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Thank you. The phone survived for a bit before it shit itself down....took it to the shop to see if they can fix it hopefully its all g

Thank you!

Thanks scratchie!

Thanks Yowie

I Was using a snell rig i made...4/0 and 6/0 hooks. 1 hook through the top of the hood and one in the bottom. We only pulled hooks on one fish though the others we picked up a touch too early

Definitely upsizing the esky next time 😂

We’ll find a suitable time to chase them again soon. But thanks again james!

Our plan for me and my mate Oliver was to attempt to catch squid for bait in order to chase a silver slab up the Georges before soccer, homework and other commitments could catch up to us. We managed to find some time and with perfect conditions ahead of us we went for it. Pulled up to bass and flinders point with Oliver at about 1:30pm to try and gather some squid for bait. After walking down to a promising looking spot and flicking our jigs around for about 30 minutes without anything we decided to walk to Gunnamatta Bay to try our luck there. After a 30 minute walk, we get 2 tiny arrows on the first 2 casts before they went quiet for an hour. Oli managed to get another 2 in 2 casts just in time before we had to leave beating me 3-1 in the squidding. Not bad for his first time. With not long to spare we drove back to our spot on the Georges, hoping that our efforts will pay off. After an eel and 2 snags later, we had our first proper bite at the jew spot. Oli's squid strip rod slowly bouncing on and off for a minute until nothing, I look over at my rod with the full squid, watch it get one solid tap and then it loaded up and started screaming off drag. After a solid 25 second run on the 6000 bait runner, I was able to gain some line back before the fish went for another small run. Heart pumping and nerves high, I was able to 5 minutes later, we have an exhausted jew on the surface and after a few attempts from the fish to duck down deep again, we had him in the net. YESSSS! We were both stoked and relieved that our hard work and persistence payed off after many failed sessions. Oliver called the fish in at a metre and whilst I wasn't too sure at first, the tape measure showed the fish to be 102cm...a new PB for me. This fish was only the beginning of the hecticness. After getting multiple photos and a phone call from @JamoDamoboth rods start screaming off at the same time. A double hook-up on jew....something we never even expected to happen. Unfortunately Oliver's fish busted him off and my fish pulled the hooks. Whilst this was all happening, my phone slipped out of my pocket and fell in the water...my license, school id and opal card scattered in a metre of water. Wasting no time, I took my shoes and shirt off and in I went recovering all items except for the school id. Now i was soaking but i was surprisingly not cold at all. Must’ve been the adrenaline 😂 Whilst me and oli were still trying to comprehend what had just happened, my rod starts screaming again. Oliver went to picked it up but we unfortunately missed the run. It went quiet after the last run and whilst STILL trying to comprehend what had happened, the battery on our torch dies, so now we're relying on our eyes to bait rods, cast and move around the spot without slipping into the water. Whilst it seemed like everything was going wrong, this was the most fun we've had fishing in a while. We finished the night with 1 solid jew for our efforts. So happy to have landed this fish and hopefully there's more to come in the near future. Weighed in at 8.8kg

Great work on the blackfish 👍🏽

Great session early morning keen to get back out again soon amongst football and school commitments

Very nice fish sounds like a great day out on the water. Well done 👍🏽

Best place for live prawns....and I don’t just say that bc my uncle works there hahaha

Just remember I’ve known how to fish plastics for at least 10 years now even though I don’t fish them on a daily basis ahahah. But yeah you’ve had some great catches on plastics and they’ll keep coming! Well done 👍🏽

I use a running sinker rig with a 1/0 or 2/0 hook usually (depending on the size of the mullet). Another good bait for the bigger flathead is live herring. Caught and lost multiple 80cm+ flathead using them

They sit on the drums in Botany Bay and they STINK

It’s something in honesty thought would never happen. It’s incredible

So my dad was at my uncle’s tackle shop the other day and he came home telling me that a customer showed him a video of a marlin that was hooked inside the port hacking river. I couldn’t believe it and after searching for the vid with no luck I gave up and moved on, a bit sceptical about it all. However, I just saw the video reposted on a Facebook page and i couldn’t believe my eyes. Link to the video (not mine btw): https://vm.tiktok.com/ZSokcX3w/ @mrsswordfishermannot sure if I’m allowed to repost the link but if it needs to be deleted that’s fine.

Nice fish well done 👍🏽

Great bag of whiting, I’m sure they’ll cook up nicely. Well done 👍🏽

Does anyone know the maximum casting weight of the Shimano Sedona XT 3-6kg rod? I’ve looked everywhere on the internet without any luck finding how much it can cast.

Great bag, well done 👍🏽

Looks like it was a great day out. Well done

Wow they’re older than they looked! But then again I only had a quick glance at them.

Hi all, I’m planning on trying something new, by fishing soft vibes for Jew. I was just wondering if a 2-4kg rod, 2500 reel and 10lb braid would be ok for fishing 15-17g vibes.