Mickyj

1 hour ago, peatop said:

I almost always buy online but only buy from anaconda or bcf when they have specials as i find they are almost alway more exspencive than my locally own and operated fishing store. 

I don't like to support any chain stores as they don't offer good advice and seem to be answering questions without reel (pun) knowledge, i was at bcf looking at jigheads with the idea of attaching a 4" sp to a 5/0 or 4/0 3/4oz for casting at bustups while chasing tuna, one of the sales guys comes over and asks "can i help" i said no thanks im just checking out jigheads after some time he asked what i was looking for? So i explained what i was thinking about and he said for a 4" sp i needed a 1/0 to 4/0 form 1/20 to 1/8oz i asked do you thing that this is suitable for catching and landing a 30kg tuna offshore? He looked at me puzzled and said for tuna you need bigger! You need 7 to 9" sp's for tuna! With that i said but what if they are only eating bait fish that are 4"? You have to match the hatch if you want to catch? Lol it was then that he could see he did not have the required experience to help me in what i was there for but hung around and learnt new from a novice 

I even get similar responces from the guys in the local tackle store but they in most cases start to understand within minutes of what im getting at and then offer ideas on how to do whats required

 

I only buy from BCF or Anaconda when I get a deal or my family give me a gift card 

I prefer tackleworld for DC they are cheaper 

Anaconda got me one trip not by not giving me the discount . I got a $20 voucher from them the double clutches were $24 thought I’ll pay $4 . Get to the check out oh they are on special $19.90 you have to spend more money to get the $20 off . Yes I bought some lure clips and talking to customers they were stumped trying to work out what else to buy . This week I got 2 Anaconda vouchers but you must spend $60 and $80 to get discount.

I hope this ok to post admin . My family gave my a $50 BCF card for Xmas . Off I headed in Boxing Day signs saying 20 percent off on all hard body lures . Picked up a laser double clutch and some leader . Off I go to pay they ring it through give me the price . Me is that with the 20 percent off the lure umm no they fixed it . Thinking I should’ve bought two lures doesn’t matter . That night I get an email from BCF $10 off any purchase must be used before Monday . Off I go grabbed another laser double clutch go to pay again using the BCF card . Young lady gives me the price is that with the $10 off yes and the 20 percent off umm no . Yes they finally took it off .

This post is just a warning if tackle shops advertise 20 percent off make sure they actually give you that discount . 

Hope it was ok to post .

5 hours ago, malb said:

Yep, hard to imagine a store owner putting out a report of "nothing much caught here this week" when their whole business relies on people buying stuff from them to catch fish!  Of course they embellish.

I do like buying products from them . My only issue with them being told black lures work at night and you don’t fish at night . Hello bream take them during the day .

other than telling fishers minnow style lures catch mulleway and their report stated they are working on them

11 minutes ago, Bait Caster said:

Report reliability varies depending on the store you visit. Plus fishing varies daily. Not all fishers report catches to stores they know are staffed by people who will blab to anyone to sell a pack of hooks.

Just seems strange a few days after I talk to bait fishers fishing for mulleway at west lakes the type of lures I’ve caught mulleway on . That a major tackle chain in Adelaide announces mulleway are being caught in west lakes on minnow type lures 

But hey it could be coincidence 

Just a quick post about fishing reports from tackle dealers . Not strike and hooks report I like them very general and great information.

l will say firstly  after I told a couple of bait fishers at west lakes who were chasing mulleway. I have landed them years ago on minnow style lures in the Pat . I did mention a few weeks or couple of months ago mulleway broke my trebles off . So I read this weeks fishing report that mulleway are taking minnow lures in west lakes . I’m not certain they are or my big mouth got the talk going lol.

And as a side note a worker at that dealer suggested I not use a mat black double clutch because I’m not fishing at night . And what colour double clutch did the mulleway take the treble off of mat black and last weeks 32 cm bream fell to a black lure . Funny what works lol 

2 minutes ago, Softy said:

I understand that different occasions call for different styles of plastics. I was more going off what i feel comfortable using... Never really liked flick baits or what ever they call them, just feels like i'm throwing out a bit of plastic and towing it back in, Sure you can work them to get more/the action you want but just never done it for me. Same went for Paddles but i did enjoy using the Slim Swimz today.... Still not a Grubz tho.  

Would you believe before I used Zman grubs when I first ever touched a plastic I used it totally wrong . A $2 special out of the $2 bin at bcf very much like a grub dark green . Bream loved them my first 38cm fell to it using it wrong in the Pat . Only issue every small fish would strip it to the hook

6 minutes ago, AquaticResearch1 said:

Yeah I've definitely had that happen Micky, particularly with the smaller Daiwa lures. Mainly happens with either repeated jaring hits or suspected mulloway strikes on the stock terminals. 

