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Having used both reels i would say that the stradic is "slightly" better than the saragosa overall. Both have similar specs, good drag (smooth and power) and generous line capacities. For livebaiting i would certainly lean towards the stradic, while for jigging i would go for the saragosa. You really have to just weigh up the pro's and con's of each and decide which fits your needs best. Think about which technique (jigging, reef fishing, livebaiting) it will be used for the most. The stradic should certainly handle the jigging but not quite as well as the saragosa from my experience. All in all, both are fantastic reels and it comes down to which one you want/need the most!
Cheers, Tom
I have absolutely no faith in the bail arm assembly of the stradic. I use to own a 1000 FI stradic for bream and bass and it didn't last 3 months. The bail arm got clunky and the reel lost all it's smoothness. If it can't handle bream and bass I doubt it'd stand up to the rigors of jigging.
For the money (and you'll probably have cash in hand still) get an Okuma V System these reels have an awesome dual force drag system, the bail arm assembly ain't going to let you down and most of all they are one heck of a solid reel. You also get a life time warranty and i've only heard good things about the after product support from Okuma.
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Hi Raiders,
I want to buy a baitrunner for bait fishing for bread and butter species and anything that comes by. I want to get a shimano or daiwa reel of the 2500 sizing. My price range is around $100-130
Why would you need a baitrunner reel for a reel that size? Even on the lightest baitrunner setting any thing you are most likely to target will feel the weight of the baitrunner drag and drop the bait even if you've got in positioned it in horizontal rod holders and a super soft rod. I reckon you'd have far more success fishing with an open bail arm and letting line out or after you have cast have a rubber band on your rod grip just infront of the spool and tuck line underneath it and pull out a metre or so of the line off the spool fishing the reel with the bail arm in gear.
In my opinion baitrunner's have their place but only while fishing live baits.
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Hi All
Went down to pier 2 early Sat morning for the first time and could not believe what I saw. The place looked like a tip. Empty beer bottles everywhere and the amount of empty bait plastic bags was unbelievable. The smell was just unbareable. I only stayed for ten minutes one group of guys had a bucket full of undersized bream and as I was leaving another guy obviously drunk was urinating on the building. Honestly felt ashamed to be a fisherman.
Robbo
Unfortunately this is the case on every wharf in Sydney. Sadly it's only a matter of time before all wharves are off limits to us. Perhaps to balance cleanliness with fishing they should take a leaf at what they do in some of the rivers and make the wharves around Sydney Harbour lure fishing only.
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Hey Fishraiders.
Wow I thought this thread might have generated some significant debate and a HOO Bra Haa!!!
None the less, Played on the computer last night and I cannot come across any external markings etc that would differentiate a male flathead from a female one. Keeping in mind that the males by forming 75% of the population are in fact unimportant to the the continued propagation of the species and can be kept with no discernable impact, its the 25% of the big females that ARE important.
Have been mulling it over and have just thought of one common sense discernable aspect that could assist in ID.
In the breeding seeson with the males if you turn them upside down and apply a slight/soft pressure to the middle abdomen and then slide down towards the anal area it will visably produce Milt (sperm). Those ones you can happily keep. If not, its a female breeder and back into the drink she goes.
Also note that the same procedure will, if a females eggs are very ripe, cause those to be extruded and provide a positive ID there as well.
Yes and I know that the response from many catch and release people will be "If their big just let them go".
But in reality, the majority of fisherpersons are not a catch and release and they will keep their wonderfully large prized flathead that they worked so hard for and deserve to keep. If additional info can be provided so that they are aware of how to maybe ID a female they may just release that most important female.
Hey Mods/Stewy I Reackon this is a actual very important piece of info for the species and your site, it could assist all FR's in releasing a higher proportion of the breeding females and thereby doing our bit. A bit of support here if you are able would be appreciated, I also understand it if you cannot for all the obvious reasons.
And now I am going fishing!
