jackblack86

Thats the way to go I reckon.Most surf Mullies i"ve caught or seen gutted have had sand crabs in their stomachs as well....its funny how you never hear anyone using them.probably because if you spend 500 bucks on fuel ect to go away for a couple of days to YP, Salts ect its a bit hard to gamble on trying something your not sure will work.Maybe if things are quiet and there are a few crabs about throw one out on a second rod.I"m sure that sand crabs make up a large part of Mulloway,Gummys diet,even to the point that they are one of the main reasons these species come in to the surf gutters to feed.

That's live bait!

Best thing I can think of is to do the age old trick. Don't like the smell of something? put a stronger smell in there.Try resting your baits in straight fish oil in the freezer for a day (or longer if time permits) and let the oil really soak into the bait, They will probably still have a slight smell from the scent of the bags but the fish oil should cover over it mostly.Even if you find you can't get the bigger (and wiser) fish to bite on it cutting strips off and soaking it in more oil would work for most bait fish out there in a school. Tommies, mullet, shitties and garfish should all fall too easy prey even if it does have a slightly unusual scent too it underwater. You'll find bringing your baits out (even soaking other baits in that havent been scented) of the fish oil will actually produce a small oil slick at the spot directly where you cast, and if the oil has enough time to penetrate the mouth/stomach when a fish does bite it will have a slight scent release giving the fish more incentive to actually finish up with the bite its taken rather then just mouthing it to see if its okay. I used to soak all my baits in fish oil when I was out snapper fishing on the rocks and found it produced better results then one I hadn't soaked (had a 2 hook rig on for ruggers, 1 tommie scented and 1 unscented roughly 4 in 5 snapper bit on the scented tommie)

Yea, i would have said slimey mack.......great snapper bait.

great pics

I love them espially the first one thats great

Well didn't catch any fish that trip, but got some great snaps and did some hardcore bush bashing in the work van.....just don't tell workfirst and last are my favourites

Yep, done the same :c . Ended up as burly for me as i wasnt prepared to put it on a hook.

dunno jackblackfishing years ago with another fridgie,similar rigs same bait,hes pullin the fish and im doin donuts.did a couple of bock seal changes that day using 3GS oil and blamed it on that.mates hands had apparently been in oil half the day too after i brought this revelation up.give it a go i cant see it spooking themthen again if i thought something was pretty dodgy with the bait id be using it for fertiliser

Well didn't catch any fish that trip, but got some great snaps and did some hardcore bush bashing in the work van.....just don't tell workfirst and last are my favourites

Well didn't catch any fish that trip, but got some great snaps and did some hardcore bush bashing in the work van.....just don't tell workfirst and last are my favourites

Keen2 -As everyone else has said, just stick to off the shelf gear, there is plenty on the market available. Highly suggest having a feel of the rod and reel together. It will need to be weighted for your style - you'll know/feel when the combination is good for you. Do your research on the product - even ask around on here, there are some superb tech heads around!

Keen2 -As everyone else has said, just stick to off the shelf gear, there is plenty on the market available. Highly suggest having a feel of the rod and reel together. It will need to be weighted for your style - you'll know/feel when the combination is good for you. Do your research on the product - even ask around on here, there are some superb tech heads around!

[/img]That is one on the left. I had him make me one in white, aswell as a few others.........

love the first shot,can just see the clouds rolling in. Nice work

killer pics jb. The second one looks great. mirror flat.

Great shots jb86Looks like you city guys can still see a star or three then Love nikons well-done fella keep em coming

Had photobucket but was new to this whole IMG code but now i knowcheers guys

Yer the reason is the site has a 50kb Upload Limit on Photos.If you make an account on here. http://photobucket.com./You can upload your photos and from there us a direct IMG Code.I.e
Then it comes in much better quality like here.http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r507/ricey18/DSCN3041.jpg TT

Had photobucket but was new to this whole IMG code but now i knowcheers guys

This is what I've got at home, built it myself on a wall in the shed. Basically just shelf inserts mounted on a wall at the correct lengths of your rods.

Excellent idea. Just for future reference also...iPhones don't swim

Plankton has coveredthe majority of it....When looking at a rod take note of the section where you mount the reel, that'll be a dead giveaway for which type of rod it is