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thats amazing. thanks for sharing

are those photos from a fish pond?

you must have known that was better than the usual sgt baker mate!

good fish! I didn't know we got threshers off sydney!?

what tackle did you keep losing? what was the mainline and leader?

structure is structure, wreck or not, seek and you shall find

Hey guys, has anyone heard recent reports from port stpehens?

definately a case of close to the camera but its obviously an awesome flatty nonetheless. Great work releasing the old girl sa well

I know there are many of us who are concerned about the impact of pro-fishing in Pittwater and the Hawkesbury. Its not just because there are less fish for me to catch its because the damage to such a beautiful marine environment is something that truly disturbs me. There have been political attempts to ban pro fishing in the area, but the expenses of buying out licenses undermine support for such a venture. Basically I think a a good way to challenge pro-fishing in the area would be to finance a survey of dioxins in resident fish. I suspect that, like in Sydney Harbour, unsafe levels of dioxins would be found. After this information hit the media, the public reaction may create a lobby for a politician to step in and do something about it and it could achieve a situation like we have in in Sydney Harbour, which lets face it, has done wonders for the situation here. What do you guys think?

its obvious that estuary systems are far more vulnerable and sensitive. Its a real disgrace that pro fishing in Pittwater and the Hawkesbury still takes place. I'm a young guy, but even I remember Pittwater being more healthy

the best policy is to release unidentified fish

good work on the release. what a rush.

woah, where and when was this caught?

I heard that they are made by the makers of the full boar boats and were going to be in the 4-5m range. I saw some photos and they looked really nice but now there is very little trace of them on the internet does anyone know the story? starlo was promoting them

two great fish. Good on ya for releasing the big flatty!

i've never seen them stick their barb out of the water

whats with the gaff through the porty?

can be pretty tricky for yakkas there Its snag central so be careful with your anchor there are better spots nearby

thanks mate. another type of line i've been after is that stren micro fuse. i want to spool one of my outfits with something other than fireline for once!

dammit, i don't want to have to wait

Yozuri disappearing pink leader? thanks.

^ 6 hooks is too many to manage efficiently. The rig is too long and prone to tangle. another reason is that if you spend 1 min baiting the 6 hooks, the first yakka you hook is probably going to shake most, if not all, of the baits off. (Unless you're using a tough bait like squid) it's more efficient to cut bait jigs in half so there's only 3 hooks, and bait one with pillie and the other two with something tough or you waste too much time.

they tend to lose eating qualities when they get bigger, and they have more breeding potential at this size, so the smaller ones are better to keep again very nice fish on light gear, did you measure it?

great fight, great fish, good release

I like to hit every metre of the spot at least once. If the spot is ten metres long I'll systematically cast once into each metre or so. I never really change colour as I never fish alone and we'll always use different colours. If we have been squidding for ages and one colour has got them all while the other colour hasn't been hit then I'll consider changing... I pretty much only squid shallow, so i stick to the smallies.