Regards
Trapper Tom
Thought provoking and a great post Trapper Tom !!
There's a lot of emotivity around large flathead and they ain't exactly rare if you know where to target them. The idea of large flathead being breeders is a myth. When it comes to fertility, it's a bell curve with an optimum age & size. Therefore fish younger or older than the peak will be less fertile.
People who advocate the "big breeder" myth need to look @ the facts DNA Decay's and you only have to walk to your local suburban mall and see who are the more fertile.
I would dare say it would be better for the flathead fishery overall to release or limit the mid-sized fish in the 45 to 60 cm bracket as they would be closer to this reproductive peak.
Generally I release the vast majority of my fish not because I appreciate and respect the fish.
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You can eat fish out of the parra river, I just wouldn't make a habit of it. All the toxins (dioxin etc.) are dose dependent, the more you have the worse you'll be. Conversely, a little fish from there rarely is unlikely to be a problem...
Dioxin's accumulate over time in a fish a fish that's over 45 cms is like to be a very old fish and would probably be swimming the harbour at the same time they were pumping agent orange into the harbour.
If you were to read more about what dioxin's do, do a google search of bioaccumulation of dioxins.
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A tow point and a couple of good trebles
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Hi raiders,
I might be buying a specialised fishing kayak. Probably the Hobie pro angler. I will mainly be using it in middle harbour around the roseville bridge area. I have seen a few bull sharks up to 3m in these waters and i'm a little concerned. Is it safe fishing up past the bridge on a kayak with them around? Just curious as i read that there was a shark attack past the bridge years ago. The person was killed and they came to the conclusion that the shark was 3m long based on the bite size. Any comments would be great!
Thanks
I'd be more worried about boats and jetski's running you over than sharks. I wouldn't believe every thing you hear about shark attacks, the last fatal shark attack in Sydney happened in 1963 @ Sugarloaf bay. I've only had one encounter with a shark near cabarita. It was only a little one around 4 to 5 foot and i spooked it while it was chasing some mullet on the surface.
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Live yakka's have got to be the most overrated bait for jewies to the point where I'd say they are like brussel sprouts to a kid. Yakkas are great fodder for chopppers and salmon but jewies find them too much of a hassle getting down as they can be spikey little buggers. In my opinion garfish are a better option for jewies. I'd rate a fresh squid or a butterflied slimey a quantum leap above both baits though these days I can't be bothered tying on anything else except for a plastic or blades when chasing jewies.
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G'Day Crew,
Just wondering if it is worth getting a 1000 size reel and rod to chase bream, bass and flatties? Finesse fishing if you like. 1-3kg 6'6" or 7' rod to match. Any benefits over 2500 reels and 7'+ rods when casting plastics, hb's or blades?
I look forward to your replies.
Cheers,
Rob
Almost all of my fishing is finesse fishing however I hate 1000 size reels as they don't cast very well. My preference for reels are shallow spooled 2500 sized reels in daiwa we're looking at the 2506 sizes and in shimano it's a 2500S.
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Hi Raiders, first post so please go easy on me....
I have been bait fishing for years, however i am now right into flicking plastics,blades,hard bodies etc into the Georges River seeking flathead landbased, i have a range of good quality lures and plastics and i want to target flatties on Weedy/Sandy 2-5foot bottoms around the Bonnet Bay/Como area. Blades get caught up in the weed, plastics at times seem to not interest a bite so any advice or particular "lures" for me to try this season will be appreciated. Thanks FR for running such an informative and friendly site.Ribs
Blades and plastics are the best places to start for flatties. One thing you need to keep in mind is to keep the lure in the strike zone by trying to bounce the lures off the bottom. If you're regularly getting your blades in weed your in the right territory but you might want to consider your lure choice. Ideally plastics and blades that have trailing assist hooks like the ecogear zx are ideal as they are a lot more weedless and snag resistant then other blades that are running trebles.
