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    To the sand!

    in Fishing Chat

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    Hi all, been out of the game for a while. Just wondering what has been happening on the southern beaches of late? Anything interesting to know? Im likely to spend a few nights hunting that illusive jew given the upcoming conditions. Any intel would be awesome, and ill keep you all updated i guess?

    Cheers

    The south end of Stanwell is a well known producer.

    North Narrabeen nice gutter

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted · Edited by Ryder

    Thanks for the info ryder went down last night caught 5 nice bream smallest being 33 and biggest 38 only took 1 home for dinner in not greedy .also fought something massive for about 15 minutes got him right up to sand to have him snap off and swim off looked like a jewie around the 70 cm mark .

    Thanks again all for sharing ur info :)

    Great work

    Bad luck on the big one.

    Tarban Creek Sunday arvo

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

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    Just got home from a quick session down at the creek.

    Started with my sugapen but switched over when there were no takers.

    Satay chicken jerk shad on a 1/16th head.

    I moved to the mouth and cast towards St Joseph's rowing shed.

    After a few casts a nice little flattie around 30cm came ashore.

    Heaps of bites and a few misses later,a good one inhaled my lure.

    He must have been around 45cm. The plastic was lodged way down his throat,

    Impossible to remove without causing damage, I snipped the line and let him go.

    More bites more misses, when I snapped off on a snag I called it a day.

    It was my double uni that failed, I need to master the Albright

    Sorry no pics I left the phone in the ute.

    North Narrabeen nice gutter

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted · Edited by Ryder

    Mr.e.d

    It's still there,not as good as it was. I went last night.

    The big swell has flattened most of the formation along the beach.

    Not much kelp, there is ribbon weed and other stuff that wraps around your line.

    Has the texture of cottonwool and its hard to get off, it blocks the guides

    I kept losing my pillies to pickers or crabs, no solid bites.

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    Fly /SP fishraider day

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted · Edited by Ryder

    Sorry guys this is what I learned as a novice.

    Gear up to your budget ,cheap rod cheaper reel will catch fish, upgrade when the time is right.

    Don't buy cheap braid you haven't heard of off the Internet.

    Match your backing (if using backing) to your braid. You don't want a big run to ping when your 6 lb braid meets 2lb backing.

    Keep your spool filled, whether that means a join or a topshot, it's better for casting.

    6lb leader 2 rod lengths long, plus 2 wind ons.

    Set your drag. Tighten your drag. Load it up by pulling the leader towards the reel and loosen it so your rod doesn't look it will break.

    Use the minimum weight jighead to match the conditions ie water depth and current .

    Match your plastic to what the fish are feeding on, prawn, poddy etc.

    Alter your retrieve according to the depth. In the shallow short twitches, deeper water hop, deep water rip or double hop.

    Keep a bit of resistance on the line on retrieve, it wil stop birds nests.

    If you line gets twisty, when you are on the water, under way,let it all out with only a swivel attached, wind in under tension, twist gone.

    Change it up, move, try new things, alter damaged plastics, cut them, melt them and join together.

    You're not doing anything wrong if you are catching fish.

    It's all about confidence

    Ryder

    Bursting Bubbles

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    Posted · Edited by Ryder

    In the cartoons it was always catching an old boot or rusty can. I thought it funny when what I thought was a good bream turned out to be such a classic fishing fail: rusty tin can.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

    Under the Harbour Bridge I caught kids' shoe with comics on it. Bizarre or ironic.

    Good to know it happens to you raiders too.

    Thanks Ryder

    Ps SquidMarks don't get me started on the Me and my Brother stories.

    Quiet Night

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Don't lose heart. It will happen.

    I'd say check the tide times and fish the hours around the high tide.

    I'm no expert.

    You could always pm your instructor from Sunday I'm sure they would be happy to help.

    The weirdest technique you have tried...?

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    In the Solomon Islands I used coconut meat as bait for garfish.

    Not the kind we think of, it had to come from a spouted coconut .( The the sprout about 60 cm high.)

    All the water disappears within and the meat sort of expands filling the nut after germination

    It had the consistency of a dry sponge, it floated and the gars loved it.

    When in Rome.....

    Bursting Bubbles

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    Haha this is such a great thread. Yup plastic bags I called for rays, huge log that kept slipping making it "fight" think the suck and pull of the surf was my worst. 5min fight with a bloody great lump of kelp. Wouldn't have been so bad if I hadn't been woopin and cheering at the girlfriend that "I told you I'd catch dinner" she made me eat a piece of it as punishment :PSent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk

    That made me laugh Witha

    Cold night

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    There is an easy solution to folks constantly casting over you and tangling you up... bring it up, get their line and cut it off with your knife. Then the remainder of their line should pull out relatively easily. They will soon stop casting over you when they lose their gear all the time.

    Nice catch by the way, they are a couple of good flatties in there. And congrats on being so tolerant, you did better than I would have in the same situation.

    Luc.

    I agree with Trout Stalker, cut them off, do it quietly.

    I use the same method on the beach, when guys cast out 3 rods and can't handle 1.

    Bursting Bubbles

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    A couple of years ago, maybe more I hooked up bigtime on the beach at Dee Why, near the mouth of the lagoon

    This thing was giving the drag a real workout, and my heart started pounding. This is big. This is good

    I'd get some line back and then off it would go again. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

    After 20 minutes or so I had sight of something in the wave, and was convinced it was a shark.

    A kindly local came along, attracted by the epic battle and said "You know there is an anchor rope out there? been there for years.'

    Nooooooo!

    He burst my bubble!!

    I couldn't believe it, but he was right. My shark was a kelpy rope.

    I'd be winning when the big sets came thru, and it was winning when the water was going back out.

    I cut the line and moved down the beach.

    A few weeks later I saw a guy having the fight of his life at the same spot, I thought should I, shouldn't I ?

    My conscience got the better of me, I burst his bubble, cruel but kind.

    (I fished the same spot a month ago, after avoiding it, and it appears to be clear.)

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