[Footwear for chasing Luderick off the stones]

I have a pair Adrenaline rock fishing boots, but I end up wearing  Rip Curl Reefwalkers most of the time

[Light Soft Plastics Setup for the Rocks]

2 hours ago, Central Coast Fisherman said:

Daiwa seabass 4-8kg 9ft6

 

I ended up going for the shorter 86ML model

[Light Soft Plastics Setup for the Rocks]

Hello Raiders

Does anyone here flick plastics off the rocks? If so what kind of setup are you running?

I'm looking at a 3000 size reel with PE 1.0 , but not sure on kind of rod I should be looking at.

Interested to hear what you guys are using

Cheers

Col

[Near Disaster on the Rocks today]

14 hours ago, LuckyFil said:

All four were knocked off the feet and my son expected to see them in the ocean when the white water cleared. Miraculously they had all managed to cling to the rock surface and despite plenty of missing skin were OK.

Do you know if they were wearing life jackets? I only just found out a few days ago that  life jackets are now mandatory on the Northern Beaches, and North Head is definitely a high risk area that would require one

[A new law that begins in NSW on 1 December 2016]

1 minute ago, kingie chaser said:

Or just wear a jacket 🙄

 

Is it such an inconvenience or jus the fact that your being told you have to?  

I don't actually rock fish anymore. I actually have no problems with the life jacket law, but the spots that I fish aren't what you would call traditional rock fishing spots and aren't subjected to big swells. It's why I lure fish those areas. It is also an area utilised by a lot of sunbathers, so it will be interesting on how it will be policed. 

Because I'm a landbased lure fisho, I only carry a backpack and am constantly moving. So to answer your question, yes it is an inconvenience to wear a PFD and carry a backpack just to fish that area

[A new law that begins in NSW on 1 December 2016]

FYI

This has also now been implemented on the Northern Beaches. Only found out yesterday when I saw lifejacket signs where I was fishing at Fairlight pool. A spot I wouldn't consider a dangerous rock fishing spot. Might have to give up fishing this spot now.. 

[Reel handle on left or right?]

I am right handed. When I first started fishing, I used my right hand to cast and wind the reel

When I started lure fishing, I found it very awkward to work the lures (especially plastics) with the rod in my left hand, so ultimately made the switch to a left hand wind. It feels weird at first but you get used to it pretty quick

[Carl Jocumsen]

Dunno if anyone follows the BassMaster Elite Series, but Carl Jocumsen just won his first tournament! First Aussie to do so

[Fairlight Rocks]

Went down to the rocks near Fairlight beach for quick 1 hour flick

Got absolutely zero hits on the Z-Man plastics and was about to call it quits and go home with the donut, but ultimately decided to tie on an Ecogear ZX35 for a few more casts

First cast on the blade and landed this big 70cm girl. It took me an age to bring her in as I was only fishing with a 4lb leader and I had no net.  Ended up having to go in the water and lift her out by hand. Her head was the same as my size 12 shoe. She was pretty buggered after the fight but I got her back in the water quickly after the snaps and she swam away nicely 😊

Col

[Longer shank Jigheads]

9 hours ago, TAZ said:

Thanks for the ideas. Im thinking of these. You can take the hook off and put anything you like on it. So I find the hook I want to fit the plastic and use that. Not sure about how well the plastic would stay put just by that knuckle section and hook eye but will get some and try. There are quite a number of long shank jigs in the US, just not here. Freight costs though are ridiculous. One place wanted to charge $40 US. Others would not ship here. Im all googled out. Spent hours searching for them 

 

That's a TT Snakelockz Finesse jighead. They sell them in Australia and RRP for $9.95

[Opinions on Ned rig jigheads?]

On 8/1/2019 at 7:21 AM, Berrero said:

Bit too windy to have a decent fish yesterday so don't really have any concrete results personally yet. Has anyone used these before? Yay / Nay?

I bought some to use them with the Z-Man TRD Crawz. I've caught fish on them but can't definitively say I've caught more as a result of this jighead

[Recommend an overhead rod for bream off the rocks]

7 hours ago, kingfishbig said:

It's unusual to use no sinker, even a fixed spool reel will not cast an unweighted bream bait very far and it would not sink in the wash.

If you're fishing with braid, an unweighted prawn will cast a mile

[Why do American fisher-people strike so hard?]

