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Yep Stylo, Paternoster, you can run a couple off the main line to look like a little school. I think you should have released the one in the second photo she looks like a breader about to give birth

squid ink

I think the yellow ones have a 24 hour time limit on them if you have a nav chart of any area the key will display what they can handle in the way of length of vessel

Nice one snapperless.. iron chef or iron guts? great to see minimising waste

half hitch line to the tail

I really appreciate the replies lads, Thanks for the input its good to hear from experience both direct handling and wisdom. Drag pressure is probably one of the more important issues Pushing the penns to their rated limits, whilst ok, did not feel %100 right Its good to know the versatility of the reels, I don't think the dollar is going down for a while ( have been known to be wrong ) Very interested in hearing how you go kiro one day i'll grow a set of nuts and just go and buy one, however i need 4 another one of lifes tough decisions. . . very interested in all experience as i have read all the media releases and specs Cheers

After reading bustoffs report, went up to lyell last week and spun the banks south from magpie hollow with small tassies in rainbow trout and pink for an hour and a half with no action. Went to re-assess the situation at tarana pub for a while . Back to the van park an hour before sunset got a phone call and hook up on a pink tassie which he spat second jump, another phone call and landed another 35cm, an hour after dark on powerbait. Carried out an autopsy at home revealing the usual surface insects and a baby bass ( I am pretty sure )which apparently 10 thousand + - were released a week or two ago

Does anyone have first hand experience with these reels, i have read various bits and pieces about stats but nothing from anyone that has handled one. Have been looking for a couple of 4k to 6k size for a while and cant decide weather to go old or new. Have been using Penn liveliners which impressed me over the years, but their starting to get on a bit. Cheers for any info

Nice, Is that the south western tip of the big island??

congratulations mate.. great catch

Try asking one of the bigger brokeredges at a marina they usually have a couple of contacts for independant inspections closer to where you live ?

Brilliant

Cheers zook

three days, tops just remember you are in control and you are a valuable member of the community

yes

for jew a bit of weight to keep him about a metre off the bottom, single circle an inch from the top of the hood, no leader . while your in that area whack another one on a sliding snell 2 metres under a float with a trace and no weight

they certainly look, smell and taste similar and where are you located, i have half a sheet of marine ply you can have

gday emptyhander, on the main page head due south until you hit a place called gps marks, mark that then roll down to broken bay , then travel east to the marks. what are you chasing, or just fishing generally? burley, structure, actively hunting, relaxing waiting for it to happen. rigs and quality bait or lures to suit bottom structure. pressume you mean boat based hawks, not offshore brken bay? most systems are quieter at the moment and it is a good time to hunt around and find your own spots that you think may fire over the next few months. most spots have been done to death. you obviously now know your way around. trust your own instincts and work harder. you probably know some fishy looking areas try lighter line, different fresh baits as light a sinker as current allows. attack the shore around rocks that radiate heat into the water with different pattern lures . . . . . keep thinkin

electric semi commercial smokers with thermostats and timers are a pain in the neck to get spares fo,r and the parts are usually imported and expensive they are also expensive to run and flimsy material.

i hot smoke , cold smoking is nice to preserve for extended periods but is time consuming and involves pumping smoke through a pipe to a second chamber holding the meat for 10 to 15 hours mine is a 44 gallon drum with both ends cut off with an angle grinder, one end about 2 inches from the top where the (pourer) with lid is for smoke outlet the 2 inch lip is then flanged out with the nearest hammer so it sits back on its original position. half a dozen holes are punched into the lid and meat hooks threaded through to hang the meat or fish on. this then sits on three bricks in an area not affected by wind, as the air flow and temperature changes can affect the outcome. i find the prunings off fruit trees, i think you prune after flowering so now is a good time to stock up and pretend to be working in the garden, provide the best flavoured smoke, apple, cherry etc, dried then run through a domestic chipper, preferably your neighbours. cedar and hickory also are great but can be expensive. cooking times vary depending on how big the smoker is and how much you put in it, and how it is stacked, expect to have to experiment to get your formula right, this may involve several fishing expeditions. . . as fresh is best. . . whole fish like mackeral, tailor salmon should be gutted, not scaled and crusted in salt and placed in a tray in the fridge for 5 - 7 hours before smoking. trout for 3 -4 hours fillets and steaks should be marinated in a raw sugar with a bit of salt solution in a bowl in the fridge for 4 hours. not longer. soak the wood chips in water for an hour so they smoulder and smoke when added to the heat. kettle and gas barbies are good if they have a wire rack and air inlet, outlet build a small fire and let it die down to coals, remove the fish from the fridge and wash off the salt or marinade thoroughly, then add the wet wood chips to the fire and hang the meat, open beer. when beer is finished check the smoker. chicken and pork also work well

never fished before, I just read your old posts jewgaffer and repost them a couple of months later to make myself sound like i think i know what i am talking about

Burley hard for 15 minutes if nuthing after 20 minutes move spots and repeat burley. 10 to 15 metres from a bank or drop off sound for structure

Patchy rats downrigging yakkas one minute then squid strips the next at longy and the occasional snap on rubber or dead baits Jigging the deeper stucture to the north east for slightly bigger kings flathead drifts seem to be the most prductive at the moment

thats exactly what i need to increase my trout capture rate at lake lyall this season perfect on the hook

nice report and nice gemmy, jew have a paddle shaped tail not forked and differrent dorsal fin , cobes are pretty beefy around the shoulder and head at that length i think its just an odd angled photo and . . .who GIVES A SHIT about cricket?