out of there.I always pick up any rubbish i find laying around if i,m near a bin but i have noticed the residents don,t ever seem to want to get their hands dirty and will step over it and then give me the evil eye.I reckon they think their too good to pick up rubbish and by the quality of some of the dollybirds walking the fringes.....well i don,t blame them {SMILIES_PATH}/tongue.gif cheers brenton

A diving mate saw the same scenario off the bottom of yorkes,he was in a channel between reefs and the exact same thing happened....no spear or camera handy though. cheers brenton

Jeepers, what a whopper {SMILIES_PATH}/shocked.gif cheers brenton

A pretty pair.....if you like that sort of thing {SMILIES_PATH}/tongue.gif cheers brenton

Well Done MC I only picked up a fly rod last night for the first time and your right seriously addictive i'd say.I can't give you any tips but i'm sure some of the fly boys on site will see you right.. cheers brenton

Awww Shucks.... {SMILIES_PATH}/kiss.gifseriously though it was goood fun and its something i,ll have to put on the to do list.By the sound of it i,m still a long way off getting my hands on "my baby" {SMILIES_PATH}/grin.gif cheers brenton

I had my first play with Tonkas fly set-up last night,i think it was a 7#,it wasn't easy but i reckon as a novice i could of cast well enough to catch a fish....if i was casting into the water that is. {SMILIES_PATH}/grin.gif cheers brenton

Lets hope these chumps do their homework but i fear the worst {SMILIES_PATH}/sad.gif cheers brenton

They remind me of those old Razor lures but with a better paint job,a case of back to the future.I,ll be interested to hear the results. cheers brenton