Might be a good question for Carl Jocumsen and Dean Silvester on the Facebook pages. Two Aussies who have actual fished the Bassmaster tourneys 

[Daiwa Servicing - Magseal]

20 hours ago, savit said:

There were posts on magseal reel self-service on this forum - they might help you. Let me know if you cant find.

 

6 hours ago, xerotao said:

There are other sources stating that you could just use some sort of ferro fluid for the mag seal oil.

im sure google would help

Thanks Guys

Not really interested in servicing it myself, just curious if they can be serviced outside of a Daiwa service centre. I've previously sent in my 04 Certate to Daiwa for servicing and was quite disappointed as the reel felt even less smooth when I got it back

It's almost tax return time and I'm thinking of getting a new toy, and whether I go the Daiwa route will hinge on whether I can get the reels serviced elsewhere

[Daiwa Servicing - Magseal]

Hi Raiders

Can anyone tell me what the go is these days when it comes to servicing Magsealed reels? Do you still have to send them back to Daiwa because of their proprietary oil  or can anyone service them albeit without the mag-oil? Anyone have any experience with the latter and did it make any difference to the reel?

Cheers

Col

[Windsor bait and tackle]

Yes he has closed.

I follow Aaron Horne (the owner) on youtube. Here's the vid: 

 

[Braid - Looking for specific]

On 6/19/2019 at 9:32 PM, Berleyguts said:

Any tips on how to get it on TIGHT?!

Personally don't think it has to go on super tight, just has to go on under tension. There's virtually no stretch in braid anyway so it will go on the reel the same regardless if you put it on under 2kg of tension or 500g 

[Braid - Looking for specific]

1 hour ago, Green Hornet said:

As far as 8 strand braid goes, IMO Duel Hardcore X8 is hard to beat. I have tried a lot of different brands over the years and this stuff is excellent and has never let me down. I have it on a lot of reels in sizes from PE 0.6 up to PE 5. 

+1

Currently running Duel Hardcore X8 and YGK G-Soul Upgrade X8 on all my reels. 

I've recently tried the J Braid Grand and Sunline Siglon PE x8 but had so many windknots I went back to Duel/YGK

[Kingies are still around in Middle Harbour]

Went down to Spit West Reserve for an arvo flick. As is always the case with me, had the GoPro on and had zero bites. 🙁

GoPro switched off and hooked up to a little rat king. Originally called it for a big  trev as it didn't go on the usual long kingy runs. Wasn't much structure around (other than mooring ropes) so it ended up being a "relatively" easy fight. As I was bringing it in there were some  big brutes swimming alongside it that I'd say were around 80cm - 1+ metre mark.

The rat measured at 54 cm and was caught on Z-Man Slim Swimz in Midnight Oil, on a setup running PE 0.6 and 8lb FC

Cheers

Col

 

[Forty Baskets/Reef Beach]

I couldn't fish my usual spots today due to the southwesterly winds so decided to head down to Balgowlah and fished the rocks between Forty Baskets and Reef Beach.

Got hammered all day by leather jackets chewing up my plastics. Did however manage a nice 53cm flattie and a small Snapper which I thought was gonna be bigger than it actually was given the amount of drag it took. Both took the Z-Man TRD Crawz in Motor Oil
 

[Narrabeen Lakes]

Went for a quick arvo flick down at Narra Lakes and managed to land 2 x flatties and a mini bream. Didn't measure the flatties but I think they were around the 50cm mark (I'm a size 12 shoe). Good fun on light gear (6lb PE, 4lb FC) and were caught on Z-Man Grubz (Motor Oil) and Slim Swimz (Midnight Oil)

Col

[Alternative to the FG knot for light rigs?]

I invested in a Knot Assist 2.0 so use the FG for everything. For the lighter lines I use 30 turns

[Life Jackets on the Rocks Central Coast]

Rock fisho died today fishing at Bondi. No life jacket

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/man-found-face-down-in-water-at-bondi-had-been-rock-fishing-police-20181219-p50n7t.html

 

[Dangerous casting practice]

1 hour ago, DerekD said:

Your thoughts,

Unfortunately there will always be selfish, inconsiderate people in this world. Nothing much more you can do other than have a word with him and hope he modifies behaviour. Sadly, the lesson sometimes doesn't hammer home until some innocent party pays the price for their selfish actions e.g drink drivers

 

[Possible Aust or WR - has been weighed in at 1431 lb or 649.87kgs]

16 hours ago, rickmarlin62 said:

I hope no one bags them for killing this fish as its every anglers choice to keep or release fish of any kind    please keep this in mind before putting shit on these guys 

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