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7 hours ago, tyrone07 said:
Not me but my grandpa many moons ago, was fishing out of Wooli one morning in his little 4.5 meter tinny out near Solitary Islands. The way he describes the story is he had just caught a kingfish on a handline and bled it straight away before he threw it in the boat. There was a boat fishing near by with a bloke waving at him frantically. My grandpa thought the bloke was nuts so continued fishing. He then lent over the side of the boat to wash his hands and there was an eye which he said was the size of an ash tray. He had a look over the other side and there was another eye on the other side. Turns out the bloke waving was indicating there was a large great white shark that was at least 4.5 meters had been attracted to my grandpas boat by the kingie and had come up underneath the boat. Grandpa then says he turned the boat on and flawed it without even pulling in the anchor which luckily hold as he prob would have been thrown into the water.
This is probably the most intense story I've ever heard. If I was in that situation I would be fixated on the shark and be unable to move haha
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23 hours ago, BabySharkDooDooDoo said:
A crazy story, the thought of catching octopus still makes me shudder....
Two summers ago I pulled up a big octopus that had smashed the crabs that were in the crab pot. I decided to take the octopus for dinner in lieu of blue swimmers. And since my parents were visiting (they ran a restaurant for 30years) I thought octopus should be on the menu.
Well, the octopus had other ideas. It would have had an arm span close to 1m, I wondered how it got in the trap but it soon let me know it wanted out. I was in a kayak, pot sitting on the nose and it's tentacles were at me. I started hitting it with the paddle and it suctioned onto the paddle. I was screaming as I was sure it was trying to attack me. Got the paddle free off it's suckers and amazingly without tipping the kayak or losing the trap, got back to shore where my kids and mother in law were watching in fits of laughter. A bit shaken by the ordeal and not trusting this slippery sucker, managed to plop it into a bucket with lid on top and tied two plastic bags around it. Drove home and sat the bucket at the backdoor. A short time later, mum put her hand up to start prepping dinner. With knife in hand ready (after me telling her about my ordeal), she untied the bags, lifted the lid "it's not in here!". We frantically started looking everywhere. Checked the car, not there. I had images in my mind that the octopus had escaped in my mother in laws house as that was the only other place I left the bucket unattended while getting the kids in the car! But it somehow got passed the dog, got under the gate and started heading down the driveway, walked about 15-20m. I guess it was heading in the direction of the beach. I learnt that octopus truly are escape artists and will never take an octopus for dinner again!
Damn. I heard Octopus are really smart animals but this is like next level stuff haha. But on the other hand, I have caught octopus by just dangling a sinker in front of their face and they grab on and refuse to let go. I guess their intelligence varies between individuals.
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10 minutes ago, GoingFishing said:
One of the very few times I tried soft plastics fishing I "hooked" onto something that was putting up a weird flappy weight.
2 minutes later I pulled up a $50 note on my soft plastic. Never forget that day !
Woah! Did you spend it or did you keep it as a memorabilia? That's pretty lucky
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45 minutes ago, noelm said:
How about this, it's not spooky or anything like that, just a "how did I do that" kind of thing. My mate and I were livebaiting for Kingfish at a spot that holds lots of Yellowtail, the method was to anchor up, catch a bait, put it out on the big gear and continue fishing for bait, I caught a Yellowtail in a minute or two, hooked it on the big rod and fed it out, set the drag and ratchet, and threw the bait line back out, a minute later, I had another Yellowtail on, and pulled it in to find it was the one with my hook in it! somehow the hooked Yakka was still hungry, and took the bait (again) it got taken by a big King about 15 minutes later, so its days were definately up.
Oh man. That yellowtail is not a smart one 😂
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7 minutes ago, PaddyT said:
ill think of some stories later but i think i can solve your mystery- caught Cowan a couple of years back (released unharmed)
Woah! What fish is that? Black Spotted Rock Cod?
I was actually thinking my mystery giant was a big ray. It's the only thing I can think of that is wide enough to get snagged on all the lines. Either that or its the Hawkesbury River Monster haha!!
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There is something about our inner childhood fascination and curiosity of the unknown which makes "old fisherman's tales" so alluring, and I believe that same inner curiosity is at least partially responsible for why we continuously drop a line into the depths, wondering what we will pull up.
Being fisher-people, collectively, we spend a considerable amount of time out in the wilderness and incredible remote places, and sometimes experience rare/incredible things during the many hours we spend soaking our lines in the water.
I wanted to know what are some of the most crazy fishing stories you have. I'm talking about things that you have to witness in order to believe; being spooled by giants, sea monster sightings, big catches being bitten in half by something larger, even supernatural occurrences…
I'll start off with a story of my own. Up in Cowan Creek you can hire dinghy's which is what I did with my dad and little brother. A couple years ago, towards the afternoon, we were anchored somewhere about 25m from the bank along some inaccessible-by-land bush area. I was on the left side of the boat, my dad on the right and my brother was fishing off the front. We were dropping paternoster rigs down under us when all of a sudden, something giant swam under the boat and got snagged by all 3 lines at once. Take note that because my dad and I were facing opposite directions, plus the length of our rods going out from the sides, the creature under the boat would have been at least 3m wide.
Well to cut this story short, 3 rods rigged for flatties were no match for whatever swam into our lines which appeared to be travelling at a cruising pace, not panicked at all about the lines that hooked into it. We were very new to fishing at the time (I think I was 13) and had no idea what to do but watch in awe as it emptied out our reels.
I am excited to hear what incredible stories you guys have to share, especially from the veterans who have been at this sport for many years.
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I fished Middle Harbour on Monday night. Noticeably more short finned pike than usual which was entertaining for a bit. Other than that, there hasn't been much action for me either.
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On 7/6/2019 at 3:25 PM, PaddyT said:
one of my mates is an ex NRL player and built like an outhouse- he is an excellent fisho and he cant pull 9kg of drag for more than about 10 minutes without a harness- the point of a drag is to tire the fish out not increase your winching capacity-
Ah ok. Well, the stingray I fought wasn't running the entire time which is probably the only reason I could hold on haha. He moved a bit, then I had to turn the drag all the way up to try crank in his dead weight, then he moved again and I had to reduce, and so on. I just know that at the end of the fight, the drag was somewhere over 20lbs. It was at the drag I was using to pull in its dead weight. If I had to hold a running fish for the full 30 mins then Id be dead too.
I also had the railing of the wharf to lean the rod on when I got tired so yeah, on second thought, I definitely would not be able to do it on rocks.
Also, good point. I just thought with more drag, you'd have more stopping power but I ain't no expert. It's just that when I was getting spooled I was standing there thinking, "I just wish I could hold this guy back a little harder". I'm sure you guys know that feeling haha.
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53 minutes ago, xerotao said:
I dont see any penn ocean assassin that would work in your scenarios.
Why not a penn prevail 9 or 10ft?
I'll have a look into those. Cheers for the suggestion.
48 minutes ago, xerotao said:Spinning, i use a custom 10ft 5-11kg rod, jdm spheros 6000 with 30lb 8xjbraid
Thats what i use for longtails now.
Oh cool. So the main thing I'm getting at here is that line capacity is the main concern when lbg fishing right? I was actually looking at the Spheros as one of my options when I was looking for a reel. I was choosing between the spheros, saragosa and the penn slammer 3 but I chose the slammer because of its shiny handle haha.
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Also for the rod, I'm currently thinking of getting a Penn Ocean Assassin. What do you guys think? I kinda want a 2 piece because I gotta take public transport around and it just makes it easier, I hope I don't lose out too much on rod strength.
Just curious, what set ups do you guys use for lbg fishing? Like line, rod and reel.
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46 minutes ago, rickmarlin62 said:
I would stik with 30lb braid it breaks heavier than that anyway then you have a good amount of line a solid longtail can peel 200 mtrs of 30lb sharks can be unstopable im 6ft 1 and n98kg and have been fishing all my life and i wouldnt try fishin 80lb on a threadline lbg buy a tyrnos or similar lever drag they have 3 times the capacity of a threadline
Ah right. What brand of braid would you suggest? I haven't really tried too many braid varieties before. Do you know what type of braid Penn uses to measure their line capacity?
I can't really change reels right now because I already bought a new one recently, but maybe for next time. The reason I chose a fixed spool reel is because I wanted to throw some big lures as well as use bait sometimes.
