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In summary, you get what you pay for...

Nitlon DFC, enough said, it cost about $12-15 for 100 but well worth it, I have landed heaps of big fish on the 6LB.

How much do they retail for? That is the Columbia one that im talking about. Cheers.

How big was it?

You'd be surprised, I got a kingie that went 71cm about two weeks ago, this fish was taken in the river.

After heavy downfalls in the Port hacking area fishing for Whiting and Bream becomes easier.

Your info seems correct, remember they are ambush predictors so they will hit pretty much anything that dangles over their head should that be your bait or jig. I don't fish for them often enough with bait but when i do i find that drifting over weedbeds, flats and drop offs the best, meaning that your boat will cover ground naturally casting to either side of your boat. When fishing for them with SP's I find that fishing the flats on the falling tide is better than fishing the flats on the rising tide but thats just my opinion, look for structure, fish the edge of weedbeds, deep water holes and areas where there is current flow. Also when fishing with SP's remember to slow the retrieve down, right down add pauses if you need to, make sure that the plastic hits the bottom and hold your line to detect 'hits' once you get a hit lift your rod and hook the fish. I dont know how you lost your flattie but be aware that the flathead has sharp spikes on the side of their head which can easily shred the line when landing the fish, avoid lifting the fish up as the flathead has a tendency to thrash around by shaking their head resulting in lots of thrown hooks. Good luck in time you will be an expert in fishing for flathead.

Its a pike, kinda disappointing when you land it ay haha.

Whats Ponzu sauce?

Thats the one!

Very nice, i would like to give it a go this week.

O yea, i fish that waterway with that jig.

Ill give them a go, they are fairly common, just the Doctors on all those fish put me off eating them raw. Did you stock up on Gulp! yet? Sounds very good, does size of squid matter, ie the smaller ones are more tender ect. 2mm is fairly thin, that will take some practice, alot of practice actually. Where can i pick up one of these knifes? Cheers.

Thanks for the advice, ill go harass those flatties tomorrow, i hope!

Thanks for that, ill give it a go, any part? The tail end ect?? And what about Squid i hear you can eat that too, just need advice on how to prepare it. Thanks.

1. Kingfish. Any others? These should be like estuarine fish or like fish that can be caught in shallow reefs off Sydney. Thanks.

Really? I get put off yakkas when i see doctors all over them, so im assuming you would prepare it as you would a king.

Awesome, I would really get into that, your either very brave or very stupid taking them on with such light gear going by the reports of others. well done but.

Worst for me was fishing on the night of the Sydney hail storms, we were fishing Bundeena by boat fishing, it was dead calm, anyway cut a long story short I heard thunder in the distance, i told my Grandfather to pull anchor as i sensed a storm coming (He is deaf) We pulled anchor and left straight away, leaving one boat behind. Its only a short trip but it seemed like forever when we were going from Bundeena to Dolans bay boat ramp, we retrieve the boat and make it home in 15 mins, as we pull the boat into the garage it starts hailing luckily by then we are safe undercover not out on the water. Anyway the next morning we found that the boat we had passed at Bundeena had a deceased man on board as a result of the storm. Pretty chilling stuff knowing that could have been me if we hadn't left at that time. From now on I check the weather before I go out and make sure that I don't plan trips too far away from the ramp if i know the weather isnt going to be too good. At age 12 that was a shock and had me pretty scared to go out whenever i saw clouds on the horizon looking out to Jibbon.

I once caught a king with a Mantis shrimp inside it, where can you find mantis shrimp?

Yammashitta (SP) pink in the size 1.8, perfect for chasing bait.

Great catch, looks perfect out there, we went on Tuesday in similar conditions but then it turned real nasty when the southerly came up

Hi all, Can someone please show me how to rig gulp squid i picked up a pack yesterday they looked like they would go real well on kings or jews if i crossed them, these ones are like 4' or so Question, are they meant to be casted or just jigged. Cheers.

Bit off topic but, if you wanna add to your collection( Pm me for details) are selling them for $5 a pack!

Love that, i used to cast the little 'Halco twisty 10grm' into them when they would boil up in Gymea bay years ago, there were a few Frigate makeral amongst them too, the best fun you can have on 4lb! Yea, we got friggen drenched on the way in, real shitty weather!