Witha

Mate well done. Spurring me for more SP sessions this week! Thinking of getting that same yak in a month or two, how do they handle mate? Stability wise etc. Good luck on the Jews sure you'll come up tight! Cheers Witha Sent from my GT-I9100T using Tapatalk

Got home thinking I was just in time for my fishing show fix....annnd golf. Know what you're saying Roberta! Sent from my GT-I9100T using Tapatalk

Gday Raiders! Finally managed an couple of hours off this arvo for a fish! Was dead keen to try out my new setup (Sienna 2500 and sonic pro) and see if I could grab another fish on SPs. Got down to the water just after high, started flicking around for no interest. Wacked on a swimming mullet pattern eventually and managed a nice little flatty! Not a whole lot of fight but such a good feeling to get results on SPs as I'm only really starting! No interest for the rest of the runout. Question on techniques: being landbased when the current picks up you're casting out and your plastic is drifting past you essentially, when you lift to put some action into it you're dragging it towards you, this doesnt seem like a natural look. Is it better to have your plastic being retrieved into the current or flowing with it? / any landbased tips Cheers! Witha Sent from my GT-I9100T using Tapatalk

Definitely a fan! Love the hosts hilarious blokes, just good fun simple fishin no BS! Love the chatter between them and what a haul of fish they get! Cheers Witha

Fished that area (narra/roseville/bobbin) for years till moving south. Can pass on a few tips if you like! At least on gear/tides/targets/few spots. Pm me Sent from my GT-I9100T using Tapatalk

G'day Raiders, Recently added a 2500 Sienna and 3-5kg sonic pro to my growing collection of kit, (Can't help myself new toys are just irresistible) Setting it up to target the slightly heavier varieties of bread and butter species (jew, big flatties etc) that my little 1000 reel and 1-3 stick for Breaming might struggle with (6lb braid). Have been umming and ahhing over the main line weight . Figured I'd put a topic up and see if people wanted to have a chat about their preferences! Have a full spool of 15lb powerpro in moss green, and about the same in 10lb white, (also a question on 'does the colour really matter'). The 15lb appeals because if i'm out to target the larger stuff pretty much nothing is going to break it. But if i'm throwing SP's the 10lb seems to appeal for naturality / Cast distance, and the principle of lighter = more hits. If i'm in the right ball park would love to know, and see what others have done for these kind of targets. Just starting on SP's with only a couple of catches under my belt but can't wait to get out again on Wednesday and give it another go! Cheers Raiders! Witha

Haha another knock to the SP persistence! Just as the determination forms "just throw bait at it" comes back to haunt. Keep goin! Sent from my GT-I9100T using Tapatalk

Awesome stuff mate. Yeah just set up a heavier rod for the bigger species myself glad to know I'm in the ball park. Keep em coming! Cheers Witha Sent from my GT-I9100T using Tapatalk

Hi mate, new to SPs myself but have had experience at roseville. None of it positive really. Quite an overfished area as its so popular for picknicks etc. If you're looking for somewhere accessible but with more areas/structure try apple tree bay /bobbin head. Starting on SPs had more luck with smaller wriggler types. Am a novice but they have more action. Cheers! Also go as light as possible on line and jig weight something I have learned in my brief time experimenting Sent from my GT-I9100T using Tapatalk

Well done! Recently cracked my first SP fish too definitely got the bug! What line and leader weight were you using mate? What a feed! Saving that for next fish for sure! Sent from my GT-I9100T using Tapatalk

Great feed for a quick session looks like you've got it down pat. Cheers Witha Sent from my GT-I9100T using Tapatalk

Awesome catch mate two great species! Sent from my GT-I9100T using Tapatalk

What an experience thats great! And a tasty traditional feed by the looks! Cheers Witha Sent from my GT-I9100T using Tapatalk

Cheers mate, will do. The point about trcking them out is well taken, will have a search for 2nd handers with a few mods done/weigh up against the cheapos. Sent from my GT-I9100T using Tapatalk

