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Coastie01, we're always looking for new kayakers

Fish meets little boat haha, now i demand fish meets my boat! >:( nah it was a pleasant day out. Roseville is a contender rod, as long as it aint that hill again! Wheres raz he knows what we're taking about

Cheers guys

Hi all, This thread could be perceived as not being 'fishing chat', if so, admin please move the thread to where it belongs. Im seeking info about waterproof switches. For application on a kayak, im passing it through a 1mm thick membrane. Backing and connections do not need to be water proof, but the switch and hole must be water proof! All i can find are toggle switches with rubber boots? Is there something better on the market? Ive visited both electrical and marine suppliers and theyve been rather useless so far.... so its up to you guys now hahaha Cheers

Hi all, thanks for the replies. Appologies for my delay in this reply. Its a shame that theyve gone missing hahaha. Old fella, thanks for the advise, ill have a look into it and if its feasible by kayak ill let you know how i go.

Hi all, Looking for tales, stories, statistics and whispers of how these creepy critters are going in cowan creek. Thanks in advance. Cheers

My two cents regarding baitrunners. I have a shimano baitrunner OC 6000 with 30lb braid, and I love it. Its like my child, and its been tested by kings, but more importantly by big rays of the beach. Nothing melted.... after being spooled No idea what exactly you'd be melting, stock standard reels are generally metal and fibre washes. only plastic is the drag cap but if you melt that youve got bigger issues. Dont trust everything you read, if theres one thing we fishermsan love to do its talk s###. Everything is on a scale of 350%. You treat youre gear well and as it was designed to be used, itll love you back

Sorry for the delay. Lungfau, no date yet. Probably augustish, pending weather, reports and moon etc. JTP, always people heading out, post if you want company. Next august meet above will be "Cold Night II" haha hairtail for the win. But yer we will do other stuff as well

SUPER FOLDY NET!!!!!

Looking for locals of either noosa or the lower Clarence River. Hit me up with a message. Cheers guys

You'd have to direct that question to the catchee of the flathead. But you don't take them lightly, they very quickly cause alot of damage to your legs.

Awesome fish! Do i be mean and remind you mine was 53 no, either way it's awesoe tailor and there are clearly big ones about. Let me now how it goes in the smoker. We had no further luck at our second spot, so only a single hairtail by henry for the hairtail meet. This simply means there will have to be a second meet! Just maybe in August when the fish return. And i know that Razzel can't wait

Hi all, It was that time of the week to get out in the kayak for a fish, so after a brief chat with HenryR Thursday was booked in for the Hawkesbury. The ultimate goal was jewies, but with a 12 month drought continuing I was just hoping for a nice feed of flathead. Henry had the knowledge of the area, and his plan seemed to make sense so off we set. We hit the water at 4.30am, departing from parsley bay boat ramp, and paddling out to our first spot to catch the last of the run out tide. After setting out squid and slimies as bait we began to drift the current and flick plastics. As this was a first for both of us, we quickly realised that it was either bait or plastics, not both, as we both snagged the bottom quickly. I surrendered my plastics rod and focussed on keeping my squid just off the bottom as I drifted. I flew by Henry as he made his way upstream to retrieve his now snagged slimie. Waving goodbye I watched as he disappeared into the low fog. As I drifted over the sweet spot (as described by Henry) I felt a few taps on the end of the squid. Concerned Id found the bottom I reeled in a few meters of line and BANG! There was weight. And good weight at that. It wasn’t far from the yak in only 8m of water so I got a glimpse of silver before it did the classic jewie run. YEEEWWW I begin screaming into the dark to see if I can get Henrys attention, but no luck. After a short fight I had netted my first jew in a looooong time, and what a stonker. It went 86cm and filled the entirety of my kayaks leg well. And whilst a jew isn’t a sportfish anything like the kings I’m used to chasing, they are just a cool critter. Happily released, it threw water all over me with a final kick, making the next few hours very cold for me….. Catching up with Henry and excitedly reporting my catch, we headed back upstream in hopes of repeating the catch, but we were unsuccessful. As a result we moved onto the next spot. Fast forward a few hours and several km’s later and the scores were unchanged, a single jew and a single jew only. We positioned ourselves near one of the bridges, flicking plastics whilst we waited for the top of the tide. With the river being very nice and giving us about an hour of slack water to fish, we got to work. With baits out we worked all matter of lures around the structure for nothing. Until a bait gets hit… theres weight…. carefully set the circle hook andddd…. Nothing. Bugger! Again, another bite and the same result. Again, and again, to the point it was getting embarrassing! We were blaming everything from big bream to hairtail, but after dropping a good dozen fish between the two of us, I finally pinned one. Screaming in joy like an idiot I pulled a little soapy up, and at 58cm it went straight back. At this point the water was starting to run again, and we discussed our options. With Sydney traffic ahead of me I decided to call it a day and headed for the ramp. But Henry, with only a flattie against his name, paddled back to spot number 1, determined to redeem his name. So off we went, and come 8pm I sent the message to see if he had achieved his goal, and holy $#!@% did he do just that. The message read “flattie, 91”. After recovering enough to reply, I confirm that the 91 was indeed the length. As I wasn’t there, what ill do is attach the photos and let Henry tell the story in the comments, then Ill edit his words into this report. What a bloody ripper fish though, and It had me kicking myself that I didn’t stay longer haha! Either way, it was a hell of a day, and you’ve got to love it when a plan comes together. You love it even more when PB’s are shattered all across the boards! Ripper of a trip! Cheers guys, and excuse the pic of me and my fish…. I don’t normally look so…. Yer :/

Ahaha as long as someone pm'd the fish. Yeye

For contact on the water, call me. Im unlikely to hear a text or read this forum

You beat me to it, let's go with Henrys plan

My plan was to putter along up to warratah bay fishing allong the way. I always complain about paddling hahaha, but im sure henry will join you on a smith's creek expedition. And where the numbers go i go. Ive got everyones numbers but all else fails we'll either paddle past each other or meet at w.bay

Me and razz are tossing up 1, assumably meeting at the ramp at 12.30ish

Have 25- 30m of rope though. Never hurts to have extra

Sounds sweet. JTP start time is always varible, but the joy of the system is we can't really paddle past each other on the way to warratah bay so we can all meet out there. As for weather, if it goes to shit will see, im watching the forecast closely but will make a call later in the week

Never landed a jew in the system, but dad hooked a damn nice fish right on high tide yesterday, my money was on a jew, or one hell of a tailor haha. Im happy to launch early Dynabolt, henry, people in the know. What ate the rules with apple tree bay (ATB). it says closed at sunset so ive never risked it, but it deffinately is more convinient in all regards.

Yes razz! 4 attendees! Everyone needs to peer pressure Rod into getting a day pass as well and here's a few pics if those bays from this weekend. Very scenic

Howd everyone go? Any record catches

I promise arvo fishing allong the way, heaps of bays to explore enroute to warratah