rocknev

the first time i fished the santos jetty ( restricted access to workers and 2 friends) i landed a 45cm snapper, and didnt even hook it.it had a pair of gang hooks, one in each side of its mouth, and i hooked where they were joined together, 2nd fish was also similar, got him in the arse.also on local jetty last week my squid float took off at speed and was heading back towards me, pulled in a nice squid that had jigged himself in the wing...

yeah....sorry to hijack this thread, braid from the rocks is useless.... one rub on a rock and its history.

now thats an idea....brother has tried that and said it was good, but fishing as much as i do it could get expensive. but i will give it a go, could be my soultion ....thanks...

should also mention i fish 3-5 times a week on these rocks and other rocks.... so the line and gear is getting a good workout....good thing i use an alvey as its maint free, i can drop in dirt,sand,mud, dogshit , give it a rinse off and im good to go again.ive tried spinners and overheads but they dont last the distance the alvey does...can be a PITA not having gears sometimes, but i find the alvey far easier to use, more comfortable to hold and wind ( as its down low) and the drag is simple to use with one finger even while fighting a fish.sometimes the basics are also the best.ive had it alm

i can get 600mt of 25 if i try, but i can only buy 450mtr spools....ive tried the line that comes in 1000 mtr spools, but it doesnt like the rocks much at all.... ive lost some nice fish when they rub the rocks.instant snap.ive tried a fair amount of lines, and so far the best is ALSO the cheapest....$ 4.88 for 450 mtrs from big w....and im not cheap.... it works BETTER for my style of fishing. sure its got a bit of stretch in it, but dont worry me none... its changed at least every 2 mths...sometimes more.have tried braid, and some highly recommended line that was crap IMHO.... it either fray

when the cuttlefish move away from rocks around whyalla the doggies move in to breed....our tally for one night? 57 dogsharks..... we started to throw them back, until we caught the same one that had my hooks still in it as to remove them would have prob killed the fish.so now we dont throw them back straight away...there is ALWAYS good sized rock pool nearby so thats where they go until we finished our trip, then they are returned to open sea if the tide is running out, but mostly they swim out themselves on the high tide.got to laugh though....they are stupid animals...swimming around the r

just back from an early morning rock snapper session....left at 4:30 am and as soon as we got set up, it rained....then it rained some more....then it REALLY rained...seas were howling in and around the 3mtr mark, perfect for off the rocks.cept the fish didnt want to play cept for one undersize that we threw back, bro got a salmon then i got stretched by a stingray real good...totaly trashed my line rubbing it up and down the rocks but i got it in, had a look and cut it off for next time.

good job....now if i can only find a way to spool an alvey easilt i would be laughing...i jue just a screwdriver shoved through the hole in the spool and then still it blade of the driver in the vice....this way i can apply pressure onto the spool by forcing it against the side of the vice.....helps but the alvey must be wound on level by your fingers....whcih can be a PITA when spooling on 450mtrs...WHICH IM DOING LATER ON TODAY.....

ive been experimenting with again using cat food, but in a berley pot mixed with dry food,and tuna oil,thrown from the rocks on a handline....seems to be working ok, but only on an outgoing tide....otherwise im forever throwing it back out hahahaha....

Depends what species we're fishing for!If Snapper, I believe burley up big time, so go the scaler bag filled with a frozen block.tend to agree with that.... pro fisher i knows uses that much berley its incredible.....mostly kingfish heads that he can see getting slammed by big snapper.

now thats a good idea..... cheers.

yeah have to be very lucky to catch it sometimes.... i took over 1000 pics that night for 2 good and about 4 average photos...with the camera i used it doesnt have a setting to open shutter for an indefinate time, just a firworks mode, that when pushed opens the shutter for about 6 seconds.... so just by chance there happened to be a flash that happened in that 6 seconds, a lot of the time i was too early, late or in the wrong direction for the lightning but had a good time trying to get the pics.

BIG W stock aniseed oil in there fishing section, and ive seen the aniseed pellets there before as well... trouble is the nearest big w to me is 80kms away in another town.

yeah thats the thing....the photos just dont do it justice on how breathtalking it really is.... the first set of pics had us basicly not care if a snapper bent the snyderglas and screamed off the alvey, and being a camera i just couldnt fit all of the sky in.... it was also the same colour above and hehind us just darker...

while im in the mood, and if nobody has any objections i will post a couple more of the fantastic sunsets whyalla seems to get.the sunrisers are just as breathtaking

hes not a bad catch either.....proves there is some monsters out there.... ive caught a few largish myself but not as big as what the brother hooked....if my brother looks a bit tired its because i got him to come out at 10pm for a 2 hr fish, ended up getting home at 6am..... :icon_cool:with some nice snapper landed and most released...wont say just how many we hooked, as i wouldnt want to make people envious, but suffice to say i went monday and last night for 5hrs each session and never got a bite...funny how they there one day and gone the next.

for a 300 doller camera ive had some great results with it.... doesnt have a setting to allow for lightning photos BUT does have a fireworks mode, again without using a tripod i captured these 2...took over a 1000 photos to capture though.....i just jamb the cmaera next to my car mirror and click away....first is from hummock hill overlooking the boat ramp,second from base of mt laura in whyalla overlooking the city.

was on the rocks the other night, and the most amasing sunset happened....the good bit wasnt the sunset though, was the clouds over us that really stole the show...days like this if i catch a fish its a bonus...pic at black point near whyalla in the background.camera is a cheapy kodak easyshare c643 6.1mp...no tripod used...

brother landed this on sunday night off the rocks....92cm about 8kg...released unharmed

impressed...seen a biggy caught on local jetty the other night...not as big as that though, he needed a crab net to bring it up...also found this on youtube of usa squid....http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=OKrR_xLs1pQ&feature=related

brother has an old jozuri that belonged to my dad before he died.... its now about 10yrs old, and has lost all colour(was pink), has been glued up 5 times, has had new swiel glued in, and one eye is missing....IT WILL OUTSQUID anything i own 10/1.

caught my one and only snapper of 13.2kg using a skeleton....i have also caught many a fish from the rocks using t as well.... cept i cut the head in half(lengthwise) and just send that out minus the skeleton...the skeleton gets used as berley,(try and see just how much you will find in the guts of caught fish) and bait if the wind is good for casting.... one thing i have learnt....ITS BLOODY HARD TO CAST A SKELETON INTO A 30KNOT HEAD WIND.... if you get 50 feet its a fantastic cast. ;D

WHAT THE HECK IS S FACTOR? never heard of it...aniseed oil also works good as well...but i was amased a few weeks ago to see and old bloke pulling them in using a peeled potato that he had shaped like a fish,with a wire jig shoved up it

i know exactly what you mean.... i onlt fish the rocks these days, i find it more fun and more of a challenge.anyone can catch a snapper in a boat if you know where to go...its not that hard.(famous last words.... :icon_lol:)but the rocks, EVERYTHING is against you... the tide, wind, waves, sharp rocks weed picking up line and taking it sideways.etc etc....so i wear my waders at least 3 times a week...VERY rarely do i go above knee hight,and even THEN im amased with the ammount of pressure on my legs the waders give. some bad rips out there.WILL NEVER USE THEM ON A SURF BEACH... have seen a bl