Damo67

have had sheldons last a few months in the fridge.

A great sight on our metro coast

Well done lads, caught a few STs there yesterday on a very cheap HB lure. Shame about the snapper

Well done Alex, Great video and nice fish.

Strolling through the central market at lunch today after A KAksa from Richard at the Laksa House.King George Whiting pushing $70kg. $69.90! unbelievableHave 5 meals left in the freezer so i guess its time to replenish my stocks.

Strolling through the central market at lunch today after A KAksa from Richard at the Laksa House.King George Whiting pushing $70kg. $69.90! unbelievableHave 5 meals left in the freezer so i guess its time to replenish my stocks.

Strolling through the central market at lunch today after A KAksa from Richard at the Laksa House.King George Whiting pushing $70kg. $69.90! unbelievableHave 5 meals left in the freezer so i guess its time to replenish my stocks.

Methinks he may be talking about the marina.Never heard of anybody fishing the North Haven Basin before, or even mentioning it.Would make it easier if folks doing fishing reports could be more specific and precise, and name their locations correctly.Ugly 4 Life might have some more info.

http://www.crownmarina.com.au/location.htmlHope this helps...

Probably a name he thought up that has a zingey ring to it.Normally a basin is the area were the vessel changes direction,ie a boat ramp were the boat is reversed of the ramp and changes direction from reverse to forward. The thrust of the propellor from multiple vessels erodes the bottom creating a hole. Similiar action happens when a ship ties onto the end of a jetty in the country and uses the propellor to swing the vessel around.

Any sized owner tournament inline circle from 4/0-10/0 I mainly use the 10/0's now and catch all sizes on em my lip hook rate has never been better Just leave plenny of tha hook exposed either running or paternoster style Cheers 4THA

http://australianmuseum.net.au/Tubemouth-Siphonognathus-argyrophanes/

http://www.strikehook.com/forum/22-saltwater-fishing/226511-fish-id-weird-lookin#226516

It's a Tubemouth, caught one over at Streaky Bay

think its a pipe fish or pike fish . cant remember how it is pronounced .

I saw them dropped off at Fishing Wholesalers yesterday so I'd say they'd be down at Brighton Tackle also.

Hi Damo' date='Try tying your main line direct to your leader using a double uni knot rather than using a swivel. A swivel may not be a huge issue, but it puts a little bit of weight in that section of the line and will slightly effect the action [depending on which species you are targeting this may not be the end of the world, ie salmon wont care, however bream may be spooked'].You can still tie directly to your lure using this method if you want, however a small lure clip [try for a decent quality brand; ie decoy or owner] just makes it easier to swap between lures and also means you may not have to retie leaders as often because its not going to be getting shorter as the day progresses. If you do use a lure slip i reccomend taking the split rings off of your lures tow point.

Have to agree with Shimano Symetre 2500. I have bought 3 in the last 12 months. the last one i bought last month at bcf for $119 at that price it was too good to refuse. Have set the last one up just for SP and HB lures. would expect new bcf catalogue out next week and they often have great combo deals where you basically get a rod for free. Just waiting for a Raider/symetre combo to come up.

Have to agree with Shimano Symetre 2500. I have bought 3 in the last 12 months. the last one i bought last month at bcf for $119 at that price it was too good to refuse. Have set the last one up just for SP and HB lures. would expect new bcf catalogue out next week and they often have great combo deals where you basically get a rod for free. Just waiting for a Raider/symetre combo to come up.

Using mono backing is not wastage, it protects the spool

Power pro. Go to your tackle store like Tinker said and get them to do it . reasoning is that they can do the backing and there is no wastage.

Pretty sure byron itself is a sanctuary zone. Brunswick heads just to the north has fishing in the river or on the breakwall at the river bar. A bloke i talked to thee said they get Mulloway off there at times. i think it has a fair bit to do with the flow from the river.

