[Daiwa Tournament ISO 6000 Entoh vs Shimano Ultegra CI4+ XTB vs Daiwa Surf Basia 25QD]

Hi, Guys. I am looking for buy a long distance casting surf reel.

The fishing line I am going to use is 15lbs braid. The main fish species I am targeting is Salmon, Travelly, Whiting, Kingfish, Jewfish, Flathead.

At the moment I have narrowed it down to these three reels:

Daiwa Tournament ISO 6000 Entoh

Shimano Ultegra CI4+ XTB

Daiwa Surf Basia 25QD

Has anyone used these three? Any opinion?

[Has anyone used a bait boat?]

15 hours ago, Coswecanfly said:

Haven't used on here yet but used one of these https://aquacat.co.za/ in South Africa before. 

Few things I found.

Depending on where you are, deeper water is like a desert with no fish there. Fish gather near the shore because the breaking waves dig up creatures that feed bigger creatures and so on till you get to the big fish we fish for. Often while casting I caught more than buddies using the boat to take bait into deeper water. 

If you're not fishing from your ute it's too big and bulky to carry far. With all the batteries, remotes etc. you're pretty much limited to a small patch of beach. 

The range is never near what they advertise and I've heard of quite a few guys in South Africa that lost their boat due to it going out of range or batteries running out. It's a lot of money to lose to the ocean if it doesn't wash up on the shore which often it doesn't. 

In my opinion after using one a few times it's not worth it. It seems like a bit of a toy and doesn't guarantee better catches. 

Thanks, they are really pricey. I might buy a cheap RC boat without sonar ($100 - $200), if it doesn't work as I expected. My son can play around the beach when I am fishing.

[Has anyone used a bait boat?]

12 hours ago, Volitan said:

I’m following this with interest. Though I understand it probably isn’t much use off a beach for all the reasons Coswecanfly said, we live waterside on Brisbane Water. The problem is the water is very shallow off our place so the fishing is poor, but I’ve been out in a little dingy and results are much better if you can just get the bait out - about 3 times the distance I can cast.

ive thought of a drone but a boat would be much more reliable because it can’t fall into the water - it’s already there.

if I could get the bait out that far, I could fish from our dining room while im having breakfast. How good would that be.

In the river where I am fishing regularly. The channel is like 60-100 meters away from the beach. In cold day, the fish just dive into the channel, that's why I am thinking a bait boat.

[Has anyone used a bait boat?]

9 hours ago, jot said:

what about using a drone to take bait out?

Drone doesn't have sonar, can't tell how deep the water is.

It might fell into water.

[Has anyone used a bait boat?]

Something like this: https://www.a shop.com.au/Remote-Control-Finder-Fishing-System/dp/B01N0USM0A

It drops the bait into deeper water.

It also has sonar to find where the fish is.

Have anyone had any experience with bait boat? Is it legal in NSW?

 

[What's this fish?]

First time catch this kind of fish. Caught this one on a surface lure in Roseville bridge.

It has very spiky teeth, roughly 25cm.

I released it, but anyone knows what is this fish, and what's the legal size?

 

 

[Mud Crab in Roseville Bridge midnight and morning in late March]

I forgot the date, but it was late March, the day was not raining.

I caught a 35cm bream on chicken breast on #1 circle hook, no sinker, super light line. The time was 10pm.

I found a few expired chicken breast in the fridge and thought why not use it for fishing. I cut chicken breast slices, put it on the circle hook, the meat covers the whole hook. Chicken breast is very heavy, I can cast the bait right under the pylon without a sinker.

The bream just swallowed the hook, no small bites, just a heavy sudden pull, almost pulled the rode into the water.

 

It was very quiet after the Bream, so I changed to Jackall floating HB lure (Dark green). I cast the lure under the bridge light, slowly rolling back. A few minutes later, a 32cm ocean perch bite the lure.

 

That's it for that night. I headed home to prepare some bait for the second day morning.

Here is my favourite bait: Quality prawn (from seafood shop, not bait shop). I cut the prawn head, collect the brain juice, cut the prawn into small chunks, soaking the prawn chunk with prawn brain juice, put into the fridge for overnight.

On the morning, I headed to the same position (under the bridge), I used the same setting (#1 circle hook with super light line) with the juicy prawn meat. Almost caught two large breams, but the line was cut by oyster twice.

While I was so frustrated, I saw a large mud crab swimming near the shore, so I dropped a prawn bait in front of him, he slowly eats the prawn and Got HIM! but he was too heavy, and the line nagged on oyster again, I had to get into the water to put the crab into the bucket.

It was a 1.5kg Mud Crab.

 

 

[Roseville Bridge Night and Afternoon]

4 hours ago, leonardgid said:

Hi there , you need to look up NSW fisheries ,  there are allot of rules  and regulations  that  you are not aware of ,  for example  you can not collect  bait  such as  crabs, worms  and  pink nippers anywhere in Sydney harbor ,  fisheries inspectors  may let you of with a warning  but   you may come across someone who will fine you , ..... im not a troll looking for an opportunity  to have a go at someone ,   take care .

 

Thanks. This was my first time pumping yabbies. I will check the rule.

[50cm Flathead caught in Roseville Echo Point Beach]

I went to Echo Point beach at about 5 am, opposite of the Roseville Bridge.
The water was extremely low. I walked along the beach, all the water were very shallow,

The fish was very active near the shore. Maybe that's because the rain water flushing the food into the water.

I used Diztec dark green FB 35 surface lure with Galic scent.

Because the water was so low, I could feel the lure was hitting the sandy bottom.

Anyway, I felt 2 big pulls, I lost the first one, but got the second one, it was a Flathead, roughly 50-55cm.

After that, I switched to Halco Twisty Spinning Metal Lure with a longer rod, but didn't get any bite.

 

 

[Roseville Bridge Night and Afternoon]

really? It's Tailor?

I thought they were yellowtail...

I will be careful next time.

[Roseville Bridge Night and Afternoon]

My First report.

I went to the Echo Point Park beach with a pump in afternoon 20th March 2019, caught a few yabbies, used the yabbies as live bait, caught a few small breams and whiting near the Cafe (Echo on the Marina). Released all of them.

I went to Roseville bridge at around 9pm.

I was standing under the bridge, casting Diztec dark green FB 35 surface lure towards the water below the bridge light. Caught a 47cm Estuary Perch. After that, I kept using same lure for an hour, but it was very quiet, I then switched to a bottom blade lure, got snagged. That's the only fish I have caught that night.

 

I will try again in echo point park tomorrow morning. I will try FB 35 surface lure and metal spinning lure this time.

 

 

[Any fresh water near moorebank sydney?]

Thanks Mike: I will go for a try. Btw, worms in my worm bin are good bait?

Mate i've seen some large carp in cabramatta creek, its quite deep in there and the water runs slow, so seems like a good place to start? Never caught any, as im usually fishing with lures.

You might get the odd one, but not sure if they are there in numbers.

[Any fresh water near moorebank sydney?]

well you can but all the fish will glow green

I think even georges river is polutted

[Any fresh water near moorebank sydney?]

Hello, I am new here. Just wondering is there any freshwater river or damp near moorebank? So I can catch some carp or eel?

Thanks