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    1 hour ago, JonD said:

    Don't think Ive posted this one. Dropped down to something smaller now I mostly fish solo, also plan on using this further north in QLD and NT. Deep dropping tomorrow.

     

     

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    Why not Ocean Cylinder?

    Time or tide

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    Posted

    I remember there were a couple of interesting  'bream on lures' articles posted on forum not so long ago -  there should be some info about tide and time. Easy to find with forum search function

    I fish for bream on SP in my local estuary. Summer is more productive than winter. Most of fish were caught in the same spots. Tide side did not matter much. Fishing was in the mornings.

    What app do you use?

    in Fishing Chat

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    I assume you are in Newcastle

    Go to the source:

    https://www.ausmarinescience.com/tide-times/2021-new-south-wales-tide-times-1/

    Or at least this:

    http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/tides/#!/nsw-newcastle

    Willyweather has nice and simple design, and it applies same SIMPLE approach to its  forecasts. If I choose Narra Beach in Willyweather -  it will provide wind info from closest inland Terrey Hills (instead of more appropriate North Head), and will provide  tide prediction from well-known and 'protected'  Fort Denison (instead of of more appropriate 'open' Camp Cove).

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    Restrictions to fishing

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    29 minutes ago, Burger said:

    The wording is ‘within the LGA or up to 10km’s from home’

    I read that to mean only within your LGA and then, also no more than 10km from home.

    I’m restricted in my fishing due to LGA, leaving only rocks and weekend swell has been big recently.

    I’m deemed an essential worker and have to take public transport to work.  Buses, etc now running on Sunday timetables mean they’re more crowded.

    Quite frankly I’d rather stay home!

    Another opinion. Not a gov/official source, however quite known:

    https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/what-s-within-10km-of-your-home-in-sydney-20210709-p588c0.html

    "Under the new restrictions, residents must stay within their local government area for exercise or go no further than 10 kilometres from their place of residence or temporary accommodation, if the place is within another local government area."

    Jika and Tokyo weedless SP rigs

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    30 minutes ago, Little_Flatty said:

    Haven't heard of these but I do have a few comments re weedless plastics.

    I have been fishing a lot more recently with EWG hooks and a weedless presentation. Because I'm mostly landbased, snagging is a part of fishing life for me and I hate the wasted time of re-rigging, considering most of my fishing is local and my sessions are often <= 30 mins. The other benefit I like of fishing this way is that you don't need to carry 1000 different weight/size jighead combinations - just a few different sizes of ewg hooks and a handful of sinkers.

    Initially I was allowing the hook to clear the plastic but found it still snaggable. I've been hiding the hooks a progressively more and found significantly less snags and have had a few trips in a row where I didn't get snagged! That said, I did miss the only decent hit I got the other morning, so maybe there's a price to pay for the weedlessness. It's still a work in progress. Probably the best compromise is to allow the hook to clear the plastic and then stretch it and gently hide the barb, but this works better for some plastics (e.g. Z-man) than others, which might break.

    I dont take all 1000, just those applicable to the fishing area/targetted species and a few spares. 

    If I was out of weighted weedless hooks - I was  just clipping large splitshot or halfcut ball sinker on a hook. 

    Hidden barb/hook tip of a weedless hook in ZMan SP worked well for me as well.  

     

    22 minutes ago, Little_Flatty said:

    Further, thanks for bringing up this topic! I think the Tokyo rig might be my answer to one of my previous questions regarding wire forming!

    No worries. For more inspiration, have a look at Ocean Angler Cyclops jigheads, Nitro Elevators jigheads, Mustad Fastach  clips, Mustad Fastach Football Weight.

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    Restrictions to fishing

    in Fishing Chat

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    18 minutes ago, motiondave said:

    I was, under 10km radius from home so at the time, Silverwater ramp was closest and down stream limit point was Wentworth point. 

    Now government had a big cry over 8 cases, I believe they were in one warehouse, I'm stuck in LGA area which is a lot smaller area and now I'm not able to even walk Parra river to throw lures about. 

     

    Dave, do you have the official/Gov source restricting exercising only to LGA limit in some areas? So far I was able to find that LGA limit in some areas applicable for work purposes only.

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    When does a fish usually take a metal vibe

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    Blades used to be my #1 lures before I moved mostly to SP. 

    Bites. Same as said above - most of bites were when lure was resting on the bottom, so used mostly small hops. Sometimes added a bit of Xfactor. Usual catch - flathead, sometimes bream, trevally, whiting.

    Price. Fishing (particularly for common (near)estuary species) can be usually as cheap or expensive as you want. My best performers were $2-3 blades from E bay. I used quality hooks though. Every blade has 2-3 holes to correct the action.

    Snags. Remove rings and trebles, add doubles with hooks pointing toward tail. Hookup rates similar to trebles.  Catches snags usually only during a strong side current.

    Usage. I found hookup is more reliable with SP single hook than with blades, therefore now I use blades mostly only if Aussie SP piranhas (LJs) are around.

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