Tend to upgrade any lure over 60mm for where I fish now to avoid losing good fish. 

Cheers not just me I’ve put a new treble on .

both fish hit hard and fast been a few years since I’ve landed a mulloway all I saw with the hook thief was silver streaks first one hit and the drag was screaming until it snagged me that’s fishing

Didn’t have a great time fishing Sunday double clutch snagged by fish number 1 . Got it back with the snag . I couldn’t see that fish but it felt reasonable. Second fish all I could see was a silver flash and it hit well. Then it happened lost the fish nothing unusual until I look at the lure . The lure was tip top after the snag both trebles on . Second fish took the treble and left the Diawa split ring pulled apart . Never happened to me before yes I’ve had trebles with one bit  broken off never had the entire treble gone !

anyone else 

I have used plastics and hardbodies. What gets to me is being told only use motor oil when I ask what do you use when that stops working their answer it’s you it doesn’t stop working . I’m afraid I found it did stop working so I adapted and tried different Zman colours was using grubs . Stopped changed to Zman slim swims . Then I went back to hardbodies been using double clutches for years I find these great cast pretty well . One thing I look for in hardbodies is distance when casting and lures with red eyes ( I have lures with and without red eyes). Sometimes distance doesn’t matter but if the fish won’t hit any lure nothing helps .

from me try anything and everything you can 

5 hours ago, Knackers said:

I have always been told new moon leading up to full moon, or more specifically three days leading up to full moon. Also mostly fish west/far west coast.

Seeing as I just fish when I have the time, but would like to target better in the future, what is the consensus? I know they go nuts when the barometer drops quickly.

I’m probably the worst fisher to talk about Mulloway . I’ve caught three in total from 26 cm to 40cm then lost a bigger one . I can’t recall the moon or tide . All I can tell you it was 6.55 am four February mornings at the Pat . Bait fish were everywhere and these great bream by catch took the bream lures on bream gear . I had no idea they were there but they were hungry things . But it was way back in 2014.

cheers 

Micky 

8 hours ago, Meppstas said:

I reckon I am a bit older than you Mickyj,,   I'm 73 years old mate..

cheers

Adrian

Slightly

On 26/08/2019 at 9:45 PM, Meppstas said:

That's one beautiful size reddie & in great condition too..  I used to catch some large ones like that many years ago in the lower Torrens River in the Underdale area.. probably full of carp now days.. Finniss River used to hold some decent ones back then too...

cheers

Adrian

Adrian you must be older than me . Underdale was carp when I was young but a rep that would call into my job would tell me stories of Redfin there . 

44 minutes ago, SurfcaztR said:

Best to avoid the politics and just enjoy the fishing Micky,plenty of keyboard worriers out there pushing some agenda 

Good idea 

I don’t wish to upset anyone . But I noticed on Facebook Rec fishers ranting about recreational fishers and snapper fishing . Something to do with recreational fishers taking all the snapper .

Me being me I said I’m landbased how is that killing snapper numbers . Their answer they steal your spots . Me being me I said how can me catching bream in the Pat affect snapper numbers in this state the answer I got they eat the fish . Me again if you wanna eat Bream from the Pat go ahead . Guess someone in Rec fishers had a cross to bare .

1 hour ago, Tinker said:

Not my neck of the woods mate but I might be able to help.

Bream love live bloodworms and it doesn't matter where you fish they go nuts for them.

Try find someone that still has them otherwise you might be better off chucking some lures at them.

And you need to know where to find them to do this.

Bream can be very fussy and shut down a bit this time of year but in a month or two they will start heading upstream to spawn but this also starts getting into the closed season for targeting them up there.

Your best bet might be to target sea run bream further down the Onk mouth and fishing there will get you other species as extras.

Been using weedless Z-man grubs with TT snakelock jigheads which help cover distance when you use 1/8th weights or more and they don't foul up or snag easily.

Bream chase grubs right up to the rod but take a few colours to use til you figure out what pins them.

Good luck.

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If you use plastics like grubs or  slim swimz ect do not just use one colour because bream will take more than just motor oil .

hardbodies years ago I learned what worked in the Pat didn’t always work in west lakes vice a versa as well . Or last year I bought a dark green hardbody matches almost a plastics colour nothing would touch it in west lakes but the Pat first fish to take I bream . I bought the same lure in grey bream STs and mullet in the Pat just mullet in west lakes 

guess what I’m saying is experimenting with lure colours can help 

Tinker is spot on with lures go slow slow and slower and pause .

if it helps I count to four in my head wind once or twice pause count four repeat .

what I’ve learnt in winter in west lakes yes I caught one winter bream go deeper water . 

