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Thanks for the interest guys, it is an odd story but worth the reading.Myself and two other guys were driving around to Denial Bay jetty from Ceduna to try a spot of fishing. On the way there we passed a small beach where a local had told us is a good calm spot to swim. We decided to pop in for a quick look. As we were parked on the sand my mate spotted a set of fins swimming around chasing schools of bait. At this stage we think it is a shark but I bailed out of the car to grab a rod with my mates asking "are you going to try and catch it" "hell yes" was the reply.As we were going to fish of a jetty we had a lot of small rods with us and the only surf rod in the car was a Shimano collapsing rod, but I did have a Daiwa emcast with 20 pound braid to put on it. So I set the rig up, tied a soft plastic on and started the chase.I could not get a cast out far enough to entice it and every time I tried to walk out towards it it just moved further out of range. This went on for some time until it got further up the beach where a local fellow had been swimming with his kid and dog. He spotted the fins as well and ran to this car to grab his rod because he had seen the fish earlier in the afternoon. He had a bait rigged up and got a cast in front of the fish only to have his line snap the second he hooked up. He said it was old line but I had no hope that my 20pound leader would fare much better.Not that it mattered because the fish had been spooked and went out to deeper water and we lost sight of it. As we walked back to the car I was kicking myself for not tying a metal lurer on because it would have got better distance in the cast. Being a person not to give in straight away I did tie a 40g metal on "just in case" before packing the rig down. We decided to drive up the beach to another exit and was scanning the water at the same time. Well it happened, there it was further up the beach but closer to the shore. Well out I bailed and was into it. On about the 3rd cast it was "FISH ON". I had a good hook up but was concerned with the line so took it nice and easy. Not that he helped doing figure 8s and causing me to wined the hell out of the emcast to keep the line tight. As he cruised along the beach my 2 mates said they would get outside him to spook it towards the shore better. (with knives in hand)they did just that. Well this turned out to be a good move as they were able to identify it as a tuna and not a shark as first thought. Well the call was "grab it by the tail and drag it in then" "no the fins aren't sharp" High fives and slaps on the back all round as it was landed. The locals all called us liars until they saw the video footage with Thevenard in the back ground. That shut them up and gave us braggin rights for quite some time.Thanks for reading the story and sorry it is a bit long winded but it is hard to convey a huge smile in words. [attachment]2012-01-16 18.56.57.jpg[/attachment]

Sorry that did not really help answer your questions. So "I my opinion only"
 
/ leave it till Wednesday 
/ 8pm on-wards should work
/ Yes the wind will help push them to the shore but will make it very hard to see them with the waves it will push up. 
 
Try around the yacht club at outer harbor it might be more protected. 

FG Knot worth learning ....absolutely awsome Knot .
I use it in the river and havent had one fail yet .And never had to use lighters or glue.
Casts great .
This way I found Easiest ....there are a few different ways to tie it but this one I found quick and easy.

Love to rack your brain on some shark pointers for this time of year. :)But first my pointers on plastics for snook. The most successful for me are 3in gulp shads in new penny colour. Fished on a 1/20th head and retrieved reasonably fast they can't resist them. Don't count them out at night either as they still work but it just harder to control your casting with light jigs when you cant see them.

Have had snook hit jigs on the retrieve but yet to hook one up.

Have had snook hit jigs on the retrieve but yet to hook one up.

Catching: While "working" in Ceduna last year I had a few good sessions on the local jetties catching squid but the best came after watching a local and having a chat. He was rubbing the ink off the jetty onto his jig after catching a squid before he would throw it back in. I asked why and he said the squid were attracted to it better. The best tip he gave though was when you catch one throw back into the ink cloud asap as there will be other squid investigating what happened. This proved to be spot on as I did this time and time again always getting 3-4 squid from the one ink spot. Cleaning: In the picture you will see a letter opener. This is always in my tackle box for cleaning squid as the blunt blade is ideal for starting an opening in the skin so you can get your thumb in. Also the small nail in the timber handle is to hold the tail of the tube so you can turn inside out by just pushing down. Cooking: The day before you want to cook squid put it in a diluted solution of bicarb and water and leave in the fridge over night. Insure you wash well before cooking but it will always be tender. I was given this tip by a chief and see others on this forum adopt it with success as well.

Catching: While "working" in Ceduna last year I had a few good sessions on the local jetties catching squid but the best came after watching a local and having a chat. He was rubbing the ink off the jetty onto his jig after catching a squid before he would throw it back in. I asked why and he said the squid were attracted to it better. The best tip he gave though was when you catch one throw back into the ink cloud asap as there will be other squid investigating what happened. This proved to be spot on as I did this time and time again always getting 3-4 squid from the one ink spot. Cleaning: In the picture you will see a letter opener. This is always in my tackle box for cleaning squid as the blunt blade is ideal for starting an opening in the skin so you can get your thumb in. Also the small nail in the timber handle is to hold the tail of the tube so you can turn inside out by just pushing down. Cooking: The day before you want to cook squid put it in a diluted solution of bicarb and water and leave in the fridge over night. Insure you wash well before cooking but it will always be tender. I was given this tip by a chief and see others on this forum adopt it with success as well.

Catching: While "working" in Ceduna last year I had a few good sessions on the local jetties catching squid but the best came after watching a local and having a chat. He was rubbing the ink off the jetty onto his jig after catching a squid before he would throw it back in. I asked why and he said the squid were attracted to it better. The best tip he gave though was when you catch one throw back into the ink cloud asap as there will be other squid investigating what happened. This proved to be spot on as I did this time and time again always getting 3-4 squid from the one ink spot. Cleaning: In the picture you will see a letter opener. This is always in my tackle box for cleaning squid as the blunt blade is ideal for starting an opening in the skin so you can get your thumb in. Also the small nail in the timber handle is to hold the tail of the tube so you can turn inside out by just pushing down. Cooking: The day before you want to cook squid put it in a diluted solution of bicarb and water and leave in the fridge over night. Insure you wash well before cooking but it will always be tender. I was given this tip by a chief and see others on this forum adopt it with success as well.

I have been having some great sessions on St's and hard body lures of late but none compare to last weekend when I took my girl for a fish. Not only did she out fish me and my brother inlaw but on more than one occasion she got two fish on the one lure. Yep a fish on both trebles. Ok I realize st's will attack anything when in a frenzy but the look on her face when she pulled them up is perfect.

I have been having some great sessions on St's and hard body lures of late but none compare to last weekend when I took my girl for a fish. Not only did she out fish me and my brother inlaw but on more than one occasion she got two fish on the one lure. Yep a fish on both trebles. Ok I realize st's will attack anything when in a frenzy but the look on her face when she pulled them up is perfect.

I have been having some great sessions on St's and hard body lures of late but none compare to last weekend when I took my girl for a fish. Not only did she out fish me and my brother inlaw but on more than one occasion she got two fish on the one lure. Yep a fish on both trebles. Ok I realize st's will attack anything when in a frenzy but the look on her face when she pulled them up is perfect.

I have been having some great sessions on St's and hard body lures of late but none compare to last weekend when I took my girl for a fish. Not only did she out fish me and my brother inlaw but on more than one occasion she got two fish on the one lure. Yep a fish on both trebles. Ok I realize st's will attack anything when in a frenzy but the look on her face when she pulled them up is perfect.

I have been having some great sessions on St's and hard body lures of late but none compare to last weekend when I took my girl for a fish. Not only did she out fish me and my brother inlaw but on more than one occasion she got two fish on the one lure. Yep a fish on both trebles. Ok I realize st's will attack anything when in a frenzy but the look on her face when she pulled them up is perfect.

I have been having some great sessions on St's and hard body lures of late but none compare to last weekend when I took my girl for a fish. Not only did she out fish me and my brother inlaw but on more than one occasion she got two fish on the one lure. Yep a fish on both trebles. Ok I realize st's will attack anything when in a frenzy but the look on her face when she pulled them up is perfect.