What a day of perfect weather Wednesday was.What better to do than spend the day wading on the sandflats in glorious sunshine. You could not get nicer conditions. Crystal clear water, barely a breath of wind, the water like glass and the warm winter sunshine on your back. So nice it would not matter if I did not catch a thing.Just as well! I could not find any Yellow Fin Whiting. I was surprised as I had seen plenty of feeding marks in the shallows near the mangroves where they were feeding at the top of the tide. No fish yet, but I was having a marvellous day in magnificent conditions. I moved over to another large sandy area and what do I run into but some Yellow Fin Whiting. In these conditions they are seen clearly. You stand perfectly still. Minimise as much movement as possible. You know if you can see fish right on the extremities of your vision, then rest assured, they have seen you long before you saw them! Quality polaroids are a must.First cast a nice 35cm fish came in with the usual tenacious tussle these little fish are capable of. The second fish was caught as I cast back over the school that chased the first one in. They are competitive, chasing the one with the bait and hook in its mouth! In beautiful conditions, Sight fishing Yellow Fin Whiting is such a delight. It goes something like this;You cast out beyond the school and retrieve your bait past them. Tempting them to take it. "Ooops!" I startled them the cast landed right in the middle of them. They scattered! No bite!"Aaaahhh!" perfect cast. You just allowed enough for that light breeze that can drift your light tackle across.It's a slow steady retrieve past the fish ... "Take it, take it, taaaaaake iiitt! " you scream and plead at the fish as you drag the bait past its nose!"Yes! Yes! Yes! Go ooonnnh! Take it a bit harder. Hit it harder now." you coax the fish.You strike. "Yes! gotch ya! Gotch Ya, Ya buggah! Trying to pinch my bait! and get away?"You reel it in. It pulls hard. Some drag comes off. It is feisty. You can see it has got some size to it. It is in close within reach then it darts through your legs. You raise your rod, directing it away from your boots and lift it up, some solid weight to it, as you try to grab it against the belly of your waders and then the lip hook pulls! Damn! I should have used the landing net. The cycle starts all over again, but you are still smiling. You are hooked on this, not the fish.It sounds like and is simple fun in glorious conditions. When the water is crystal clear, sun shining through the water, with perfect visibility, your gear needs adjusting to suit these conditions. I get rid of my heavier running sinker that is usually up the line above the swivel and replace it with a small 0 or 00 ball sinker that slides down against the long shank hook. I always only ever fish for YFW with the 1 hook. A size 4 Gamakatsu long shank at the end of a metre length of Flurocarbon. This now resembles a jig head for soft plastics. Except the weight is removable and adjustable. Very light but all the weight is concentrated near the hook which allows for a good cast with a flicky soft plastic rod. It creates very little splash, so it wont spook the fish. The clearer the water the easier they spook.Well it was a bit of a procession so I tried to mix things up a bit. I got the poppers out! Yup the previous week I went out did the round of stores and bought a collection of poppers. After seeing this video clip;http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NWJCxIl1wSkI thought these must be the ants pants. They can out fish bait! The conditions were perfect, weed free. I tried these 4 poppers and managed a fish on each. Yes my first, second, third & fourth Yellow Fin Whiting ever on poppers.Frankly I was not impressed. It took on average, about 12 to 15+ casts per strike. Maybe my technique is no good? I checked to make sure, in case the fish had moved on. After every popper fish I changed back to my bait rig. In every case I had a fish within 3 casts of the bait, at the most! So a nice bit of video editing makes it look like non stop action instead of a tedious 4 hour session. Poppers have certainly caught a lot of fisherman me included.I don't see why you would use your thumbnail to put a screw in the wall, when you can use a screwdriver or a power drill! Just my take on it.However the Gulp soft plastic sandworms in the "bloody" red colour worked well, as always. It took the bigger fish. A 40cm, a 39 and a few 37-38cm were the better fish.The fish I kept are from 33cm to 40cm. I would have released another 20 odd fish in the 29-32 range. there were plenty of YFW about on a heavenly day!Cheers, Des

aniseed oil is a good one to put in for mullet and gar and worth getting some berkley ultrabite berley mix in the powder form and mix that in aswell cheers and good luck 4THA

I made up some last year . froze them in poly pipe cut to length to fit in burley cage.Ingredients wereWhiting heads and framesgarfish fillets, heads, framesWhiting nuggetstuna oil pilliestommiessquidcurry powderaniseedred mulletbreadall ground up with a hand mixer