SiNH
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I use that length for casting lures, plastics etc mainly.
I think dpham is referring to fishing with deadbait. Having any leader over 1m attached to the swivel will make casting near impossible I would think.
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There was no way we could have plug up the bungs and bailed water out because the boat was already in deep water and it wasnt possible to reach the bung holes within the boat without going into the drink.
It was an eventful night indeed and looking back we can laugh at it, but at the time it could have gone either way for the boat due to the delay we had to wait for the other boat ahead of us to get out of the way do we could drive the trailer down the ramp.
It really sux BIG time to have a good mate with a new boat and I suffer badly from motion sickness! spewing!!!!!! in both sense of context!
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I didnt even know there was fish in Bents Basin.
Might need to check it out soon, did you use soft plastics or hard bodied?
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Just wondering though, I came across a couple of sites on the internet and its led me to believe that the water quality in the dam isnt great for fish consumption?
Since some of you have been there recently, what is your take on this water quality?
More so would taking redfins home for the table a good idea?
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Just wondering since I have never been to Manly Dam before.
Is it a good location for landbased lure fishing there? or is it better fished from a boat?
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Excellent! excellent! info.
Yeah carp thing is going to be a pain. If I catch one I cant throw it back hmmms so I was trying to avoid it.
Yeah so Ill just persist witht he worms then, Ill dig them out of the garden at home in that case.
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Thanks for that. Interesting indeed.
Just wondering though, these posts seems to catching redfins with lures, I was intending on putting a garden worm on a hook and wait for a redfin or yellow belly to take it.
Will these perch species only take lures and I might be wasting my time?
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Hi all,
Can anyone please answer this?
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Hi Guys,
Was planning on taking the missus to Canberra on the weekend for some fishing in Lake Burley Griffin.
Was wondering if anyone can give us a heads up on the fishing in the lake at this time of the year. We are going to be targeting anything besides carp in the lake.
Are the redfins still in existent in the lake and are they able to be caught at this time of year?
Was planning on putting garden worms on a hook and casting as far out as possible in the lake, is this the correct way to fish for this species? or are they usually close to the banks?
What other baits can I use? my missus dont want to touch worms hehehe.
Was thinking of fishing behind the boat club on the stone wall. Has this location been known to produced before?
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I was up there landbased during the 2nd week of January.
Was heading towards the start of the breakwall, about 100m along the dirt road we started fishing ( since I didnt take my 4WD we couldnt proceed further ).
Was there and started to fish right near where we parked and got non stop bites of mostly breams, most were legal in size.
Was speaking to a guy who was walking up and down the breakwall with live bait and I asked him what he was targeting, and he replied flathead. Not even 10mins later he gives me a yell and I looked and saw him land a massive flattie on live bait, would have hit around the 65cm mark easily.
Walked up the breakwall and witnessed 2 guys helping another guy land a massive 1m jewie.
We managed to take back 3x30cmish breams, 2xking george whiting ( 36cm and 37cm ) back to the caravan park. Had 2 busts off from soapie jews, cant tell the exact size but would have been around the 45cm mark, too fast a run out tide and 10lb line was not heavy enough to land the soapies.
Didnt bother posting a report due to not having any pictures.
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Thanks guys, you've been very helpful.
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Hi All,
I was wondering if someone can tell me how to get the breakwall at South West Rocks.
Im looking at maps via google and it doesnt show me where the breakwall is.
Would anyone be able to tell me what street its on? or better still provide a map?
I have never been to the area before and will be fishing landbased so besides the breakwall where else can a newbie try his luck?
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Thanks guys,
Can’t say that I have tried haddon sonars Haraka, actually I’m not sure what they are? A friend of mine that goes fishing with me, had some kind of vertical lures from Finland, that he acquired some time ago, they were strange looking but had a Redfin on the packet, and he did catch a fish on it as well.
I would be surprised if reddies went for a prawn, like Mondo said, they are not that way inclined, you never know? I guess they look sort of like yabbies?
Mondo is right, some of the larger Reddies have been caught on live yabbies, I personally have had little luck using this type of bait.
However over some time now, I had the opportunity to experiment with quiet a few baits on Red Fin and they are:
Hard body lures, around 50 to 70 mm long, medium bib to about 2 to 3 meters, work well when trolling (1st gear on the Minn Kota) or casting in to the bank and slowly retrieving with a slight pulse. Most of the lures I use are of some kind of red or brown colour.
Garden or compost worms on a Paternoster rig, just drop them over and wait. Bit boring but works.
Soft plastics – by far my favourite, again around the 2 to 3 inch in reds and browns on a 1/8 jig head, preferably with a weedless guard on the hook, trolling works but I like to either cast out and let sink to the bottom, retrieve with a 2 or 3 gentle pulses and pause to allow the SP to drop again, or just plonk it over the edge (boat) and lift around 0.5 to 1 meter of the bottom and jig up and down. Currently my favourite SP is a 2 inch GULP in pumpkin seed colour, the fish love it so much that you can actually feel them munching on it!, its incredible, just like fishing for salt water species! All of the reddies in the above photo were caught using such GULP.
