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Classic, Kuerschie...although I do find it a bit hard to swallow :whistle:

I thought I'd revive this thread with something I can across during my hunt online for a bream rod.http://www.motackle.com.au/destroyer-lyacon-competition.html

A one hour battle but the squid won. http://t.nbcnews.com/science/squid-vs-fish-deep-sea-vehicle-captures-epic-undersea-battle-2D11926340TB

For those of you interested in tuna fishing, I have 4 spots left for a charter this Saturday. I recently organised a tuna hunt and have had 4 last minute cancellations.If you're keen, our group of 10 are aged 33 - 40, keen fishermen and good for a laugh.The charter operator is based in Marion Bay and we'll be heading out to Neptune Island chasing Southern Blue Fin and then bottom bouncing for the second half of the day for nannies etc... We'll be out on the boat for approx 12 - 14 hours depending on conditions.If interested send me a PM.

Have you checked out any of the Black Magic or Jinkai range?Cheersaf

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Be prepared for a lot of (river) traffic...Onk' has been "'yak central" of late... :whistle: Cheersaf

Cool Dish Watch this, Fresh Squid Dish It has a dead squid on top that “dances” when Soy Sauce is poured on it, activating it’s neurons (Odori don - The new dish where a squid comes "back to life" and dances on your plate.Diners in Japan looking for a moving experience over dinner can now order a squid that dances off their plate. A restaurant has created a dish, named Odori don - literally meaning dancing squid rice bowl - by adding soy sauce to a fresh squid. The high salt content in the sauce reacts with ions in cells of the squids' tentacles creating voltage differences, and making the squid move.To prepare the dish, chefs at Ikkatei Tabiji, in Hakodate, Japan, first remove the head of the squid before serving the body, with tentacles intact, over a bowl of sushi rice. Seasoned soy sauce is then poured over it. As the squid is served so fresh, when the sauce is added signals across nerve cell membranes are re-activated temporarily, making it 'come back to life’. The body is then removed and prepared by the chef to be served as a side accompaniment. The meal, which is proving popular with diners, costs around ¥2,000 or £15.30 per person. The dish is such a success that the restaurant have patented the name of the creation. Now other restaurants in the area have begun making their own versions of the Hakodate dish, under different names.

Only just slightly off-topic:http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/15772559/aerial-patrols-missing-most-sharks/ :whistle:

Hi trihullCouldn't say one way or the other whether the photo was a setup or not.As a matter of interest, I checked out the details of the image acknowledgements and found this:http://www.algalita.org/index.phpThey appear to be a sincere, non-rabid organisation (unlike some) - and with no hidden agenda - who would just like to have an ocean free of unwanted plastic crap, and that can't be a bad thing.Cheersaf

Only just slightly off-topic:http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/15772559/aerial-patrols-missing-most-sharks/ :whistle:

Claiming it as my best day fishing ever!Which is a BIG call for me.Heading down to locks well and a MASSIVE school of salmon sitting in a gutter about 40m out.Grabbed my favourite lure Duel Adagio and proceeded to cast for hours on end until my arms were sooooo sore!Normally these schools hold fish 1-3kg but ended up hooking a donkey of a fish!New PB salmon from the surf for me went 5.8kg.Few sharks hanging out the back and kept the school of fish right there. didn't really want to hook a 10ft bronzie but when you foul hook a salmon I suppose it's easy food for him.Thank goodness got my lure back!awesome fun! went back the next day with my whiting rod 6lb line but the school had moved to far out the back to cast

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Hi EgglottiCheck out this recent thread started by Des (the YFW whisperer):http://www.strikehook.com/forum/5-general-fishing/256275-finessingYou should find it helpful.Cheersaf

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You may find this link helpful, w2bf:http://oceanbluefishing.com.au/2010/06/24/pe-rating-fishing-line-diameter-chart/Cheersaf

http://www.crownmarina.com.au/location.htmlHope this helps...

