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    An end to carp?

    in Fisheries News and Regulations

    Posted

    yeah scooping up the dead carp is not a major issue here lol they will likely do systematic releases of the virus in selected systems followed by clean up efforts, they wont all die at once and turtles, foxes, yabbies and shitloads of birds also will take their share where we cannot clean. There would be some dead fish around but probably only an issue in still water, and yeah maybe one step back to many steps forward as Cod are easily bred and once the carp are gone restocking will happen really quick.

    Bream won't take the hooks on surface lures

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    Try longer casts, they are a finicky fish usually see you before you see them (just coz they don't swim away doesn't mean they are unaware of you)  if you draw them out into the open and you can see them, they are sometimes too wary.

    I Had similar happen with some donkeys recently going for a 100mm bent minnow thrown for trevs, they followed and kissed it a few casts, can be frustrating haha

    What Gear Ratio Should I Use For Throwing Divers, Poppers and Plastics Around Snags For Jacks

    in Tackle Talk

    Posted

    Gday Hamish,
    ratio wont matter mate the poppers and plastics you'll be "working" them (stop, start, hop etc.) and as for divers well you wont want high speed your just doing a few jerks and winds and slow rolling whilst keeping it in the zone as long as possible.

    What you want to focus on is that the drag is smooth when set heavy. You may need to "lock it up" (for oyster covered pilons etc. that hold big ones) and you dont want it pulsing or sticky.

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    YFT from stones

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    @Marto im gonna try my darndest to catch my first tuna this summer mate, however upon testing my new setup ive had three 100% definate king strikes one was 1m+ so im trying hard at those at the moment but there hard up here especially where i fish

    YFT from stones

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted · Edited by brett01
    typo

    and save up for your braid. fully research the highest breaking strain PE 3-4 you can get and the spool will hold 4-500m so you will need 500m or 1km, get it spooled by someone highly experienced or do it yourself under heavy drag (then before casting, do something like put a surface lure on and drift it out 100m and wind it back on so your casting distance braid isn't bedded in when you do your first cast causing loops to pull out and knotting etc on your first session.)

    YFT from stones

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    19 hours ago, Marto said:

    Cheers for the advice @rickmarlin62! Also wondering about a suitable outfit was looking at the demonblood 962MH matched with a saltist 5000 running 30lb braid, would this be a good combo?

    I'm running that exact setup for Land based game, The one thing to note on the Demonblood 962mh is that the recommended cast weight is way off (50-120g) , it will cast from 30g - 90g nicely with the sweet spot being around 70g and casts 60-80g lure 60-70m. Awesome rod for the price though, the newer Version 2 is blue you should be able get the V1 which is red for really cheap.

    Daiwa Generation Black advice needed

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    On 5/27/2016 at 7:23 PM, Adsy91 said:

    Hey mate,

    I'm a big fan of itchy twitchy's all my rods are one piece but I have used the 2 piece model on frigate mackeral, bonito, big salmon and had no worries but my main use was flicking micro lures (1-4gram) for bream, whiting, bass and Estuary perch. I never had a problem at all with the set up and find the action on these rods fantastic. I eventually snapped the tip of the rod in an excited moment by holding my rod almost vertical and dropping a fish without the bail arm open...there's my one piece of advice- watch your angles when landing fish and you will love this rod. They are just releasing the gen black 2 models this season so you should see those prices stay low hopefully

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    2 hours ago, Ledge said:

    Hi Raiders.

    Reviving this post as I need some help deciding on a rod to cast light lures 3g-8g.

    Will match to my 2500 stradic.

    It's between:

    - Pinster II 642LFS (193cm, 1-10g, 2-5kg)

    - Itchy Twitchy 6102LFS (208cm, 1-5g, 1.5-3kg)

    - Scratchy 702LFS (213cm, 1-5g, 1.5-3kg)

    Does anyone have experience with these rods? I like the sound of the Pinster but concerned it won't get enough distance on the casts so that's why I'm considering the others... But will they be able to handle the 7g-8g lures?

    Thanks for your adv,ice!

    Ledge

    Itchy twitchy wont like the 8g lures. i dont throw over 6g with it but it will throw a 3-4g hardbody a mile you will be so surprised. Your catch rate will go up if you fish lighter, smaller and you will hook decent fish on tiny lures as well as the smaller stuff and if your into catch and release as i am, small fish on light gear=good times (not waiting for a bite finally - you will go out and bend your rod). The GB rods all fight fish really well, bagged near 40cm bream with the Itchy Twitchy 2 fine

    Epoxys and FCL Labo Lures

    in Tackle Talk

    Posted

    On 12/15/2017 at 7:04 AM, outdoordan said:

    Try envirotex lite. I use this for all my lure making both as a sealer and as a finish. as a sealer, dilute with 20% metho.

    Be sure to thouroughly clean with metho before coating. Like all epoxy, it dosnt take well to gease, oil or silicones.

    thanks mate

    Gold Coast Seaway

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Gday Raiders Starting a Thread about the Gold Coast Seaway as i fish it a lot recently for kingys and wonder if any other Raiders fish it? Anyone get jew on the Surface there before? Tracking Kingy's? Anyone target the massive Tuskfish i see along the rocks all the time? Should i be throwing sinkers at the boats that have no courtesy for shore fisherman? haha jokes yeah but comment with your catches and recommendations please!
    Any locals who havent yet check out what comes through there on youtube there is always vids going up

     

    Epoxys and FCL Labo Lures

    in Tackle Talk

    Posted

    @dirvin21 yeah they are (expensive) Japanese lures, more game casting lures popular with the LBG community however they do do smaller stuff aswell. So I epoxied all of my FCL's today with CS Coatings Seal-coat which is very thin and have not wanted to use it for this but as i now know they take on water i will use it to slow any further damage and keep my poppers sitting sweet. The CS Coatings Seal-coat needs many coats to get a thick finish (however it dries incredibly fast) so today i did 4 coats (adding approx 2g) and the finishes look fine with this product.

    When i receive my Devcon 2 ton i will weigh in on that aswell. thanks

    Epoxys and FCL Labo Lures

    in Tackle Talk

    Posted · Edited by brett01
    make title more relevant

    Howdy Raiders,
    Just thought id start a thread about FCL labo lures as they are fantastic but there are few things about these lures that id like to discuss. Firstly they have amazing finishes and work amazing! however, they seem to not epoxied at all and damage very easily even just from the impact with the water when casting. As well a this they are made of a high density foam which is supposed to not take on water which is false i had a guy run over my ebipop today in his jetski and i lost the lure for about 2hrs by the time it was located it was barely on the surface with cup facing the sky vertical in the water and weighed a maybe 10 - 20% more.

    I would like to epoxy my FCL lures but i have a few minor concerns id like help with,
    A. the surface lures being slightly heavier and not being as effective
    B. the epoxy not working with the paint/foiling on the lure and causing bubbling.

    I plan to use Devcon 2 ton epoxy i have ordered from the states it seems to be what a lot of lure makers recommend that wont effect the paint.

    PLEASE IF ANYONE HAS TRIED THIS ON OTHER LURES OR CAN WEIGH IN ON THE SUBJECT OF EPOXYS or FCL LABO MUCH APPRECIATED.

    THANKS RAIDERS!!

    Gold Coast fishing

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted · Edited by brett01
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    @PhilKGday mate , jump on google earth and look at these:

    - Point lookout (nth Strabroke is) top spot hard to get to but very deep off ledge and known to produce big fish.
    - gold coast seaway
    - fingal headland (tweed)
    - cabarita headland
    - broken head (snapper rock)
    - lennox heads

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