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I think my fav would be my Wilson FSU 6144..Had it for over decade - its caught sharks, xos mulloway, casts a 6oz sinker and a slab of flesh as far as I need it..Although some would say it's a heavy rig to use i'm used to it and at least I know im not going to have a problem if if I hook something that needs a bit more pressure to stop...Coupled to a genuine penn 9500ss its an old fashioned pleasure to use...

I used to sit in the coffin bay channel fishing for kingies and snapper and catch fresh octopus on a small jig..

Gday southie, lol, good choice theyre a good rod - you cant have mine but try the "got one" chain....That's where i got mine....Or just give them a call and get them to order one from "wilson".....Cheers

Went down a couple of times yesty, (not cockling) but saw heaps doing it - Just a word - try to pick low tide - saw heaps yesty floundering about at high tide not getting much - and then there was the seasoned pro's there in the late arvo cleaning up (because the tide was out) - gave them a lot more active area to work....

Ok - Ill tell you this little fishing story and let you decide:Bob's kitchen - N.E. about 5 knots - hot / overcast / offshore - not much swell - clearish water.....Spotted a great hole accompanied to a break in the second sandbar so I lobbed a fresh s/t right on the edge of the sandbar and waited - and waited....20 or so minutes then started walking away fom my rod....I was about 20 feet away from it (walking away) when my rod tip just moved a bit and then snapped back to nothing again....i stopped and watched - nothing - started walking away again and again - just a small movement (a pull foreward) then it let go again....I pulled my line in and the s/t was chewed to bits - and almost gone.....I replaced it and threw it in the same spot again.....Waited ---- waited ------then walked away ------same thing! straight away! soon as I walked away - the rod tip just moved.....What the!!!!!Pulled my line in again - and this time the s/t was chewed but it had the teeth marks of a good sized jewy so it was on......The next cast i did the same thing - waited for a little while (10 mins) but this time when I walked away I loosened my drag so when i walked away I took the line with me - rod in the rod holder but as I walked off I had the line coming off the reel and coming with me keeping the line tight - same same - 20 odd feet away the tip started flicking - I yanked the line and all hell broke loose! -------- so the point is - this fish was watching me!!! They arent that dumb.....That changed the way I fished up there - from that moment on I went stealth - and caught a helluva lot more fish.....I cut out all the un natural aspects of my presence there eg. noise / smell / (i washed my hands in the sand and salt before baiting up) fresh bait / (fresh dead) livies dont seem to work - and kept away from my rod and sat closer up near the sandhill....And caught more fish!!Sorry about the quality of the photo but this was a long time ago and it was the days before digital - this is the fish and you can see the conditions - still this fish was watching me - it was aware of my presence there......Even though its a long way from nowhere to catch fish you still have to follow the basics of jewie fishing....(if you want to catch fish)....

Went down a couple of times yesty, (not cockling) but saw heaps doing it - Just a word - try to pick low tide - saw heaps yesty floundering about at high tide not getting much - and then there was the seasoned pro's there in the late arvo cleaning up (because the tide was out) - gave them a lot more active area to work....

mate, basically, as long as your vehicle is reliable, you'll be right - the first time - you'll work out what you need and dont need - after that its easy....fishing gear (that includes gaffs/knives - burley stuff rods reels hooks etc)bait/ice/eskysFoodCooking stuffSleeping stuff / tent / swag / mattress whichever way you choosecar stuff / spares and safetypersonal stuff..sunscreen/ fly screen/ etc...Everyones different so you'll work it out...Oh, and make sure you have a spare "iced" esky for fillets! Cheers...

yeh, done both - towed a trailer the times i took the quad and freezer etc. - lol - i dont tow a trailer anymore....Just the basic necessities now....Towing a trailer is a real drag! especially on the offroad bit....Again, if you choose to tow a trailer make sure it's ready for the offroad onslaught...Its amazing how much you can fit in a mid size 4bie anyway....

