BrassRoots

great post. thanks for the tips

Agreed. I have a 4000 sedona and can barely get 150m of 15lb braid on it.

they have a youtube channel too which is pretty good too. Just search windsor bait and tackle and itll come up.

Pretty much the same question as this guy

If I was you I'd aim for a 2 - 4kg rated rod of around 7 foot or so. If your total budget is $130 then you can get a good combo for that if you look around for the specials. I got a shimano classix 722sp and sedona 2000 for $130 with a bunch of coupons and deals etc.

+1 for regular over inflatable. My main argument is that if you are in an accident and are knocked unconscious, how are you even going to inflate it? I want it to just work.

Another tip I would suggest is: put the braid on first then use an FG knot to tie on the mono back. Then add backing until the line sits as full as you want it on the spool. Then transfer the line back onto another spool (or the brain line plastic spool in my case) and then onto ANOTHER spool before putting back on to your reel. That way you can just use a uni knot to tie your backing onto your reel and you know that you will have enough line to cast properly. It's a bit of effort but I find it really useful as some of my reels can hold 200m to line but its cheaper to buy a 150m spool of braid.

So went to Lurline Bay in Sydney's east the other day (11th of Jan) because it caught my attention while looking through google maps. I went on a rising tide during a full moon with a 1m NE swell and I have to say, it was a pretty calm day but it definitely showed me that I don't have much rock experience at all as it still had my nerves on edge. I can say with certainty that I will probably be sticking with my nice comfortable Gordons Bay but will also probably look for some other safe rock options. From what I could gather there are basically 3 main spots: 1 - The concrete shelf. This is where I fished and offers a nice flat area but in front of the ledge is basically large barren boulders. The dude next to me was burleying HARD and only managed 3 small trevalley in the couple hours I was there. It also has a lot of black slime so be careful here. 2 - Southern rocks. These look to be about 3 - 5m above the water level so be prepared with a cliff gaff or whatever. 3 - Northern rocks. The dude I was fishing next to said that the 2 - 3m cliffs on the northern side see some good action from jews and pelagics but not regularly enough to make it a good spot. I've also read on other forums that inside the bay can be a good spot for large calamari. The spot seems very popular with ISO fisherman though as there were a bunch there when I was there. So probably good for you luderick and trevally etc. I did not have any luck. I have a vid here of the day if you're interested in seeing what it looks like. On google maps there is also a good 360 degree photo someone has put up of the bay. NO FISH ARE CAUGHT IN THIS VID. WATCH AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Definitely! Such a beautiful fish. Thanks for the report.

Thanks mate, you are right about landbased. I've been eyeing off the spots you mentioned on google maps too. Seems like there isn't much info on fishing the boat ramp. Might have to go there anyway and do some "research".

I'm just looking around for some new spots at the moment and was wondering if anyone had fished the Botany Bay boat ramp near the airport. Was it any good? Having said that, would it be better to fish the boat ramp or the Cooks River entrance? Cheers

Thats a solid looking fish. Nice! I've noticed here in the eastern suburbs that the gar fish are starting to move closer to shore. Normally a good sign of things picking up here too.

Wow, that stripy one is really pretty. I love the way they change to blend with their environment

I went for a swim at Coogee today with the snorkel. Lots of bait fish and gars hanging in towards the beach at the moment with all the junk from the rain and the easterly winds blowing the food in for them. I was swimming for about the 2nd hour of the run in tide. For anyone heading down there for a fish here is a tip: Target the north end for tarwine, bream and whiting. The whiting in particular are beasts.They are hanging out in a small sand patch surround by rocks probably about 20m from the low tide line. Didn't see any flathead around which was disappointing but not unexpected. There are large number of rays chilling in the sands off the main beach area. One thing of note is that about half way along the beach there was a small schoolof about 4 squid hanging out around an old line of concrete from the old pier. was kind of weird to see in the middle of a beach.

Ditto. Plus, I rate tailor highly on the edible list so definitely a good catch.

I think if you are mostly spinning then a lot of people would suggest 10ft. I have a 10ft for spinning and i personally think anything longer would become unwieldy and awkward.

Perfect dinner size. Yummy!

Haha! I was just re-watching some of your vids. Good to see the old slow just still killing it. You going to be hitting up the eastern suburbs?

It's so hard to keep the bio-security up when so much gets imported these days. This is a good move though and having only just found out about it myself I ask the rest of you, should it have been done sooner?

I'm keen after missing the last one.

wow. top spot there.

Some absolute tanks in that bag. well done

What's the cast weight of the rod? A good rule of thumb I picked up is use 10lb line strength for every ounce you want to cast. So basically 10lb for every 28gr. Try to balance a good size around that and the rod balance weight. I'm getting into a pickle with my 4000 where I want to be able to put 25lb braid on to launch 65gr slugs confidently but it's probably not worth it because it'll lose too much line length. At the moment I have about 120m of 15lb braid backed by probably 50m of 20lb mono. If I'm casting 40 - 50m of line out and I hook a fish it doesn't leave me much to fight with, especially if you accidentally hook a king.

Merry Christmas Y'all. My wife went overboard for me. A classix soft plastics rod with 2500 reel. and a bunch of zmans, squidgys and power baits. Hope everyone has a safe holidays

Went to Gordons Bay the other day to target some bream but came up short. I did manage a squid at sunrise though. There was another guy there squidding too and he caught 2 about the same size but that was about all there was. I went for a dive after fishing and notice a large school of baitfish around where we caught the squid, so they were obviously chasing the bait, but I didn't notice any other larger predators and did not see any bream. I fished the incoming tide. I'm starting to notice a pattern at Gordons Bay now: the bream and luderick tend to hand around the southern point on a run out tide and the northern side on a run in. I actually catch most of my fish there on a run out tide, for anyone whos interested. Here's the video for anyone interested: