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Cheers buddy, I've already noobed it with the intake positions so might just get a cork and plug it in on the inside when on the move. With the poly 455 there's just nowhere to put and the passenger side has a ladder =( I may get the clear top like you say but that'll have to be custom.

hmm never tried. you can do it manually but putting your finger halfway to the first guide and reel your line through your finger. It's an american innovation that triggers bass bites. Works like magic because ever wind it jerks the lure without you moving your arm. You only need to reel

Spot on! it does drain out hahaha may have to find a cork to plug the inside! first timer lol noobed it

I agree, that's why i palm them off to my best mates =p By the way cheers for the live bait tank ideas finally finished it off. The Tank from sant marine was like made for the poly.

Hi Raiders, Just my 2c worth if any of you guys owning a poly 455 and want a live bait tank but not sure how. Inspired by Dhype (Trung) . Materials - Live bait tank: Sant Marine "FISH BOX LARGE WITH CUTTING BOARD" as it has the a slanted edge which sits neatly with the angle edge at the back of the 455's Pump: Any bilge pump will do preferably 500gph+. My ones an 800gph+ Wedge Foam: An angled grade M polystyrene foam from Clark rubber. It's roughly how much you'll need to put under the tank to wedge it nicely against the back of the poly. Also acts as a shock absorber. Aluminium brackets: From bunnings to horizontally stabilise the bait tank Bungee cord: Whitworths to pull the bait tank down onto the foam. Sounder mount: Whiteworths

Bust ups everywhere just outside of Botany south head. Chase them around until the wind picked up and they went deep. Found a sheltered spot further south and burleyed up some good sized trevally. I suspect there's a few rogue Kings mixed in with them as my favourite lure from japan got smoked and reefed on my first cast cut open stomach found what they were feeding on. Are those baby pilchards? or white bait. By the way how freaking cute is that little squid! Also, if you struggle finding the kings...a well bled trevally sashimi tastes pretty similar i reckon! Weapon of choice - Reel: Stella 4000S Line: 8lb Sunline Leader: 10lb Sunline Rod: Lox 7ft2 snapper Lure: Gillies white bait 10 grams (you'll find it in bcf) Cheat item: Linedancer

wtf there's a stella 1000? omg! need it to complete the set haha

Good stuff man! There are some monsters inside this system. Once we managed to berley up a couple of them i'd say 90cm mark. I got too excited and picked up my 2-5kg stick....needless to say couldn't stop it went straight for an anchor rope..

THAT'S EPIC!!

Cheers! I've seen live baited bonnie once...nearly pissed my pants when the bloke's float went under. Guy had Saltiga 6500, some fancy rod as well, absolutely smoked. He called it the 1m kings that play around there. All you saw was a float swimming towards the horizon

lol! gives you a reason to spend $500 every year on servicing. Well, that's my reason

Hi Butch My mate landed a slightly larger specimen that my one a few months ago, being deprived from sleep and all...he passed the fish to me and i released it straight back into the water hahaha! He still hasn't forgiven me

Hi Buddy, just around the corner from Clifton Gardens

Hi Raiders, Opted for some lazy afternoon fishing in the Harbour with my little bro. Woke up at 12, grabbed some pad thai and headed for the ramps. Launched at 1pm hit our usual spot, and proceeded to berley up with pellets and pilchards. Pretty satisfied with the results! the Trevs were all on 39cm to the fork. Most pleased with the stonker snapper...the girth on this fellow. Has anyone seen snapper caught in the harbour bigger than this one? measured 37.5 to the fork. The fight it put up, i had it for a rat king on it's first run. Line: 6lb Sunline FC Rock Hooks: 1/0 Gamagatsu circles Won't be out on the water for a while as it will be looked after by the boys at Huett's Marine. Needs it's yearly service, although still 3months short of a year from its last service, it's started to play up. Tight Lines Dave

Hey Fellows raiders, Just a quick report as we didn't land any fish of significant proportions to warrant a photo shoot Launched the Poly around 6am and headed to our favourite bream hole in middle harbour where we proceeded to cube up pilchards for anything down in the depths. The bream seemed to be awfully active after the past week of on/off showers. I'm guessing the slightly murky water gets their guard down. 4/6lb Sunline seemed to do the trick. Most of the bream were legal but we weren't after a feed as both of us had no time to clean and gut. What I did notice was the boils sydangler spoke about, followed by an occasional bust up of fleeing bait fish. Somewhere in between all the bream action...we hooked up twice to what I believe were rogue kingies. Pity they both chose the 4lb setup. NO pics as it turned out. Packed up for home by midday. All in all a decent day. Isn't it always? Cheers Tight Lines