Gday W2bf,Im sure its just an oversight but maybe the bait / eskys (ice boxes) and ice????Some places up there you can't light fires (at some times) so a gas cooker and gas???A really good knife set (long knife for filleting the xos mully) - and sharpener...A heavy duty scaling tool - They have some tough large scales...Rod holders! Make your own - use heavy poly pipe (drain pipe) make sure they are long (about 160cm up) so you can dig them in deep (seen rods catapault out of poorly set holders before)GAFF!!!!!! Oh, and get yourself one of those portable vehicle jump starters - just in case....Just remember you are going to an area that is inhospitable, uninhabited, extreme, plan accordingly - bigger is better - stronger is important - so just for instance if you have a tent - thicker guy ropes and longer tent spikes (wind).....OR instead of sunscreen use zinc! etc.etc... Always check your swag before you jump in (snakes) and dont leave anything out that a dingo or ferrule dog could swipe....If you're driving at night out past penong, watch out for roos / wombats and camels and catch lots of fish!

Ok - Ill tell you this little fishing story and let you decide:Bob's kitchen - N.E. about 5 knots - hot / overcast / offshore - not much swell - clearish water.....Spotted a great hole accompanied to a break in the second sandbar so I lobbed a fresh s/t right on the edge of the sandbar and waited - and waited....20 or so minutes then started walking away fom my rod....I was about 20 feet away from it (walking away) when my rod tip just moved a bit and then snapped back to nothing again....i stopped and watched - nothing - started walking away again and again - just a small movement (a pull foreward) then it let go again....I pulled my line in and the s/t was chewed to bits - and almost gone.....I replaced it and threw it in the same spot again.....Waited ---- waited ------then walked away ------same thing! straight away! soon as I walked away - the rod tip just moved.....What the!!!!!Pulled my line in again - and this time the s/t was chewed but it had the teeth marks of a good sized jewy so it was on......The next cast i did the same thing - waited for a little while (10 mins) but this time when I walked away I loosened my drag so when i walked away I took the line with me - rod in the rod holder but as I walked off I had the line coming off the reel and coming with me keeping the line tight - same same - 20 odd feet away the tip started flicking - I yanked the line and all hell broke loose! -------- so the point is - this fish was watching me!!! They arent that dumb.....That changed the way I fished up there - from that moment on I went stealth - and caught a helluva lot more fish.....I cut out all the un natural aspects of my presence there eg. noise / smell / (i washed my hands in the sand and salt before baiting up) fresh bait / (fresh dead) livies dont seem to work - and kept away from my rod and sat closer up near the sandhill....And caught more fish!!Sorry about the quality of the photo but this was a long time ago and it was the days before digital - this is the fish and you can see the conditions - still this fish was watching me - it was aware of my presence there......Even though its a long way from nowhere to catch fish you still have to follow the basics of jewie fishing....(if you want to catch fish)....

Ok - Ill tell you this little fishing story and let you decide:Bob's kitchen - N.E. about 5 knots - hot / overcast / offshore - not much swell - clearish water.....Spotted a great hole accompanied to a break in the second sandbar so I lobbed a fresh s/t right on the edge of the sandbar and waited - and waited....20 or so minutes then started walking away fom my rod....I was about 20 feet away from it (walking away) when my rod tip just moved a bit and then snapped back to nothing again....i stopped and watched - nothing - started walking away again and again - just a small movement (a pull foreward) then it let go again....I pulled my line in and the s/t was chewed to bits - and almost gone.....I replaced it and threw it in the same spot again.....Waited ---- waited ------then walked away ------same thing! straight away! soon as I walked away - the rod tip just moved.....What the!!!!!Pulled my line in again - and this time the s/t was chewed but it had the teeth marks of a good sized jewy so it was on......The next cast i did the same thing - waited for a little while (10 mins) but this time when I walked away I loosened my drag so when i walked away I took the line with me - rod in the rod holder but as I walked off I had the line coming off the reel and coming with me keeping the line tight - same same - 20 odd feet away the tip started flicking - I yanked the line and all hell broke loose! -------- so the point is - this fish was watching me!!! They arent that dumb.....That changed the way I fished up there - from that moment on I went stealth - and caught a helluva lot more fish.....I cut out all the un natural aspects of my presence there eg. noise / smell / (i washed my hands in the sand and salt before baiting up) fresh bait / (fresh dead) livies dont seem to work - and kept away from my rod and sat closer up near the sandhill....And caught more fish!!Sorry about the quality of the photo but this was a long time ago and it was the days before digital - this is the fish and you can see the conditions - still this fish was watching me - it was aware of my presence there......Even though its a long way from nowhere to catch fish you still have to follow the basics of jewie fishing....(if you want to catch fish)....

