Luke5600

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Enough for most reels, Maybe cut off point would be around 200?

Evening all, I'm currently looking for a second reel to use while fishing land based for snapper. At the moment I've got 1 rod set up with a pflueger salt 60 reel but looking to get a different reel for a second set up, I've been thinking about possibly trying a bait runner out to see how well it will perform off the rocks. Anyone got some insights into this?

Anyone built their own fish cleaning station out in the garden? I'm after some photos of peoples stations to see if I can adapt any ideas to my own. Last time I went out and caught squid I landed myself in hot water because squid ink somehow managed to find itself all over the blinds we have over the window over the sink (To this day I still maintain my complete and utter innocence and claim that my story of the squid actually attacking me which caused a rather lengthy wrestling match which resulted in a large portoin of the kitchen being inked is 100% true.) I started on a project today with

I've always gone a running sinker rig, whatever size sinker you need tied to 10lb mono with a swivel on the end which I place on my mainline before i place the swivel for the rig on, 10lb will allow the sinker to breakaway without losing the rig itself. As long as you cast with a smooth even effort and no sudden jerks the sinker stays on fine although it can take a little practice at first to keep the smooth momentum going.

I work as a chef so I tend to save the left over juices from packets of prawns, mussels oysters etc. Can mix garlic, water, curry powder, fish sauce, fish oil, aniseed essence just to name a few If theres an asian store nearby you should be able to go in and pick up all sorts of whacky seafood items dirt cheap. When I was at tafe for my apprenticeship I stopped into the vietnamese shop next door to find dried cuttlefish, dried oysters and believe it or not dried sea cucumber. Get some of those and rehydrate them in water with some other cheap items like curry powder and garlic freeze it down i

Looking at respooling my 4000fj symetre soon as the fireline its currently got has seen better days, at the moment I'm running 20lb fireline with a 25lb fluorocarbon leader and just trying to decide whether to stick with fireline or give another braid a shot

Shimano mexican fire raider II - Snapper 762 2pce 15-45g 2.29m 5-8kg http://www.motackle.com.au/fishing/rods/raider-ii-mexican-fire-3107615.html Shimano Symetre 4000 Sy4000fl 7kg 5.8-1 4kg/219m http://www.motackle.com.au/fishing/reels/shimano-symetre-fl-3103523.html Spooled with 20lb fireline using a 25lb black magic fluorocarbon leader

That strongy is a bloody beauty mate, when I go spearfishing I normally catch a few for berley and what not and my biggest has been about 3kg even with a metre long spear stuck fast in the side of the head theres no way in the world it will staystill long enough for me to get a grip on it, the raw power alone those things generate is amazing

Loving the replies so far guys, keep them coming Gotta love the feeling of a salmon school, my first time catching ST's was at fitzgerald bay near whyalla me and the old man went out and waded and cast towards the weed line, had some berley in the water and wasn't getting any bites then I was reeling in and felt my lure stop dead as if Id snagged the weed, struck to see if i could get it out the weed and suddenly started running. The school followed us the whole way back into shore and we ended up being about 4 fish off bagging out with me my old man and my brother. Certainly a memorab

Is this still the current issue thats out? I'd love to read the article on tuna and salmon but haven't been able to find it in any local news agents near me