Hi Fellow Raiders, A Late report. Adrian and I decided to do some lazy fishing (so we thought). Normally we'd leave my joint around 3:30am to pick up some live bait to carry down the rocks. However today, an extra hour of sleep and not having to carry down 20L buckets was the deserved winner and rightly so, as it probably will stay this way from now on until after winter hibernation. Weapons of Choice: 2XShimano Baitrunner 4000D's matched up to 2XDaiwa 305 Seajiggers both spooled with 25lb Unitaka braid. Rig of Choice: Good old Pillie under a float. Some say mono is the way to go. Rightly so because you're allowed some grace when that fish drags your line next to rocks. Personally I prefer the extra 15 meters you get on braid. Downside, is you will need to play it smart by using your drag to tire the fish out before it comes anywhere close to shore. Fair trade off I reckon. P.S. This does not work when you target Kingfish off the rocks. Only suitable for the less intelligent species such as Bonitos and Aussie Salmon. We reach our destination at first light. The conditions are looking hairy although the winds were fine. Always remember to watch the waves for a good half hour as they do come in sets. Not surprisingly, the sets we were waiting for completely engulfed our usual spots. This usually means....the fishing is going to be awesome! But no fish is worth dying for as they say. So we set out for our trusty old second ledge where it remains our weekend getaway from work, crowds, girlfriends and all. First drop...down goes the float...zzZZzzzzz Second drop...down goes the float again...zzZzzz Third drop...could this be the legendary fishing trifecta?...down goes the float again!....zZzzzz Is this the moment when they say a boy turns into a man?? Anyways these are the results for last week! Sorry just had to add...pretty damn excited about this Stradic ci4 1000 and Okuma 30-s coming next week. It's like Christmas came early. Can't wait to pit them up against some middle harbour pelagics! Will be posting up stories of why you don't bring knives to gunfight stories in the coming weeks. For now, Tight lines all!

We were up in Middle Harbour today as well, saw heaps of those boils you were speaking of. There was the occasional baitfish getting smashed in the same spots, so i'm guessing lone ranger kings? We hooked up to two....both times taking the 4lb leader offerings safe to say no pictures!

Awesome work! are these fit for sashimi or just on the grill?

Hey mate had this problem before when we were livebaiting Yakkas off the rocks at Bluefish. Unless your yakka is bite size, alot of the times they seem to grab the underbelly of the yakka...and you have no way of telling if its hooked or not until you set it or in your case it just let go?

Cheers, still a bit diluted compared to what it usually looks like, definitely gets better as you approach Gannon's and Lilli Pilli. Think it may take a few more days of clear weather to get the upstream stuff out.

it was unorthodox but it worked, we jagged them anywhere from their backside, along the body, to the cheeks. Anywhere but the mouth. A bream is a bream eh? haha

Thanks mate! I see the fish you catch! imagine what you will do the poor little bream haha! I'll send out the invites when we're pro and know we can't lose haha

Hi Guys, The Hacking is live and well! Just a bit of a forward: Earlier during the week, one of us mentioned something along the lines of ABT (Asian Bream Tournament). Having never targeted bream on anything other than the trust old Pillie cubes, research had to be done. Countless hours were spent during the week researching what the best soft plastic choices there are; sizes/colour/jigheads/techniques, also known as "addicted to iFish & AFC dvd's" Despite gathering extensive knowledge on exactly which lures we need, come shopping night, we still practically raided every single squidgy model you could find on the BCF catalogue. The day started better than any working day although we both forgot about daylight saving, well in Adrian's case didn't understand daylight saving. Understandable as it is touching on rocket science. Arrived at Swallow Rock Ramp at 6:30am on the water within 5min. First cast...TAILOR! of 15cm. Second cast...TAILOR! 12cm. wow the hacking is on fire just kidding... The tailor in this system seems to be of plague proportions, any rock wall you find with a bit of shade will see your soft plastic get totally destroyed before Mr.Bream can even have a look at it. Being the Asian Bream Tournament, Adrian got stingy and didn't want to lose anymore soft plastics so on went the Yakka coloured blade. Boy do these Blades catch fish! his first cast saw him onto a near legal sized whiting. After that, it was non stop undersized snapper/tailor and even leatherjackets. Basically, any fish that didn't contribute to the scoreboard, he catches. Moving onto the private moorings like pros do, having no idea how to work plastics, we tried to implement the Japanese Egi Style to these squidgy plastics to a considerable amount of success. Here are some of the more notable catches of the day. All fish was released prior to the photo. Oh and lost a sizeable Kingy because someone couldn't be bothered retying frayed line... Okay back to the report there are a fair few salmon busting up along the edges of the South West Arm throughout the day. Huge whiting (40cm+) can be seen cruising around the shallow waters around the lilli pilli Bathes bend. We didn't bring our pump so can't tell you if they were taking nippers or what, but they seemed to be uninterested in any of the soft plastic presentations. Cannot wait till Easter long weekend! hope to see a heap of raiders on the water next weekend. Cheers

You're welcome Bud, PM me if you want more advice on that spot as me and my mate have nearly learnt most of the tricks to Clifton.

Cheers! Was only really targeting the bite size ones. Downsized jig to 1.6 but this mother of a squid took a liking instead.