Flickn Mad

Nice bag mate. I agree, if fish are gunna eat they are gunna take a well presented lure.

YUUUUMMYYY. You don't need many when they are that size.

I do recall a couple of middle aged fishos in the woollongong area being pulled up and inspected. A good haul of legal kingys they said, measure them all they said. Please don't look under the bunk in the cabbin they said. No all those under size fish aren't ours they said. No idea how they got there they said. We all Know looks can be deceiving and that fishos generally are a crafty bunch. I have been checked a few times at ermo on a week day in crappy weather and recon the idea that they will turn up any where any time is a good thing. I would like to see them more often even if they annoy me a bit.

Well done, a fish of a life time for many. Pretty hard to hide your location with a back drop like that. It looks familiar for some reason.

Nice one, good to see a few sambos about. two questions, what bait do you use for the whiting and have you defrosted yet. Must have been bloody cold as the sun came up.

Nice one, very envious

Good on u for persisting with the cold and getting a feed.<br /><br />Unfortunately with sydneys fishing environment u are going to get all sorts. it is part of what makes the place great but has some down sides as well. As we saw from a fellow raiders trip to china, some peoples idea of good fish are different to ours.<br /><br />Maybe some good natured advice for these guys is needed, but remember you aren't fisheries so confrontation should be avoided. If they persist just dob them in to fisheries.<br /><br />let us know how the catty goes.

The big difference for me and correct me if I am wrong, you are only allowed one of those trapps or five witches hats per person.

Well done, loosing one always make u appreciate the ones u do get, If they were easy we probably wouldn't chase them so hard.

mmmm sashimi

I hope I make some sense here, The length of shaft between the coupler( part that goes on the towball) and the body (the block that is bolted to the trailer)has to longer than the gap between the back of the large nut on the back of the shaft and the actuating lever when the leaver is pulled on hard( the hand brake position) If this is not set up correctly the coupler will contact the block under braking causing reduced breaking and a thud felt through the tow vehicle as the coupler impacts the block. My suggestion would be to have as little as 10 mm gap at the back of the nut to the activating leaver when the brake is off and the trailer hooked up to the car. I found out the hard way that my trailer flexes when stored propped up at the front, stretching my break cables to the point my breaks were running full stroke without any effective breaking. Take note, I am presuming your over ride breaks work the same as mine. I hope this is off some help and makes sense. If in doupt a quick break test on a back road may be a good idea before u hit the way free.

That's a cracker mate.

Same as squid mate, Two hook rig first hook through the tip of the mantle second hook lightly pinned through a bit of skin between the eyes or maybe a tentacle, some use a .treble for the rear hook

Mate, all the feed back is good stuff. In this day and age we should also take into account non fishos PERSEPTIONS, If a family of tree huggers walks past to see you cutting the throat of a fish and hang it flailing over a bucket with blood going every where it aint gunna be a good look. I like to be as humane as I reasonably can while getting the best out of my catch. If the fish is of a size and breed where I can cut the throat and then break its neck quickly and then slurry/cold water that's the go I recon, but being a bit discreet if there are kids around might be advisable. bigger fish may require the spike or priest.

Well done. I thought them grips looked shiney. Is that braid limp or stiff like the old fireline

Good one, nice dollies, are they as good to eat as the reports say.

Rippin in little man, that's mad

Yeah yeah well done, a dude who is 3 feet tall holding up a just legal king. seriously well done man, how many trips do you need at the ciro to sort out the damage.

Yeah this one went hard and deep, never jumped once hence my thinking I had a king on. I recon my tactic for kings works on the sambos as well, put some good pressure on but don't try and move the fish in the water column just idle toward deeper water and then start working them toward the surface. At the end of the day it was a good fight and a good test of a brand new outfit.

HAHAHAAAA. Its funny cause it wasn't me. We have all done some thing like this at some stage, Don't beat yourself up, u got your posts number up a bit

Just tell him that yakkas are much smarter than mullet.

Thanks guys, I do occasionally eat sambos but usually when their prospects for a healthy release are not so good. I still had high hopes of a legal king at the time. When I got the last two bonnies on my way back to the harbour there fate was sealed. I often take a bonnie or two and quite like their subtle flavour. Do you guys recon fish cakes freeze better than whole fish, I am not big on freezing fish as fresh is so much better.

Just when u think u have seen it all, a "sea pen" pops up and u remark WHAT THE $@$%^. And that fat bonnie is a stripie.

John r turks, if you want the black electrical corrugated, u may need to get it ordered in, the black should be uv stabalized.

Monday got 3 bonnies on mackerel xrap of south head. bled iced straight home, fillet, bone and skinned, dusted in salt and pepper flour and a quick shallow fry, a bit of lemon and im a happy boy.