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Good info thanks

good one trevor were you fishing the bread baits under a bobby cork float or a pea sinker running to a hook?

Good catch Trevor.Just wondering why those blackies look so dark is it the camera angle or where they caught upriver which would explain the colour?

I have the same rod matched with a stradic c14 2500 excellent set up even thinking of using the rod for soft plastic jew fishing rated at 3-6kg plenty of power.

Good effort Phil. Can you give me a rundown on your rig sinker weight and the stinger hook set up. Perhaps a photo or diagram .Thanks. PM if more convenient. Cheers Steve.

You are now joining the addicted luderick anglers club,There is no turning back you will be getting downs in your sleep I do anyway.Congratulations and good going on your first attempt

Great spot however the first ledge of the eastern point is a great spot at times they hang of the breaking reef when there is a bit of swell.

Hey Groper I am surprised your mate is holding a large shark in the living room. If I did that she who must be obeyed would shoot me .Well done on the fabulous fishing stuck at work as I type oh the joys of shiftwork .Cheers Steve

Good going Royce and Trevor. Didnt think you would make it out of there have fished there many times years ago .Have you tried the steep descent at Garawarra farm on past occasions now that's a test of fitness. Have seen horses going back up that track gasping for breath the garie track is a piece of cake.Where you fishing the first ledge or the Figure Eights which is the Second major ledge past the beach. Well done .Steve.

Hi Raiders. I currently have a light soft plastics rod pfluger trion 2-4kg spooled up with 6 pound braid for flathead and bream. Recently purchased a shimano sephia squid rod 8 foot 6 rated at 3-6kg this rod can throw up 30 grams of lead no worries. Have already caught a few green eyes with it using 6 kg mono line straight through .My question is can I use this rod for soft plastic fishing for Jew if I run 6kg line through it.Seems to have plenty of power. I know everyone uses braid for soft plastics for sensitivity casting distance etc but what about using say 6kg mono thin diameter attached to say 20 pound leader via the usual knots allbright or surgeon loop.this would be more cost effective than using braid. I know most people would not even dream of using mono however in my squid fishing I catch just as many squid as the braid brigade so I am thinking along the same lines for general fishing .Any opinions would be appreciated.Cheers Steve.

I am pretty sure that fishraider accepts all registrations except yahoo and Hotmail accounts only valid isp such as Telstra iinet optus etc.

Definitely a Tarwhine better eating than bream. What bait were you using?

By the looks of the photo looks like a paternoster rig sinker to the left of the photo. I would say he was fishing Mistral Point which is a high ledge snapper spot very reefy hence the need for this rig,

Hey mr fish time to thank alberto on his choice of spots. I have sent you a PM hope you got it.

you are an awesome fisherman rob would love to have a rockfishing session with you some day. Cheers steve

Great catch yowie. I have observed in all your reports that you don't use any lead how does the rig get to the bottom if there is tidal run ,currents. I would be interested if you could describe your rigs line class, hook sizes. Cheers Steve

Good one Michael good to see you are still hammering the groper down there. Can you tell me if anyone was fishing for blackfish on the day and if so did they catch any? Cheers Steve

The rig I used on this occasion is a running ball sinker lumo bead then swivel and most importantly a short trace around 12 to18 inches max.this is to minimise tangles around the line.12 pound mono. The other rig I use is the paternoster rig bomb sinker and 2 droppers 1st one about a metre up the line and second one around the same distance apart. Length of dropper around 6 inches. As I am using an Alvey dont forget the swivel above the trace to avoid line twist. I find both rigs work really well the latter is good if there is a lot of surge and movement in the sea. Hope this helps.

Hi Raiders. Upon recommendation from a good friend who goes fishing practically all the time and is in the know he suggested that I try one of the more remote northern beaches on Tuesday afternoon frequented hardly by any anglers and from his past results there I thought I should give it a go. Using live beachworms I arrived there around 2.00pm high tide was around 6.00pm and found a suitable gutter. Not a soul to be seen except for a few surfers and the locals going for their walks. The swell was a solid metre that's how I like it from past experience if it is too flat all you get is rays and pest fish.. I was only using about half an ounce of lead as I like to have the bait move around and as there was not too much drift it was the perfect arrangement. Now back to the fishing lets just say I was not disappointed and this outing was one of the best I have had for a long time. First cast if the day produced a bream of around 29cm good start for the day. Second cast produced a flathead of around 39cm great I thought. Maybe I will get my hat trick next cast well I was right up comes up a nice whiting. Didn't want to jinx myself so I went back to my bag and sat down and had a sandwich. Went back to fishing the time was now around 3.00pm and no hits for an hour. I persevered and from 4.00pm and beyond the fish came on with a vengeance with fish biting freely till around 9.00pm and finally gave it away because I had reached my bag limit for whiting. I actually caught 25 whiting so the remainder were released just as well I was using long shank hooks ,and secondly I ran out of bait which hasn't happened for a while. Its good when everything goes to plan for a change. It makes you forget the donut days .Cheers Steve.

Thanks Tony for the info on the toads. Have you been fishing out on the bay of late?

Thanks guys it could be leatherjackets however have never caught one in the area.

You could try Double Bay to the right of the wharf is a a sandy beach have pulled flathead out of there before falling tide only using squidgies and jerk shads.

I am no expert mate but on the occasions I have fished with Craig Magill charter operator he just hooks them through the cape on a 6/0 octopus pattern hook.Hope this helps you.

Hi Raiders.I took advantage of the great weather yesterday afternoon and had a session in the lower harbour's sandy spots with a high tide around 7.00pm I thought it would be worth trying.Got there around 4.00pm and fished till 9.00pm.I was using bloodworms for bait and noticed that on numerous occasions the hooks were bitten off with no bites or movement of the rod tip.At first I thought it was tailor but came to the conclusion that it is probably crabs or toads.Anyway after losing at least 6 hooks I finally started to catch some whiting the fish only bit for a period of two hours around the top of the tide.As the water is very shallow light leaders and minimal lead is necessary as are small shank hooks to allow the fish to swallow the baits.The whiting were around the 29 to 34cm range and the bream and tarwhine were legal fish.Anyway an enjoyable afternoon with a few fish for tea. Cheers Steve