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WD40 will break down the factory installed lubricants inside your reel, line roller bearing etc. It is a lubricant in itself but nowhere near as good as factory spec grease/oil.
As well as being a lubricant it is a solvent which is why it eats grease/oil.
You have effectively removed all factory grease/oil from your reel. Either re-install yourself or take to a decent shop to do it.
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Try HPA bags. Pretty much unheard of in OZ but I have a few and they are awesome. Some are fully waterproof/shallow water submersible and built to survive anything.
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Push the hook point out through the skin (make a new exit for the point) then cut the hook with sidecutters, push it all through the new exit. Beats pulling the barb out backwards. If its clean, superglue it, if not, dress it.
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Could try snapper point near pretty beach.
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Only one sure way to find out!
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4 hours ago, Volitan said:
thinking about this from the basics.
when a bream tried to take a popper it’s acting as a ‘ram and suction’ feeder. Not it’s normal feeding mode and not something it’s very good at.
basically, it opens its mouth and lunges at the popper, but the popper is pushed aside by the bow wave created in front of the fish. Every time.
You can see what is happening if you put some small, floaty objects in a bathtub of water and try to catch them in a cup. Every time you try to catch them in the cup they are simply pushed aside. The water already in the cup and the bow wave in front of the cup prevent entry. Think of the bream with a wide open mouth as a cup.
its the same with the surface lure. The problem is made worse because the lures are so lightweight and easily moved by the bow wave. A small fish is a bit different - they are dense and comparatively heavy, plus they are streamlined and slippery so the bow wave tends to rush past them leaving them behind, so the fish get to swallow them.
im pretty sure that’s what is happening. I used to fish for rat kings on fly-poppers a lot and because everything was larger and closer you could see it happening.
solution. Well, a denser, heavier lure will be easier for the fish to get into its mouth. A stinger hook will trail behind the lure and be more available to the fish. Generally, it’s just an inherent problem with lightweight surface lures.
if it makes you feel any better, the bream is probably just as confused and frustrated as you - baffled by the fact that it just can’t grab this strange looking fish.
When fish strike they flare their whole mouth structure and create suction in to their gob. This will pull bait in to the mouth not push it away. Cup in a bath has no suction and a closed base that will push objects away when driven towards them.
Maybe the bream can see your shiny trebles and are going straight for the body of the lure?
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Just go:
Leader:solid ring:split ring:lure
Use split ring pliers to change lures. Its pretty quick to swap lures, strong and not too bulky. No knots to tie when changing lures.
Dont tie leader straight to split ring as the sharp edges can break knots.
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6 hours ago, 4wsboy said:
Aah found em....'smooth cornetfish'...
Nice work on the flatties.... 2nd that recommendation to drag them to the nearest beach they are pretty manageable doing this.
You sure you arent seeing longtoms rather than cornetfish? Plenty of them in the lake, they are a serious hazard if youre in a kayak around sunset...would not want to cop one of those beaks in the leg when they are flying across the surface
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Get the eisen pro slip on cleats.... you can wear grass footy boots a la rick (or whatever else... shimano evairs go ok) then have eisens in the bag if its slippery.
Walking long distances on approach to spots is not fun in wetsuit spike boots and wrecks them pretty fast.
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Only time council will open the lake is if there is a risk to adjoining property...... keeping the ICOLL as nature intended and all that.
Loads of jelly prawns were in there before it closed.... wouldn't have run out to sea on the last few new moons. Could be worth a look on the first new moon after it opens up!
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Usually make a mess of whiting with two sets of trebles.... one in the mouth which is hard to extract without damage and one in the cheek or eye.... good thing is generally only keeper size whiting charge at the surface lures so you are not often damaging fish to be released.
In response to your 'cast horizontal' question... I would try this technique first on estuary sand flats rather than a sloping beach. Might work on an open beach mind you.... worth a shot!
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I have found whiting on poppers/sugapens etc the more frantic the retrieve the better. Erratic, darting, irregular and fast seems to get them keen in droves when its on.
Good fun way to fish.
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Yeah mullet aint bad it stays on the hook for a while... fresh is better if you can get it.
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Not meaning to rain on your parade but there must be 20 plus threads on your questions already on fishraider.... seek and ye shall find.
In answer to your questions:
1. Same as every other beach.... pillies on gangs and maybe surf popper
2. Channel is closed, still can get flatties and always tailor around
3. Yes, lake is full of mullet. If the trap doesnt work go tiny unweighted hook and bread
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If you're going to get one keep an eye on gumtree for a while, there are second hand fishing yaks going for a small fraction of the original sale price.... hobies being the notable exception here.
Get a plastic (polyethylene) yak for starters they are more or less indestructible.
I got a 14ft bluewater capable yak with rudder system, paddle, live bait well, seat, 6 x rod holders for $300..... thing would have cost $1500 new easy. Keep an eye out one will pop up. Cant really go wrong for couple hundred bucks!
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Closest would be north side of the harbour near Cremorne Point but then you would have to cross ferry routes which may not be fun.... I would go Double Bay.... easy to park and launch, not too far to paddle.
Don't think there is any closer place on the south side of the harbour.
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Rice has worked the few times I've seen it done. Might be a placebo but the result was good!
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Read the jewfish thread mate plenty of info there. You can get jew off the beach at narra but haven't heard of that many recently. The spot is a victim of it's own popularity - there can be pretty much no space from the lake entrance down to the pines when conditions are looking OK (and weather is warm). Loads of fishos and lights on the water do nothing to help the cause with jewies IMHO.
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Id say 100% bronzy or dusky. Go close up on its head in pic 2. No chance its a white or mako, not a bull...
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Yep one dodgy bit of gear a 20 cent swivel could have cost you the fish! Get some ball bearing swivels if you're going for big kings. Braid + kings + rock fishing can be tough as well, even with 50lb mono can still get busted off
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I always fish for them off the beach rather than rivers but always leave the reel in gear with a pretty solid drag setting and rod in a holder. Have nabbed a few jewies this way but might have missed more by not allowing a run and then striking - who knows? Maybe I'm too lazy to hold the rod all the time! Generally have 2 rods out so am always working between them re-baiting and re-rigging after bronzie bite offs etc. and holding one doesn't work.
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Dont try to turn the phone on and put it in a air proof container full of uncooked white rice for a week. It works.
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Either pick a spot with less wave energy where you wont get your gear washed around so much, or stay mobile and walk along the beach in the direction the waves/current is taking you.
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Wetsuits are pretty handy - either bottom half or the lot. Helps float you a little better if you go in as well!
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I go wetsuit bottom half, wetsuit socks and shimano evairs. Waders are warmer/drier but mobility is restricted if youre walking a long way and are a hazard if you get in the water