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haha what an excellent session. i have to get out for a fish already.. yeah those groper are really something.. i went to the entrance with my mate for a day trip of fishing - i had a baitrunner 6500 spooled with 50lb braid, i had a whole crab on and was going for this big 1+ plus bluey that we'd regularly see in our spot x. safe to say i hooked up with the bastard and he ran so hard that i thought he was going to burn my reel out, and then PING.. line snapped ended in about 5 seconds, good thing too because he felt like he was going to pull me in. couldn't believe it. going back there with 100lb line and wire trace next time. going to land that fish.

mate im second on the fireblood. havent used one properly but that is the one id be getting if i had the money for a 1000$ kingy outfit still saving for one in the summer..

rock fishing isnt my thing. i had a few sessions with some mates and between the lost tackle, difficult casts, weather and condition sensitivity, rock cod (bastards have swallow so many of my hooks) and risks i definitely prefer other styles/areas. by the end of it i was getting the hang of it, i suggest you use a 10ft+ rod so you can get you bait out, i suggest mono and fairly heavy line because snags are really a pain in the ass. with heavier line you'll be able to give it a bit more before it breaks. i was using 20lb. id really suggest using floats, id say with sinkers id lose my tackle about 1/6th of the time. with floats it was alot less. its alot of fun if you have a great spot. good luck

thats a monster. well done on 6kg line. between this giant flatty and that massive jew pulled on light line im feeling insecure about my fishing skills with all the bream that i manage to lose on 8lb

thats a beautiful boat looks like a great days fishing. makes me wish i had a boat!!

i love braid but i dont love the tangles i get. recently switched over to mono for all my beach stuff, or whenever im near sand. really prefer it. that said with a bit of care - either one works just fine.

mate i've used one and its a wonderful reel. whenever i borrow my cousins one that is. its a 6500 and i definitely like it. i am looking into picking one up when i can afford it.

i also have found that ive been able to get squid regularly without any leader. just tie my braid straight onto the jig. im more curious about what knots everyone uses to tie braid to their jigs? i personally use the half blood, i find thought it slips pretty easily..

thats insane catching that on 6lb

today i finished work early so i got myself to tackleworld in drummoyne to drop a rod off for repair, i walked into the shop and i see on sale signs everywhere. someone told me the Berkley dropshots were on sale so i had to have a look - picked up a 6'6 1pc 1-3kg for 50$ and paired it with a 40$ shimano slade (also on sale), spooled it with 4lb mono, picked up prawns and lures lost since last visit and was ready to go. wind was blowing a little and the rain was very very light, thought i'd go over the bridge to balmain and give it a shot at mort bay. went down towards the structure inside the bay away from the ferry wharf. had a bunch of rods in the car but i only took the berkley and starlo/sienna with 8pd braid. rigged up and dropped in two prawns straight down near the plyons. im having a look around and i heard the ZZZZZing sound of my drag. its the new rod going off.. not even 5 minutes in the water and its already bending in half leaning against the railing. i picked it up and adjusted my drag, i felt like i was going to break the thing. i was cursing myself for asking for a size 1000 reel with 4lb.. why oh why.. regardless i started fighting it, it managed to take about half the line off my bloody reel. eventually it stopped running around the bay and just felt like dead weight. reallllly heavy. i started lifting the rod and reeling in, lift and reel, after about 3 of those it just went apeshit. snapped me off at the swivel. no idea what it was. i was so excited i call my mate to come and have a fish. it was 1pm and i arrived at the highest point of tide i think. i stayed till 6pm, i had another huge run but i pulled the hook. i got a ton of jackets, i managed to catch a toadfish.. and i had a big red crab try and munch my prawn, it wouldnt let go. i thought i had an occy or something as i was pulling it up. i got it to the surface and wasnt sure what to do. i fumbled around with my camera phone and managed to annoy the crab in the process and it fell back down. it was rather large and it was red. no like the other crabs i've seen. tried for squid for a bit, no go. didnt see any trevs or bream. very frustrating. wish i'd taken burley and bread - and taken my 20lb gear out of the car and cast out just incase. regardless, i love the new rod and it was a fun day. i still have to take it out a few more times and push it around till i can figure out how much pressure 4lb can take. im enjoying light gear.

really?! thames street wharf? i couldnt get a single bite there last time i went. i couldnt lose a single bait for like 4 hours! how heavy was the line were you got busted off on? maybe i should head back

that PJ is always there... i feel terrible for him, you would've thought he'd learn his lesson by now. hopefully ill be able to get out tonight for a fish at balmoral.. would you believe last week people were pulling out 40cm bream around the wharf? i didnt believe it either until the guy showed me pictures on his phone with him holding the damn fish in his hands.

haha that looks like a lot of fun maybe i should hire a tinny next time i go fishing..

whats going on guys. i love to hit up the entrance with my good mate for a nice long 14 hour fishing session whenever we both can get time off work on the weekend, whenever we go we have a crazy time. we have a few secret spots - our favorite spot which always produces for us, albeit not so great sometimes but hey cant complain! anyway just some info -rock near the shore, lots of rocky structure -no swell/breaks/not a dangerous spot, simply a rock on the edge of a beach you can walk to and cross the water to -reef like structure around, some seaweed, lots of rock structure. -water is very clear, seems quite deep (3-6meters in some spots) now theres this fat elusive blue groper. hes a big one. i've hooked him up twice and lured him out. the story is that we were sitting on our rock, its a few meters out of the water and you can drop the bait straight down and see the fish going for the bait and swimming around it. very visual fishing we saw something huge come out and take a swallow my prawn, it was at least a meter long, fat and blue - i went crazy and got completely steamrolled by this fish. i had 8pound braid and this fish is about 1.2meters long. it didnt even spook the fish, it just swam away all chilled. second run it, same thing on 8lb again.. different day though third run, same thing on 12lb but this time on a tiny blade lure, i RIPPED my lure out of the water (i was just playing with the little bait fish and cool looking small ones where i could see them when this huge groper came out of nowhere and went for it) the blade flew right out of the water, i wasnt losing a lure to that fish anyway im going back prepared this time. i have a 8-10kg rod with 20lb mono on it but im afraid im either going to get pulled in by this fish or i still will just get bricked by it. is 20lb mono strong enough? keep in mind it can swim UNDER the rock im fishing off and theres plenty of structure around. also i was told that catching fresh crab with a fork tied to a stick then putting it on a 4/0 hook and dropped it to the bottom would hook me up to a groper immediately? i can borrow a stronger rod from my cousins, they have many, many rods.. i just want to be prepared. that fish is always there, i want to catch it. i think ill put him back though. i dont know what im going to do with a 20kg blue groper if i keep it :\

just keep dropping bread in, move into the lit part where there is some visibility of the water. you should see them moving around under the bread. i like to watch them swim around my line. i was so bored and me and my mate were so lacking in fish that we turned the drag all the way down and tried to fight the fish. they fight pretty hard. we havent caught shit in forever. i was considering getting one of my old 1-3kg rods and reels spooled with the lowest pound line(do they even make 1/2pound line?) i can find and just chase yellowtail all day