Hey everyone,Thought we could do with some more good info threads on S&H, so it's time to post one! I'll be focusing on smaller, tastier, land based species: Tommies, Mullet, Salmon Trout and Garfish mainly. This is a guide for Land based fishing from wharves, jetties and breakwalls etc. and is mostly for the newbies, but hopefully some of our forum members can get something out of it too!Let's get it started!It all starts with the rigs, it pays to keep things simple but versatile if possible, So I use 2 hook paternoster rigs; made from quality terminal tackle:Attention to detail helps a lot in rigging for smaller or spooky species in clear water, in this case; good quality fluorocarbon and very sharp hooks are the main areas I spend money on. I use mono for main line and terminate it with a small snap swivel so rigs can be changed without any tying.To make my rigs, I tie a surgeon's loop in the line and 2 dropper loops using a dropper loop pegboard (pictured in the video.)The rig is a regular double paternoster except that I cut one of the “legs” off each dropper so that it's no longer a loop, then tie on the hooks with a blood knot.At the sinker end I leave about 50cm and tie on a snap swivel so that sinkers can be changed as needed. When you're fishing over rough ground, you can take the sinker off and use a clip on float; but I fish the bottom for these species 95% of the time, so the float is an afterthought.The sinkers pictured are 1/4oz(7g), 3/8oz(10.5g) and 3/4oz(21g) with 3/8 being the most often used; I wouldn't recommend anything heavier than 3/4oz, as this style of fishing seldom requires much of a cast, if at all. Hooks are Daiichi suicide size 10, short shank; any smaller and you're going to end up with more gut-hooked fish!http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5sLQH_N3BM Bait is maggots most of the time for me, I've noticed long life ones are often a bit more lively and worth the extra dollar or so over the bran packaged ones. with the maggots, I thread on enough so that I can only see the barb of the hook, they last ages this way and you can fish for longer without re-baiting.Worms are a bit too expensive for me and I personally only use them when chasing whiting, though you can harvest your own if you're time rich and can get the technique down.Pilchards are a great universal bait, but as far as smaller species go, I use fresh frozen (not brined) pilchard cubes unweighted on a fluoro trace and 4/0 suicide hook for Salmon Trout and it works very well for me.Mince is a great bait for mullet, regular beef mince thickened very slightly with wheat bran or breadcrumbs and some curry powder, garlic, aniseed or 5 spice mix added in works well; squash it into a ball shape on the hook and gently cast or drop it in and you're good to go.Lots of other baits can be used for these species: cockles, prawn, squid etc but these are my “go to” baits and they get me good results.Burley is a must for these smaller species and can make the difference between going hungry and home made fish 'n' chips on most days. A mix of pellets and small burley log in a plastic burley bucket just below the surface of the water works very well for me and the fish normally show up within the hour, depending on the tide. Arguably the best burley I've used is from Arthur at betta price tackle, so that's where I get mine!First thing I do when I get to a jetty, breakwall etc is always to get the burley bucket in the water and tied off; then set up and get some bait in the water within about 15 metres downdrift of the burley bucket. Most of the time I'm aiming for tommies, sometimes gar if there's weedbeds around; occasionally I'll drift out the unweighted pilchard cube for salmon trout instead of the maggots. Tommies are my main target a lot of the time as they're not size restricted, so they're great for use as bait and burley and make good live baits.As soon as the first usable fish is pulled up, it goes either on a squid jag or is used as a livebait (depending on what jetty I'm at.)Tommies make decent livebaits but squid love them, so if I'm at a squidding jetty it goes onto the squid jig instead. I rig my livebaits using this technique:4/0 hooks are used and the mouth hook is only threaded on the line instead of tied, the end hook snelled; this ensures that the fish can swim freely and can be adjusted for any size fish. until recently I was using a single lip hook, but I missed out on a lot of good Snook as a result (they seem to love striking at the belly of livebaits instead of the head.)For chasing landbased snapper or big salmon, I kill the first fish and use it whole on a pulley rig with the same 2 hook config as above, using up to 6/0 circle hooks if the bait is big enough.So that's my usual game plan for a day's fishing. I hope there were some helpful bits in there!Thanks for reading,Shimsman.

http://www.crownmarina.com.au/location.htmlHope this helps...

http://www.crownmarina.com.au/location.htmlHope this helps...

It's probably pining for the fiords... :whistle: