Jack.

Yeah, you are outta luck down here mate. Anything with a motor requires a licence.I remember when I lived in QLD, there were little tinnies I used to hire up on a sunshine coast lake.... It was killa, you could leave the lake and fish all these little saltwater creek channels and that.... Absolutely brilliant. Was like 20 or $50 and we went exploring and catchin wicked little jacks and emporer all day... So I know what you mean, but even the licenced boats for hire here are pretty pricey and not all that good man. Way better taking a charter, but November it's snapper ban. Good idea would b

As the title suggests, feel free to throw up some quick reports on what has and hasn't been happening where.If you've had a adventure to write up in detail, of course let us know on a nice "grab a coffee thread" :woohoo:I'll start this off with an early hours Saturday trip.Port River with couple mates in the tinnie. JIMBO dropped a very nice potential PB Mulloway and later on caught a jumping Eagle ray. Nice mornin, but the Port River is still just firing... Slow today but plenty to look forward too :)Cheers

Deliberately posted here, to fire some thoughts re thinking outside the square with bait and tackle.I've heard people refer to their boats as their most expensive piece of fishing tackle ;)But how about the most important? Perhaps the ole noggin :laugh:Well, since we re out there wetting a line, it ought not be too hard to jot down the date and time of captures. As I've found out fairly recently, even this info can really help!even if all you have is a digital photo, you can do the rest at home.Heres an example; I caught a 101cm schoolie on 5 November 2011 @ 10:05 am. (I know this from the i

Thanks mate, that is very interesting.Really highlights why im so keen to get a heap of tags in this summer. Would be terrific to have the feedback on recaptures! What you are saying makes alot of sense and it's not really that far to travel (mouth-onk-port) for good food supply.Cheers

Cant find the one of my flathead with a chicken bone it ate ATM unfortunateley :S Hope you wiped the wifes kitchen bench off well afterwards Cal :whistle: That looks like a paver to me ya nit wit Love that gar pic... How the hell do they eat them whole with the bloody big jaw beak :silly: Reckon we fishos do a lot of finessing and stuff arsing about with bait when the fish are just gutsing bugga's anyway and will try and eat anything :cheer:

Be interesting to see what the Onka fish have in there guts. Don't know if Jimbo has ever even taken a single one! ...but I can't get over how feral out Port fish are. Bit of purple and silver but with a brozie coffee stain to em... Jimbo's fish are all pure sparkling silver... Same as Sambomans Westlakes fish generally seem very clean and crisp silver... Maybe just sand living fish vs vs the Our feral dirt creek and industrial structure fish ? they look heaps different though... And rarely beaten up and scarred either.... Must be a hard life being a port resident :cheer: :ohmy: And yeah,

I tried some plastics a while back, pretty satisfying fooling a fish with yer own creation :)How've you gone so far, and what kind of cost is there in setting yourself up to do a few??Look awesome by the way, I reckon it'd be great fun getting the colours all custom you YOU want rather than what the shop THINKS you want...Never forget a few years back when I was right into bream on lures, I paid $29.95 for a really cool looking blade... Waited all week to cast at a bridge pylon in West lakes... First cast, stuffed it up and snagged next to AAMI bridge :silly: :ohmy: may as well have opened my

We all know what fish will eat, since that's what we go back to for bait yeah.So anytime I get to take a fish, im always keen to see what else is in there. Garbage guts snapper can be full of all sorts, and last few I've taken for a feed have had plenty of crab in em ;)But I've only ever been involved in the taking of 3 mullies. First one had been eating prawn.Second had two whole salmon trout inside... Makes sense yeah, here's a pic of the partly digested STs that had been cookin in mully gut juices And now here's a picture of my mates fish from this mornings sesh... Well it's gut contents an

Nice reel mate, never heard a bad word about them must.be super popular for.a reason heyLook forward to your upcoming trophy fish reports :)

Rachelle will remain my first wife for a little longer after my Shimano Jewel birthday gift ;)Have decided ti pair this with my 2500 Twinpower for Breaming good times and the class to handle the odd schoolie too. With my 4000 Rarenium purchase last week, and the birthday Jewel today, Im all set for a killa summer.... Bring on Saturday morning... If I blew out the candles instead of the kids the wish would've been this...A 1m jewie, on the Ugly Stik at 7amA 1m Jewie on the Rarenium by 8amA 40 Bream on the Jewel on my way to......midday snapper on all three... Bam bam bam :)Can't help but dreamW

Rod wise I'd get a Sabre or check out the Texalliums (can't spell) .Used to use my mates sabre a bit.until someone taxed it Can't help you with the reels, cos I've never had/fished a spin reel with 15kg drag, only overheads. My guess would be a large Saltiga on a Sabre or the Tex, try a few out for weight and feel. Depending the depth you're looking at, might be worth considering what ratio is going to suit.

Eagle ray

No, but the plastic slides are pretty smooth. I don't use fireline in the heavier class though, proper braid goes well. Only mention fireline because I like it but only use it under 10lb and not with slides.... That stuff does fluff a bit and maybe a slide would make it worse ?

I try to use flurocarbon leader whenever I can afford it.I use braid exclusively. For my light fishing I tie flurocarbon directly to the main braid. That trace is generally 2-3 rod lengths so does wind on the spool a bit. Nowadays I use this same approach for lures and bait. Ie lures soft or hard then swap to a size 00 ball sinker running str8 to a hook for bait. simple and effective natural presentation for heaps of species mainly bream YFW and salmon. My mully/snapper combo I only use upto 1 meter of 40-60lb fluro. Main braid runs an ezyrig slide, then swivel, then the fluro with two she

Release has my vote... :ohmy:

We actually ate the whole thing in two nights!! Lol. Three families hoeing in the first night... The flesh was crisp and white inside.... Ugliest fish ever though on the outside.

I used to have a tackle box, then that got huge lol. Then I had a RAPALA thing with big trays in it and cool pockets and a shoulder strap... I liked that, but when I was a good 12-18 months without a boat I got smart and started taking a backpack. then I started to NOT take everything including the kitchen sink with me :cheer: So now I have an assortment of tackle trays and have big ones than remain home and try to take only essentials. (Try )Same as rods, I used to cart around up to five rods... for just in case lol. Like a 2-4 kilo bait rod, a 2kilo sp rod, a 6-8 kilo heavyish rod, plus a

Lol, Kingsley, dieing to read it... Any out at the local newsagents yet???There's a sneak peak on the WILDCOAST site :)Ah well, shouldn't be too long and a big 116 page treat this issue :woohoo: