Rami

You are the forth person (including me ) that did not sleep well last night. Weird. At least you had a more productive time than I did. Good job

Going over this thread. Lots of good advise. Wonder how the op went.

Sorry but what is considered big swell. I had a look at sea breeze but don't have a frame of reference.

Well I used a smallish hook. Will go even smaller.

Well. Sometimes in the harbour off a mates boat. Or Cowan creek off the apple tree boat ramp. I don't know many locations unfortunately.

How far do you cast upstream?

It does. Thanks.

I tend to swear at them, doesn't work either. [emoji34]

Look up fishing vids on YouTube for new techniques?

I tried the unweighted method a couple of times but the current just takes the bait to the end of the earth. Should I close the bail once I cast?

2-5 kg rod with 8 pound braid. And 2500 reel. I feel bites fine but can't manage to hook the fish.

15 pound mono. Fin nor 4500 Shimano 1 piece 8-10 kilo rod. I have a much lighter combo I am using to learn soft plastics.

How to work out drag tension?

Well I was looking for bream and flat head. It is very likely that drag was set incorrectly. Ie. I have no idea how to set drag. My only measure is set it a little under line strength. And I am using relatively heavy line.Ps, I was land based at the time.

When do you strike? During the weekend I went for a couple of hours fishing at Spencer while the family was asleep. The fish were there but kept stealing the bait. Now, when should I strike? When I first feel a nibble? When I feel 100% a fish is on the line? When I get a strong down? Not exactly sure. What hook types ( and sizes ) do you use in what situation? There are so many different hooks when you go to bcf. I normally use long shanks. But am wondering if I should work out what else to use and how to use them. Point me in the right direction please. I see people some times prop their rods in the rod holders and wait. All I get when I try that is stolen bait. What am it doing wrong.

good luck mate. Let us know how you go. Congrats.

Good on you mate.

A few more photos to come I think.

I may need to go to a desktop to have a look. Tapatalk does not show polls.

Fair enough. To be honest I don't even know the basics. I will pull up the brand model and look for the Manual.

Fair enough. It's on a mates boat. But I go fishing with him a lot. Trying to work out how to find the bloody fish.

Simple question, how to use one. What are the available resources. Same for fish finders.

Was there just now . You had better luck than I did.

Was thinking of going fishing early today throwing soft plastics around. Looked at the weather site, yep 70% chance of rain. Wake up this morning to sunny weather. Too late to go out.

Thinking of going but unsure of the weather at the moment.