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The cloth is way tougher on expensive ones, when using cheap ones I've had the cloth come off just casting and retrieving (though a jag stripped of cloth can work fine) and no cloth at all on the good old oita in red/yellow with white belly, one of my all time faves, also as my wife says "never pay full price" Rubbish durability is the biggest issue with cheapies in my experience, had a few just fail, never an issue for better quality ones and for me at the small difference in initial outlay which I make up in time it's an easy decision to go the more expensive jag. Each to their own

I strongly believe that the more expensive jigs are almost always better in every way, better quality and designed hooks (cheapies tend to rust instantly) stronger construction and more squid attracting ability, I'd go so far as to say this is basically a fact and have come to this conclusion having targeted squid from pre yo-zuri days 35+ years ago including a 6 month stint as a pro deckie 15-20 years ago during which time I'd have caught more squid than I'll ever catch for the entire rest of my life, just so many squid. However 2 out 3 times it simply doesn't matter, especially recreat

I'll also miss my visits from the big bugger with the diagonal scar on his nose, we chat sometimes, he comes up and is all "oi! Give me some fish!", He has some real attitude on him, and I tell him "get away you jerk, they're my fish, get your own, I'm fishing here and not allowed to give them to you anyway" but sometimes if he comes back to the ramp at garden island to help me put the boat on the trailer, I'm not going to lie, he might just get the odd ST or left over bit of bait.

What absolute nonsense is this!? Hooking dolphins must be the rarest event in fishing, I've had them play with livies many times but they always seemed to be 100% aware of this hook and line but throw something in not attached and bang, gone. I'm all for not murdering dolphins but they are highly intelligent alpha beasts and I don't see what difference this rule will make or how it could be sensibly policed. My fear would this will turn them from a welcome if occasionally annoying visitor into a target for rocks sinkers and similar from idiot fishos which I'm sure we all know st

I have 3 suggestions assuming you don't have an old reel laying around you can harvest for material and a good clean and buff with wet & dry is not an option. Go look at some new reels, work out which have similar sized washers and buy a set of them then adjust if necessary. Go the make your own route, plenty of options for material like you allude to, experiment with one reel and find what works. Retire the old warhorses, from recent posts of yours I'd suggest those poor things have seen way more punishment than even the worst serial killer of a reel deserves, $500 should g

Hey! That's nearly my shark steak marinade I got from an old professional fisho's wife years ago. Half soy, half orange juice a bit of garlic and honey, cook hot and fast. I can highly recommend this style of marinade for any big slabs of fish you plan on cooking steak style.

I like to start a session with the knot just above my finger with my preferred amount of line between rod tip and lure, this is purely on personal preference. I do well on lures compared to mates who prefer both longer and shorter leaders generally across most targets plus I always seem to be the one getting interesting bycatch, except on bream & yfw though for some unknown and immensely frustrating reason, bream are like my kryptonite for lure fishing, yfw sit at my feet and laugh when I am wading around with a lure tied on, I feel like they're punishing me for smacking them so hard

Not a yakker but the number one spot I'd be practicing my ocean yakking would be anywhere along the coast from Tickera down to Port Hughes, lots of great spots close to shore, no swell really, waves are generally from the wind and gentle currents compared to anywhere else. Good luck what ever you decide on, let us know how you go.

Not great, unlike overhead surf casters at the heavy end of the scale BC reels are no good for getting distance with super light weights. Top end BC gear is ok on the light stuff but won't match a light spin setup for distance it is however way superior for accuracy, with practice you'll be hitting pigeons at 20m with ease so perfect for flicking around lutes at structure from a boat or yak.

What MAH said. Larger longer spool will give slight distance advantage, I feel this is less noticeable as line diameter reduces but smaller reels perform better else where, I'd personally favour comfort over an extra metre or 2 cast distance 99% of the time. The rod & caster do the real work with casting if you want more distance I reckon you'll get much more by getting skinnier slicker braid assuming you're not already at the limit for that.

Masterfoods seafood cocktail sauce here, harder to quit than cigarettes.

Wise. Some things you can't really compromise on. But you can keep an eye out and get great stuff on discount

SA size limits, flatties 30cm, KGs 32cm, snapper 38cm. I never realised there was such a huge difference, I realise different conditions etc are at play but this much gap in sizes seems crazy.

I often wonder about this, I've got a couple of my heavy outfits spooled up with a suffix x9(?) "12lb" breaking strain I got trying something new for cheap (I will buy anything @ 50% off), however when i went to spool up it was like it was as thick as 12lb and is on heavy gear as it is definitely 30lb+ though to be fair it is good for what I'm using it for now so all's well. Don't know if it was a mis-spool or just bad figures quoted which is a common issue with line so now I'm that guy who opens the line up in the shop and has a good feel before buying, maybe Mrs Soobz can still have pin

Holographic tape under the cloth is nothing new, I've got some like that over 20 years old, agree on their day it seems to make all of the difference, sometimes it doesn't, squid can be funny like that. I've had good results with a bit of SP scent on the jag, seems quite effective. Squid really aren't that tricky most of the time though quality jags sometimes make the difference and you can rely on them being up for the job and to work properly. Still reckon a Tommie teaser will outfish anything though.

I was mainly a crumbed and fried man for many years and still go that way often (Probably due to my tartare and seafood sauce addiction), whiting, snapper, gar squid & sometimes tommies with crabs for mum was the go, occasionally baked snapper, but over the years I've branched out into all sorts. Crabs, crays, squid various fish and even some purely to me bait stuff like cockles, baitfish (I catch the odd pilchard, surprisingly delicious) scallops, and mussels because my missus likes them.... pretty much everything is on the menu these days. Curries of various types, pizza, past

Obviously bleed and get straight on ice when you catch one. Knock the fillets off ribs and all no need to scale, then cut the ribs away completely, like straight down pin bones and all, that part is just packed with bones, good berley though, or crab bait but not worth even trying to save to eat in fact it can mess with the next bit. The fillet you have left will be almost diamond shaped, skin from the tail end, start it with the knife but once started you should be able to just pull the skin off, it will also pull away any pin bones you missed making a mess if you tried to get greed

I find a pencil float and my toes does the job beautifully for spooling up. For reversing a few minutes with a couple of old handlines, then getting it back on with the old pencil float and toes is a simple task I actually find relaxing, actually handling the line during this process also has the added advantage of letting you potentially feel any imperfections you might miss doing it mechanically. Then when the line is dead (which can be many years after purchase with quality braid) the old cut job per above or just pulling it off works fine. I'd spend less than an hour on this

I agree, with a few exceptions most fish are absolutely delicious if treated right and prepared correctly, I agree that people who won't eat certain fish have likely just.not had them prepared correctly and finally I also rate fresh snook up there with anything. But most importantly in my message GO FISHING! There's never been more justification and it's good for the soul.

This is a sign the world has gone mad if anything is. Don't get me wrong, I quite enjoy the old snook, both catching and, when fresh, on the chew (just accept you're losing the entire rib section then skin for A grade fillets, mmmmm), but $20kg for whole fish would be near on $40kg for fillets which is crazy talk. Tommies, mullet, bloody STs(!) etc are a similar sort of price & don't even start me on the real crazy stuff like cockles and pillies. This is bait people! Not $20 per kg food! No-one on here actually buys seafood of course so I guess what I'm getting at is, now mo

It remains the Team Daiwa blacks for me, still comfortably the best bang for buck rods I've used, i have broken 2 but neither was on a fish and both were avoidable had I just been more careful. Mate has had some Shimano jewels, nice rods also and the storm gomokus are also pretty sweet and relatively tough too for modern rods. Lightweight rods are prone to breaking though, if you want light weight a degree of fragility is unavoidable. If however by light weight you mean line class and actual weight is not a huge issue but durability is then a sabre per Rybak's suggestion would b

Haha, you're unstoppable. I was kind of thinking of a plug with a wire spike you could thread small ball sinkers (or similar "innovative ideas man" invention) onto which would be able to fit internally, be adjustable and keep the weight down low where you want it. When you take the tackle world by storm with this all I ask is for a healthy supply of floats

Just thinking you could make the end removable with an internal ballast system, that could be handy and keep you busy for a while.

You can jag a few gar on small (5g or less ie halco twisty) chrome lures with sticky hooks pretty reliably when they're thick too, gar love shiney things, they also love a squid jag under one of those flasher floats, works better than burley sometimes, but if you actually want to catch gar then a small hook with appropriate bait and rig is 20+ times better.

How's the gar hunt going Des?