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Yeah was a fun morning, they were loving the gold halco metal.. smashing it off the top of the water. Kinda weird taht we had the whole breakwall to ourselves, wher as last weekend it was like pitt st. Seems the sambo's dont really care about the tides, as long as its sparrows fart they are about. Rey got pics, he is just too lazy to upload them..

Got a few Sambos on pillies and 1 on a chromy, didn't take many pics but here is one of reys

I drove from Sydney to Darwin to go fishing for 6 months, I also regulary drive to hat head for a fish, so driving a couple of hours up the road isn't really a huge distance for me. Maybe for you born and bred Sydney folk it is though...

Havent logged on here in years! still looks like an awsome forum thanks for all the tips guys, reyzor and i will be heading up to try our luck at swansea birds fart on Sunday morning. Hopefully have somethign to report on Monday.

Im actually leaving for a trip to weipa saturday morning, im flying to cairns getting in me mates car going to the tackle shop to buy a barra rod and lures, and then starting the adventure to weipa. after that driving all the way back to port mac, should be fun! Altough my mate that is up there says they are off the bite at the moment.

Good on ya Hook'm very nice of you

all i can say is holy shit.....nice kingies, was the jewie a bycatch when downrigging for kings? or were you actually targeting a jewie?

There will be plenty of room, the larger rims will (need to) have lower profile tyres so the rolling diamater of the wheel stays the same or and inch larger

what a funny bastard

Thanks mate id love to take the credit for it but i copy and pasted it from here http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/55969

This is what your after http://www.fishraider.com.au/Invision/inde...showtopic=18592 its not a two piece, but perfect for barra...at least buy it and just use the reel and get a diffent two piece rod.. 5000 reel will be fine with 30lb braid...

As long as the stud pattern is the same you will be fine...

CFD, Did you watch the last round of the '06 V8 supercars??? Rick Kelly in the above pic posted and Craig Lowndes were nech to neck for championship points and Rick Kelly basically barged lowndes off the track which buggered lowndes's car giving Rick the points to take out the 06 championship over lowndes.....what dont you like? ahhh must be a Holden fan, shame on you, have we possibly started WW3 with the Ford and holden battle here?? "Behind Lowndes Rick Kelly either braked too late or went for a gap that wasn't quite there and hit Lowndes, pushing him into the side of brother Todd, with both Todd Kelly and Craig Lowndes sent into a spin. Rick Kelly escaped unscathed, Todd managed to rejoin safely in 13th while Lowndes, broadside in the hairpin, was hit heavily in the front by Will Davison who was left with nowhere to go, badly damaging the steering on Lowndes' car, giving it several degrees of toe out. Lowndes completed the lap in 15th but was 23rd one lap later. For his part in the incident, Rick Kelly quickly received a drive-through penalty, dropping him to 30th and last place, but while his car was undamaged and still had speed, Lowndes continued to struggle and drift down the order, dropping to last after pitting on lap six. From there on it was a matter of continuing for both drivers, Kelly making slow but steady progress to finish 18th, while Lowndes pitted two more times for front tyres to finish four laps down in 29th." Cheers Joe

agreed!! go lowndesy! take back what is rightfully yours!!!

Enough to make a grown man cry...

classic! The fish have to get one up on us every now and then...got a pic of your foot???

Here is my list...hope its not too basic for you. Rat - Small King Fish Hoodlum - Large King fish Bull - large dolphin fish Soapie - small Jew fish Lizard - Flathead Croc - very large flathead chopper - tailor Mowie - Morwong, some people also call deep sea bream. Mono - standard fishing line Braid - Strong braided fishing line, no memory, thinner, stronger and more feel than mono but not as abrasive resistant. Livie - live smaller fish used to catch larger fish. usually put on a live bait rig with two hooks, one through the nose and one through the back and either trolled with a down rigger or suspended under a float or ballon. Bait caster - Overhead casting reel. Spinning reel - egg beater style reel. Jigging - using a jig style lure, drop it down to your desired depth and use a jigging action to bring it back to the surface (hopefully with a large fish on it) bomb - large sinker used for down rigging Down rigging - a winch style device attched to your boat, it has a large sinker on the bottom, it has a clip on it which attches to your fishing line. you use the device to keep your bait at your desired depth when trolling, when the fish grabs your bait and gets hooked, your fishing line becomes unclipped from the downrigger. Trolling - Driving along at a slow speed with lures or down riggers. Cheers Joe

Yeah, we caught crap laods of em at the FR jew social...they didnt last real long. They look like a good livie if you pinned it straight after you caught it though. We didnt have the silver biddy maggot syndrome CFD and sammy had though...

Beautiful work mate, i like your lure choice.. Oyster rack + SX40 = BREAM!!!! Cheers Joe

Hey mate, The main mistake first time lure users make is not targeting the fish properly and just sit there all day casting there lure out into the water version of a desert...First of all you need to find structure such as weed beds, sand banks, drop offs, trees hanging over the water, logs, jetty's etc. You need to know where the fish are before you start throwing lures other wise your wasting your time, then you have to choose the appropriate lure for the occasion for example if there is trees hanging over the water and you can hear cicada's everywhere you would choose to use a cicade bubble pop or something that resembles a cicada, notice and take in the enviroment around you before you choose the lure colour. Have a range of different depth, colours, swimming action and sized lures in your tackle box so you have always got something that suits the environment your fishing in. Another mistake is use a too agresive lure action, When your fishing the hardbodies make sure you let it rise for a few second between switches to allow the fish to have a crack at it, most bream ill be to timid to smash a lure flying through the water at speed, just a couple of gentle switches and let it rise...The ecogear SX40 lure packets have a pretty good explaination of the lure action you should be using. Casting technique is another big thing as well...make sure your landing that lure right on the snag, give it one or 2 gentle switches within 1 metre of the snag it where you will usually get hit. 1. Select your species you wish to taget 2. understand the envirnment your fishing in. 3. figure out where the fish would be. 4. select your lure my tips are for targetting bream/bass, cheers Joe

Hey mate, My mate has a very similar hull to that...the same punt style with the sides on it, apparantly hard to get a hold of cause no one wants to get rid of em. His is a Quinny, but i cant remember the model ill have to ask him, is there storage compartments under the front platform?.. awsome little rig though.. Cheers Joe

congrats on your first toad mate Nice set of teeth on em hey....did you hear it grinding its teeth together? worst sound in the world!

fanbloodytastic mate!! Thats the biggest king i have seen pulled from sydney this season and to do it landbased is just brillant, well done....its time for the boaties to rise up to the challange to top this king before they go off the chew : ) Cheers Joe

I wouldnt eat anything out of there though...

there is crap loads at Bobbin Head..