Unless your using bait watched a west lakes bait fisher get four over 30 with mince meat on a west lakes beach .

you might get luckier in warmer weather but I don’t fish the onk

Whiting at north haven brings back memories of my bait fishing days . I used to sit on the rocks and catch whiting .

41 minutes ago, vogon said:

I hope you get better soon, I hear Vertigo can be a bastaard of a thing.

Havent had a chance to try out any of the advice, feeling a bit better but the cold air sets me off so patiently I wait

Vertigo is a mongrel as is infected sinuses but I’ve suffered head spins in the past from my brain injury 6 fractures right side of my head it’s just the right side of my sinus which is improving. Hopefully I’ll get out tomorrow not to fish I’m afraid .

now I think you bought the black one in the 75 size that’s a very good colour I’ve caught a fair few fish with that colour in the smaller size and something big broke that off I’ve replaced it in the smaller size 

hope you land a few salmon in this weather 

Ok seeing I was mentioned lol . I’m sick as a dog this week vertigo and infection so not leaving the house yet . Good question to ask simply the easiest way to use a double clutch that hardbody tragic reminded me once . Retrieve very slowly then slow it down even more . Yep so either one or two slow turns or retrieve of the reel then pause and a twitch . Twitches will sometimes work well and at sometime won’t attract the fish . I saw the post about moving the double clutch fast for salmon yes that works as does slowly but honestly if salmon are on the bite they will hit a lure once it hits the water . Like the slow retrieve a oldie I know from the Pat a bait fisher reminded me to always hit baitfish schools . Another thing I needed to remember after my injury . Now while it’s great not every bait school holds predators but they do .

With double clutches I’ve landed more on the 65 used more of those but I now have 4 in the 75 m . None with red eyes for some reason lately red eyes are great but not always .

what everyone tells you should work on all sinking lures .

colours that’s been a thing I’ve been big on since I took up hardbodies some colours work everywhere some work great in west lakes some work great in the Pat 

as an example I bought an olive green DC 65 last winter as I was landing salmon on everything I chucked at them in west lakes . I bought it as it was like a plastic colour I was using in Zman slim swim . End result nothing would touch it in west lakes but bream and STs loved it in the Pat . And with that $10 voucher from anaconda a$15 dc cost me $5 . It’s grey and white iirc first four fish in the Pat bream then STs and mullet loved it go to west lakes one mullet .

ok I guess I’ve rambled enough 

but you can use the things people have posted on all diving hardbodies 

cheers 

micky 

Your a few years to late for me to help you . I was a crap fly tyer but my flies caught bream and salmon trout .. it took me two months to catch my first bream then better fly  fishers helped me . Me I went and went and went and just went totally using flies. I never fly fished in the fresh . But if you live near West lakes try every beach that you can fish at that's what I did . You need sinking line for sinking flies . Or if you find Whiting Popper flies you need a floating line . 

Good luck

Don't do any other Style of fishing when you fly fish and keep moving . And I was using a 6 wt .

1 hour ago, SurfcaztR said:

I was referring to 4000/5000 size depending on brand,you would get more distance.

But it wouldn't be a huge amount more

That's way too big for me but coming up from a 1000 lots of line

1 minute ago, SurfcaztR said:

If you ever watch the tournament pro's they usually have a reel with the larger spool as the line comes of easier and it allows longer casts.This is where the new LT (light & tough) series reels are becoming more popular

I can back that up after using it . Into the wind was still better with the 300 metre spool. But with it very close to making it to the middle of the Pat.

And I can't get over how smaller the LT 2500 is compared to the first 2500 I used All those years ago .

10 minutes ago, Bait Caster said:

Mickyj, sit at home in front of the TV, or where ever, spend some time winding with the handle and you will have it down in no time. I find when changing from one side to the other, I do it with BC reels with different techniques, they hardest part is the initial few winds combined with a solid hook set. Stick to it and after a while it will be second nature.

Cheers baitcaster it was hard mainly I went to use the right hand after casting .I have in two trips used it left and right . Left two fish right five fish .

What I can say using it casts a lot further than a 1000 size reel

thanks for the advice .

Thanks everyone HBT you were right .

I just tried it on my Sienna then did it on the diawa . All fixed Homer Simpson moment