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Making your own lures is great fun, and very addictive, one issue we face here in suburbia is “fish rich” waters to fully test stuff.
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Just to add, you will need a fishing license to fish in NSW, most tackle stores sell them, don’t want you to get caught……
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24 minutes ago, linewetter said:
It is honestly the best bait. Derek pointed out that for being bait, it has the advantage of not making your hands smell either. Incredibly fun to gather, you get the benefits of a great bait, and no smelly fingers after. What more could you ask for? Well, maybe could be a little better if they had no claws to avoid getting pinched every now and then 😜
They can be fun to gather, kids love pumping Nippers, I take my grandkids bait gathering all the time, they reckon it’s way more fun than fishing, Nippers, Pippis, Beach Worms, Squirt Worms catching Garfish or Yellowtail are all free bait and lots of fun, and probably the best bait possible.
edit……they can give you a decent bite!
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It’s funny how the humble old Nipper is such a great bait, they are easy to catch, are free and work a treat, yet people go to a shop/servo and buy packets of bait (most rubbish) when the best bait is right there under their feet…….one of my “tricks” is to pump Nippers at low tide, then fish the same spot as the tide rises, all the stirred up sand/mud and left over Nippers is natural burley.
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1 hour ago, spraka said:
Cheers everyone!
How's the grabbing and shrimping during these months?
I assume you mean crabbing? That’s a warm water activity, you can get crabs all year, but it’s summer when you target them mainly. Shrimping Prawns to us, is also a Summer time thing, lots of the south coast lakes have Prawns, you will need a scoop net and an underwater light, and some waders make life easy. Not too sure about Prawning around Sydney, but there would be a few places to catch some.
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The “Herring” is a Silver Biddy, supposedly good eating, but way too small to even think about (in my opinion) the “Garfish” is a Long Tom, pretty common in estuaries and lakes, but can be difficult to hook.
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We used to just call them “Sand Eels” there must be lots of them though, because at times, every Flathead is full of them.
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40 minutes ago, spraka said:
you're not the first person to bring up isofishing! Thanks for the recommendation.
Are Aussie salmon good eating?
Lots will tell you they are rubbish, but….if filleted very fresh, skinned and all the blood meat cut away, then simply rolled in flour or crumbs and cooked in hot oil, they are good.
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Depends where in Sydney, it’s a big place, so tackle store locations will need an area. Winter fishing is pretty good for Bream, accessible on beaches, rivers and the ocean rocks. Tailor (you might know as Bluefish) are similar, available in a range of locations.
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There you go, buy complete hubs and bearings, keep in mind they will be cheap Chinese bearings, I have found they are a bit hit and miss, some seem to last, some fail miserably very early, but, you will find that’s all you can buy in complete kits. Getting decent bearings and installing them properly, with good seals will see a long life.
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If you get lower profile 165X13 there should be no problem, moving the axle under will provide lots of clearance, probably too much.
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You can measure the inside diameter of the bearing, Ford and Holden (especially the smaller outer bearing) are very different, or better still, clean them up and take them to a boat shop, or better still a bearing place. You are going to replace the entire hub too, so probably a decent boat or trailer place might be best.
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You said you threw in some burley and it “slurped” it up……how about a hook in some burley and toss it well away from the structure? I know you have to bring it back in, but you might just get it tired first off? Kingfish often fight way harder with lots of drag, just some gentle pressure can sometimes keep them out of rough territory.
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10 minutes ago, Bryant fish said:
Yeah tried on water and asked I think it was the maritime guy for a radio check he said to try marine rescue so they probably dont cover 27m anymore should have just got the other one but didn’t want to muck around with getting a license
The “license” is easy to get, and is a lifetime coverage, not renewed every year, all boater “should” do the course, it teaches you lots of small things to make yours and others boating life better when using a radio.
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If you’re a distance from the water, you will get nothing, testing needs to be done on the water, or close to it, out in suburbia, any kind of reception will be limited.
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There’s a lot at play here, first off, did it ever work? Is it brand new and just installed? Is the antenna the correct type and is it connected properly? Do NOT try to transmit without knowing the antenna is OK, if you did/do, damage can occur. Is there any response to anything, as in a beep, static?
