Rod

Great video Jimbo, just the shot in the arm needed in this miserable weather.   Speaking of weather, you struck it lucky on that day, absolutely perfect.

Great looking charter boat, some great fish and nice to see someone (you) knows which side to put the reel handle 

I think I will have to put sampson fish on the to do list form my son and I this summer 

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Rod

Wow, very impressive Byorn

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I think much of the area you are talking about would fall in to the marine park no take zone for that area.  Here's a pic, to the right is another no take zone with the yellow bit indicating shore fishing is allowed.   This doesn't apply to the rapid head zone

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Rod

or next year LOL

Congratulations Allroy and kudos to fishing wholesalers

I saw the competition, but by the time I stuffed around finding a pic to change my avatar I forgot why I was doing it and didn't' enter the competition LOL

I'll hiding my own easter eggs this year 

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Rod

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As Kelvin said it's all about where you fish.  I fish deep water, heavy sinkers, often drifting, various fish turn up including gummies and schoolies, then there's the snags.   Loosing quite a few heavy sinkers can really add to the days costs.  This all adds up to 50lb braid and 60 - 80 fluro or wire.  If you drifting out sinker free baits in shallow water you could go a lot less.

Mind you that day about 12 years ago, I caught some over 50cm whiting, the biggest 56cm, then an even bigger one, obviously best ever, right at the side of the boat it did a big head shake and bang went the 10lb line.  So even whiting fishing I tend to ante up somewhat now

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If you want to go trawling for snook, you'll need a setup like this 

If however you want to go trolling for snook, follow the advice above 

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Sanders Bank not Saunders

Anyway, well done to the lad, I spoke to him when they came in, he's a good fisherman, said their biggest was around 50kg 

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I recently set about tying leaders on with this knot after watching the various videos but when it came down to it I thought of an easier way (for me anyway).  On my tackle table I have a small vice and wrapped and clamped the braid from the rod in the vice, tightened the line with the reel to put a bend in the rod and then used the method where you wrap the mono around the braid, pulling on it as you go forms the knot and keeps it all really tight.  Very quick as well and very easy on the fingers

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Rod

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Nice looking efforts guys.  I'm also fairly new to smoking, only bought a hark gas smoker last year.  After smoking a couple of batches of tuna I came across a couple of problems doing the largeish tuna steaks.  First getting the fish up to safe eating/storage temperature and second some parts becoming very dry (still ok and good for some uses)

Then a flash of inspiration.  As I was already vacuum packing the smoked tuna I could use the sous vide method (in hot water at a set temp for a set time) to finish off the tuna.  The last couple of batches I brined, then smoked for 20-30mins then sous vide.  It turned out beautiful, nice smoky salty flavour and nice and moist.

I think this combo of cooking could be good for other stuff as well?

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Rod

Hmm interesting, I wonder if this happens with other fish?

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Rod

Jervis not Jarvis 

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25 knots out there, ouch.  Good consistency after that,  We covered a lot of water for little, but those successful times killed the pain 

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Nice pics and nice fish twinpower.  We went out about 5 or 6 times and hit the tuna twice, first time, 3 x 8kg, second time 12, 14, 18 and 20kg x 2.

First time catching tuna for us, but not the first try, very satisfying on many levels, not the least of which it was a bucket list item for me

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Here's my lad with one,  note there's another one on the line on the right

Wow, never seen anything like that before

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Oops, sorry about the spelling error in your name Bjorn.

I occasionally use gmc mulcher that have solely for that purpose, but it I do feel I have to do reasonably large quantities to make the effort worthwhile so something in between could be the go

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Rod

Good effort Byorn, but perhaps you need to man up a bit and use a mulcher 

Meant in the least offensive way of course 

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I've usually used a double uni knot but found it a bit of a pain with a long heavy leader and a tuna on the end.  I'm gunna give that FG not a whirl next summer, thanks Chief

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I haven't made burley much in recent years but when I do, I save up the left over fish guts or in the past I have liaised with a fish shop and got them to fill an esky with fish frames.  Then leave it in the esky to partially thaw, put it through the mulcher and generally in to 2l ice cream containers, but have sometimes used plastic drink containers for small ones to fit in a 90mm pvc burley tube.  Then into vacuum sealer bags (but not vacuumed),   I use some plastic garden mesh for a burley cage and if I think the burley is going to dissipate to quickly I leave it in the plastic and just make some cuts in it.

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Rod

G'dayI bought a gmc garden mulcher for burley chopping, I think it is more suited to this than as a garden mulcher LOLI liaised with local fish shops for offal, have an axe on hand for any large heads, I used flower pots with freezer bags in, blocks come out well due to tapered shape.It all worked ok but in the end I went back to just buying burley blocks. Getting lazy in my old ageI like the idea of the insinkerator with a dedicated sink, probably a little tidiercheersRod