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What part of the Hunter are you heading to Neil?

The shimano nasci are great every bit as good as a stradic and way cheaper

some great fish there Geoff, makes me want to get out trout fishing

don't be fooled, there's some big bronze beasts up in those shallow clear waters especially up from Bowraville

We've all done ot Mike, I embarrassingly had to hobble bleeding and wet into the ED where I worked

Keep at it Mike, looking forward to reading some fly only reports

The Ayu, green scale and pearl colours have slways been my favourite for the tango shads

It's been a tough year for jack fishing on the Mid North Coast, the constant rain and flooding over last summer made the usual jack season a write off. Amy and I realised we haven't dedicated any jack sessions in 2022 and decided with the current hot weather this had to be rectified. We had an early wake up to head up to the Nambucca. The water wasn't as clear as I'd hoped but we were excited all the same To save a very long story we casted and casted and casted some more for very little, I hooked a small flathead and Amy had a couple of reasonable hits but otherwise zip, welcome to MNC lure fishing for jacks. We were determined to stick it out and keep persisting with the jack gear, finally out of nowhere Amy's rod loads up with a certain jack I hit spot lick on the electric and grabbed the net only for the hooks to pull, Amy actually laughed, I was on my knees cursing. I thought we'd blown our shot. We kept the casts going working good looking bank after goid looking bank, then in a funny turn Amy says the area we're casting looks fishy. Out of nowhere my lure gets slammed, rod buckles and near licked drag is screaming, I called jack straight away we were both shocked when one solid red satan surfaced and played hard to get with the net.... such a relief when they hit the deck, not to mention my yahooing victory dance Can't beat a solid red satan especiallyafter an 18 month drought, and to top it off a new pb We put in plenty of casts trying to find another but no luck, only one fish landed for the session... success? Hell yes! Cheers for reading Dave

Couple of crackers there Bob, bass busting up prawns must have been a sight to see

I usually sit about 3-4m off the rack and cast forward at 45 degrees, the aim is to land your lure as close to the rack as possible and let ot sink, The hits are often quite subtle, but you need to go hard, locked drag Always try not to overcast and put any lures on top of the racks, it's perfectly legal to fish there but it is someones livelihood

It'd definitely work in the right area, but I'd be worried about sea gulls wouldn't be a good look potentially catching more birds than fish

Awesome fish mate I love reading/hearing bucket list stories especially from when you're a kid

couple of nice trout, the second one is a really good looking fish

Pretty sure it's a rock ling

I've taken a 2.2m rod tube on many domestic flights, jetstar and virgin haven't had a problem, I do pack the rods in with bubble wrap I was quizzed about fishing line in carry on baggage as it's considered a potential weapon as opposed to a decent headphone cord which is fine I always make sure my reels are well wrapped in my suitcase For my upcoming international flights it'll be travel rods all the way in PVC pipe packed in my suitcase

I'd suggest try making a post in the "fishing chat", ask questions that's a major part of what FR is about

Welcome to Fishraider, there's plenty of info to get you started

Couple of nice bass, can't wait for the river to finally settle so I get out on the yak and be like you getting the season cracking

As a follow on from the report in the freshwater section, our honeymoon road trip didn't involve a great deal of saltwater fishing We did have a couple of sessions on palm cove jetty north of Cairns We didn't land any fish, but Amy jumped off a solid queenie and I got bitten off by a presumed mackerel. The main portion of our saltwater fishing was a booked charter to the outer reef off Port Douglas. It was a long rough trip out to the reef but as you coukd guess excitement levels were high We had new rods to blood and a score to settle after our very disappointing reef trip off Hinchinbrook in 2018. Amy opted to start with baits (this guide had good quality bait), I stuck with my stubborn lure purist attitude and dropped soft vibes. The start was a little slow, plenty of hits for Amy on the baits I dropped a very small reef fish beside the boat then Amy's hooked up, the fish shot for the surface first call was mackerel but turned out to be a lesser queenfish A good start and Amy broke the doughnut for us. The sounder was lit up with life, I persisted with the softvibe jigging it on the bottom, I tried something different giving it a few rips up in the water column and on the pause it was slammed. The resulting fight was brutal the fish pulling a near locked drag with ease the fight went on for awhile eith some serious cursing from me and laughing from Amy I was crazy excited when this fish came up, golden trevally off the bucket list damn these things can fight. With new enthusiasm we kept dropping, we caught plenty of fish like purple cod and barracuda to name a few nothing big but fun, Amy ended up with a fair few queenies. Eventually I had another better take and after a decent tussle a gold spot trevally Another fish I wanted to catch, the picture doesn't do the colours justice, note the rid in the holder, I carelessly left my vibe dangling in the water which was slammed the beast took a straight nose dove to the bottom, thinking shark I slowly struggled to pull the submarine back from the depths, then this thing appeared A monster batfish that had been hanging around the boat still can't believe how strong they are. We still had the pressing matter of needing a couple of fish fir dinner, we tried a few trout spots for very little apart from me being smoked by a beast, we moved onto some reef flats, the water was a little dirty but didn't take long for Amy's lure to get slammed A nice blue spot trout and quickly followed by a small emperor I managed a small honeycomb cod There were plenty of hits and misses and with the tide change we moved back to find a dinner fish. Amy put the first fish in the esky with a nice stripey on a vibe But the legal trout kept evading us we caught a few smaller stripeys which were kept for bait. Amy made the switch to fresh bait and the results were immediate with more small variety, queenies and a few royal dustings, them Amy gets slammed she did a great job turning the fish and musclingit to the surface A cracker of a spangled emperor, it measured in the mid 50s as you can tell Amy was a little pleased with herself With time running low and the small fish and queenies plaguing me I finally hooked a decent reefie, and at long last my first coral trout A nice bar cheek a good fish to finish our reef session, we landed many species and had a blast. The next night in the Daintree we cooked our catch must say the stripey outshone coral trout by a mile We fished the salt around the Daintree a bit with no luck, did drop a barra and miss a few jacks but it's crazy croc country Theres was some great clise in reef at Cape Tribulation but it's a green zone Gotta love how the rainforest meets the reef That's it for our saltwater portion of our honeymoon Hopefully we'll have some more adventures to come soon Cheers for reading Dave