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It’s pretty hard to beat the taste of a big ocean Blackfish I reckon……some good stuff in that movie. I don’t profess to being anything other than a “tryer” when it comes to Blackfish, but kind of like fly fishing, the actual fishing is good fun, catching a fish is a bonus. I fish a really simple spot, very safe, but……you continually get wet, you can tell the locals, they all wear a rain jacket, there’s a little flat rock, just out from the shore, like a mini cliff, the waves hit it and splash up on you constantly, after about 5 minutes, you’re soaked.
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Did you say you use 60lb mono?
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The first picture looks like the perfect Blackfish spot, good water, lots of Green Weed growing there, seems to be made of them (in my opinion)
The second and third pictures would be where I would have an unweighted Royal Red Prawn and just cast here and there right on daylight for Bream and Drummer.
The last picture is classic Bonito/Tailor spinning territory. All that said, never been fishing at any of those places, but from the photos, that would be my chosen methods and target species.-
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Some great stuff there, love reading things like this, especially being an “old timer” who has done lots of stupid things in my youth just to fish a “secret” spot, walking for miles carrying gear, climbing down perilous rocks….damn we were silly, and I wouldn’t change it for the world.
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As mentioned, the cross seats (thwarts) are for strength and have foam inside them (well, most do) , without them, the boat will be “wobbly” some get wide gunnels welded in the maintain structural rigidity, but, that’s not easy or cheap to get done, best to leave it as it is, or keep looking, that’s quite an old boat.
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That’s a classic case of sloped rocks and deep water, there is no freak wave involved…..the swell just rises in the deep, rolls up the rocks and takes everything with it. unlike a shallow reef where there is breaking white water to “warn” you.
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I guess to sum up, there is no hard and fast rules about swell, on any day you could encounter a freak/rogue wave that will catch you out. Being alert and having a plan and relevant safety gear is about as good as it gets. A classic example, many years ago while fishing for Bream right in close to “the wreck” at Bass Point, we had been fishing there for over an hour in very shallow water, then “out of nowhere” a big wave broke right in front of the boat, wet us both and half filled the boat with water, why/how? Freak/rogue wave? Nah, as I said, don’t really go for that stuff, it was just a bigger “set” been surfing for long enough to know it just happens……
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19 minutes ago, mrsswordfisherman said:
They will never be a threatened species.
The blue gropers have an unfair head start. They are hermaphrodites. The females generally change into males at around 50 centimetres in length, but the timing of this change can be influenced by environmental and social factors.
An interesting read 🤭
https://thebeast.com.au/other/transgender-fish-the-pride-of-a-state/
Not too sure about the bit where is says they were a commercial species, and in populated areas they are far from curious/friendly, if diving in remote areas at times they can be attracted by breaking up Sea Urchins, and will follow you once they “sense” there is little danger. The advertising “blurb” that aligns with this ban try to make it sound like big Groper turn up to be patted as soon as you jump in the water…..they are a long way from endangered, I could show you places with dozens of them if you know the right time to go diving. But all that said, the law is in place and we just have to live with it, I can’t see it ever being lifted after the one year “trial” not too sure what “they” expect to happen in a year.
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I have had a few over the years, not counting various dinghy and row boats, let me see….
1 a 13’ Easyrider with a 50 Merc (always breaking down)
2. An 18’ Graywill Commando with a 135 Mercury “tower of power
3. a Seafarer Viking with twin 55 Johnson’s (fair boat at best)
4. An 18’ Alloy Cat with twin 70s
5. a 13’ Savage tinny with a 9.9 Mercury
6. an 18’ Sharkcat with twin 90 Yamahas
6a,,,,forgot one, Quintrex Explorer with a 20 Mercury.
7 a 20’ Rebel Cat with twin 120 Evinrudes, then 115 Evinrude Fichts
8. an 18’ centre console Sharkcat with twin 90 Suzukis (still got it)
9. a Stacer 4.29 Outlaw with a 50 Yamaha. (Still got it)
Those were boats I actually owned and used for a long time, there was heaps as well that I just bought and sold, but never really fished out of them. Oh, I forgot, I also had a 36’ Trawler in Jervis Bay for years around the time of the Graywill Commando. Some of those boats I had at the same time, the tinnys are for crabbing in Lake Illawarra. Boats I bought and sold, Seafarer VC (crap built boat) 18’ Easyrider, some kind of unbranded half cab, various aluminium boats and motors, a Swiftcraft Seagull, a 16’ Cruisecraft, Haines Hunter 16 or 15’ with a 120 Evinrude, a Clarke centre console with a tiny 35 on it, that’s just the ones I remember.