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    Is the www killing it for "oldies"?

    in Fishing Chat

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    Nothing beats spending time and learning from your family.

    From personal experience. I mentor a few kids, teens and early adults throughout the year. Mostly boys. The one thing that all of them admit too is not spending enough time with family. I often ask them if they ever tell their family, but most feel its embarrassing.

    Kids will whine and whinge about most love spending the time and learning new things

    And not many kids looks up Youtube on these life topics

    Bream on hardbodies in middle harbour

    in Fishing Chat

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    My general formula for bream on soft, hard and vibes are

    1. Structure with Oysters that have been busted open. Some oyster positions will not be a feeding ground for bream due to tide and location

    2. Overcast day. The more overcast the better as they have good eyes and will very shy on lures. if its a bright day, i use a dark lure. if its an over cast day i will use something a little more vibrant

    3. I give a spot 5-10 casts then move on. Even if decent follows occur, bream are shy if they arnt agressive enough to bite after a few cast and a follow, they wont bite.

    4. Will have a minimum of two rods setup for bream from a boat. One is soft plastic, my favour right now is the ZMAN CrawZ. I toss it at the structure and let it just float down. The other rod is a hardbody or a metal vibe. Favourite right now is Ecogear Zs. Note the casting limits of your rod, you want a rod that will action your vibe or hardbodies. Too stiff of a rod and your lure will lack action. My favourite rod right now is a 1-3 Powerbream from nitro...

    5. Early morning or late afternoon are the most productive for me. Water temperature at about 16-19° is ideal for me.

    6. Persistence and movement is key, keep moving and keep trying. 

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    10minute magic on Sydney harbour

    in Fishing Reports

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    6 hours ago, Pickles said:

    I had dropped the kids from school at Luna Park for a school excursion and drove the bus to park under the bridge. Aldi had a special on 7’ Shimano telescopic rods with a reel (el cheapo, but hey it is Shimano) - perfect for sadly fish addicted school teacher (Deputy) totake for a quick flick when anywhere near the water.

    the result - 7lb snapper on a piece of chicken, at Kirribilli- right under the bridge.

    kids were stoked.

     

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    That rod does not look like a telescopic?

    Humane ways to dispatch fish

    in Fishing Chat

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    7 minutes ago, GoingFishing said:

    You got me there....iv never actually tried to eat a Wirrah. But there seemed to be an overwhelming indication from alot of people who had tried it that i wud be in for a nasty surprise !!!!! 

    Poor handling... The reason why it taste like old boot is the slim or slick on its skin. Most fisho's will kill it, fillet and take the skin off on the same surface. The slim will he get on the flesh and you're farked. Its like fish guts and the contents of the stomach getting on the flesh. Don't throw the fish in a salt water slurry as well as it contaminates the other fish.

    So you need to kill it humanly, scrap slime off and wash the fish before you fillet.

    Humane ways to dispatch fish

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted · Edited by connico

    1 minute ago, GoingFishing said:

    Are you talking about Wirrah aka plastic old boot? 😂😂

    yeah it's amazing how everyone mishandles the fish lol

    actually its amazing how other fishos pass on false information just because they don't know how to handle a wirrah cod... no one I have talked to had eaten wirrah, they heard it from someone that heard it from someone.. lol

    Humane ways to dispatch fish

    in Fishing Chat

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    If you're eating the fish sashimi you will notice... if your frying, deep frying, baking, it's hardly noticeable.

    Talking about taste. I feed some people wirra cod the other day. They thought it was the best tasting fish from a selection of flathead, bream and whiting...

    Not many people know that if handle the fish properly it taste great. It's a Cod after all

    Best mono for trout fishing

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    I use WTF Gliss Hybrid line for spinning light lures right now. I'm finding its very thin, cast a mile and has really good knot strengths. Haven't suffered from wind knots but i'm very careful regardless

    The line is very fine though and if you have big fat fingers its sometimes hard to tie knots unless you adapt. I only use the Palomar knot since its very easy to tie with very thin line and its hardy and very very strong.

    Trilene sensation i think its monofilament is what i hear...

     

    South coast luderick

    in Fishing Reports

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    2 hours ago, Useless fisho said:

    Yes.

    Syd harbour 50 to 60 minutes drive from home.

    Shell harbour 50 minutes drive from home.

    Happy to fish either.

    Travelling for a fish does not bother me.

    Driven to Eden from Sydney for a days fishing in the past.

    My kind of fisho. If you're interested would more than welcome the company!!

    Anyone with whiting on surface lures?

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted · Edited by connico

    1 hour ago, anthman said:

    Thanks for the tips. I should add that a seagull tried to have a go at the orange lure in the picture - surely that's a good sign! 

    It's hard not just to pump some live yabbies and go bait....

    Just keep persisting, once you crack the code you'll be golden! Just got to vary the retrieve until you find something that works for you. Remember you're hunting, make sure you use polarised sunnies so you can see any action below the flats.

    Also fan your retrieve and keep moving

    South coast luderick

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted · Edited by connico

    1 hour ago, Useless fisho said:

    No name change coming any time soon.

    Useless,idiot and stupid and plenty of other words best describes me.

    You driving from Sydney to fish Shellharbour?

     

    Very nice bag, definitely not useless if your bagging out

    Rod set up for whiting on poppers

    in Tackle Talk

    Posted · Edited by connico

    Doesn't need to be straight and not always fast, need to dart around left and right if possible. Are you using a loop knot or a blood knot? Vary the retrieve on fast to medium to stopping. You need to make enough noise to attract then give the fish time to react then chase then strike.

    I would try different lures and it doesnt need to be a popper can be a small skinny stickbait. Crossfire lures and bassday lures are popular. Also I've had more success with 75mm lures than 40mm

    I've also had some success with metal 1.5g and 3g lures lol

     

     

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