piratepom

Nice work 4THA and crew. Looking forward to a few more "Strike and Hook Sensation" clips!

Good onya Chuck. All the best to Snapperhead for a speedy recovery! Always enjoy reading both of your fishing reports.

Waspy I know nothing, but if you make sure that you expose all of the pointy bit of your hook, 1/0-8/0 you'll be in the game. :f Good luck.

[attachment=16467]1393501_10153320762505142_1949852333_n.jpg[/attachment]

Arh nooo,I'm beached bro,I'm beached as!

Thanks guys' date=' Are the larger ones any good to eat or just throw them back? [/quote']The little bit of meat you get out of the really big ones tastes good, but not worth the effort in my opinion.

Nice work Alex. Keep on fishing!

Very nice mate, looking sweet as!

Your voucher will get you a Shimano Sienna 4000FD, a decent reel at under $50! :woohoo:

Actully I like catching them all

I tend to agree with that' date=' any fish is a good fish! Preferred fishing method is land based with soft plastics. Favourite target is probably Bream, but always good to mix it up.A few photos of land based soft plastic caught fish, all local metro except the Snook. Bream from the Port[img']http://imageshack.us/a/img502/9424/109tv.jpg[/img]First Flattie on a SPOldie but still my PB metro SalmonFirst LB SP SnapperPB Snook from CoffinsYet to crack a Mulloway on a SP :silly:

Nice work mate, great video!

Messed up wierdos mate! :evil: You can't understand how anyone can do shit like this because fortunately most of us don't think like these morons! Makes me :sick: :vomit: , and you're right it gives all fisherpeople a bad name!

Well done Alex, luv the video and your enthusiasm for fishing :woohoo: If you are going to eat the Mullet and STs, IMHO, it's better to dispatch and bleed them ASAP after capture. If you can fit a couple of ice blocks in your bucket that will help too! Look forward to the next edition of Alexsfishin.

When u think u are retrieving slow enough slow down even more.

That's good advice. Bream will often take your SP when it is not moving. Flick your SP out' date=' preferably in an area that's holding fish!, and let it flutter to the bottom, keep an eye on the line, any little odd movements in the line on the drop could indicate a bite, so strike. When it hits the bottom, indicated by your line slackening, leave it there for 5 or so seconds, then lift the SP off the bottom with whichever method you prefer (little hop, big long lift, double twitch lift etc...) then bring the rod tip back down, reel in the slack line and watch the line as the SP flutters back to the bottom, leave it to sit for 5 seconds or so and repeat.... Occasionally a Bream will smash your SP and do the hard work for you, but usually the bite is only indicated by a small movement in your line, strike on this movement and hopefully you hook up. Good luck.

Im also curious about other peoples PB bream so could you please post pics in the comments?

This is a pic of my PB' date=' taken on a Zman GrubZ, 41cms of old Port River Bream. [img']http://imageshack.us/a/img809/7782/028zb.jpg[/img]Struggling to upgrade this PB! :ohmy:

Female Bluethroat Wrasse. Usually lots of these in the group to one larger male.Male Bluethroat Wrasse. If you take this one out of the group one of the females becomes the resident male.That's my understanding of these fishies anyway.

gonna evict him hopefully and wack him on the barbie' date='thers only one way to find out [/quote']That's the only way mate. I've been told a few times about how some species of fishies or crabs here in SA are no good to eat only to try them years later and enjoy a great feed. We have caught a few of these Bluethroat Wrasse (aka Rock Cod) on the EP, but have never tried them as we've usually been lucky enough to have more recognised eating fish to munch on! Interested to know what you think of them.

Nice Bream Alex.

Had a few sessions flicking SPs in the Port River recently. Have been struggling to find a decent sized Bream Lots of little STs about :)Little Bream from Saturday.One of many little STs about.Little Bream from yesterday evening.

I have bought both styles on the same day from the BCF at Mount Barker...........In your picture' date=' the top one is the bloodworm wriggler from the Squidgy "Pro Range" (they come in packs of 10 with a little bottle of S-Factor) and the bottom one is the Bloodworm wriggler from the "Normal Range" (come in packs of 6 with that salt looking scent on them)I much prefer the colour and texture of the top one personally [/quote']Cheers Booma. Both ranges used to be the same. So they have either changed the Pro range to the new style (the top 1 in the photo) or the BCF at Mount Gambier haven't run out of the old style (the bottom 1) in the "normal range" yet.Great to hear you like the new style.

So the moral of the story is.........if in no immediate need for big congealed lump of rubber ...errr..dont use Z mans.

Cheers Cal, would've replied earlier but I got stuck on the congealed rubber disappearing below your posts.

Ok, thanks for the replies, 'note to self' do not store any SPs with Zmans! Pretty much always keeps them in the packets in the back pack so no worries there! Sounds like the Squidgy changes aren't to popular!Love the plastics fishing, knowledge is power, thanks for the input.

What FishedOut means is that at higher temperatures the zman plastics heat up and change shapes or melt. So it pays to keep them in their packet not in direct sunlight on a warm day. I have had the problem of putting the zman grubs in a tackle box and them melt into one big clump of soft plastic. I should point out however that this is not a common thing' date=' most of the time the zman plastics are fine.[/quote']Cheers Kuerschie, I've heard of that before, on here I think. Can't say but I've had that problem with the Zmans, but will take it on board. Thanks.Bloody FREE OHHH hit the bloody post OHHH! Nough Beer!

Ok, it's good to know other fishos have noticed the change. I haven't used the newer ones much so I couldn't say for sure if there's a difference in success rates, but from the replies it doesn't look good.

Many places still sell the older squidgys if it is a problem.If they are infact Z-man they will melt with other soft plastics.The thing that annoys me most is that the bloodworm colour has changed so drastically!

Cheers fished out. What do you mean by 'they will melt with other soft plastics'? Do you mean literally melt at a certain temp, or just become just another SP? Cheers.Still on the beers! Go FREE OHHH but only by 11.

So sorting myself out for a LB Gar fish session tomorrow morning, berley done, Gar rig all good, Gents still wriggling, but thinking should take the SP set up too, for a flick as I head out. Had a look at the last lot of Squidgy Bloodworm Wrigglers I bought compared to some older ones I pick up off site member Chopper recently and they are very very different. The old ones are much softer and stretchier (?) and the new ones are much more like the Zman soft plastics, much more rubbery and tougher feeling. Has anyone else noticed this?Yes I have had a few sherberts but atm this is very important! HahaTop one is the new clean looking Squidgy, bottom one is old faithful! Cheers and beers!

6lb Fireline and 6lb Berkley Vanish flourocarbon leader atm, I like the Berkley Sense and the Sunline flourocarbon too. Fireline has been on there for approx 3 years with no worries, but it is starting to get low.