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Nice gear, looks like it would be a pleasure to fish with. Yes, you are correct. I don't do any fishing for blackies but I've caught several off the rocks there at Cronulla like you said. There might be some weed there too.

Well done, you made the right choice in releasing it because the limit is at 70 cm. Good on you, I'm sure there is more to come.

Finally, NSW's time is upon us. It looked like barbaric and single-minded footy for about 70 mins till Brent Hodkinson scored.

Well done mate, that's a fine effort to nail that number of trevs.

Good stuff Jeff, gotta let the significant other win sometimes!

What a catch, more chance of a decent king than a bruiser of a snapper up that way so a pretty rare catch. Well done.

Thanks Witha, I got lucky with a couple of those fish. Yeah, that's the second big whiting on such lures, this one 41 cm. Haha, I would say I struggle on the jews. I dropped my first two (making every mistake in the book) and it was months of trying before I finally officially cracked the first fish code. You've come in leaps and bounds and now you can enjoy the journey. Will definitely tee something up soon. Thanks a lot, I hope you achieve your goal of landing one for yourself very soon. Cheers W4z, I was quite surprised myself considering the season we are in as to take one off the surface. I was actually hoping for mullet, tailor or flathead to be the first fish I would entice. Good luck in your quest!

Good catches. Was that fish that screamed off on bread? Could have been mullet or a bigger breambo.

If I'm understanding the question correctly, my tentative guess is that it is something to do with the anti-reverse mechanism. Possibly it got wet from oil or water and is not functioning as it should. The anti-reverse bearing should be dry completely and void of oil. Hope that helps.

I wouldn't want to hijack this thread and your moment of glory with tackle discussion haha, I'll send you a PM.

Just a quick update guys. Hit the usual spots (Harbour and Georges) for the usual species this past month in between rain and sunny days. Got a few decent bream, best one at 37cm (and missed a heap) on some Z mans (motor oil, bloodworm and gudgeon) worked slowly through the water column. Always good fun but would have been good to convert a few more. I know I might get some stick for saying this lol but I've been missing using my sienna (which started to seize but after opening it up and oiling everything, it seemed to fix it) but went with the sustain this time around so it was a bit of an effort adjusting to the retrieve speed. Managed to feed the addiction and withdrawal symptoms with a small jewfish double hopping a plastic (squidgie fish) during a tide change. Felt the tiniest of taps, set the hook and played it out. After one good run and a short tussle, I was able to coax it to the bank. Due to the subtleness of the tap, I was surprised to see the jighead embeded in the jaw cavity rather than the lip. Interesting. Also got an uncommon catch in the form of a decent whiting that went harder I expected. That's the second elbow slapper I've got on such large lures. There must be something with large fish-type lures and monster whiting... After the seeing what went down at the social, I decided to try my hand at flyfishing. Although I was busy taking a group, some of the quality flyfishing demos must have rubbed off on me. Got myself the cheapest combo I could find, rigged it up and went down to the nearest shallow shore/flat and managed to entice a tiddler of a breambo. I couldn't tell you what fly it was because I'm totally new to this, but it was some mosquito-like floating fly coloured in mostly black, white and grey. I was doing figure of eights and I saw the smash on the surface where my fly was. It felt weird but satisfying holding the rod in one hand as leverage and using the other to strip in the thumping breambo. Pretty happy to tick this box off, I can see it becoming addictive in the summer as the surface action heats up (unless I use sinking flies I guess haha). Besides from those fish, the usual flathead were landed but not to any size and a trevally on plastics. Managed about half a dozen pinkies on blades but no size to them. So that's the wrap up. Thinking of trying the Cooks River to try and raise a few bream in the coming weeks. Anyone that's interested is welcome to come along or tee up something. Till next time!

Fantastic work and report. Well done, it's not easy, especially getting one off the land and now you've ticked off that box. Enjoy the moment, the first one gives the best feeling and you'll be on a high for a week.

Fantastic bag there, jews are always welcome. Good to hear you are getting back on your feet, and look forward to the pics and future reports.

Haha, that's awesome Dave.

Good bi-catch for a couple hours. Bad luck on the jews mate, I'm sure they will be forthcoming for you.

Beauty of a game. Some questionable ref decisions at the end there though.

Sensational stuff Luke.

Well done, that is a ripper of a bream.

Well done guys, fabulous fish and pictures.

Fantastic bream, congrats on the new PB. A respectable start.

Well done Leuke, a fanastic fish and report to boot. You did everything right from tempting and deceiving the fish with your lure, right through to playing the fish, landing it and even getting a physical hold if it. So in my books, that's a good fish and not one that got away! Being a bream too, it gives you great confidence that everything you did was sound. Thanks for the acknowledgement, it makes me warm and fuzzy inside knowing what I contributed (haha) has helped you and others get stuck into some fish and enjoy lure fishing. It's just good to see and hear about the fun and excitement one gets when they finally crack the code. Congrats again.

Well done Luc, a well-deserved fish after outsmarting it that comprehensively.

Beauties!

I think it's a Painted Grinner.

Nicely done Trevor, and all within view of the beautiful Harbour Bridge too. Good to meet you at the social too and put a face to a name.