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Hey guys, I've seen plenty of kings caught right up against the shore of coffin bay and surrounds. I was planning on doing a expedition down there in the next year. I was wondering if anyone could give me some guidance on landbased spots and what time of year is most productive. I've met a few locals who have told me there are possible landbased spots near the powerstation. But that was many years ago. Cheers any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers

things blow up when you're fishing 13kg+ of drag, theres no other reels other than acurates, van stalls, stellas, and saltigas that will consistently handle these ammounts of drag. Personally the stella is a better reel than the saltiga, theres plenty more bail arm failures on the saltiga, and sticky drag. Drag much more smooth on the stella. If you want versatility, have a look at the old stella fa 10000 and get a 16000 and 20000 spool for them. if not, i advise you go for the stella 18k if you are fishing pe 8 or more, otherwise capacity will be an issue if you're using the 10k ps- i have a shimano kaibutsu gt rod in the for sale section rated pe 6-8 if you're interested.

hey guys, you know those massive 50cm mullet that school up, you can occasionally get them to take bread but is it possible to get them to take flies like bread flies or insects cocnsistently? what exactly do those things feed on? might be some good fun on a light fly setup sightfished cheers

yeah mados are pests when trying to get live baits off the rocks, if you cant get anything else, punch one out, it's not gonna be as good as a yakka or slimey when targeting pelagics but having a bait out is better than having none, punch whatever you can get out, im sure you've herd stories of massive tuna caught on small treves and massive jews caught on blackfish

i love this guy! itm has got the be my favorite fishing show, cant beat the crazy kiwi guy for a host. fake or real either way its great entertainment gotta love it when he hooks up "ohhh good fush, i funk itsa sneppa!!"

floats are good for off the rocks and early in the morning first light, but you'll notice the kingies are surface shy as the sun comes up, you're probably better off with the livie on the bottom or freeswimming, again it all depends on where your fishing. when working lures, always rip them as fast as you can, and keep the lure in the strike zone as much as possible, if you dont get hits mix up the retrieve.

nice work! so all this hype is definatley valid, seems like you guys are catching heaps of fish with them blades especially the picky ones like bream! i went to the shop to check some out but they were more expensive than tournament hardbodies and r2s poppers etc! like 20 bucks?!?! Are there any that are cheap options? I snag enough crankbaits im sure the snag rate for these blades are even much higher is this true? For those experienced with blades do they snag up really frequently?

from what i understand, only 2 species can be kept legally, the eastern snakeneck and the maquarie river or short neck turtle, if u are planning to keep a couple, go the snake necks because the short necks can be pretty aggresive towards others, unfortunatly, both these species grow up to 25cm (shell size) so a 3 foot tank might be good for hatchlings but you'll need a bigger spot for them eventually. make sure u have land for them to bake in, and a infra red lamp for heat as well as a uv for their skin/shell, this is really important because without the uv they get skin and shell problems. after you have acquired a reptil license, simply contact any breeder and fax them your license and they will send you out hatchlings to be collected at the airport. hopes this helps.

besides being pelagic, they got fast metaboliosmns and fast growth rates, they're constantly on the move, anywhere with a bit of depth and a bit of structure and bait will be frequented by kings, i always tell people this and they think im being secretive, im very confident that i cant hook up to a king anywhere in the harbour with a bit of depth and structure when in season, when not in season,

thats a very nice haul, especially for winter!! in regards to salmon bycatch, try to spin up some small salmon and put them out live, australian salmon or kahwai or whatever the kiwis call it are the gun bait for nz kingfush. they're great for lbg too because they swim straight out!

thanks for all the replies, how would you compare the straddie to say a tierra or advantage of similar size?

the older stradics particularly in the smaller sizes with high memory braid like fireline had a filthy reputation for poor line lay resulting win wind knots even when theres not so much wind...ive felt the pain too many times, have shimano gotten their act together? hows the line management line for the fi stradics? im tossing up between tierra and new fi stradic and it just annoyed me that my 80 dollar daiwa cy managed braid alot better than my old stradic which was double in price not to mention the cy had the decency to include an air bail ? I did however like the finish and smoothness and general quality feel of the the new stradic not to mention the sweet ring the spool sets off when the drag runs, im happy to overlook the tightarse from shimano of not including an air bail if they have improved in the line lay department. for those that have used the new stradic, how well does it lay your line?

you'll get people supporting both models here but for me it was a no brainer - stradic felt smooth but alot weaker build compared to daiwa. - even the stellas dont have air bails? wtf is up with that? even a 30 dolla daiwa regal comes with airbail!! im sure they have their reasons but i would personally prefer one rather than not! - my old stradic 1500 had massive wind knot problems, basically because of the small size of the reel it was not laying braid on the reel very well at all when they was the smallest ammount of slack. the daiwa cy, which i have on the other hand, wound braid flawlessly. - the only thing the stradic had going for it was it does sound alot nicer when the drag screams. and also, the daiwas only come in really slow speeds im personally boycotting shimano, the only reels id ever get from them would be the 10000 and 20000 stellas. or maybe a stradic if i needed a bit of speed in my retrieve it's just personal,

i know its kind of cruel, but when we were teenagers we used to catch big puffers and put ciggies in their mouths, they would actually inhale the ciggies!

huy guys am looking for houseboat hire in sydney, there will about about 20 of us, most of the ones ive seen can accomodate 10 max, just wondering will we need to hire 2 boats or are there ones out there that can accomodate 20? can you give me links to the ones you have been to or recommend? Thanks heaps tight lines