Ok - Ill tell you this little fishing story and let you decide:Bob's kitchen - N.E. about 5 knots - hot / overcast / offshore - not much swell - clearish water.....Spotted a great hole accompanied to a break in the second sandbar so I lobbed a fresh s/t right on the edge of the sandbar and waited - and waited....20 or so minutes then started walking away fom my rod....I was about 20 feet away from it (walking away) when my rod tip just moved a bit and then snapped back to nothing again....i stopped and watched - nothing - started walking away again and again - just a small movement (a pull foreward) then it let go again....I pulled my line in and the s/t was chewed to bits - and almost gone.....I replaced it and threw it in the same spot again.....Waited ---- waited ------then walked away ------same thing! straight away! soon as I walked away - the rod tip just moved.....What the!!!!!Pulled my line in again - and this time the s/t was chewed but it had the teeth marks of a good sized jewy so it was on......The next cast i did the same thing - waited for a little while (10 mins) but this time when I walked away I loosened my drag so when i walked away I took the line with me - rod in the rod holder but as I walked off I had the line coming off the reel and coming with me keeping the line tight - same same - 20 odd feet away the tip started flicking - I yanked the line and all hell broke loose! -------- so the point is - this fish was watching me!!! They arent that dumb.....That changed the way I fished up there - from that moment on I went stealth - and caught a helluva lot more fish.....I cut out all the un natural aspects of my presence there eg. noise / smell / (i washed my hands in the sand and salt before baiting up) fresh bait / (fresh dead) livies dont seem to work - and kept away from my rod and sat closer up near the sandhill....And caught more fish!!Sorry about the quality of the photo but this was a long time ago and it was the days before digital - this is the fish and you can see the conditions - still this fish was watching me - it was aware of my presence there......Even though its a long way from nowhere to catch fish you still have to follow the basics of jewie fishing....(if you want to catch fish)....

Guys, lol, loved the "list"! seems people take everything up there - was the kitchen sink in there somewhere???? If you are heading to the aboriginal lands or anywhere past nundroo for that matter you are going to pretty harsh conditions so remember to upscale - if youre using a tent - get xos pegs and maybe a seweing kit if your tent is blown apart by a sudden blow - it can happen - remember when its hot - its really hot (when theres no sea breeeze up there it can get opressively hot) - blowing - its blowing a gale - take fly hats (with netting) - I was chased off a beach once up there cos' I forgot the aerogaurd (it was impossible to fish) - remember extreme....Take whatever you think is necessary lol I suppose the most important thing is to make sure your vehicle is in tip top condition - dont skimp on the prep and make sure you are carrying spare hoses - belts - etc....I even carry a spare set of shocks and have a cv tucked away just in case......lol sorry im still amused by that list - and there's a reason - I suppose the question is what you're going up there for - camping???? or are you going there to catch fish??? If it is the latter and you want to fish anywhere but geues (campsite on the other side of the sandhill) dont take the genny! There are fish up there and they are big - its amazing how many people leave there without fish.....Vibration travels through the ground and the fish pick up on it...Believe it or not...... I had a trip up there where we actually had a school of fish in front of us for 3 days (it was an incredible experience catching 50lb plus fish every cast)...A fairweather fisho mate rocked up - set up his campsite (along with his genny) - pulled the ripcord and the school was gone! We spent another 3 days there catching sharks and rays....Gotta remember you are going itno the middle of nowhere - the only noise up there is natural.....Introduce a foreign noise up there and skittish fish bolt....Im sure there's going to be people saying "well we had a genny and caught fish"!!! fair enuff - you'll never know how much better you could have done if you didnt have one.....Just a tip.....Cheers....

