Mickyj

im sorry if my replies are slow im not getting email notifications well i do they go to spam 

Hoping to flick a lure friday morning 

19 hours ago, Territory Lad said:

Sounds like a great little wand that Micky.

Thanks it’s certainly different and grey in colour so light to hold

1 hour ago, MIKECATTS said:

Yep I agree.. Ive set up markers on my property.. I have 1 hector.... have practised to get the best cast... Ive found it goes further if the leader to braid knot is past the last eye... But tends to ware out the braid.. I use FG knots.. With knot before eye.. about 30-40metres.. 

I use super thin 6lb braid/12lb leader... The thinnest braid I can find... and making sure the braid on the spool isnt to full. A little wind behind also helps .. with no wind or very little I still can get easily 40-45 metres consistently.. using 2-6lb rod.. not as good with the 4-8lb rod around the 30 metres... same reals... I set up the two with identical braid/leader/reel/4.5g lure (no hooks).

I tend to keep the lure in a over head straight flat cast, rather than a over head lob or round house... The light rod whips it out no probs.. Dont need much effort to cast.. can do it all day.

I try and keep the knot right on the last eye when casting now, with about 2 feet of leader. Taken me a while and 100's of casts to get it right... My FG knot has 40 first wraps, then 10 second then 10 to finish.. Its a longer know but its easier to sit on the last eye..

My lite 2-6lb Diawa rod doesnt do as good/feel right..... I prefer the Samaki any day.. 

 

You do better than me I started lure fishing after saltwater fly fishing 10 years ago the Diawa aird rod was the first one I used . The 2-4 kilos I’ve been using weren’t cutting it for me the savage travel. rod was great over the other two rods until one of the eyes fell off .

i have used diawa aird 2500 back when they were massive I’ve used shimano  sienna 1000 and my shimano 750 now with a smaller 2500 .

the aird was much lighter than the 2-4 kilos plus would cast the smaller light weight lures . Once I have my first cast with this diawa 1-3 hyper rod I’ll try the smaller reels that was my dream back in 2015 before my head injury .

lets be honest the shop person tried to take me for a ride I should’ve known it was a bait rod like a broom stick .

i wanted a lighter rod my dream catch bigger fish on smaller reels I’ll get back to it pretty sure the 750 and maybe the 1000 have landed me 38 cm bream the old aird got me bream and mullieway

22 minutes ago, HB tragic said:

You should have a little fun with that. Imagine a 1000 or a 750 on it.  Regards, HBt.

Let me get used to it one of those reels needs new line . But I was thinking the same thing myself . Hopefully this rod will flick some smaller lures better than the 2-4 kilo and longer than the aird did . I think I have a some lures a great fisherman gave me time will tell 

Ok a little update . The 2-4 kilo rod I bought like a broomstick was returned to where I bought it . Replaced it with a Diawa Hyper 1-3 kilo 7 ft 2 piece hopefully I’ll have a flick this week .

Ok it’s not worth writing a fishing report . Saturday was a donut morning at west lakes flicking around a tiny Aus tackle black lure I’ve landed bream on in the past . Sunday I hit the northern end of the local third cast with a eco gear 30 something lost a 20 cm ST. The ecogear was gold black orange belly red eyes . Nothing else hit the steps but to much weed . Was a donut but finally I could cast a tiny ecogear lure and get interest .

Ok went for a quick flick in the Pat 6.15 to 7.20 
No fish I saw tiny bait fish no hits caught lots of weed 
Now the 6ft 6 aird I used my Diawa exceler 2500 why did I stop using this rod same cast lengths and so light to hold 

Here’s a picture of what the rod says no idea why I thought it was 2-4 kilo may have got it 10 years ago 

1 hour ago, Softy said:

All my Bream rods are 2-4kg I have no issues with it. In saying that i've never had a 1-3kg

I thought this one was 2-4 I assumed all my rods were . The 2-4 kilo I bought last week seems like it’s not for lures even though it says it can be used . The length of casts isn’t  great . The 1-3 kilo I caught bream on with a diawa Aird 2500 years and years ago my LT exist is 2500 and smaller . 

Last weeks rod seems more solid and the base is not like all the other rods I own they are smaller in length while the newer rod the base is longer 

2 hours ago, HB tragic said:

Hi Micky. Nothing wrong with a 1-3kg rod. If you are using your 2500 reel on it then balance/personal feel will determine which one you might buy. Would be worth taking your reel in and trying it on the rod you plan to buy. Personally I would not be using a 1-3kg any shorter than 7' but thats just my preference. Had a Nitro 1-3kg but sold it as it was just a little tip soft for my liking. Agree whole heartedly with doobie. Never a reason not to spend some retail therapy time on fishing gear. Regards, HBt.