Yep, bought just before we went away

I tried calling "chook chook, chook" didn't help🤔

As most of you know Amy and I got married in March and after 6 months of waiting our honeymoon finally arrived a 20 day road trip, from Port Macquarie to Cape Tribulation. We set ourselves a bit of a fishing challenge... our honeymoon hitlist The fishing didn't start until day 3, towards the end of a long drive, we had a tip from a very generous Rockhampton local who I know through an old fishing forum we found a small creek just south of Rocky. We casted weedless plastics around and unexpectedly it didn't take long to get a hit A small barra to start the trip, the long shot paid off, and unbelievably it happened again next cast Albeit the smallest barra I've seen, We continued casting with a few more hits from presumed small barra, we put loads of casts in hoping for a bigger fish ... finally got nailed on the drop and a much better barra cartwheeled out of the water, it put up a solid fight Measured 58cm and set the trip off on a high. We had planned to fish Proserpine dam but the weather and bank access didn't work out on the way we took a backroad trying to catch a Saratoga no luck on the togas despite quite a bit of effort , so we skipped a day of fishing with our next destination Tully gorge. After a quick camp set-up we got into the fishing. The river was stunning as ever The fishing started a bit slow but with some persistent casting we started landind some fish Sooty grunter And Khaki grunter, we fished our way through the heat and vicious march flies for some nice fish before a refreshing swim and retiring yo camp. We hit the river again the next morning for a good surface session on the khakis and sime more quality sooties We walked into a new spot I wanted to show Amy Scenic as I remember The Tully is a beautiful river with great access definitely recommended it to anyone travelling north, the only draw back is the relentless march flies. We moved onto Cairns for some comfy accommodation and an opportunity for a jungle perch, I'll save a long painful story but JPs are hard, it took some serious ridiculously placed casts, wading and swearing I managed 2 tiny JPs Despite the size they are beautiful looking fish. After our stint in Cairns and an epic day fishing the reef (that's another report), we headed into the Daintree Another beautiful place, even had a snorkel in one of the rainforest swimming holes, the amount of JPs and even a mangrove jack in the pool was amazing. With some renewed enthusiasm for JP fishing we headed out early in the morning just wanting 1 decent JP, it took a few missed hook ups but finally A respectable JP, I've wanted this fish for over 30 years, and not to be outdone Amy landed her first JP, we walked down a track looking for a Jack, the jacks didn't comply but we had plenty of fun with the archerfish heading back the car we got a bit upclose with a cassowary Fortunately he just wanted the fruit on the path so we took the long way back. From the Daintree we headed inland to lake Tinaroo We spent 2 days camped here trying fir a big barra No barra but did manage a couple of "mouth almighty" our travels headed inland unfortunately because of a large storm cell a few days before our fishing plans were not an option, but did manage a couple of small sooties on Fletcher Creek north of Charters Towers These turned out to be the last fish for the trip, we tried for Toga in a couple of spots on the way home with no luck, it didn't matter still an amazing adventure There's a YouTube video for the Tully section being edited Cheers for reading Dave

Quintrex renegade 420 It's fine to solo launch, if there's loads of wind and boat waves it can be a little annoying ti retrieve but otherwise it's fine, no mods

Some nice fish there Jon

don't know of any trout around Canberra, plenty of places to target redfin, golden perch and cod, I'm happy to be corrected.