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I fish out of Portland.
The first lure I clip on is a Black Magic Jetsetter in colour Burple.
The smaller 4" skirts seem to be favoured early in the season.  For me,  last January-March, along with the jetsetter, the Pakula hothead original skippy's in white, blue or green got fish.  The Halco angry bird did well also.  

From what I've heard from different people, I believe its definitely related to water temperature (and the bait with it). El Nino definitely has an impact as it is associated with sea surface temperatures in the certain parts of the Indian & Pacific oceans. Apparently the barrel tuna like the colder water which is unseasonally closer to our southern coastline for this time of year. Some reckon these fish are on the way back, but in normal years would be in the colder water of depths of 2000m or so out of range of boats. It has been ridiculous how many barrels have been caught this season (have heard 1000). Something that probably needs some regulation in the future...?

Carried 10'6" rods on car no probs. Can't comment on 12', mine are 2 piece. Generally put my rods in a home made PVC tube that is 11' long for protection from birds etc. If tying rods straight onto racks you may need to tie the tip down as it will wobble around a fair bit when travelling. The following link may help.http://www.transport.sa.gov.au/pdfs/safety/carrying_loads.pdf

my kind of lecture:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut0R1ZlPmQk :whistle:

I've got a few sabres and love them. My gf540 overhead is great for casting big baits and sinkers in the surf. Whilst I don't have any of the new graphite surf rods, I would worry about loading them up with big baits/sinkers. Also have a 196 6 1/2 overhead that is great on snapper and have caught some big Spanish mackerel up north on it. Mate has a 195-6 that is his go to rod for YP whiting. Built up a 196-7 thread line as per Australian Rod Crafter recipe, mate uses it down Glenelg river live baiting mulloway and off Port Mac and loves it. I think it's a case of blokes that have sabres love them and blokes that don't wonder what the fuss is about!

I've got a few sabres and love them. My gf540 overhead is great for casting big baits and sinkers in the surf. Whilst I don't have any of the new graphite surf rods, I would worry about loading them up with big baits/sinkers. Also have a 196 6 1/2 overhead that is great on snapper and have caught some big Spanish mackerel up north on it. Mate has a 195-6 that is his go to rod for YP whiting. Built up a 196-7 thread line as per Australian Rod Crafter recipe, mate uses it down Glenelg river live baiting mulloway and off Port Mac and loves it. I think it's a case of blokes that have sabres love them and blokes that don't wonder what the fuss is about!

I went for a spin the other day to try out The kg killa against the bushy bait legend, the killa is a 6 ft rod and has a longer butt on it with a great action, a great rod if you don't like to put your rod down and hold it under your arm style fishing The bushys bait legend I used was a "641goto" bit longer then the kg killa and has a shorter butt also a great rod The components on the killa are better Fuji guides & reel seat but the bait legend came with hook holder and sea guide,guide's and butt assembly Personally I preferred the length of the of the bushy ( also comes in a 2pce longer rod ) and will probably be the one I end up getting Cheers 4THA

I can't comment on the dynamix fella,but i rate the Bushy very highly.I would definately go into a shop and load one up before you buy either and see for yourself.Using the Bushy the other day i was able to pull a few whiting from a sand patch at least 40 metres behind the boat which is pretty good going for a 6'4 rod. cheers brenton

Looks like a butterfly tuna/mackeral. There was one caught off Portland during the tuna season. I believe they are not commonly caught in Australian waters. As trihull suggested, it would be worth contacting the museum etc.

Looks like a butterfly tuna/mackeral. There was one caught off Portland during the tuna season. I believe they are not commonly caught in Australian waters. As trihull suggested, it would be worth contacting the museum etc.

G'day all,Check out Landline on ABC. Interesting story on artificial reefs in WA