Actually the rod I purchased was 2-4,kilo 7ft 2 pieces just didn’t cast far enough for my liking . The rod I’m thinking of using I just realised by reading it is 1-3 kilo and it was the first Rod I used with hardbodies after coming from fly fishing .

just having casting issues with the 2-4 kilos 

11 minutes ago, doobie said:

What's a better excuse than Fathers Day to buy fishing gear

Oh yeah, Birthday, Christmas and every other day in between

If the rod feels good - do it.

The rod I bought is shit be better for bait 

but my oldest rod feels better and casts better than the last one iirc as I moved onto 2 - 4 kilos 

I bought a cheap rod for Father’s Day 2-4 kilo it’s not good. I wanted a change . Was looking at my rods first one I bought to use lures on was a diawa aird 1-3 kilo caught lots of bream on a aird 2500 with this .

should I take the risk looks good feels good and the 2500 I’m using is smaller than the older diawa models 

18 hours ago, SurfcaztR said:

Any fishing reports MickyJ.? Some better weather coming our way

I have been going out but getting donuts . Hopefully I’ll get out Friday and the weekend 

Ok tried the smaller one this morning . Took me awhile to find some kind of bait fish school well small circles nothing would hit the lure . 

And yes it was cold but warmer than Monday to Wednesday morning waiting outside to start my volunteering job and no fog today

4 minutes ago, Softy said:

I've done alright on the trouties on the phantom double clutch.. No bream tho!

I chose a bad morning it was raining I kept flicking it got really heavy thought I’ll pack up go home . Got back to the car drove off rain stopped  

Tried the double clutch last weekend zip

all going well this week I’ll try the small one in the picture 

After a hospital appointment with my dad all good . I went into TW looking to buy a mat black double clutch. Ended up buying three lures they didn’t have any mat black double clutches I fell to one double clutch I’d be not buying everyone says they are good I’ll try it tomorrow. 

The one I’d like info on the Jackson one any one used this one .

28 minutes ago, yellow door 1 said:

Here it is. Fingerling shad

Cheers on that 

1 hour ago, yellow door 1 said:

It was a “mojiko” one they used to sell at anaconda.  I think mojiko used to rip off river 2seas designs . So it’s probably just a copy of a river2sea. I bought a heap of mojiko a when they had a massive clearance in the Melbourne store

 

ill see if I can find the name when I get home

 

theu used to dive to around a metre or 1.2m

Thanks 

47 minutes ago, yellow door 1 said:

Yeah I’ve got a mate who occasionally eats a mulloway And he says when the bait schools are in, their guts are jam packed with 3 inch skinny bait fish. He said the stomach was like a sausage casing stuffed with tiny bait fish

 

so small lures definitely have their place for mulloway
 

here’s  one I got on a 5cm hb and 8lb leader

Ok what was that HB ?

Winter last year after I bought a Matt black double clutch got told by the tackle shop guy are you fishing at night . Me no I’m chasing bream ect that got a laugh .

so just after buying that one ( I need a new one ) it’s a dodge ride nothing in west lakes. I’m leaving see a small fish jumping cast at it and I can see  the small Mulleways hitting the lure violently feel it to and they ripped the trebles off iirc they got very close in to some steps .

1 hour ago, yellow door 1 said:

Yeah I’d just dropped a mate off on a floating litter trap to collect some tennis balls for his dog.

As I was floating away, I glanced at the sounder and said to my mate “you should see the bait on the sounder!!!!”  

He says have a cast, so I did

one hop of the blade and there was a solid weight.

It was on bream gear, so my mate had to balance awkwardly on a floating litter trap for the next 30 mins

 

Sounds about right not the tennis balls my mullieway have fallen to hardbodies on bream gear only landed three upto 40 cm and lost a bigger on 6 years ago . The Pat was full of bait fish schools . Fourth one would’ve been bigger but spat the lure . The ones I landed spat the lures at me on the land 

8 hours ago, yellow door 1 said:

This fella ate a 4cm blade

God geez 

27 minutes ago, Softy said:

Really?

 

You must have brought one for midgets.  That one on the bottom is tiny!

It looks bigger 

and yes it was 

58 minutes ago, Softy said:

I don't use blades much these days but I have these two in my bream box... Usually catch something on them when I decide to blow the dust of them.



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Much bigger than the tiny one I bought now you got me thinking 

1 hour ago, SurfcaztR said:

Did you buy the 3.2 gram 35mm the smaller one and maybe the 5cm 11gram might have been better the next size up

Cheers next time 

all I saw today at the Pat was a rat chasing my lure next trip back to the lake