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I'm looking at building a new blackfish rod for the ocean rocks and had my heart set on an Exel Composites GP 3145G-2 piece blank. After shopping around I can't find anyone who can supply it. I've tried everywhere locally and that big store in Coffs Harbour (not sure if I can mention business names here) without any success. Can anyone help me get my hands on one? Preferably someone who would be willing to mail order. Thanks.

Welcome Jon. I myself signed up only a couple of weeks back and its a great site. Nice part of the world you live in.

Good stuff, that's a fish you'll never forget and well done for releasing it.

Have a look at the hook set up I detailed in this report http://www.fishraider.com.au/Invision/index.php?showtopic=81649 I keep a diary of salmon and tailor caught and lost. Since using this hook setup, I have landed just over 96% of salmon hooked and haven't dropped a tailor yet. My 35g lure is probably bigger than what you're using but it gives you an idea.

Jervis Bay mate. The beach fished that day was just south of the bay.

Quite often the fish takes the front hook and with all the head shakes the assist hook pins them under the chin. When this happens, no way are they getting off. I always attach a swivel to the split ring and tie my leader to it. The lure in the pic is a spare because the one I'm currently using is pretty chewed up. Thanks for all the positive comments guys. I think I'm going to enjoy being on here.

Thanks for the welcome guys. Fragmeister, I used to fish the tubes a bit years ago and caught a few decent longtails off that platform. I spent a lot more time livebaiting off the ocean side of the peninsular back in the early 80's.

I just signed on to FishRaider a couple of days ago and thought I'd kick things off with a report of a beach session I had last week. With a high tide at 9:15am, a lazy start was in order and I arrived on the sand around 8:30 and quickly tied on my go to 35g surecatch bishop. Scanning the waves from the top of the dune I decided to start things off in a pretty long gutter just to the south of me. I was rewarded first cast with a solid hit almost as soon as I started winding. It took a while before the fish woke up, but soon enough it put in a decent run before taking to the air. I could see it was a better than average fish and after a spirited fight and a brief stalemate in the shore break I managed to beach it. A nice salmon measuring 63cm to the fork. Now I don't mind eating salmon if prepared correctly, so after bleeding and gutting it, I placed it in a bucket of water and draped a wet towel over it to keep it in the best condition possible. The next few casts drew a blank, so I started heading off along the gutter which was about 300m long. I fished my way to the other end without a touch so I started heading back to where I'd left my fish and backpack. About 3/4 of the way back I hooked and landed another fish which was quickly released. Then all hell broke loose and the salmon started hitting my lure every cast. They were smashing it as soon as it hit the water and the furthest I had to wind before a hit was 4 turns of the handle. I beached 12 fish which were all released and jumped 3 off before calling it a morning at 9:45. Not a bad effort I thought, 16 hookups in an hour and a quarter. For anyone interested, I've been fishing this twin, single hook rig on my lures for a year and a half and I beach a hell of a lot more fish than I ever did with trebles or one single. The hooks are mustad big guns in 2/0 or 3/0 and I tie the trailing hook myself from 100lb assist cord. If you can be bothered going to the trouble its well worth the effort of making some up. Thanks for reading Pete

Hi I'd just like to introduce myself. My name is Pete and I'm on the wrong side of fifty. I've lived on the NSW south coast all my life and for the last thirty years lived in a small village tucked away in the south west corner of Jervis Bay. Over the years I've fished for everything from garfish to marlin but these days enjoy the simpler side of fishing. I mainly target salmon and tailor off the beaches on metals and estuary species in St Georges Basin from my kayak. After a long hiatus, I'm getting back into blackfish from the ocean rocks and discovered this terrific site whilst searching out a new rod blank. I look forward to contributing and throwing up a few reports in the future. Pete