Vacuum sealing fish is the best way to go. It also helps to keep bait frozen for longer if you are doing a long trip as it takes all the air out and only takes a minimal amount of ice and locks in any smell.

Vacuum sealing fish is the best way to go. It also helps to keep bait frozen for longer if you are doing a long trip as it takes all the air out and only takes a minimal amount of ice and locks in any smell.

ok try this Ctrl C this link and Ctrl v it in a new windowhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI45W6YmCrs&feature=plcp

ok try this Ctrl C this link and Ctrl v it in a new windowhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI45W6YmCrs&feature=plcp

Thanks for the interest guys, it is an odd story but worth the reading.Myself and two other guys were driving around to Denial Bay jetty from Ceduna to try a spot of fishing. On the way there we passed a small beach where a local had told us is a good calm spot to swim. We decided to pop in for a quick look. As we were parked on the sand my mate spotted a set of fins swimming around chasing schools of bait. At this stage we think it is a shark but I bailed out of the car to grab a rod with my mates asking "are you going to try and catch it" "hell yes" was the reply.As we were going to fish of a jetty we had a lot of small rods with us and the only surf rod in the car was a Shimano collapsing rod, but I did have a Daiwa emcast with 20 pound braid to put on it. So I set the rig up, tied a soft plastic on and started the chase.I could not get a cast out far enough to entice it and every time I tried to walk out towards it it just moved further out of range. This went on for some time until it got further up the beach where a local fellow had been swimming with his kid and dog. He spotted the fins as well and ran to this car to grab his rod because he had seen the fish earlier in the afternoon. He had a bait rigged up and got a cast in front of the fish only to have his line snap the second he hooked up. He said it was old line but I had no hope that my 20pound leader would fare much better.Not that it mattered because the fish had been spooked and went out to deeper water and we lost sight of it. As we walked back to the car I was kicking myself for not tying a metal lurer on because it would have got better distance in the cast. Being a person not to give in straight away I did tie a 40g metal on "just in case" before packing the rig down. We decided to drive up the beach to another exit and was scanning the water at the same time. Well it happened, there it was further up the beach but closer to the shore. Well out I bailed and was into it. On about the 3rd cast it was "FISH ON". I had a good hook up but was concerned with the line so took it nice and easy. Not that he helped doing figure 8s and causing me to wined the hell out of the emcast to keep the line tight. As he cruised along the beach my 2 mates said they would get outside him to spook it towards the shore better. (with knives in hand)they did just that. Well this turned out to be a good move as they were able to identify it as a tuna and not a shark as first thought. Well the call was "grab it by the tail and drag it in then" "no the fins aren't sharp" High fives and slaps on the back all round as it was landed. The locals all called us liars until they saw the video footage with Thevenard in the back ground. That shut them up and gave us braggin rights for quite some time.Thanks for reading the story and sorry it is a bit long winded but it is hard to convey a huge smile in words. [attachment]2012-01-16 18.56.57.jpg[/attachment]

ok try this Ctrl C this link and Ctrl v it in a new windowhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI45W6YmCrs&feature=plcp

