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  1. Afternoon everyone, its about that time I went and gave some land based snapper a decent try once more, While I'm no stranger to land based snapper and know the ideal conditions and locations to maximize success its been a good 3 years since I've gone out targetting them so I've got a few questions, I used to use just a plain old running sinker rig with the sinker attached via 12-15lb with a small sinker moving freely on the main line before the hook trace, while good it does tend to get snagged fairly often resulting in lost tackle. I've seen a bit of information about pulley rigs for snappe
  2. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Hot-Sea-Fishing-LED-Rod-Tip-Night-Light-Strike-Alert-Glow-Stick-Bite-Alert-Alarm-/331657393343?hash=item4d385234bf:g:m9cAAOSwsB9V-N0A This is what I use, these ones are from china but extremely cheap. You can get them local from memory but they are at a higher price, you can change the batteries yourself and from memory they're meant to last about 100 hours of being on before needing to be changed Flashes green every 2-3 seconds when no bites, when you do get a bite it flashes red constantly. It works off what I'm assuming to be some kind of shock absorber, It dete
  3. Ah cheers lizard thats a shame, I've been hoping to find an area local to me to collect some words other than seaweed worms. I reckon I've seen the shells of the cockles you've mentioned, Tiny things about the size of a 5 cent piece the tide line was full with the little shells at certain points
  4. The 3 uses you mentioned may be a bit too far of a stretch for just one outfit, If you go for the LB small shark and snapper set up I'd recommend a 650c5 alvey or possibly a 550, the 650 will actually handle sharks up to the 10 foot mark due to its thousand metre line capacity, You'd also most likely want a surf rod in the 10-12 foot range for LB snapper (This is based on my local area only, your local area may have spots that don't need the casting distance for snapper) One other option would be a fin-nor lethal 100 which would handle all 3 but again depending on your local area for the snap
  5. Sorry mate would have to disagree with you this time. Years ago I used to use frozen and persevered worms with no change In catch rate compared to fresh. For the last fee years I've barely used bait on yfw, If they wont hit the popper I change to a gulp turtleback worm and they smash them harder than bait I recon. Out of curiosity mate, what size jighead are you using? and are you using a stinger hook at all? i've given it a shot slightly with the plastic worms but hadn't found the hook up rate to be real good, might just be down to the size of the whiting that were around at the time though
  6. Evening all, Just after some info on what kind of worms are making these marks on the beach and how to catch them. I've fished a few beaches with these kind of markings on them but never actually seen a worm itself while fishing Cheers
  7. Not sure how tube worms would go but I recently tried salting down a seaweed worm that I had caught and managed to catch 3 shitties on one piece of the worm bait before needing to change it, also had a school of shitties and a single mullet and the mullet came in and smashed the worm before the shitties could get a look in so salted might be the way to go. Right now I'm trying to salt down some of the worms enough so that I can keep a few of them in the car in a ziplock bag with some dessicant, bit of back up bait Sorry mate would have to disagree with you this time. Years ago I used to
  8. Can't comment on the specific rod that you have but I will say that I've heard alot of good things about len butterworth rods, I think they were a prominent rod maker back in the 1970-1990's (Dates could be wrong) but I haven't heard anything recent about the company I use a custom len butterworth alvey rod for beach sharking and its definitely made very well, a quick clean up of the rod you have and it will no doubt be a solid performer as long as the blank is in good condition
  9. Normally the leader will tend to be slightly heavier than the main line, I run 15lb braid on one of my reels and typically topshot with 20lb mono or fluorocarbon (Topshotting is putting roughly 10-100m of line onto a reel using braid, This can also be called a shock leader or just a leader, although the term leader can often get confused with a regular leader such as the one running from your swivel down to the hook or lure) As far as the line strengths you've listed I find some of them to be a bit heavy for my liking, For salmon you could drop down as low as 10lb as long as you're fishing i
  10. Just wondering if anyone has used one of these before, I purchased one a while ago because I always had a fascination to see just how far cheap gear can really take you for those just starting in fishing, I purchased the reel a few years back for about $25 and it came fully spooled with 20 or 25lb line and from the markings on the spool its got about 300-400m of line on it, I know its not gonna be anything spectacular just curious to see if anyone has used one before couldn't find any detailed reviews off google. My plan is to hook as many eagle rays as I can as they'll be sure to give the re
  11. Could probably pick up a penn senator around the 4/0 range for around the $100 mark, should match up quite nicely with the rod you have and you can't knock the trusty old senators Heres two links I found on ebay, I don't know either of the sellers so can't really comment on the condition of the reels themselves but look to be in fairly good nick http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Penn-Senator-6-0-Big-Game-Reel-/172002184276?hash=item280c210c54:g:MRoAAOSwkZhWS5Y5 This one needs a few parts re added onto it but you should be able to source them, fairly cheap for a 6/0 senator as well htt
  12. I remember back when I was a young lad my parents used to buy me those really cheap squid jigs that were flat white and I used to paint them with nail polish, I've had them for a good 15 years or so and they still hold their colours amazingly well. If you leave them in the sun for a day after you paint them the smell of the polish pretty much disappears and you can get ones that are clear with gold/silver reflective glitter in them. Just make sure you send the missus to the shop or buy them online though, I'm not sure the excuse "It's for fishing" would work Could be easier then spray pain
  13. Evening all wondering if anyone else does this, When I'm whiting fishing I typically use a paternoster rig with two hooks, on one hook I'll use squid tentacle while on the other I put on a soft plastic worm or yabby, I've typically found that the soft plastic will get absoloutely smashed before the squid gets touched When I fish it I don't put any action into the rod as you would when fishing a plastic I prefer to just fish it as a bait and let the current put the action into the plastic. I thread it onto a long shank hook the same as I'd thread the worm onto a regular jighead and find it wo
  14. Shimano mexican fire raider II snapper 762 5-8kg line rating, 15-45g cast weight 7'6 long Plenty of strength in the rod to handle any double headers of large fish, lovely light tip to feel even the smallest of bites decent cast weight range for casting, amazing distance casting and only $99. At the moment is my go to rod for a wide range of activities including squidding, float fishing for tommies and gar, flicking plastics for salmon and flathead as well as bait fishing for most of the medium sized beach species. Largest fish I've tackled on mine is a 10kg eagle ray http://www.motackle.com.
  15. I would use the overheads if I was fishing off the boats but I only fish for snapper once the wind kicks up quite alot, over running the overhead would happen quite often as I have to cast extremely aggressively to make distance to reach the spots I need too. Never used the bait runner option in the past but while fishing out in the boat I tend to do so to allow the snapper to pick up the bait and mouth it a bit more, I find snapper tend to pick up a bait and move with it while eating as opposed to remaining fairly stationary. if the fish are skittish as soon as they feel the resistance they'l
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