Location wise when you're fishing from shore look to fish drop offs and weedbed corners as that's where the fish will be likely to hang out.
Hard body wise any lure that hits the bottom or is close to the bottom will do the trick in 2 to 5 feet of water look for lures that look like poddies and shrimp work the best in these kind of depths also in terms of color I find translucent colors work best.
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Yeh mate,
might go for the saros then. Sounds good enough and hopefully can stand up to some jacks up north this summer! Thanks for the replies!
I'd suggest you wait. Shimano are bringing out new model stradic's and sustains soon and the prices of the old model stradic will more than likely drop.
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EVERYBODY KNOWS THE HARDEST PULLING FISH "POUND FOR POUND" IS BABY SNAPPER! how hard to those pinkies pull? u'd swear u had a keeper!
bloody things!
Musty
Mate, with that Avatar you gotta agree with me on the MULLET LOL !!
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gday raiders , just curious to every ones thoughts of there strongest fish ever caught (pound for pound!) , ive heard from another websites that the amberjack is? for me its the kingie
yet ive never caught yellowfin tuna (or amberjack) which i hear pull hard.im very interested to hear other raiders experiences cheers paul
The humble mullet pound for pound they go the hardest.
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Hey raiders,
Thought i'd throw the question out there and ask.....
1- What brands you prefer
2- Colour/s you prefer
3- Sizes & weights you prefer.
I've been using the Powerbait Egi squid jigs with scent, most success with "pink/white" and "brown". Using 2.5-3 inch and 10-15 grams.
$2 glow in the dark squid jig or razor backs at night. Usually between the 1.8 and 3 inch sizes, which has had a bit of the lead keel trimmed so it sinks horizontally.
During the day I prefer yamashita egi'o's on a drop shot rig.
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has anybody fished manly resevoir before? and can give some pointers on location etc? im thinking to try something different tomorrow and am pondering on giving the carp a go.
thanks
Where you find people feeding ducks are always the best spots to fish for carp. Fish light (no more than 6lb) and fish unweighed with bread or corn in a berley trail and you'll do well if you are fishing for them on bait. Carp are great fun on fly and pull very hard you can fish the same spots with bread flies if you want a challenge.
Carp are a pest an make sure you bring some thing solid to dong em on the head with. They make great fertilizer, so take em home and bury them.
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you can buy such things called nibble tips that slip straight on to the end of the rod like a small extention, however finding someone who stocks them is a bit tricky, I personally dont know of any one in sydney but someone else on FR may be able to help there possibly. You really need to take the rod and find the correct size nibble tip to suit your broken rod. I would imagine that they would slightly affect the original action of the rod though,but at least the rod is usable again.
Hope this helps.
pete.
Nibble tips are awesome and have a strong following in the bait fishing fraternity especially with coarse fisho's. If I bought a graphite rod like a jewel for lure fishing a nibble tip would make it very awkward to fish a lure with.
Personally I like rod's that have insurances like Nitro's and Lox's where if you damage the tip you can pay $50 or $60 for a replacement tips.
Having said that I don't like what Shimano have done with the Loomis expeditor warranty once they took over.
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By the calander i thought it was full moon tomorrow (14th) night but its actually 4:58AM tomorrow . So do you think it would be better fishing tonight or tomorrow night?
Tomorrow is the 14th
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Does anyone have unbiased suggetions as to what are the best rod and rell combinations for
1)soft plastics
2)bait fishing
3)popper fishing
Nothing to expensive but all suggestions welcome
I know if I ask a fishing shop bloke he will try and sell his best profit item.:!!!
What r u fishing for and what kind of locations are you fishing?
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Hi Riaders,
Ive been doing a bit of fishing shopping lately and on my list is a kayak.
I already have a boat so i dont want some really big fancy thing. I just want something simple, LIGHT, and something i can put on roof racks and take off easily by my self.
Something with rod holder and a place to put tackle in.