Thanks for the interest guys, it is an odd story but worth the reading.Myself and two other guys were driving around to Denial Bay jetty from Ceduna to try a spot of fishing. On the way there we passed a small beach where a local had told us is a good calm spot to swim. We decided to pop in for a quick look. As we were parked on the sand my mate spotted a set of fins swimming around chasing schools of bait. At this stage we think it is a shark but I bailed out of the car to grab a rod with my mates asking "are you going to try and catch it" "hell yes" was the reply.As we were going to fish of a jetty we had a lot of small rods with us and the only surf rod in the car was a Shimano collapsing rod, but I did have a Daiwa emcast with 20 pound braid to put on it. So I set the rig up, tied a soft plastic on and started the chase.I could not get a cast out far enough to entice it and every time I tried to walk out towards it it just moved further out of range. This went on for some time until it got further up the beach where a local fellow had been swimming with his kid and dog. He spotted the fins as well and ran to this car to grab his rod because he had seen the fish earlier in the afternoon. He had a bait rigged up and got a cast in front of the fish only to have his line snap the second he hooked up. He said it was old line but I had no hope that my 20pound leader would fare much better.Not that it mattered because the fish had been spooked and went out to deeper water and we lost sight of it. As we walked back to the car I was kicking myself for not tying a metal lurer on because it would have got better distance in the cast. Being a person not to give in straight away I did tie a 40g metal on "just in case" before packing the rig down. We decided to drive up the beach to another exit and was scanning the water at the same time. Well it happened, there it was further up the beach but closer to the shore. Well out I bailed and was into it. On about the 3rd cast it was "FISH ON". I had a good hook up but was concerned with the line so took it nice and easy. Not that he helped doing figure 8s and causing me to wined the hell out of the emcast to keep the line tight. As he cruised along the beach my 2 mates said they would get outside him to spook it towards the shore better. (with knives in hand)they did just that. Well this turned out to be a good move as they were able to identify it as a tuna and not a shark as first thought. Well the call was "grab it by the tail and drag it in then" "no the fins aren't sharp" High fives and slaps on the back all round as it was landed. The locals all called us liars until they saw the video footage with Thevenard in the back ground. That shut them up and gave us braggin rights for quite some time.Thanks for reading the story and sorry it is a bit long winded but it is hard to convey a huge smile in words. [attachment]2012-01-16 18.56.57.jpg[/attachment]

ok try this Ctrl C this link and Ctrl v it in a new windowhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI45W6YmCrs&feature=plcp

Thanks for the interest guys, it is an odd story but worth the reading.Myself and two other guys were driving around to Denial Bay jetty from Ceduna to try a spot of fishing. On the way there we passed a small beach where a local had told us is a good calm spot to swim. We decided to pop in for a quick look. As we were parked on the sand my mate spotted a set of fins swimming around chasing schools of bait. At this stage we think it is a shark but I bailed out of the car to grab a rod with my mates asking "are you going to try and catch it" "hell yes" was the reply.As we were going to fish of a jetty we had a lot of small rods with us and the only surf rod in the car was a Shimano collapsing rod, but I did have a Daiwa emcast with 20 pound braid to put on it. So I set the rig up, tied a soft plastic on and started the chase.I could not get a cast out far enough to entice it and every time I tried to walk out towards it it just moved further out of range. This went on for some time until it got further up the beach where a local fellow had been swimming with his kid and dog. He spotted the fins as well and ran to this car to grab his rod because he had seen the fish earlier in the afternoon. He had a bait rigged up and got a cast in front of the fish only to have his line snap the second he hooked up. He said it was old line but I had no hope that my 20pound leader would fare much better.Not that it mattered because the fish had been spooked and went out to deeper water and we lost sight of it. As we walked back to the car I was kicking myself for not tying a metal lurer on because it would have got better distance in the cast. Being a person not to give in straight away I did tie a 40g metal on "just in case" before packing the rig down. We decided to drive up the beach to another exit and was scanning the water at the same time. Well it happened, there it was further up the beach but closer to the shore. Well out I bailed and was into it. On about the 3rd cast it was "FISH ON". I had a good hook up but was concerned with the line so took it nice and easy. Not that he helped doing figure 8s and causing me to wined the hell out of the emcast to keep the line tight. As he cruised along the beach my 2 mates said they would get outside him to spook it towards the shore better. (with knives in hand)they did just that. Well this turned out to be a good move as they were able to identify it as a tuna and not a shark as first thought. Well the call was "grab it by the tail and drag it in then" "no the fins aren't sharp" High fives and slaps on the back all round as it was landed. The locals all called us liars until they saw the video footage with Thevenard in the back ground. That shut them up and gave us braggin rights for quite some time.Thanks for reading the story and sorry it is a bit long winded but it is hard to convey a huge smile in words. [attachment]2012-01-16 18.56.57.jpg[/attachment]

ok try this Ctrl C this link and Ctrl v it in a new windowhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI45W6YmCrs&feature=plcp