Nyxy

Not sure whether this goes here or in The Workshop, correct me if i'm wrong but here it is. For a while now I've had a 3D printer but never really put it to good use. The first thing I printed was a small diver minnow. I didn't end up using it as turning thru wires didnt go so well for me, i kinda gave up on printing lures after that cause i didn't want to use 3D printed line ties. Since corona virus has grounded me i decided to give it another go to give me something to do. During isolation the first lure I printed was a popper with a separate middle section that had fins to force it to spin (picture 1). Is this already a thing or have i got some type of intellectual copyright of this? This worked well but due to the layering of the print (I printed it vertically), when I really put some pulling power into making it "pop", it broke where the "head" connects to the "shaft". I printed another one but horizontally to negate the layering problem but i made it too dense and it was slightly sinking but still too fast for me. The next print was a slightly different version of my first diver and it swam well but was very sensitive to the positioning of the thru wire. I tried a completely different design for another diver trying to make it as simple as possible to design but it was too back heavy and sunk "tail" first. I also had a go at painting it with spray paint and nail polish🤦‍♂️. After thinking some more I decided to have a go at printing a swim-bait. cause why not? I decided on mimicking a whiting which took a lot of shapes and negative space to design. I decided to try to print the joint to see how it would work. The joint worked well but had a similar layering problem to the popper, but i discovered this when my dad misses the pool and it hit the wooden deck and split a layer. I decided to use even more wire to fix it and also be able to attach hooks but it ended up looking a bit special (picture 2). It ended up swimming almost as good as when I first tested it but the joints were slightly insecure and sometimes made it spin. While typing this I printed another more simple popper, which should work. I am yet to catch anything on these lures but as soon as i do i will be sure to post an update. Has anyone else on here had a go at printing lures and if so how did it go? Suggestions and ideas are welcome.

nice fish. I went out in the harbour yesterday with my dad to catch my brother some kingfish. only caught a few squid in the morning and the kings didnt seem interested in eating anything and they only picked the squid apart. had a few hookups but the hook didnt set properly.

im a bit late to the party but heres my two cents worth. In the past ive caught some legal kingies over the artificial on the downrigger and the biggest kingie being 72cm about 5-6 years ago. north head I usually troll lures for pelagics and occasionally get sargent bakers or a rock cod (areas C and B).

I have some knowledge on the creek/beach but as I only visit there once a year in January it is fairly limited. in the creek ive found nippers or SPs to work best. at the beach try to find a hole and use some mullet, nippers or worms. Best of luck.

I haven't been fishing at Clarkes Point in a year but I am going down this week with my scout group to do a fishing night. im going to use prawns/mullet on my 6lb setup and then lures on my 20lb setup. havent got any experience catching kings from there but i do see the odd school on the surface round there. ill add more to this post later after i get home from school.

sounds about right but i personally, having never specifically chased bream, would go for 4lb fluro, i dont have kayak but i have used my surfboard to get around before.

you could try launching from simmons point as it would cut down the distance and you can see the ferrys coming.

this might be a bit far away but, the north east point of Goat island often has Kingies. another spot further away is Bottle and Glass point but you have to be careful of getting snapped off on the rocks after getting a hookup.

as what was said before, you should try around lane cove river especially Linley point to Cunninghams reach. theres good water movement and decent channels and flats. ive caught a couple 35cm flatties there on SPs. if you throw around the bridge pylons i'm sure you will get onto something. i live in Ryde so that's my usual go to for a couple hours of fishing. ive just finished my preliminary tests so for the next couple days ill go down and post some reports. hope this helps

im guessing that you got the salmon near the rip bridge? im starting to get excited for the holidays. cheers

Nice one mate

good luck mate. Stay dry

Ill need to restock my plastics and jigheads soon so ill put some vibes and big plastics in the cart too. I usually fish the channels and flats off of Blackwall point as I have narrowed the best producing spots down to a few square meters. thanks

I have heard of there being kings, ive caught some descent salmon on hardbody lures on the troll under the rip bridge. I'll make sure to pack my lures and do some live(ish)-bait catching the day before. yeah, he'll have a plan but is always open to my suggestions. Ill probably be the skipper this time as I've got my licence. thanks

i've had many days without a single fish in Brisbane Water, I could only ever link this with the tide as I have noticed days where fish have been hyper-effected in feeding tides. thanks for the offer but my parents are still big on "online stranger danger", give it a couple of years when i'm "independent" and ill chase you up.

I have seen surface action near gladesville which is usually only in summer. it does make some sense that tailor could have been into some fish on the surface near Ermington and gotten fired up.

Hello fellow raiders, In the October holidays i'm planning on fishing with my grandfather around Blackwall point in his tinnie. I will target mostly flatties and bream as for me they are a consistent catch. I will have a 20lb setup and one maybe two 6-8lb setups. I know some spots that I will definitely drop a line at, but I was wondering if anyone had some tips or suggestions for me. I'm happy to answer any questions, but I will probably reply tomorrow as I am still in Highschool. Cheers Nyxy and happy fishing

too tru, too tru

i had a an 8foot with 20lb on a daiwa sweepfire 4000 2b incase a hungry school swam past.

Hi fellow Raiders, this is my first report and will not be the last as we are going into summer. I went up to shoal bay on friday (which was a challenge in its self as the fires had closed the road) with my family for the weekend. On sunday i went to tomaree mountain down on the old torpedo wall emplacement with my dad and a friend of his. on the walk down i spotted a meter or so dimond back python in a bush. we started fishing just after the top of the tide before lunch which turned out to be a bit too late as what we found. i chucked a prawn on my light spin rod, had a few casts and on the third retrieve a few small kinggies decided to give chase with no hook up. i threw the prawn back infront of them which lead to a short lived hookup as my hook knot gave way. i quickly tied o n another hook without a sinker while my dad was trying his luck with a pilchard head. one prawn later and I was fighting a 50cm+- rat. after five minutes of turning its head with 8lb line it decided to double back and spit the hook😭. After that we only saw a few schools of kinggies, some held a few 70cm+ members . My dads friend caught a nice 30cm leatherie, just before i got a tiny pekkerhead of a bream. after an hour of disappointment we headed back to camp. Hope this helps someone catch their next fish🙂.

Yeah, the salmon usualy start to make their presence know about now. I usually run into some schools bustin' up near cockatoo island, under the harbour bridge, shark island and north head. I find that 5-15g metal spinn lures work the best on a medium-fast retrieve. sometimes hook a bonito which are real fun epecially on a light spinn outfit. Hopefully getting out sometime soon as i need to fiber-glass some deep scratches in my dads boat. Good luck fishing everyone.

Yeah its true. So if you are fishing at night try to use a jig with glow in the dark patches. Next time I go down I'm going to use by lure as a teaser and then sight cast to the squid.

No probs, in going down soon to catch a feed of cephalopods. They like vibrant pink colours I've found.

This could have been a squid, as I have seen quite large ones follow my lure(homemade) while fishing there. I hope this clears that up a bit for you.