Hi YakRaiders, have been seriously considering getting an intro range yak to get started with, being sydney based and not having the funds/storage potential for a tinny I love the idea and versatility a yak gives! The simplicity of the idea I feel stupid for not grabbing one years ago. So from your wealth of experience I was hoping to grab a few gems of knowledge on types/ quality for the price. Obviously not going straight for a hobie although I love the idea of one. Anyone got any experience with the new cheapos ~400 ish ones popping up? Cheers! Witha Sent from my GT-I9100T using Tapatalk

They put up a great fight! Had my first last week on light gear...was in the cooks though so didn't feel like eating. .. Sent from my GT-I9100T using Tapatalk

Great lookin Yak mate, being Sydney based been very keen to try one out / so many spots perfect for one. May i ask what it set you back? Seems to be a massive range of quality/price.

Mate literally ticked the boxes on most of the species possible! Cracker trip! Witha

Grabbed it, works great thanks mate! Sent from my GT-I9100T using Tapatalk

Awesome work sight fishing! What colour was the wriggler mate? Lovely way to start the day Cheers Witha Sent from my GT-I9100T using Tapatalk

Great report and great haul! Hopefully leads to more outings! Cheers Witha

Cheers guys! Definitely brewing a few more sessions asap! Baha damn Scratchie thats brutal! Yup definitely pays to leave the bait at home if you've got the opportunity to just have a flick! Cheers Witha Sent from my GT-I9100T using Tapatalk 2

Great to get out! Glad a good time was had by all!

Awesome fish! Well done!

First of all thanks to everyone in this community for giving me the SP bug and for all the "Just keep at it" encouragement! About a week ago I had the afternoon off so headed down to my local under the bridge on the Cooks river as it comes into the bay for another session practising my SP techniques / playing with lure model and size choices, my last report was of the same place where i landed a nice bream there hedging my bets with a bait rod as well, with the SP's just as an afterthought, however this trip I went out solely with SP's, keen to concentrate on improving even if it meant a doughnut. Got to the river at about 5:30pm, aiming to fish the run-in till high at about 8, I prefer the channel under the bridge to the open stretch heading up or down but when I arrived there were quite a few territorial types fishing the pylons so I started flicking up and down the stretch for no interest on a few different models (nuclear chicken shad, green wrigglers, big green prawn imitations that look like half a car tyre and are about as agile) and eventually the bridge freed up. The first pylon has a nice channel running through it, so gingerly inching through the oysters and cliff-hanger style edging along the ledge to get to the prize spot i set up for a flick hopping my SP with the current and letting it flow out from the bridge. After so many changes of jig head, model and position it was quite disheartening but (thanks to Kingfisher 84 and Chelum on my last report) i was confident my retrieve was right so kept at it until dark. My SP setup is Shimano Starlo 1-3 graphite (great little rod IMO) Sienna 1000 6lb braid and 6lb fluro leader with a 1/8 head due to the current being quite brisk. Put on a trimmed 5inch powerbait shad type in smelt scales and a bit of the old Sfactor and hopped it gently around, then quite to my almost-heart-stopping surprise nearly had the rod ripped from my hands by something that pulled like a horse on the light gear. Drag was singing and it put on a lot more shakes than a bream although with similar characteristics, managed to calm myself and not try and wrench the thing to me whilst moving it away from the nasty bust-off-central concrete and oyster pylons to come up with a beautiful 37cm Trevally!!! Had left the phone in the car stupidly so no pic but still grinning from it, first of the species and first on SP for me! Released it gently and had a few more casts for no interest. Hadn't realised the tide had come up so much so got quite wet wading back from the first pylon but you can imagine didn't particularly care with a success under my belt. Thanks to all the raiders for offering info and advice on everything from tides and times to tackle and techniques, you're a wealth of knowledge! Cheers Witha