rocknev

we did actually...and we called it a draw..... same rods, same reels, and pretty much the same distance,which was a loonnnnng way out... still havnt forgotten about the other challendge either with the alvey v's the kayak.... and was talking about it just this week actually....it will be an early morning challendge, down the beach, nice calm day, and im spotting him 50mtrs, then kicking that alvey into gear, and come to papa mr kayak man...lolalso another challendge on the cars with the same bloke, who is ultra fit.... i may have bit off more than i can chew with this one though...hes cycles a

as for me, alvey all the way....im fishing rocks, and ive seen a brand new name brand spinner explode after just 2 casts....wont find me using anything but an alvey for the bigger fish from the rocks...if i want to catch tommies or whiting, etc etc, i will use the spinners...and hell yeah im biassed...had my alveys for 25 yrs, and will still be going in another 25 yrs.fancy taking one of the supposed name brands onto a beach, and shock horror dropping it...pffffffft.... if i drop the alvey in the sand, i will rinse it off in the salt water and carry on fishing... try that with a supposed name

the meer mention of the word snyderglas makes me go all gooey hahahaha...LOVE my snyders.... i have 3 of them... tuff is an understatement....

i fish a lot, and object to paying a fee to do so, as it cost me enough to bloody fish as it is...bait, hooks, tackle, fuel to get there, food ,drinks,thousands of sinkers,line, clothing and god knows what else.if i take each of my 3 daughters fishing, am i up for another fee, even though it may be only once or twice a year?how about if i get visitors from out of state/country...? do they pay a fee for a once of trip?FISHING IS SUPPOSED TO BE FUN.... taxing fun is bullshite.....thats 2.2 cents worth (gst included)

mongrels... with a bit of luck, they will slice open an artery on them knives... we can only hope....

gday mate.... i made mine from a bbq spit motor...around 40 bucks or so from a hardware shop.slow turning for drying which is good imho.. a couple of steel brackets to mount it, and some rollers made from bakelite.ive seen small wheels from a hardware shop used, and even seen 2 cd's mounted up as rollers, which worked pretty well also.

looking good mate...well done.my 2 piece snyderglas is going to get a birthday before long....

took another mate that lived across the road for a fish as well one day.he said to me that when he goes fishing with his mates on the west coast, for ha ha's they do a tockley run up the beach...NOT ON THIS FISHING TRIP BUD.....

my bro in law... omg....was fishing with him one time, in the boat, and hes a sun lover....was a long time ago, and a heavy night the night before, saw me a bit seedy.i went and had a lay down in the cabin, and fell asleep...now i snore...LOUDLY woke up a bit later, goggle eyes saw me go into the sun, and DUDE....PUT SOME BLOODY CLOTHES ON....i told him if he didnt i was going to put a bloody hook through it...

i enjoy reading stuff like this.....keep it up.

OLD SALTY wrote: would have much rather taken all of the catch... but thats fishing.who would have thought a biggy would have came from there.... not for a very long time has a big thumper been taken from that spot...even the tyre reef just beyond casting range is hit and miss....

krustykrab wrote: hahahahaha,,, i laughed about it as well, if i didnt laugh i would have cried....

heres the still pictures of it... look carfully and you can see a boat sitting on the tyre reef in the background....dan uses a 17ft 3 piece rod, with a big overhead, and 50lb line..., and doesnt cast it that far at all....he very nearly cut the snapper off, thinking it was a stingray...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ9g1g6RP38

krustykrab wrote: i bloody wasnt thats for sure....i sent him about 10kms away from where i fish, and he catches that bloody thing...its was close to 12 kg he told me.

Skudded wrote: Where else you catching them Rocknev, you have another secret spot somewhere i can still remmeber when i took my eldest daughter for her first fish, on the local beach... i cast her in, and gave her the rod..." dad, i got a bite" and starts winding in, she said it was too slow, so turned and ran up the beach, then back down again, knotting the line in the seaweed,oh dear... HOLY HELL, she had caught a fish.... a 38cm kg whiting.....we took it home, and out came the camera, then she ate the whiting for tea...she was 5.

but they are still caught sometimes...this is a bloke i know, he asked for a spot and what to use as bait... i snt him to a place where he might get a small pannie, and put him onto cuttlefish bait....damn wasnt i peeved when he landed this......D'OHhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PML_XsS-YCo

krustykrab wrote: off the rocks 9kg!......thats awesome nev!.....shit i gotta head up that way ondeday.few and far between these days to get a big knobbie from shore.... in the good old days, fish to 30lb+ were an every day catch...and im not joking...

my motto is, YOU CANT CATCH THEM IN FRONT OF THE TELLY......and ive got a goal of a genuine 10kg snapper from the rocks im trying to catch.....got my 9kg a couple of years ago, and am striving to beat it.im on 32 legal snapper from the rocks this year so far....

always good for the young uns to catch there fish etc from the water....its memorable...well done to the lad.

last year.... to the rocks where i always go.... 23 trips without a fish...this year, same time of year, and im on 17 trips now without a fish.WHERE THE HELL IS THE ROARING STH WINDS I CRAVE?its a 65km round trip where i fish. cant say im not catching anything though... been doing real well on the cuttlefish and large squid.gotta get that bait stocked up.

bcf... i picked up a couple of snapper stickers, which will go on my side windows after its painted. about a ft long, and 10 bucks each...they had others.

this will teach me to fully read who the winners were... i completly missed vb4me was a joint winner....

now thats one kick butt flattie

Mango wrote: as if rock fishing isn't dangerous enough....waders!! loldepends what rocks you fish... i wear mine all the time....wouldnt wear them on a beach though....

well done... solid fish for sure