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6 minutes ago, James Clain said:
Not that they all go, caught 8 rats at Seaforth in June. 17 degrees I believe, maybe 16
last year was very good in the harbour, even meter kings outside bantry bay in winter month. I was refer to more the usual trend of king migration.
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1 hour ago, anthman said:
Thanks all. Kingfishbig is right, I was thinking of deep water, visible grouping on the sounder and dropping jigs on them to see what might happen (rather than speculative jigging at an empty sounder reading).
In that case the peak would be your best option(closest). When kings migrate from shallows to off shore reef around this time of the year, the first few weeks are the best, they will aggressively take jigs on fast jigs. later in the season you will have to try different techniques to induce a bite such as slow jigging. I think it won't be long until they show up there in numbers. In the mean time you can get flute mouth on slow jig at the peak.
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11 hours ago, tobycb said:
Good job on the Kings MerryFisher! did you fish any baits at all? how was the water in that area?
Regards, Toby
Think it was around 23, I only jig for kings. But the boat next to me did well on live bait while the kings are mid water depth in the morning. Then when the kings went to the bottom latter on in the day only jigs worked.
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5 hours ago, JonD said:
Now that's a pretty jig, nice fish too.
Handmade jigs by Current.
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2 hours ago, blaxland said:
Abywhere near texus
on the money
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8 minutes ago, blaxland said:
Any where near the north sydney fad?
Past Terrigal fad Bill
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We released all fish over meter
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44 minutes ago, anthman said:
Awesome! How far out did you go from Pittwater?
fairway out, 20 miles NE direction
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53 minutes ago, Restyle said:
solid kings! look nice and fat too. how long did they go?
90-110
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out from pittwater
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Big kings are starting to show up around off shore reefs. Best of all jigs are working very well at the moment.
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I've experienced a cvt failure so I can share what I've learned. The car is a second hand Nissan Murano which had 80K on the clock. I didn't use the car for towing, but it had an tow bar fitted and with the rust marks on it, so I assume the previous owner towed with it. I first noticed the problem during steep hill climbs. It would rev very high for the speed I was going, and acceleration uphill from stop is abnormally slow. When I got out the car to examine things I noticed a strong burning oil smell from the transmission and I think I saw smoke coming from it or heat waves. After talking with a local mechanic he recons the transmission in the Murano are rubbish and this one is about to fail. And he reckons cvt should only be used on light vehicles and not for heavy load like towing due to the way it works.
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27 minutes ago, xerotao said:
Warranty wont cover that as its not a manufacturing fault.
Just lack of care and service. They arent sealed at all. Dont compare them to a saragosa or slammer because they have seals.
Best to try to clean off rust/corrosion or replace the parts. Isnt too hard.
I tend to service after a season of fishing. And thats when i start feeling the reels arent smooth anymore.
also when “rinsing reels. You could be just pushing the salt inside even more
Yeah, when I get the clutch replaced I'll keep it at the back of boat where spray is minimal.
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November 2018, the reel was purchased
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11 minutes ago, connico said:
Saragosa is one of the best sealed reels on the market at that price point. The only other to compete is the Slammer 3.
The stradic on the other hand is not sealed to the same extent. You cannot treat the reels the same unfortunately.
The question what do you do after your finish using the reel?
Agreed, I've serviced the saragosa, it's got complete gasket seal which the stradic is lacking. Also around the pinion shaft where water got into the stradic, the saragosa is much better sealed.
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I rinse my reel after every use, inox bail arm rollers, handle joints every month or so. The other Shimano reel which I've had for much longer the Saragosa has been flawless. So I don't think it's maintenance related. I did contact
Shimano for warranty, they said because I opened the reel up the warranty is void, I can't argue with that. Ended up ordering a new clutch to sent to me, hopefully this one can keep the water out. -
Had this reel (Stradic ci4+) for no more than 6 month for use on a boat. It started making a grinding noise that got progressively worse over the last 2 weeks. I pulled the reel apart today to find the clutch mechanism has rusted out. Compared to my Saragosa, there seems to be a lack of seal to keep water out. Which made me think is it just my bad luck or the Stradic is not intended as a salt water reel?
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When it comes to rig my vote is for paternoster fishing outside and running sinker in the harbour.
On 2/19/2019 at 1:25 PM, GoingFishing said:1. Location
2. Drift Speed
3. Drift Direction ( in relation to seabed structure)
4. Bait Type/Bait Presentation
5. Hook Size
6. Rig Type or Setup
One more I would add is the season, fish the spicies that's biting. At the moment loads of kings are around the entrance of harbour, mostly rats (for fun), and a few keepers in between.
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Hi Jim, got the trags on the bottom while going for snapper. All 4 fish from 1 drift. Mowie at edge of reef, then two trags from top of reef right next to the fad, then snapper as I drifted to the bottom of reef around 55m depth.
Simon
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I did the same but a day earlier. Slept on the boat Wednesday night and fished the fad on Thursday morning. Different result though. Couldn't find any dollies, but got onto two trag jew instead.
Simon
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Finally got a chance to test my boat out with 4 people on board. The new prop with slightly larger diameter and lower pitch performed better in the lower rev range up about 15 knots where the boat planes cleanly. This would be the prop I'll be using for high load and when it's choppy outside and you need that mid range performance. The 131/2 15P prop does however give slightly better cursing economy under flat condition. I'm getting 2.1 km/L with the new prop and 2.2-2.3km/L with the 15P for cruising at 18-20 knots. So is the factory setup is ok for cruising the harbour, it's just that I needed more midrange performance when things get rough outside.
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I've got a new prop. Yamaha OEM alloy 13 5/8 14P. Still waiting for a nice day to load the boat up for a test.
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I think there are still Solas distributors in Sydney, one in Mona Vale not far from me. As to motor height I can rule that out as there's no cavitation even on hard turns with the motor trimmed correctly.
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Closest reef from Sydney north / south head to jig for kings
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There's also 9 mile on the way to 12, not as consistent though.