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    Fish will be Found

    in Fishing Chat

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    Thanks for the tip Chewie. These ones are stainless steel, as with all the fittings. But some landyards will come in very handy when I'm confident enough for se more open water.

    Gatts

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    Fish will be Found

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    G'day raiders,

    Just at my folks place for a catch up and to pick my old mans brain about about the best method and way to install a sounder in a kayak.

    After establishing an idea of what we wanted it was off to work on the construction. A little later we have a result.

    I'm pretty dam impressed with it too!

    One more thing to add, two clips for my paddle either side for quick and safe storage while fishing. Hardware shop did not have the right size clips to complete the job

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    Central Coast Kayak

    in Plan a Fishing Trip

    Posted · Edited by Gatts

    So is anyone keen to take the yaks out this weekend? I live lower north shore but keen to make a trip up the coast for some good fishing?

    I get my yak back from Sydney this weekend. Not sure what the plans are ar this stage for my fishing action over the weekend but will definately be aiming to get it In the water and test out the new sounder.

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    Central Coast Kayak

    in Plan a Fishing Trip

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    G'day Yakfisher,

    Would be keen as to join you tomorrow but my yak is currently getting a sounder installed at the folks place down in Sydney.

    I'm probably going to throw some live mullet into pearl beach though.

    Hope to see some good reports from you from your session in the creek.

    Will definitely be ken for the next trip though.

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    Great success - live mullet done easy

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    nice amount of poddys they cant be easy and just as hard to catch, i like your coke bottle idea ive tried reversing the top half but your idea look much easier

     

    poddys are small so use a small circle hook 4/0 work for me with yakkas

    I tried inverting the ends too gazza, couldn't get it to stay firm or get enough mullet near it.

    This one was real easy... Put a hole in the centre and basically cut an "X" push the sides down a bit and go for it.

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    Great success - live mullet done easy

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Tried the beach, had to help out with the little one at home and it'sich closer. Unfortunately Jo luck, was hard to find the deep water, someone already fishing in the best rip visible on the beach.

    Not to worry, know how to get em and got a nice 15cm variety to butterfly and drop into a bridge over the weekend.

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    Great success - live mullet done easy

    in Fishing Reports

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    Breaking my heart scratchie. Was hoping they were ideal for a nice Jewie or something, but I would never say no to a feed of flathead.

    That wind is going to be a problem. I'm just battling with myself as to whether I want to drown then in the surf or stay up another 3 hours to catch an estuary tide

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    Great success - live mullet done easy

    in Fishing Reports

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    G'day raiders

    After a few nights down in the lake looking for prawns of credible size I notice hundreds of little mullet feeding I'm the shallows.

    After a small bit of research I crafted myself this little trap Posted Image

    Super easy to make, and it took a bit of trial and error before in different depths and spots finally filled it with a slice or two of bread, bury into the sand to anchor in place, ankle deep in water, burley up stream, turn out the lights and wait. Even went home to grab the bucket I forgot.

    The result was impressive. 13 baits sized mullet inside a 2 litre bottle in The space of 10 minutes.

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    Took a snap and let the suckers free, only to be caught again tonight and thrown out live In the surf under a beaming full moon...practice run on the trap which proved to be success.

    Stay tuned for round two tonight, which will have some big surf specimen to report about

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    Braid to braid knot

    in Fishing Chat

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    Good idea, might try it on a reel that I have a second spool for.

    Tan, also a raider, suggested a knot called a slim beauty.

    End up going with it. It was a bit tricky to tie with both lines being braid, would be a terrific knot for a mono leader.

    But with a bit of patience, and an extra hand from the missus :) got the thing tight and the extra braid on the spool nicely.

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    Braid to braid knot

    in Fishing Chat

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    G'day raiders!

    Hope the holidays were kind to everyone.

    Had a quick question regarding braid and the best knot for joining it together.

    Over the course of 12 months fishing and finding snags and losing line I'm running low on line, particularly tossing metal lures in the surf -_-

    I have 100m or so left of the braid that has already been spooled onto the real and I was looking for a good strong braid to braid knot to add it to the reel.

    15lb Finns braid going on a Shimano Saraha 4000 reel if it makes any difference..,

    Any help is greatly appreciated

    Gatts

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    Small Shark ( Blind Shark)

    in The Aquarium

    Posted

    I know them as swell sharks. They match this description perfectly, in apperance and behavior;

     

                             http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/264775/Identifying-sharks-and-rays.pdf

     

    The white variety is of the beach, the saddled variety prefers rocky bottom.

     

    Cheers

    Thanks mate,

    Great link, hopefully I'll get plenty if use out of it :)

    It looks like the one I caught was a whitefin as it was a lot darker and grey. Blind shark must be a different name for then or there's a very minute difference between the two

    Gatts

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    Around the coast volume 2:

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    The salmon are getting netted from north head Sydney all the way up the coast

    I assumed there would still be a heap around. Until the last couple of weeks I hadn't caught anything other than salmon off the beach. I must just be missing the schools haha.

    Might go off the rocks soon when the kingies and tuna come through and try my luck

    Gatts

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    Small Shark ( Blind Shark)

    in The Aquarium

    Posted

    Hey team!

    Just thought I'd throw an image up of a shark I caught off the beach earlier this week. The closest looking relative I can find is a nurse shark or tawney nurse shark (not to be confused with the grey nurse obviously).

    The main thing that stands out is the mouth it had, not as large as a typical nurse shark, in fact it more closely looked like a common stingrays mouth.

    Any thoughts?

    Gatts

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