Another summer trying for that magic 100lb. mully...Been close - but no cigar.....yet.......

Another summer trying for that magic 100lb. mully...Been close - but no cigar.....yet.......

lol a bit of a contradiction in terms there mate - "I want a rod thats strong but light for mullies on the fwc"???All cool there - sure, casting a big bait and a big sinker takes a bit of power and the lighter the rod the easier it is to do that....(to a point)...BUT Theres the ever present chance of getting a "Nick" on the rod that will enevitably eventually snap it at the most in opportune time eg casting it after a 12 hour drive and no shops to get another one for hundreds of k's....OR and heres the biggie! You actually hook a fwc mullie! I've got a Wilson fsu 6144 and have had that thing working at its utmost trying to stop a xos fish whos only task at that time is to get back to her rellies in tassie! Every time I hook up with a big fish over there I hear the fibreglass crack that little more - no matter what you do with it over here (eg. salties) - no matter where you fish or what you catch - there seems to be a difference in the pressure and strain you have to put on the rod - a big mullie over there is in a class all its own and WILL put your gear through its paces...So, speaking from experience I would probably go a heavier wrap rod and get a gym membership to be able to handle the extra weight....In all seriousness casting over there isnt the issue - (ive hooked fish 10 metres off the shore) so you dont need to cast that far anyway - the gym membership will come in handy for the fight of your life!

"The FV Margiris is looking to fish for redbait, jack mackerel and blue mackerel"3 points...1. Mackerel???? Trawling??? I may be an old saltie and fishing may have changed since i was out there in anger BUT isnt mackerel fishing done by "purse seining"??? I thought this ship was called a trawler and trawled???? (on the bottom)????2...If it is purse seining - i doubt that they will concentrate on mackerel in SA when their arrival will just coincidentally coincide with the annual blue fin tuna migration across the bight and tassie...3. If it is a registered Trawler and is capable of also purse seining does the government know it will be doing both??? Red bait?? (although im not familiar with this specie) it sounds something like a pillie and pillies are caught by seining - along with mackerel...Food for thought....

"The FV Margiris is looking to fish for redbait, jack mackerel and blue mackerel"3 points...1. Mackerel???? Trawling??? I may be an old saltie and fishing may have changed since i was out there in anger BUT isnt mackerel fishing done by "purse seining"??? I thought this ship was called a trawler and trawled???? (on the bottom)????2...If it is purse seining - i doubt that they will concentrate on mackerel in SA when their arrival will just coincidentally coincide with the annual blue fin tuna migration across the bight and tassie...3. If it is a registered Trawler and is capable of also purse seining does the government know it will be doing both??? Red bait?? (although im not familiar with this specie) it sounds something like a pillie and pillies are caught by seining - along with mackerel...Food for thought....

