keenfisho

I’m generally a shimano man with a bit of Diawa and Abu 

mostly spend $150 to $250 but look for specials

my favourite reels are the shimano Stradic but have a couple of Diawas I love

when it comes to rods diawa outshine shimano in the pricing I buy

to contradict everything about my absolute favourite rod is my little 6 foot bream rod which is a 1-3kg Azusa

it is so light but strong 

42 minutes ago, Softy said:

Looks a bit heavy for what i want.. Might just get a weedless hook and split shot or something.

You can get them in lighter versions mate I’ve got some somewhere from when I used to yak fish, 1/32 by memory

Leave it to cure mate and cross your fingers you got it

you won’t know till your on the water anyway

its not as hard as we make it sound

mmmmm I want a yak again

Yeah that valley looks fine mate

also agree with the foam 

I stick my foam down first, then filled with silicone then pushed my transducer into the silicone and put a weight in it till it cured

just got to make sure no air bubbles then it will be all good

im fairly sure I have some pics of my AI install somewhere, I will try to find them and put them up

Here you go, just got to make sure you squeeze smoothly and push the transducer in smooth and weigh it down while drying so as you don’t get air bubbles

air bubbles are the enemy 

Buy one of the small tubes of silicone that has the handle built in

its what I used on my moken and adventure island, made it very easy

Put up a pic of the bottom of the yak and maybe inside of it 

flat spot under your seat?

Agree through hull is definitely easier with a yak

ive had two through hull set ups and one off a ram arm off the back off my old PA as it was side scan

needs to be tight enough not to kick up with swell and waves but loose enough to kick up if you hit something or beach landing

have you bought a sounder yet?

im thinking about upgrading my Garmin ecomap5 if your interested 

I can’t remember what fishing is let alone a salmon 😫😭

Awesome Brayden hope the new job goes well

more importantly now your not having to work in the fishing industry now you can get back to your passion and fish mate

hit me up for a fish mate my boat need to get wet let’s organise another fishing trip

maybe even get softy out with us see as he has actually fished again lately 😝

We just bought my son a spiney leaf insect for his bday

interesting little creatures

Yep let’s go round again 👍

Bugger I was hoping you were going to say SABT was coming back

What comp?

1 hour ago, southie THE BANGA said:

Biggest Tuna lures we sell in the shop are the Halco Laser Pro 160dd in the colours Chrome Tiger, Pilchard, Bonito, King Brown and baitfish.

Don't Tuna fish myself but our resident tuna expert swears by these colours....

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Agree

ive only chased them once and the old halco lazerpro dominated

think we were using the 140 size by memory

Nice work Rhett

great video of what looks like an absolute cracka day

2 hours ago, archerfish said:

Hope this is not taking this topic too far off-thread, but as someone who appreciates a good knife (in particular what the Japanese craftsmen produce), I love seeing what these guys are doing:

https://shun.kaiusaltd.com/knives

https://www.chefsarmoury.com

Some works of art there...

Cheers

af

 

Oooooi now ya talking shun are my absolute favourite

Beautiful knives Rod

if you need any commercial knives etc down the track I have access to just about everything through work and will do Sharp prices for Strikehook members

9 hours ago, Territory Lad said:

Very nice HLS. I have being eyeing off one of those Stradics in a 1000 size. Would love to know how you find the reel once you have had it for a while and the honeymoon period is over.

I use a 1000 for all my fishing from chasing bream In the port, to Mullies down the Coorong to trout in the hill and even while wading the flats

ive had it for going on two years and it hasn’t missed a beat I absolutely love it

i also have the older fi version which I think is a bit stronger but the ci4+ is just so light

it does get a bit of flex when hooked to larger fish but nothing that has worried me 

1.4 low will make it hard

For example late last season I fished a .8 low

Water was above my waste out past the mud channels and fished the edge of the mud/ weed to where the sand starts

We picked up a dozen between two of us all fat 40cm + fish but all on turtlebacks

1.4 low will be too high for the poppers

Will depend on what stage of the tide it is as to where they will be

They can be in the main channel, on the flats or sitting against the weed

Do your self a favour and take a pack or two of gulp turtlenecks worms as back up

They have preferred the plastics over the poppers the last few seasons

I was out there a week and a half ago and there were loads around but all still a bit small

Goodluck and let us know how you go mate

Congrats UP great report and worthy winner

Another inox user here

As Twain said "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated" but I can tell you I thought I was a gonna. Thanx to my family for quick action (Nick rang 911), the SA Ambo's and amazing staff at the QEH. Severe anaphalactic reaction to unknown source saw me soaking wet, unable to take a normal breath, swollen limbs, blurred vision and red rash all over. Very low blood pressure and erratic pulse saw me in hospital overnight. Drips in both arms and multiple adrenaline shots to stabilize and I am now home. I was sure I was having a stroke but have been assured that is not the case and heart & lungs are fine. Off tomorrow for testing and now have an Epipen as a constant companion. Thanx to all well wishers and again my family, I should be fishing again soon.

Bloody hell poops glad you ok

Your a tough old bugger

It scary, we found out one of my boys has an egg allergy the same way

We never leave home without the trusty Epipen now as you would be surprised he many people offer food to him that has egg in it even when they know about his allergy

Hope they work out the culprit quickly mate

 

Might be time to chase them on the flats on my 1-3kg rod 1000reel combo = fun

Walking out could be the issue ... hurry up and heal ligaments argh!

I want to go FISHING!!!!!

 

 

Get a lil' inflatable and we'll tow you around.

Now ya talking

I have a blow up mattress that could work