fishnfreak

Went to fish factory today and came home with a 20kg box of aussie salmon for $60. Pillies were $80 for 14kilo. Should get 2-4 baits out of each salmon and frames will be going in a onion bag for burley

What is the best method for collecting bait At salt creek?In the case I cannot find any bait at salt creek. I'm assuming squid heads are the better frozen bait, and where could I source a decent amount of this?

+2 for Saltiga Surf I have the 6000. brilliant reel

yeah sure are great reels, i have the 2500 model, for ruggers and the usual smaller species

ah yeah, i havent had a look at the TCurve revolutions yet. But the Twinpower 5000 are a great reel, i have 2 of them that get used as snapper reels on the boat.BTW i have just ordered a 14ft Daiwa Sensor Surf that should see water in the next few weeks

Cheers for the info guys, i reckon i will stick with the sol3000/315 Seajigger combo.

i have lighter version of that combo and have caught up to 5lb sambos on it and such a nice combo, but just feels like i need to wind faster than possible

thanks for the help guys, i love the SOL3000 but it seemed i couldnt wind fast enough, though last trip to Browns i cleaned up on fish up to 4lb so maybe im overreacting?Anyway im getting another Seajigger, a 305 this time, so maybe ill go a bit bigger on the reel, maybe a 4000 or 4500 sized reel

Hey guys, just back from Browns and have come to the realisation that i need a new reel.I have been using a Daiwa SOL3000 on a Seajigger 315. Problem is, is that it is way too hard to crank the 60gm metals fast enough to get a strike, so I am after a reel, the same size or maybe a little larger than the SOL, but with a high speed that i dont have to exhaust myself trying to get a hit.Any ideas? Price no object, nor is brand, just a small spinning reel of good quality with a high speed retreive

I have a Spheros 14000 with the full upgrade, consisting of stella-style handle and better internals. This thing has a great drag, really strong, a powerful rubber handle that fits perfectly into you hand and really lets you crank. I have it spooled with 50lb jigman mulit-color braid.Just saying that overheads are not the only option. Chuck it on a 9-10ft rod and it would be near unbeatable for a powerful combo on a budget.

just fished St Kilda for some STs but only one found the hooks. Bloody hell the Seajigger casts a mile, and i think i'll be changing to singles to try to get rid of some of the weed out there

hey all, I'm relatively new to salmon on metal, and after picking up my new Seajigger 315 with a SOL 3000, i have realised i might as well try to find out the best method.What is YOUR recommended/favorite retrieval style for metals, and also favorite brands and styles

Well just picked it up, and the 5000 is way too big for it, but good news is is that the 3000 SOL is perfect on it

good to hear. I reckon that the 5000 might be alright then as the difference between the 4000 and 5000 is just a bigger spool (apparently)

nah mate, it s a 10' surf rod targeti9ng sambos

As the title suggests, i just ordered my new Daiwa Seajigger 305 today from the good guys at Gawler Fishing and Outdoors. Got it for a good price and cannot wait to put a big bend in it. Does anyone have one of these?The specs are as follows-2pc-10'3"-Med Light action-fast taper-cast weight 18-55gm-8-17lb lineI am going to be matching it with a Shimano TwinPower 5000, and i know it's a bit like putting a chev engine into a ford but it's what i've got.If the rod comes and the 5000 is a bit heavy then a TD Sol 3000 will go on it until i buy a reel suited to it. (maybe a new certate :woohoo: )

Thanks heaps for answering my7 questions, and i'll be sure to inform any people

i guess it depends what you call lightweight. You could use bass gear like Daiwa's SOL combos. I have a medium spin Sol combo and that makes light work of snapper. My best on it is 62cm.That said, if you want some real fun, scale your tackle down to 4-6lb spin gear. I use a 2500 TwinPower on a Finesse Bream Raider and it makes just legal fish into a great opponent.

Can i ask the method of fishing undertaken by prawn fishermen? Is it basically a large net dragging weights to stirr up the prawns? Thats what i've been told, but not sure if true.What do you guys do with unwanted fish species and what rough percentage would you say leave the nets in good condition? Did you guys go through Pt Hughes recently? Just that i heard a prawn trawler did and buggered up the fishing this weekend.BTW, im not trying to cause trouble but rather, i am genuinely interested in the methods and what practices are in place to keep by-catch to a minimum.

Etiquette and rules are not one in the same.It may be a rule that you should pull out to allow the boat to retreive, but it is proper etiquette on the incoming boat operators side to allow the already launching boat to pass before starting to retrieve their own boat.

never been as far south metro as port Noarlunga and keen to hit the salmon, when does the run usually start?

true but i'd take my chances in order to hook a big red

great fish, was these fish from near the Cape, we were a little way away from the cape but there is so much reefy area there, i dont know where to start.

Snapper were taken in 15ft of water, on a rocky bottom with rubble and weed patches. Fish this trip ranged from really light to almost as dark as the pictured fish

I'm a snapper newbie, but fish with Gamakatsu 4/0 octopus and octopus circles up to 8/0 i think. Caught heaps of fish from 20cm up to about 48cm this weekend