The Fishing Guru

Yep, bloody typical . . . I've been stuck at work every non-hurricane day lol

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Couldn't find one in local shops you say? Hmmm . . . Looks like a great idea Mate, reckon the Guru might start playing around with the sewing machine soon

Keen as Bruh . . . only chance I've had to head out so far though I took the kidlets and spent the whole time keeping them away from everyone else's gear lol

Top report Mate, cheers

Woohoo!! . . . time to dust off the old waders me thinks

Finished yet bloke?

I use "A" normally but generally stick a double (or W) hook underneath.

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

 

 

 

I gave up on that 1... Can preserve them well enough, but when it comes to yellowfin whiting, you're better off with frozen peeled prawns!

They turn their noses up at worms that aren't live in my experience. The small ones don't mind them sometimes, but mostly it's not eaven worth going fishing for them without live bait! Or very fresh frozen prawns/shrimps around the new moon especially.

 

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

Dessicant?

Killer write up Mate

6ft Gummy on the 315 is the biggest, but saw heaps of action on the salmon and mullies also

knocked this up the other weekend out of a pallet, have a go

 

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will make a double row next

 

 

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Killer effort Man . . . I have a few pallets lying around at Guru HQ too, reckon I might give the double row idea a crack :)

Killer effort on the mud marlin Mate

My 315 was awesome for light to medium surf session (45g star sinker type stuff) and my favourite rod . . .  until I took 2 feet off the tip with the car door in a freak wind gust

That sand bar at Southport is quite easily accessible at low tide but my efforts of testing the theory in this comment thread have so far been rather unfruitful

Congrats Mate

Does it affect your strike rate at all? Have always been very skeptical of dried or salted baits but never actually thought of trying this on cockles. Good idea Mate

Can't quite put my finger on as to why, but I really really like this report for some reason

Thanks for the mention Mate, I'm really glad the lure served you well

 

If you're gonna do that, might as well head over to Elliston and chase the bigguns.

 

I reckon I might need to do that trip myself next year as well.

Figured Elliston and the West Coast would be too easy lol

Thinking about heading out to Tumby and hitting the 8-10kg barrels out of the Groups though

I'm glad you found some Mate. I am usally restricted to very small time windows these days . . . Maybe I should take a week off work and just chase the little bast@#ds up and down the coast lol

Seemed like a great idea at the the time. I jumped at the suggestion of heading out with a mate as the wind was looking to be minimal and after all, I am still yet to catch a salmon this season. Seriously, if we head to Waits they will all be surfing the waves at Morgans . . . a Sellicks trip will guarantee the fish are at Southport . . . if we then tried to chase them at Southport, they would head up to Moana and a couple of Goolwa Beach runs have proven unsuccessful also.

Starting to think there is actually a mole in the schools, who's sole purpose is to keep a lookout for the Guru and warn the others lol.

Anyhoos, arrived on location at the standard ungodly hour and was absolutely blown away by the image in front of me. It is a very rare occasion that I would consider the Onk to be an 'AMAZING' photographic specimen but . .

. . Wow. With the full moon above the Surf Club, the footbridge lit up perfectly and the fact that there was absolutely no surface movement on the water whatsoever. I just really wish I had my SLR to capture it properly, as the Samsung camera does not do the scene justice.

aaaaaaaand back to Salmon again. So the weather conditions were perfect (a little too perfect?) Barely a light breath of wind, cold but not "holy crap, my testicles are completely frozen" cold and the swell was tame enough to allow us to get out onto the sand bar at high tide, where we then proceeded to take a couple of snaps and make a few jokes comparing ourselves to a certain Mesiah.

My mate was already out when I arrived, trying on baits with no success exept for a couple of pickers cleaning him out so we both progressed to flicking lures off the sand bar.

After what seemed like an eternity (in reality, probably only 20 minutes or so) my mate finally hooks up on a little troutie. You beauty I thought, finally some fish and as he was unhooking that specimen, I also had a little one hooked up. Unfortunately I lost mine at the water line as he managed to shake the hook right at the very second I went to grab him (still on the sandbar at this stage)

Another 20 or so minutes later and my mate pulls another one out and that was literally it for the day. All up, my mate found 2 juveniles around the 27cm mark and my Salmon Drought contiues

Absolutely awesome morning for it though . . . maybe next time

Awesome news, just working on one now . . . check your Facebook inbox please Homie

Killer photos Bro!

I'm still trying to find them with limited time off available at the moment . . . well played Mate

Killer comp this month!