I really do not want to spend to much money, is there anything in what im looking for in the 4-$700 range?
Thanks Stan
Malibu Mini X fits the bill perfectly, I've got one and it's under 20 kilos and very easy to manage. On the water it's a little slow but it's very stable. Best thing about it is it's a fishing kayak and it's very easy to pimp out. I've installed a Lowrance X4 sounder, scotty rod holder and anchor trolley.
I'd also recommend that you do some searches on this Yak I'm not the only Mini X fan out there.
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There are heaps of places. Best to go upstream of the Bridge at low tide, pull your boat up on one of the mud/sand banks and pump away..
Be careful not to take any with eggs, as they are breeding at the moment,
Sydney Harbour is an IPA
Check out what it says in the Sydney Harbour/Northern Beaches Recreation Fishing Guide
Page 6.
The entire shoreline of Sydney Harbour and its tributaries, including the Parramatta and Lane Cove Rivers and Middle Harbour, is also an IPA, excluding the shoreline of North Harbour from Manly Point to the southern end of Forty Baskets Beach (Figure 1).
All IPAs extend from the mean high water mark to 10 m seaward from the mean low water mark.
Collecting seashore animals is prohibited in IPAs. This includes crabs, snails, worms, cunjevoi, octopus, sea urchins, anemones, pipis, cockles, mussels, oysters and saltwater pink nippers (yabbies). Line fishing is allowed in IPAs but you must bring your own bait.
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Im only new to flicking a Beach rod and reckon I have casted about 40m using a 10ft beach rod.
I'm 5/11 and 85kg
So what sort of distances are my fellow raiders able to launch their baits?
Any tips on technique?
there are a few variables that you need to look at for optimum casting. Some things you want to look at ;
1) Is your reel over or under filled. Generally it's best to have your line filled to 2 mm from the lip.
2) What kind of line are you using, and does it match your outfit? Braided lines generally cast better than mono but some braided lines cast better than others. If you're also using line that is too heavy for your outfit (you can usually find the line ratings for mono on the rod blank) it won't cast well.
3) Sinker or lure weight, if your sinker or lure is too heavy or too light for your blank you'll find that it won't cast as well.
4) Practice as with any thing casting needs practice. I find for longer cast I use a flatter trajectory, rather than trying it into the heavens. I'd also recommend you learn how to pendulum cast.
5) If you're running a running sinker rig keep also in mind that your trace length has a bearing on the distance of your cast longer it is more awkward it is to cast.
Hope these few pointers help
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I haven't had any experience with the exceed yet but have ran both castaway and daiwa sensor on certates. They both cast well and are amazingly smooth but you have to watch your line management very carefully as I've found them prone to wind knots especially when you're flicking light lures and plastics and if you're paying around $60 to $70 a spool it's extremely painful when you do get the occasional wind knots.
If you want a good hassle free line that cast and manages well I'd recommend Fins Windtamer this line is 1/2 the cost and manages alot better however the casting is still good but it's no way near as smooth in casting.
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It's an ouchie ouchie fortescue nasty spines on them
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Firstly i'm not sure why you want to consider using a bass for a redfin but then again i'm a bass zealot. The size of the redfin in manly dam is small and while they are quite a few fish there I've never seen one over 10 inches.
It's been a while since i've last fished there but we used to do really well fishing celtas and tassie devils for them.
best type of braid?
in Saltwater Fishing Reports
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Here are the options I'd look at:
1) Drop down to 2lb fireline or stren microfuse (I very much doubt it breaks at 2lb more like 6), but it cast a lot further than 4lb fireline.
2) Fireline Exceed in 4lb. Awesome stuff it hasn't let me down.
3) Sunline Castaway 0.6PE apparently it's a 10lb IGFA line but still very thin and cast well.
One thing I'd suggest you stay away is Nanofil, although it cast extremely well overall strength and knot strength has a lot to be desired for.