Izza
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that's the boat to for anyone who's interested needs a bit of a clean up but mechanically fairly sound
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thanks very much motohead that's a great little check list, will remember to check the bungs, now all I have to do is find the fish lol
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G'day guys
Been a while since I posted on here, haven't been doing much fishing due to work and home reno's
BUT in happier news I have just got my boat licence and picked up a 4.1m aluminum runabout which I'm hoping to take out on the lake tomorrow weather permitting, just wondering if any of you guys have any general boating advice,advice on lake illawarra itself and any spots to try for some fish on the lake that you could impart onto a complete novice (seriously I can count the number of times I have fished from a boat on one hand haha) cheers in advance guystight lines
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Cheers for the info guys, Dfishin do you know a good place to get bait down there?
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G'day guys
Been a long time between posts for me due to losing my nan at the beginning of the year and undergone some minor surgery but everything is back on track now! Im going away with the fam for a weeks camping down to durras lake its about 20mins north of batemens bay (will provide map link at the bottom) and was just wondering if anyone had fished that area before and had any general info/tips, Ive got both beach and estuary gear and also a yabbie pump if anyone knows anywhere to get them (or a good local store to get good bait from), the camping ground we are staying at also offers rental kayaks so was thinking of going out in one for a fish which Ive never done so if anyone fishes from a kayak a few tips on that would be great haha
Cheers Raiders
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that was a nice breambo indeed, the only advice with bait I can give is the fresher the better thats what Ive found anyway
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yes tasksta I had some success on the smelly chicken it seems to attract most fish I even managed a small trevally on it
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great picture mate
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I think its just that particular area Im talking bout but Ive been to a couple of different ponds in the same general area of the one I was talking about n burleyd up hard to see if I could raise anything and didnt get any sign that there were carp in those sections, if it wasnt such a crap hole area where you were likely to get beaten n robbed if your hanging around in the dark fishing in a park Id give it a crack at night time coz there would be no rangers at all to give you crap and the birds should be sleeping
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I was talking to my mate the other day and he said that they are increasing the size of legal bream to 30cm and dusky flathead to 40cm, Iv checked the dpi website n cant find any info on a change and bream are still listed at 25cm and duskys at 36cm has anyone else heard of this or is it just a rumour??
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theres a spot at lake gillawana thats fair dinkim full of them Iv actually seen people feeding them when walking my dog through there and there are some real bruisers in there but for some reason the oh so wise and smart council have banned fishing in there because there are ibis that nest on the island in the middle (thats the only reason I can think to not allow fishing in there in case a bird took a bait), bit of a joke if you ask me part of me really wants to go down there and have a crack figuring it cant be that highly patrolled its just a park ffs but the other part of me cant be botherd paying a fine from some jumped up council ranger for doing nothing more than having a relaxing fish
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G'day Raiders
Headed down to my local haunt at tallwarra last night to try out the chicken with parmesan cheese n garlic bait that was posted in another topic on here, it seemed to work pretty well, doesnt come of the hook as eaisily as a prawn would, managed about 4 bream that were just undersized n got busted off by a couple of fair sized fish the first one snapped me off on an underwater cable on a line of buouys that stop the foam getting out into the lake the second one (think it was a flathead) Id moved spots to the wall just near the bridge n got a massive pull down on my rod followed by a few headshakes and then nothing just felt like Id snagged up on something could this of been a massive flatty?? I have seen rays there before but I think if Id of hooked a ray it would of pealed off line instead of just laying back down on the bottom? thoughts and opinions on that would be appreciated haha either way wasnt a bad way to spend a night with my dog.
tight lines mateys
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I just made up some today gunna try it out tomorrow hopefully couple of tea spoons of garlic n coated the lot in the stinkiest parmy I could find, heres hoping for fish!!
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not as flashy as some of the other boats here but Id be happy with one of them bar crusher boats, they look the goods for fishing
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cool thanks for the reply twitchy, yeah I just wanted to make them out of wood, could you please let me know when you get the bibs and wires in cheers
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G'day Raiders
Been looking at a few different pages on the net about making your own wooden surface lures and am keen to give it a crack, probably just going to try and make some smallish minnows for my first try. Has anyone ever made there own lures? also can I get the hooks tow points bibs etc from any tackle store or do I have to get them from lure companys themselves? would I need to weight the lure to make it work right to give it the right action/angle? and how exactly does the bib of a lure work in relation to diving and or action does a smaller bib give a tighter wiggle and a shallower dive where as a large bib makes for a deeper dive with a slow wiggle?? Im sure Id figure it out through trial and error but why not probe the fountain of knowledge that is fish raider
hope you all had a good new years
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how did you end up fairing mate?
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Iv had some success of the breakwall on windang beach where lake illawarra emptys out so you can try there, the chanels around the entrance of the lake (near windang bridge) are allright for flatties n bream and if all else fails Id recomend going to tallawarra power station and chucking in in the hot water chanel on the right hand side, theres heaps of smaller bream there so you will be getting constant bites with the chance of scoring some legal bream and flatties, hope that helps some good luck to ya n merry x-mas
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thats a stonker of a whiting congrats dude
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being able to give you a decent zap if you had to handle one at all Id say do it wearing some thick rubber gloves, it shouldnt be able to conduct through them
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I reckon it looks allright Im not 100% sure on how it would work exactly my main concern would be for the elastic string if your fishing salt water Id say it would weather and weaken very quickly
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pretty much what all these guys said but definitely for android to
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did you use mono or braid? lol
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cheers for the report dude, will have to head down there sometime this week, better get my popeye arms on as Im land based lol
BUT in happier news I have just got my boat licence and picked up a 4.1m aluminum runabout 
which I'm hoping to take out on the lake tomorrow weather permitting, just wondering if any of you guys have any general boating advice,advice on lake illawarra itself and any spots to try for some fish on the lake that you could impart onto a complete novice (seriously I can count the number of times I have fished from a boat on one hand haha) cheers in advance guys
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I was pretty lucky in that I got it off a very good mate of my dads who did me a good deal on it, he checked and changed anything that needed it before I got it.