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I know a few guys that use knife jigs through winter that swear by them. Could be worth a shot Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

G'day raiders, Bit of a courtesy post today, I had a decent session yesterday morning landing 7 salmon before heading home but to my dissapointment it seems I should have stayed longer! Got home to find a good mate had just had a call from one of the boys informing us that they had just caught 4 striped tuna off Terrigal skillion on 60g metals. If anyone gets out there today let me know if they're still about! Tight lines! Ads Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Have you tried the Z-man swimmerz?I was up there over summer and didnt manage to net one but lost three over 50cm on barra gear with 20lb braid and 40lb leader. The most luck I had was with the 4 inch red or white swimmerz with a bit of pro-cure in the slit of the plastic. They definitely like a suspending lure over a floating or sinking too...the more horizontal the lure stays when suspending the better too. I would probably use a pretty consistant speed, not quite pelagic spinning speed but definitely not a slow roll or anything like that. If they aren't touching get real jerky with the hardbodies. -Mick Horn - "the jack guru" has some nice vids on youtube around the canals and Broadwater. Good luck!! There are some monsters on the Goldy! Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

What a Muppet...and we wonder why Brisbaine waters is so hit and miss! Cheers for the link Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Samaki zing extreme and a Daiwa Caldia, should come in right on 600-630 Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

You certainly can fish the sand pumping jetty at the goldy seaway...the office is full of pictures from ppl catching fish off it. As mentioned though they do charge. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Seems like overkill to me personally. 2-6kg is probably O.K for flatty (not real sensitive though) but for breaming I wouldn't bother. I use an itchy twitchy which is 1.5-3kg and to be honest this still could come down a bit for the bream and other finicky fish. I assure you that a rod of this rating will handle ANY sized flathead including those 1m monsters. Just my opinion though, I know a lot of people fish heavier set ups on f.r for the confidence. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

You can flick plastics around the sailing club in gosford for good yellowfin bream and flatties, sometimes e.ps. It's the same deal a bit further up towards the stadium at the Tapas bar that used to be called Iguana Joes. There was a similar post a week or two back if you search it you should find a few other spots in there too. Good luck! Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

I'm finding the same patterns really. Dark conditions dark lures. The only time it's different for me is with e.p's, they really love the clear colours even at night (admittedly around street lights).Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

I've been getting emails from the AMCS asking for money to send a droin out to spy on the trawler after the government stuck a $35,000 price tag on the footage they have of the trawlers (which could have been edited). Only took a week and I got new emails saying they had raised $15000 which was more than enough to send a drone out there and get some footage...hopefully it sheds some light on the horrendous amount of damage they cause. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

-For line and leader, I usually go with 6lb braid (sometimes 8) with an 8lb leader of about 1.5m long-I usually find an hour into the run in or the end of the run out to produce more fish. -for the retrieve style, I find a slow steady roll with a few weak twitches on the way back works really well. What I mean by weak twitches is that whilst you are retrieving at a slow steady pace don't "twitch" like a soft plastic you more or less want to just apply a little more speed to the lure for a few seconds by pulling the lure through the water using your rod tip (keeping up the retrieve as you do so). Will send a pm with a link to the cranks I use Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

My favourite night time lures especially in shallow water are various 38mm cranks, usually in a clear colour. You don't have to spend big, I usually throw a 50c crank around most nights before bed (confidence isn't hindered by fears of losing a lure). Believe it or not you can get fish on the surface in winter too. If you know any spots where estuary perch school up they will hammer a small popper or surface walker. As for colours they usually say that dark conditions = dark lures (e.g dark night/dark water colour, use something with a solid silhouette) and light conditions = light colours (clear water, plenty of light) Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

For the swimmerz I'd use a 1/4oz to 1/2oz, the grubs you should be fine with between 1/20oz to 1/16oz for the 2.5inch and between 1/16oz to 1/8oz for the 3.5inch Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

It really depends on what lures your using. Not only the profile of the lure but the plastic used to make it. Different lures will make a surprisingly big difference in sink rate regardless of their profile. Keitechs for example usually recquire me to go from a 1/4 oz up to a 1/2oz because the material is much more buoyant than the zmans material in the same profile.What's your "go-to" lure? Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

I've seen a few of these before, theres the "deeper" one which has been mentioned but another has been released. It is called the "ibobber" and it literally looks just like a bobber float. They seem okay for accurate depth scanning in estuaries but the fish recognition is a little off. Here's a link to an unbiased reviewer. He is not sponsored so always says so if he doesn't like something he gets sent or buys. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Absolutely, I've often thought about getting one just to film the bonito and frigate mackerel run at the Haven in Terrigal. Would be some great footage! Drones are also being used to film the super trawler for evidence of illegal practice by the AMCC. The government was going to charge around $33 000 to release footage that may have been altered and edited so they figured bugger it we'll get our own! Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

It's obviously a fair bit of work to get the drone set up properly and find the fish so I don't see it as being too great an advantage, the battery on those things last little more than 45 minutes too so it's a case of one shot one fish. I like it though! Wouldn't mind dropping a squid head out with a drone when they are busting up too far to cast. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Interesting responses guys, I know very little about metals...probably should have waited for one of you guys to respond first! [emoji5] I also don't usually have a problem with rust...my lures end up in oyster leases and snags all too often I'm afraid. That or a big tailor/flattys mouth! Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Singles have one point to drain the water off where as trebles have areas that the salt water would get stuck (around the join of the hooks)Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

I'm sure it would be worth a try, believe it or not I've caught fish on sour gummy worms fished like a soft plastic haha also red licorice...there was a guy in the US who had a challenge on his youtube channel about it so I thought why not challenge myself!Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Nice couple of fish to end the session, they look great with that timber background Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

I don't buy bait at all. If I use bait I collect red male crabs off the rocks, cunjevoi and whatever molluscs I can get at for bream, grouper etc. Off the beaches I use frigate mackerel and bonito strips which I keep in the freezer year round (along with the odd slimey) which I catch on metals and plastics - usually in the warmer months but there are still a few coming through. Not much that doesn't eat frigates or bonnies in my experience. I catch plenty of bream, snapper, flatties and the odd jew on them. Nippers are great though, awesome live baits and easy to catch and keep alive. Places like the boat ramp on the creek at patonga always produce. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

I get them on 5" jerk shads with either a 3/8 or 1/2oz for extra cast distance on a fast retrieve. I use 16lb leader (landbased) on 12lb braid with a 3000 real on a 2-5kg 9ft (again for cast distance and control off the stones) Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Savit, what you are describing with the trebles hooking each other tells me you either bought cheapo lures or didn't get the right sized trebles. The correct size trebles should not do this. Ads Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Those brands are also good, I suppose it depends what your local tackle shop stocks, I assume the reps have an issue with them stocking all of the competitors so some shops will have one or two of each and others will have the competitors. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk