Scratchie

Haha do them jeans still fit rick? Cracking fish mate no matter what era!

Ive merged it Rick!!!

So, here’s the story behind all the kingfish lately! http://www.theherald.com.au/story/5202075/depths-of-despair-as-20000-ravenous-kingfish-hit-marine-park/ I’ve told them that I’m happy to take tours up there to help them catch them! Haha cheers scratchie!!!

Nice work Derek! Lucky I didn’t find them, I know nothing about flies except they don’t like mortien! cheers scratchie!!!

Amazing what you can do when you have a crack! Nice ? cheers scratchie!!!

Sounds like a great session marlin with a few for the table! Well done cheers scratchie!!!

Nice work chakka! It’s always good when a plan comes together! A few beers, 3 days at the beach fishing! Perfect cheers scratchie!!!

Nice one Grant! Congrats on the pb mate! Definitely best on the barbie! Cheers scratchie!!!

Looks like a great session Dave! Coffs is a great place to go flick sps around! Is that zman in motor oil? Effective on many fish! Well done cheers scratchie!!!

Good fish mate! Best bbq fish ever! Enjoy your rewards. cheers scratchie!!!

Well done mate! The journey is always worth it and the fish are a bonus! Cheers scratchie!!!

Nice rick! I was only thinking the other day, where did the last 20 years go??? What’s funny..... you had to go looking for them photos, now you can just see them on your phone! Haha wtf??? Wouldn’t have thought of that as you posed for those pictures all those years ago!

Sounds like a great family day out! Congrats on the PB and the rod retrieval. cheers scratchie!!!

It’s only a temp closure. I’m thinking that this might be the new car park!

Welcome to fishraider. It’s nice to see guests join the fold and contribute! Great photos! cheers scratchie!!!

Happy Australia Day ?? To all fishraiders! Enjoy the day and stay safe! ? Tight lines to all, Cheers scratchie!!!

Already have! He is away until Monday and will contact me next week!

Nice collection there Bruce! You kept everyone happy by the looks of things! Enjoy ? cheers scratchie!!!

Sorry but just can’t convince me on that one! I don’t even allow banana boat sunscreen. I’ll stick with my run of fish!

Yes mate! They are the most productive hours but in saying that, my last two over 80’s, were in the same area in the middle of the day! With your setup, the main thing I’d change would be your reel size. A 4000 reel gives you that bit more grunt to turn the fish. Don’t worry about 10lb. Your jigs are fine with that depth. But in shallower water I use nitro tt 1/4oz 4/0xh matched with a 5inch and 1/4oz 5/0xh with 7inch and sometimes a 1/6 weight. My favourite go to lure is a zman 5 or 7 inch shad in coconut ice! Deadly! The other part of sps is keeping the lure in the “strike zone”. Believe it or not I actually don’t impart much action at all. A long cast is more important. Let it waft, then long high loops always maintaining close contact with the line. Once your close to the boat wind in fast and you’ll be surprised at the bycatch( kings, bonito, trevally etc) then repeat process! The other thing, is work those drop offs like rick suggested. Bait will either sit on top or push hard against the ledge. Snapper are opportunistic fish and will sit under waiting for an opportunity! A nicely presented sp or fresh bait and your on! Hope that all makes sense! Cheers scratchie!!!

Haha.....enough fancy fishing! I was going to see if JonD was right and take a banana but just couldn’t bring myself to do it!!! Karma lasts for a long time!

Thanks Craig! Oh the wrist lock was enough to take my mind off it!

Nice work yowie! A good feed as usual. At least give fab1 a hint what time and where you leave from that way he can follow you! cheers scratchie!!!

The only fishing I can compare it to is the “catching” we did in Darwin!

They sure will. Junior gets a fair amount of fishing time but I can see his mate pestering me often!