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Yep, I would think so, but without pictures it's only a wild guess, anything's possible, especially since I don't live there, but have fished for a very long time, and caught dozens of those horrible brown "Rock Ling" and also fished in over 500m of water and caught "Pink Ling" two very different fish.

Just did a bit of investigating, it seems in Victoria, the deep sea ling is called "rock ling" when sold in markets and restaurants, however it is NOT the same fish you are expecting to catch from the shore, the true Rock Ling is almost plain brown and has little to no markings, and only grow to about 30cm long. the deep sea ling is much bigger and usually almost orange in colour with prominent markings. edit, copy and paste from fish site Most, if not all, of the product available is Pink Ling, not Rock Ling. However, Pink Ling is often sold in Melbourne restaurants under the name 'Rockling'. There are also significant imports of filleted and frozen product from NZ which are usually marketed simply as 'Ling'.

I think I would spin the wheel again......

Never seen a bail arm glued on before.

I personally just can't imagine targeting them, but that's just me I guess! They belong in the same bag as Wirrah Cod (old boot) Red Rock Cod, Green Eels, Pike and those rough scaled, striped little things we call "Footballers" all caught as bycatch and most never kept, except Red Rock Cod, but I don't keep them either, people call them "poor mans lobster" but I just don't see it myself.

I have only ever eaten one once when I was younger, I speared one and we cooked it on a fire on the rocks, at best it was just OK, but I have never eaten one since. As I said earlier, don't confuse them with the big Ling you see in fish markets, totally different fish.

Don't know about other areas, but I have caught them close to the shore plenty of times, they don't fight at all, you just think you have a snag but it comes in, horrible things, they poop something like concrete when caught, slippery as hell and ugly as well!

Soak it in WD40 type stuff, very carefully remove the screw, being careful not to break it or bugger the slot up. If you can get the screw out, it will be easy to spray more stuff on it and poke the bush out.

Ling feed anytime day or night, if you fish any rocky locations (make sure it's safe) and just use flesh baits, you will be in with a chance, unfortunately you will probably catch all sorts of odd "vermin" fishing right on the bottom in rocky locations.

Not too sure where you are, but almost any safe rock platform will be OK, Ling are not exactly fussy or sought after.

They are around almost every location, just fish right on the bottom. Don't confuse them with the deep sea Ling you see in shops.

I don't think an 8HP will have a start in gear switch, more likely some kind of mechanical gizmo to prevent the rope being pulled. edit......is this electric start?

Most Alvey rods are what's called a "low mount" meaning the butt of the rod is very short. Millions of Alvey are in use all over Australia, lots used around the rocks and off the beaches, right up to Alvey deck winches for deep sea dropping, and up to the reef queen for really deep dropping in water 500m deep!

Just to add, if you are getting line "whipping" your hand, maybe your reel fitting is too high on the rod?

Lots of Alvey reels are just a spool on a shaft (direct drive) no drag, no gears, not too sure what you're talking about with wriggling something back and forth? some had a "clicker/ratchet" some had a star drag (a star shaped gizmo you tighten) and the spool can turn without the handles ripping your fingers to bits!

Lots of advantages, and disadvantages, there is many models, some direct drive, some with a drag, all catch fish, can't say using braid will be a big hit, because you use your finger on the line a lot, you might end up being called ".stumpy" and line twist can be an issue, a big tangle with braid is not a lot of fun.

First step is remove the plug and have a look, test for spark, replace plug/s and test start again.

Great eating, love catching and eating Drummer.

Sure sounds like "Pelican itch" I never get it, but I have a friend gets it all the time.

Just for fun, get someone to hold a length of mono (about 10kg or so) under tight tension between their hands, get a piece of rag/cloth/hanky and pinch the line with the cloth between your fingers and give it a fast rub, back and forth, in about 3 seconds, the line is melted through, so just imagine what could happen with a dry line, touching a hot gunnel rubber on a boat, under tension fighting it!

Spooling line with another person makes life easy, they can hold the spool a bit of a distance away, and put some tension on by using their hands either side of the spool, don't wind too fast, because friction will burn their hands! Never pull line through a cloth or similar when spooling, always use something that tensions the new spool. One thing I always do, and I have no idea why I am paranoid about it, I never thread the new line through the tip, always a few guides down, the thinking is, new, dry line is being dragged over the same spot on the tip (probably at right angles) for hundreds of metres of line, under tension, I just reason it might wear a groove in the tip! Probably not so important these days with better guide materials?

Warilla beach, I live on the southern end of the beach, the Tailor school is "busting up" in a school maybe 300m wide, easy to see them. They have been coming every morning for a few days now.

What I mean is something stuck through the new line spool, a screwdriver or something, so the spool can spin on it, like an "axle" on a bike wheel.

I think he is saying he tapes the end of the line to the spool rather than tying a knot.

Now back to the topic, I also see little sense in spooling with some braid first, it's not necessarily wrong, but just has no advantage and includes a knot that can break or get caught when casting.