mullowhat

Nice looking fish. I am curious why you call them schoolies - is it because they shoal up or because they are sort of youngsters.

another method is to lightly tap the join a few times with a rubber mallet. Then a spray with silicone spray. Then used good quality cloth tape on both sides of the join to help with grip when twisting - one then second person if needed.

The great thing about fishing is that there are rarely any definites. In this case - anglers can catch fish on sps with or without a loop. With small plastics - especially when fishing for bream, whiting or trout in clear water conditions during the day with light leaders and lightly weighted jig heads, a loop could be more visible and affect potential max casting distances. The action of these small presentations are rarely improved with a loop. A snug knot on the eye and trimmed well may draw a few more stikes. On the other hand a loop with the same lure, tackle and conditions for flathead may give you a little area of heavier trace. With heavier weighted jig heads holding larger plastics - a loop knot often improves their range of movement in deeper water. The secret in tying a loop is to practice making it as small as you can. These are more affective than large loops in getting the best out of a plastic's action. There are about a dozen loops that can be used. I personally prefer a fixed loop and my favourite is the re-threaded figure 8. However, most of the others are good too.

A longer rod with a fast taper and made with some graphite in it ie 10 footer rated 8 - 10kg, matched with around a 6000 - 8000 sized threadline holding a 20lb braided line will see most anglers make the distance with a little bit of practice.

when weed or cabbage(water squeezed out first and towel dried)is chopped up you can add into a soft doe. You won't catch as many luderick but you will have a bait that will attract drummer, surgeons, bream, mullet, trevs and more.

replys by sparky and gazza are on the money - but just remember that if using a baited bait jig rig you can legally only have 3 hooks in total. Minced meat, pilchard pieces and whitebait are also good baits

legally no but you are right people do. I think camping is tolerated by council and police to some degree. Mostly however crash for a night though some stay longer - particularly in heavy holiday periods. There are better places to camp as the area is quite noisy with the road traffic going past as well as the boaters and other users.

Your much much better off than Tassie!

Many of the mullet at Richmond are sea mullet and flat-tails which are happy to travel up from the lower reaches for a look and a feed. Many will also push well upstream into the Nepean. The longer they stay in this area, the more likely they will develop quite dark backs and a greater taste for bread baits and small flies. They and the herring in the area make good baits for many saltwater fish.

For large Mullet - burley is essential in getting them close to you and in the mood to feed. A floating burley is best as it drifts aways and calls more fish over. It will also allow you to see when the mullet start homing in for a feed. To make a float burley, simply cut up sliced white bread into cubes about 2cm square and then leave in the sun to dry up completely. This will ensure the pieces float for a long time and it will take the mullet more effort to eat it. Just present a bait under a small bubble type float on about a 10 - 30 cm piece of leader. Use a light line aroung 2kg and small fine wire short shank hooks around size 10 - 12. The best baits include the soft part of fresh white bread, chilled cooked fat spaggetti pasta (salted and with a light spray of vegitable oil )or a soft doe containing a little vegitable oil, salt and chopped blackfish weed as extra flavouring. Best of mulleting.

The great thing about fishing is that there are so many options. If the specific outfit you are using is getting line twist when fishing for flathead with plastics - using a swivel is the most basic strategy to resolve this problem. The smallest black swivel is quite tiny and can be placed anywhere from the lure upwards to anywhere you are comfortable with having it for casting. It is unlikely that any flathead will be put off by the rigging even in gin clear water. If for some reason you are still getting line twits after using a proper sized swivel, then you will have to consider something else.

Great story. When the time is right - you may want to consider prawning with a dipnet in that same area with your son. There are a few around and the experience is similarly worthwhile for all parties.

Rainbow trout lake Jindabyne on a size 2 celta. 10 years old and got advice from a book in my school library. Landed 5 fish - including 2 atlantic salmon just before dark which shocked me and my dad. He even got one on a silver wonder wobbler.

just off the wobby wharf is a good spot for yakkas on the top of the tide. Thrown some unweighed prawns towards the wharf itself as a few bream are often hanging around. Don't worry about poddies as you probably won't have time to fish for them> perhaps next occassion

Curly question because it is hard for everyday anglers to judge the potential risks from eating particular fish caught in certain areas that haven't been caught yet. You will have to rely on your own judgement - taking into account the health of the fish as you see it, how it behaved, the water quality that exited at the time as well as the health of the environment it came from.