Interesting....Dont get me wrong - although im appalled at the idea of a super trawler at any time I suppose I have to in a way congratulate the company responsible for lol foreward thinking....From what I can see - the company has been trawling the world for a long long time with many smaller boats and has decided rather than using a number of small boats to put all their eggs in one basket and use one huge boat.....And again although this boat seems like a world killer - in a sense it is better than what was happening before....Just for instance imagine they were working 10 boats - thats 10 nets dragging the bottom all at once in different places - decimating the bottom all in different places - this boat will only decimate one track albeit a bit wider - still smaller than the diameter of 10 nets side by side - the bi catch is at least 60% less if not more compared to 10 nets so that saves a helluva lot of fishlife....ok you might say that it has a bigger net so it can catch a lot more fish - but even a small trawler if it has an exceptional shot and over fills its cod end can easily call up a fellow company boat - tie up alongside and transfer fish - nothing is thrown back.....Say a smaller boat finds a huge school of fish - that boat will call all other boats to come and fill up so then you will have 10 nets working an area rather than one....This super trawler holds all its fish and when full will steam home and unload - has fuel to stay out at sea for months - so will not have to pull into ports to unload or refuel and that means less chance of it contaminating our ports and ocean floor with the stuff they chuck overboard....Only a small snippet but I could go on....It is rediculous to think this boat will cause any more damage than a fleet of smaller trawlers - in fact the damage has been getting done for years and just because it is a giant boat it gets a lot of attention....As one poster already stated - really? it doesnt matter anymore anyway - the damage has been done - if trawling and fishing isnt regulated now (properly) - we will soon see a dead ocean and it really doesnt matter if its 10 trawlers working together or one big one - the same outlook is imminent....Although the company is out to make money (as all are) at least there is a token jesture in their thinking to try and do their little bit for the ocean....Well at least its justified in their minds...Really, this overfishing/decimation has been going on for years - these guys have just gotten so blaze' about it now that they dont even care to hide the fact - one big boat will save fuel/ employ less/ and be much easier to manage and catch the same amount of edible fish - so therefore put more cash in the co's pocket - at the end of the day its all about money....lol still - give me a tank / wettie and a makita drill - a few holes in its hull will do the trick!

Amazing! 11 pages and going... :ohmy: although everyone is and has put up good arguments over the pros and cons of shark fishing on metro jetties and the beurocrats will in the end - have their way one way or the other,I'm going to dumb it down a bit and although some might not agree - and thats your choice - give you one mans opinion...1. The old fella that took it upon himself to use his age and "local-ness" to abuse the shark fisherman for fishing on "his jetty"???? :dry: - broke the law.......If you are angry about life for whatever reason - see a therapist! dont take it out on others....If you approach anyone - abuse them - touch their personal property - and threaten?? That is breaking the law.... can just imagine what would have happened if the tables were turned and the sharko did that to the old man! Anyway - the story goes the "local" police knew the old man and so decided to "believe" and take his side and overlook what happened? why? Because he is old???? frail??? a respected member of the community??? (again my opinion sounds like the police need to go back to police school and re-learn the rules)....2. Bronze whaler shark - diet - fish, squid, offal... White pointer shark - diet - seals, dolphins, fish, other sharks, whales, offal...Fact: In the fiji islands shark fisherman use "rattles" to lure sharks (a stick with coconut shells cut in half and piled on top of eachother) then sort of "shuck shucked" in the water and it brings them to the boat - sounds like a fish thrashing or a (SWIMMER splashing) sends them crazy....The point here is that the sharks will first be lured to the commotion in the water by the swimmers - they will "feel" the vibrations and come in for a look....(that is what a shark does).....BUT

Gday mate, I own a yota 4runner v6 (dual fuel) - bought it at 138,000 and it has now ticked over to 450,000 and all I have done is put gas heads on it and extractors - it has gone anywhere i have asked it and power to weight it is the best thing I have driven in the sand - pulled out patrols, landcruisers, landrovers, and driven straight by the more powerful (heavy) vehicles in the soft stuff...Ive owned patrols,(heavy - had pathfinders (S#%T!) had a landcruiser (like driving a house) and when the opportunity for the rv6 came up i jumped on it! great on the highway - 2500rpm @ 110k's and i can go on....These vehicles were designed originally for the saudi police to use in the desert and caught on world wide - stock as a rock they are great (do some work to them and they get even better)- if you ever find yourself getting stuck - let your tyres down a few pounds and get on with it! Biased yeah! but if you want an older cheapie they're not a bad vehicle...if you want more info - pm me...Cheers..