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1 hour ago, PaddyT said:
mate if you can fish 25lb of drag you must be a big lad thats all i can say, Rick is dead right , 30lb is about as much as you need for 99% of LBG other than Jervis Bay marlin. Drag smoothness and fighting technique is much more important than anything else. Longtails will arc up and down the rockface in the end stages of a fight and good use of freespool will stop them rubbing you off, kings- well they are kings, the problem with them is they will crash dive you into cover in lots of spots without needing to pull drag, the key with kings is getting over them and getting the rod tip out to keep the line away from the rocks- I used to fish spots that big kings were doable eg Avoca because you could get them below you and keep the line away from the rocks, other spots I never landed a fish above 5ks because of the terrain. 9kgs of drag is too much for 99.9% of the population without a harness BTW- go and measure your drag with a set of scales
Hi PaddyT,
Yeah I did measure it but with a small scale (Only goes to 20lbs so I just estimated because the needle went a bit past). But I was fishing on a solid wharf. I can see your point because I wouldn't wanna risk it on jagged slippery rocks. So do you reckon 65lbs is also too much?
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55 minutes ago, browncrab said:
Save your penny's and get yourself a cheap gt rod around $300 to $400. ie revolution gt special, saltist pe 6-8. Hold on tight and have fun.
Hi browncrab, thanks for the reply
I'm looking for a 2 piece rod because I aint old enough to get a car yet (2 more months till I can get my license!!!) so I usually take the bus and train. Do you have any specific suggestions I could look into?
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9 hours ago, rickmarlin62 said:
I would go for a lighter braid with much more ccapacity than the short lenghts of 80lb your thinking of there is no need for line that heavy for longtails unless you are fairly large fit build you wont be able to fish heavy drags off the rocks i have caught hundreds of longies heaps of cobes mackerel and sharks in 40 yrs of lbg and heaviest i have used up nth is 30lb mono i have used 50lb down south on large yfin and marlin off hard ledges but if your not physically capable of working heavy drag go with line capacity over line weight any day im not up to date on latest rods but old school fsu 5120 rods were our choice for longer rods off nth coast ledges for spinning or live baits
9 hours ago, rickmarlin62 said:Ps you say you have worked 25lbs of drag for a length of time unless your using a gimbal n harness you will find it very hard to fish heavy drag over a long rod for any length of time also check with scales if you are pulling 25lbs of drag actually also what line size are you using at moment
Hey RickMarlin62. Thanks for the reply. You are exactly the kinda guy that I was looking for because I wanna get into lbg fishing.
I didnt realise that line didnt have to be so heavy for those big fish. I watch morningtide fishing and those guys use 51kg line but they go after GTs and stuff so you are probably right (cant argue with your experience haha)
I was using 30lb line before. I only locked up the drag because I saw the size of the ray that took my dead bait. Otherwise I wouldn't risk going that close to breaking strain. I dont have a gimbal and harness because I havent been doing too much big fish catching sadly 😥. But at the end of the year imma head down to Jervis bay with some mates for some lbg fishing. Already excited for that 👍. Although im a smallish dude (171cm) I do have the capability to hang on to large fish I think, because I have a decent background in fitness (I can bench more than double my bodyweight) but I guess we are still yet to see if that carries over to fishing
If you have caught yellowfins in 50lb then I reckon id be aight with 65lb braid then.
Thanks again for sharing your experience
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Hi everyone,
I haven't really posted much but I've read a lot of things on here for advice in the past so I hope there are some knowledgeable people who could help me. I'm looking to get a set up which can handle medium sized sharks from the beach that I can also use to spin for long tail, kingies and mackerel off the rocks. Pretty much a general purpose set up for big fish. I have experience with medium sized dudes like rat kings and soapies but I wanna get to some big dudes.
I recently bought a Penn Slammer 3 7500 so that's the reel covered. I did some research into braids and currently I'm leaning to getting either 80lb or 65lb spiderwire stealth because of it's thin diameter. I have used Berkeley fire line in the past but they don't sell their line in 600m lengths. I also find that the colour of the black fire line bleeds a bit. Would anyone have any suggestions?
If I used 80lb spiderwire (which apparently has the same diameter as 65lb power-pro) do you reckon Id have enough line to paddle out a bait on a kayak for sharks? The reason I want to use 80lb is because my Penn Slammer 3 has a max drag of 50lbs, which I intend to use because I've been spooled too many times on 25lbs of drag with my lighter set ups. And yes, I know how hard it is to hold onto a rod with that much drag, but I do a decent amount of gymnastics and weight lifting so I reckon I'd be aight if I had to (I did a 30 min fight on 25lb drag against a gigantic ray and I busted off because I wanted to get back to fishing and not waste time on a bloody ray that I was never gonna get in). But if anyone with more experience could give me their opinion, that would be much appreciated.
For the rod, I was thinking of getting the Penn Carnage 2 but I couldn't find it anywhere. I already have a tallish surf rod I can chuck the reel on, but for a medium sized spinning rod I have no idea what to choose.
