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g'day gdk I've got a couple of the old spinfishers 750ss and 850ss the American reels were made with stainless and machined brass pinion and main cog, very good quality. the firm was bought by Jarvis walker and the cogs are now made from die cast, cheep and nasty and not so durable. The old reels are durable and I have been submersing mine in salt water for years while out lure tossing (still have to clean and re grease them after each use in salt). I had to buy the last one on the internet it was second hand but like new still going strong.

Yeah I've got a sunbeam great thing for meat, fish and bait. plastic is expensive but you can reuse bags after for the bait etc. they reckon you can get 2 years for fish in the freezer. great

Nice hammer Bloke

POM, Prisoner Of her Majesty. A bit of trivia

Sorry, what was the question again?

What a pleasant surprise Ranger. When I opened your post I thought there was going to be a book to read, instead there was some beauty! and few words cheers and have a good xmas folksAlways fishing OSD

Think we should call you TopKat after that story and pic.

mungrels

Good link Bloke

If you want to vote for the one of the major party's you can still do it just put the shooter and fisher party first and the major party second by filling out all the boxes below the line like weaver said. Come on people get behind our sports and put the 'Green party' absolute last on both forms

Good on you voogoofish, thanks for sharing.

osd wrote:Huge fish cal, I wonder how they weighed it?hey, its definatley a massive fish.apparently it was an estimate. that a mulloway or kob at that lenght in cm weighs so much

Yeah I was thinking estimate

Huge fish cal, I wonder how they weighed it?

Luke and his bronzie at salt creek

Yeah, I keep any new spots to myself now, even if you get them to swear secrecy, they get lazy and only fish the spots you show them and they don't ever seem give any new spots your way. I have lost count of how many times I have gone to my usual spots only to find one of my mates (Usually with different people every time) sitting near or sometimes right on the mark! I've put a lot of fishing time in to find productive grounds and I reckon people should understand by abiding by rules of the skipper. Not anymore though.

Hi Gaffer The whole thing about cockle footprint was tongue in cheek.I was really having a go at to new rules, it seems like the fisheries take a knee jerk reaction and put in smaller bag limits as a "precautionary" measure, and I wonder if the cockles are under threat or they are just pandering to a growing food industry in an attempt to make more money somehow? Who's interest is it in to close rec cockling on the south side of the mouth? What was the total recreational catch of cockles in the previous year to the ban on the south side of the mouth? If you look at the distance to get there and previous bag of 600 I think it would have been a drop in the ocean. As for carbon causing climate change, I'm a bit of a skeptic, the world Eco system is complex. I agree our leaders shouldn't go jumping into any long term agreements and throwing bucket loads of money at it without thorough research and public support. cheers OSD

Hi Gaffer The whole thing about cockle footprint was tongue in cheek.I was really having a go at to new rules, it seems like the fisheries take a knee jerk reaction and put in smaller bag limits as a "precautionary" measure, and I wonder if the cockles are under threat or they are just pandering to a growing food industry in an attempt to make more money somehow? Who's interest is it in to close rec cockling on the south side of the mouth? What was the total recreational catch of cockles in the previous year to the ban on the south side of the mouth? If you look at the distance to get there and previous bag of 600 I think it would have been a drop in the ocean. As for carbon causing climate change, I'm a bit of a skeptic, the world Eco system is complex. I agree our leaders shouldn't go jumping into any long term agreements and throwing bucket loads of money at it without thorough research and public support. cheers OSD

Top stuff Sandywhiting, good to see you getting into it.OSD

Hi I was thinking with the introduction of smaller bag limits for cockles planned in the future. How is this going to effect effort, energy and carbon outputs? The way I see it it will take twice as much carbon to obtain the same amount of bait eg 600 to 300 or one trip from where ever the cockler comes from, to two trips. So my rational is not only will it cost more from the petrol pump but what environmental cost will that humble little cockle have?

I'd like to be able to help Carps but I haven't really tried yet. It does make me think you've answered part of your question yourself though. The sharks seem to come in at night as they are scavengers I reckon, also there are a lot of captures over the years by ballooning off jetty's so I'm thinking they're not far out, plus we've seen one returning to sea at sun up (few hundred metres out)Big baits big fish?good luck Bill

I'd like to be able to help Carps but I haven't really tried yet. It does make me think you've answered part of your question yourself though. The sharks seem to come in at night as they are scavengers I reckon, also there are a lot of captures over the years by ballooning off jetty's so I'm thinking they're not far out, plus we've seen one returning to sea at sun up (few hundred metres out)Big baits big fish?good luck Bill

Thanks for the link Brenton. Looks like a good resource. Bill

Looks like a proud and happy little fella.Good stuff

Hi vb4me I'll see if there is a crab box still surviving out back,if there is I'll take a photo. The dowel idea sounds like a winner Cal

Here is an idea of mine To help sort and preserve crabs. The reason I came up with this is seeing so many people putting every crab in the tub and sorting later (usually the crabs die after being exposed to the sun and fighting) and having the tub blow over and losing most of the catch. 1/ All you do is get two broccoli boxes with lids 2/ join them together side by side long ways 3/ hinge one lid on the out side and put a simple catch on closing side 'inside'(a bit of velcro or elastic would do) 4/ leave the other side open 5/ attach a tow strap completely around the whole lot and tie in a crab measure 6/ put a couple of bottles of ice in the lockable side Now comes the easy part catching the crabs. when you rake one up simply put it in the uncovered side measure and if legal put two size 32 rubber bands around the claws now the crab is immobilized put in the side with a lid and ice bottles, by doing this the crabs wont fight and tangle with each other and with stay fresh after a long crabbing session in the heat. remember it is only made of foam so treat it carefully. If you decide to try this method I think you will like it, maybe a bit feed back and results/pics would be good.cheers osd

hi rod star I run a 750ss and a 850ss on a snyder ft4120 with 60 lb braid and it works well and has accounted for many mulloway and sharks (and some massive rafts of weed), some of the time the reels have been completely submerged in saltwater while lure fishing. The thing is if you do go lure tossing in the water make sure it is the older model spinfisher because when jarvis walker took over the company they cheapened the reel by putting die cast cogs inside (these cogs will corrode big time in salt), the older reels have machined brass pinion gears and stand up to harsher treatment. Still if you submerse the reel make sure you strip it down each time. I forget the brand of the braid. hope this helps Bill