Red fin move in large schools, so its very common to fight with your fishing mate over the landing net when frequent double and triple hook-up occur. Find a trough in the lake or river and work the “banks” of it, a 7 to 8 m trough with a 5m bank seams to work best.
Also, weed beds are very productive around 5 to 6m deep, casting in to the reeds and retrieving is another grate way to catch them.
I have been fishing on the lake at times where I have tried everything as far as lures are concerned, just to be out done by fishermen on the banks with worms, there are days when they jump out of the water to get the lure or when you are reeling in and a school of reddies (40 to 60 of them) chase the lure all the way to the boat.
A hand full of burley in the area you are fishing is also good.
I will try to take some pictures of the lures and post them tomorrow.
Red Fin are a fantastic fresh water eating fish, my favourite by far, and a good fun to catch.
Hope you are up for some reddies on Saturday arvo Mondo!
Thank you for that fantastic effort putting it all down in writing.
I will bring along my 2" gulps in various colours and go digging in the garden for some worms before I head out from Sydney.
Grebbo you got me itching to fish the lake, never fished there before and Im coming from all the way from Liverpool for a day trip just to try out my luck.
I wish I could head out there this weekend
but the other half already has other plans. Can you tell me if there are people fishing there lately? since Im not local I figured if there are locals fishing there then I would fish near them without invading their space. Its bad to arrive at a new location and find no one fishing, either theres no fish in the area or you are stuck all day trying to find a fruitful spot ( not good idea if you are only there for the day ).
Silly question considering its a lake, but just for confirmation the lake isnt affected by high tides and low tides right?
So if I soak some worms I dont need to cast the line trying to hit the middle of the lake? an average of about a 20m cast should suffice?
Also any tips for locations for a landbased newbie?
Sorry for the newbie questions, just wanted to increase my chances of taking home a feed after a long drive there and back.
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Just a question.
Are you able to soak bait for these species? if so will they take prawns?
Plastics Im thinking grub tails on a slow retrieve?
If you wouldnt mind sharing your tackle and bait info with us?
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Red rock cod are great eating, but the pic you have posted looks very much like a wirrah which are crap...... I was talked into trying some by a mate with no tastebuds and still regret it!
Hmmms you may be right.
I googled and found this pic. This looks like it to me if memory recalls.
This is the source of my original drawing of the " rock cod " hence me refering it to the rock cod.
http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/fishweb/2446.html
So I dont know what it is now.
It was a very dark brown colour, almost a dark terracotta colour ( red ) with the black patches. Looks pretty much identical to the one in the drawing.
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Thanks guys, and to think the MANY MANY numbers I have thrown back as thinking they were " garbage " fish.
Hmmms poor man's lobster ehs? hmmms yum! I like the sound of that.
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Hi All,
I was wondering if it was OK to eat rock cod?
The reason I am asking is because every now and then I would go rock fishing and dont seem to catch anything home for the table but am always seemed to be pestered by these rock cods and they are of a decent size.
Anyways they look scarey and reminds me of a stone fish and have been weary of eating these fishes.
Are they poisonous? they look poisonous to me but I thought I would ask incase I hookup a decent size on the next trip?
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Is it just me or doe that picture makes you physically sick too? Im sure it must me just me hehe.
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stuff using occies for bait, they taste awesome!
I can never tell which occies are able to be eaten from the ones that can bite and sting me to death so I just leave them all alone.
I buy all my occies at the fish shop hehehe. Paranoia gets ahold of me.
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I dont know if this is real or not but if it is,......man!!!!
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Oh it is that bad, I regret paying $20 for my copy.
Trust me you dont want it.
Gus is the most annoying fishing presenter to date.
How could they get an american presenting in an australian production? His accent and repetitive phrases annoyed the hell outta me.
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Heading to Windang beach soon.
Do you still need to use a massive surf rod then if you are targetting these bread and butter fishes? I guess you would need it for distance casting factor?
I was hoping to catch tailors and salmons actually. Hmmms just unfortunately my weekend plans doesnt coincides with this weekend's high tide periods
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I am about to try beach fishing very soon, never been beach fishing before so I have no idea what to do or expect. Ill just wing it I suppose.
This forum has been wonderful to provide me with starter points.
I wanted to ask fellow raiders if it matters wether high tide or low tide makes a difference in catching something or just wasting my time?
I know best time to fish in any body of water is during the high tide and low tide runs but sometimes this isnt possible for one reason or another.
If my plans pans out I shall be beach fishing in a couple of days, however it will be around 2pm on the low tide.
Would I be wasting my time or as long as I can cast into the gutters I have every chance to pull something in?
I know in estuaries and lakes you would barely be able to get nibbles on the low tides, but I was hoping fishing on the beaches would not be the same circumstances?
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That bridge is near the airport right?
but the other half already has other plans. 
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Well I guess its better than going to work? ;P
Tight lines buddy.