If anyone has any suggestions it would be much appreciated. I don't have the biggest budget because this all comes from my $13 per hour job at Kmart 😃. I would really like to land my first bronzie and long tail.
Thanks in advance.
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2 hours ago, HenryR said:
There's no question they do come in amazing and wonderful colours for such a despised fish.
If you have easy access to them, try using earth worms as bait. I've only ever done it once: was somewhere expecting fish other than carp. The carp ate all the worms up in no time and then, once I'd resigned to fact that it was carp or nothing else, they wouldn't touch bread or any of the corn we'd brought just in case there were carp!
Alright. I will probably try some worms next time. Can you buy worms from shops or would it be better to catch them by hand?
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14 hours ago, letsgocrabbing said:
18 months ago I spoke to a guy fishing between Lennox bridge and old king school weir, who showed me 2 photos of murray cod he had caught there.To much development around that pond now, but cant see any reason why they wouldn't be futher up in the park As to carp.My father worked in maintenance dept in the psych hospital, behind the leagues club end of the park, in the 80's. There was a toxic spill in the river that killed the fish and the bodies floated to the banks. I gave him a hand loading them on to our 6 foot box trailer for burial and there were carp the length of the trailer.
That's a pretty cool story. It must have been amazing to see all those huge carp!
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15 hours ago, Regan said:
top report mate, never caught an albino carp
I think it was probably one of those ornamental koi fish that people usually keep as pets.
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On 16/08/2017 at 6:04 PM, big Neil said:
Nice report ET and well done "nearly" catching your 1st Carp. These are considered a pest in Australia and cannot be returned to the water alive. Good luck with the next outing mate. BN
On 16/08/2017 at 9:23 PM, ARC H said:Nice report bud
carp are a pretty good fight specially for how simple they are to catch
On 17/08/2017 at 9:56 PM, MattGb1989 said:Top report pal,
Am thinking about heading down there next week some time might run into you
Thanks for the feedback. This was my first post so I wasn't really sure what to write.
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Fishing Report for Saturday, 12th August 2017
I haven't really done much freshwater fishing in Australia before, and I heard that there are quite a few introduced carp that have been ruining the environment in the Parramatta river. I decided to have a go at catching one so I headed down to Little Coogee Park. It was a fairly warm day and I started fishing around 2:00pm using sweetcorn as bait. After about 2 hours of no bites I decided I would try fishing near a weir that I came across earlier.
After about 10 minutes of fishing, another guy came by and started flicking out what looked like a black 2 inch grub on a small jig head. Within seconds he was onto a nice fat Australian Bass. I talked to him for a while and he told me that it was his second bass of the day.
A few minutes later, the line on my reel tightened for a second before slackening again. I checked my bait and it was still there so I dropped the line back in. A couple seconds later line was screaming off my small 1000 reel. It was a real struggle to stop the fish from going under a bridge but it eventually surfaced and when it did my jaw dropped. The carp was albino and looked around the 80 centimetre mark. For a first carp, this was a pretty good fish in my books.
I didn't have a net with me so I walked it down to a rocky area to the side of the weir that was closer to the water level to try and land it. The bass fishermen I met earlier tried to help me land it but as soon as the fish came partly out of the water, it bent out and spat the hook. I watched in disbelief as the albino carp sank into shallow water where it sat for a few seconds before taking off.
I had mixed emotions. I was sort of relieved as I didn't know what to do with a carp anyway (I can't release it and I don't want to eat it) but on the other hand I didn't get a picture of it.
I will probably be heading back there next week with a landing net this time. Anyway, I hope this helps any anglers who are attempting to catch their first carp. Don't make the same mistake I did.
Cheers E.T.
Crazy/Unbelievable Fishing Stories
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I was fishing with my mates one time for carp in a river. They left for a quick maccas run, and after being gone no less than 5 mins, the fish decided to fire up.
I ended up having to deal with 3 fish on 3 different rods at the same time.
I lost all 3
Not a very crazy story but in hindsight it was pretty funny. Ive never been too devastated about losing fish, dont know why.
Another time more recent, I was fishing St Kila Pier at night. Hooked something massive using an aussie salmon as bait. The police cut my line about 30 mins into the fight. I reckon its because there was a decent crowd at one spot of the pier watching me and it was disturbing the penguin colony. I was kinda annoyed but I couldnt wipe the smile off my face because for me the best part is the battle.