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Hey Trevor nice to meet you mate. Was a great day and I've got to say I think it's first time Royce hasn't landed the 1st fish....

Aside from the fact that the alvey will outlas me !!! there are so many other reasons to fish with them off the rocks, - when I am fishing with a float it is by far the easiest way to give or retrieve line allowing the bait to look natural in the water - even when fishing the bottom I still give and retrieve line - total control of the drag (my palm) instantly lock or release - not to mention when I started fishing the rocks I did start using a threadline and in just 6 months in simply fell apart.

it ended being 3.5kg....

I use a snyder mt7144 and alvey 625b spooled with 20lb mono

Nathan I use 20lb line, and I know guys who use 30lb dont think you could stop the big boys on 10lb. I use bread for burley and peeled banana prawns as bait. My rig is a small 0 or 00 sinker straight to a 1/0 strong hook. I burley consistently and even use bread for bait at times. depending on the spot I also use a bobby cork at times. setup: Snyder mt7144 Alvey 625b

well done, and a great feed...

great catch, great feed well done !!! I find myslef targeting drummer and blackfish exclusively now....

went out in rather flat conditions in the eastern suburbs yesterday, didnt think there would be much action as it was hard to find any good wash. battled the winds, used bread for burley and prawns as bait. started slow then got a couple bream a leather and then!! smash got busted off big time. I rigged up and wasnt going to make the same mistake twice, I get onto what I knew was a big fish, it tried to reef me 3 times and rather than try and yank it out I gave it line and patiently fought till it tired, finally a 55cm monster floated to the top allowing me to wash him onto the rocks. what a thrill....

burley was bread and used prawn, (fresh) as bait, they were a great fight... I always bleed both luderick and pigs but I was told recently that it doesnt make a difference ? I dont take chances anyway and let me say they were great eating.

I've been doing quite a bit of luderick fishing lately so I was keen to get into some drummer. Set out last Friday the swell was crazy so we fished a spot at the edge of a beach instead of out the front as usual. (northern beaches). What a day!!! the swell was so bad the fish had come in to get out of it. ended up with 5 in the bag and on one of my casts I missed the spot and ended up drifting toward the shore, what I though was a snag ended being a flattie. I also got busted off twice by some serious fish.

well done boys... mind you I hate it when I miss out on the action.

I was fishing with LA at Lady Jane and actually spotted the helicopters hovering, but the swell was so big I didnt imagine that anyone would be that stupid to fish there in those conditions. I feel for the families but at some point we have to be left to pay the price of our own choices we are over-policed as it is, in every area of our lives....

Great catch, I fished Wednesday and ended up fishing a depth of about 1m as well before I could get a down. If you don't mind me asking what was the general area you were at, no need to be specific.

well done and great job releasing her back...

heres the photo