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Free feed !!!How's the fishing been over there for you this season Ash?Many Mully's making an appearance yet?

Nice work Darren ! sure was a nice day for it

Love em !! usually one of the first things we see when touching down in Darwin.Had to drive out to Kunnanara for the opening of an airfield once and had a big boy hit the windscreen...very sad. How it didn't smash it I will never know.Love the way they sit so high circling around, especially in groups.Saw a nice sized hawk hit the fresh water after a redfin today from around 40m up. Great site.

They look alright but I can imagine they would restrict the natural movement of the tail.

Caught them on cockles out at seacliff reef before. Bit smaller than snakes but they give a similar fight to a snapper (not as strong)No legal size Kat

You could be on SAFWAA dams with in 20 -25 mins from your place. I live at Pt Noarlunga South and mainly fish the southern dams. Few in the pipeline even further south as well.

Go and see a few stores and you will quickly develop a price bracket and discover a few quality ranges as well.$150 for rod and $300 for reel would see you right for many years to come if you look after it. Don't forget...a decent spool of braid can set you back approx $50 on top as well. If you don't treat your gear well ie. never wash the reel and eyes/rod etc...don't spend more than $150 for the combo...you'll have to replace it too soon.Hopefull food for thought

SS spot on with all point. I'm no pro either but got the hang of it pretty quick.Pre warm...normally just 2 pours will do and drpo the mangles mess back into meltKeep the opening clean as well as mouldKeep lead hot and keep on a roll with productionI use cheap mould and drop them to open which cleans and release the lead in one go. Dodgy but it works for me until I buy some good quality gear.You can also get a release agent which could help if your having issues

This one would be a great starter unit !http://www.barlowstackle.com/Palmer-Lead-Melting-Hot-Pot-2-P352C62.aspx$35....delivery wouldn't be that much I suspect. Easy to use

Ideally you could order in a lead melting pot which has a lever to pour through the bottom ...see linkhttp://www.barlowstackle.com/Lead-Melting-Pots-Ladles-and-Accessories-C62.aspxI just you a very old cheap saucepan which i have bent into shape to have a lip for easy pouring and take it straight off the portable stove and pour straight in. Nice and hot and the lead doesn't cool on the way in leaving squiglles as you have found.

One comment I will make for everyone entering...dig deep !! Although the entry is next to nothing, even a dollar or two extra (preferably $5 - $10) will all add up and make it even more worth while for the charity!It's amazing how quick those extra few bucks can add up.See you all down there !

Might help if you add the link here so the guys can know what you are talking about plasticlova.How's the numbers looking ?

What's the price of something like that ?? Looks nice enough to sit on my shelf let alone catch fish with !!

More than one way to skin a cat :evil: ...well fish.... Fingers crossed for tomorrow !

bugger !! never mind mate...obviously plenty more in there

ifish are you taking a boat or landbased only ?

Single hook by far in my opinion. Changed to them a couple of season back and can only recall dropping 2 fish now in the surf obviously due to bad hook setting. I prefer the owner style assist hooks with the kevlar loop as it's extremely difficult for them to shake it loose. Not the cheapest but catch rate makes up for that!

shark over that way are quite small. Was telling a afew of the boys over there how big we got them and they nearly sh*t them selves !Very fond memories of the place. First trip there was with 3 surf boards and a back pack full of boardies for a month by my self. Met up with same top local surfers that took me all over the island for next to nothing. Used to buy half a dozen tuna around 50cm each for stuff all and cook them up on the beach on coals with sambal sauce and rice. Mix that with some local arak and you had a great night!

Have to get you a picture of my old mans. It's a plumbed duel sink with welded frame up against the back wall behind the shed. The beauty of it is that he's had a 2.4mt piece of food grade stainless bent up. It has a splash back, heaps of filleting room both sides, cut out for the sink and one very clever piece of thinking...it has a 10mm bent lip at the fornt which acts as a splash guard and scale/gut catcher. The filleting board rests against it as well which stop slippage to.The best thing is after all is said and done, you just squirt it down and don't have to worry about rust.

After squidding all arvo in the boat yesterday, nust say I preferred the feel of the lure with mono.Couple of reasons....you don't want to set the hook hard and fast like you would with a snapper on a plastic, the extra stretch gently sets the hooks without ripping tenticles off.I also reckon the action of the lure due to the weight would look better from mono than the sharpness of a braid flick.Light weight jags (50mm etc) I would prefer braid though and would run a long leader.Apart from that..braid pretty much all the way unless throwing 40gm slugs all day for salmon then my finger tips tha

ahhh yes. Hope all is well but gee that was some time ago. Hopefully things kick back into gear for summer...after all it was a hell of a promo for him !!

havn't seen those lures yet.......what ever happned to the comp?

Maybe a little light for you but I have the 3 piece travel raider (1-3kg) which I have taken around the world just about. Largest thing I have landed was a salmon off rocks at 3+kg and it handles it no worries.You'll love the freedom the give you. Have them hanging out the back pack and off you go !If we find ourselves in Darwin at the same tiem, I will sign you onto the Navy base up there. Queenies galore !

A couple of south options..WaitsSellicksOnk (Old noarlunga)Still in SAFWAA ??? Plenty of dams there mate. Big reddies are on at the momentYou could try the mouth if the water isn't poo