Nathan L

Huskison is the main port-thingy our from JB if you go to the local real estate / servo / tackle shop (in Huskison) they should point you in the right direction i vaguely remember 'simo's charters'. from what i remember they're pretty good JB is an awesome place - you kingie fisho should love it - squid is sooooo easy to catch

t-curve is the better rod but i've got both and the backbone does its job just fine . . . so if u dont wanna fork out the extra cash, go the BB - it'll work fine

one thing with rod storage i've found is that rocket launchers have a tendency to come loose after a couple of bumpy rides home also im short-ish, so even reaching rocket launchers on big cabins is a problem you should perhaps look at another option for transient rod storage. eg some sort of cabin arrangement maybe?

damn . . . thats pretty extreme my old man used to brain stacks of tailor cliff fishin at clovelly, but he just dragged em up the cliff with the big threadliens they were using.

holy shreck!!! thats nuts poor bugger who owns the boat - gotta feel sorry for him

dont think it should matter mate but then again im not quite sure what you're talking about

my stradic 1000 went for a swim in pt stephens its caught a few fish since then and the drag seems pretty good if you go through the reel and sus out any iffy bits (or have someone else do it for you) you should be sweet as

i know what ya mean CFD . . . that water looks real nice out there i've got $100 in the bank . . . just need $499,900 more for that 30 footer that might be able to handle seas like that

nice

you could always get the best of both world with a top shot, but u wanna make sure that you have absolute faith in your knots. the main reason mono is used in gamefishing is because when beakies jump they trow their heads around and if you're using braid the lack of stretch will cause a lot of slack line: in such a situation, mono is used as a shock absorber as always what line you choose will depend on what youre gonna do with it

yeah . . . my bad i was just saying that you shouldn't can you plans for the weekend based on a long range forecast

thats a fat carp there. i gotta say that even tho its a carp its a nice pic - good colours, fins erect apparently because carp has lots of oil its really good burley / bait. yet to try it, but its a thought gotta love the desperation / ingenuity comin out in a keen fisho

nice work surprising u got anything really with the state of that water.

i'm no meteorologist but even still you should take long range weather prediction with a grain of salt. it looks really nice to plot out wind and wave heights, but there are so so so so so so many factors that influence the predicted values that even slight modifications in one variable can lead to dramatically different results. so heres hoping that they have gotten it wrong!!!

thats a solid fish there. dont wanna take this off topic but do you reckon you could tell us how u fillet them suckers? i've done bigger fish by cutting down the middle - from behind the pec fin to the tail, then whipping off the top and bottom 'quarters' (hope ya know what i mean) . . . is there a special way the fish shop does it?

yeah mate, the 101 is a 'lefty's' reel

as always a 50lb handline can land just about any inshore fish you're gonna hook. does that mean i'm gonna go out with a whole bunch of 50lb handlines? nup does it also stop me from getting new stuff from the tackle shop that i'm not entirely sure when, how, or where im going to use it? nup messing around with tackle is half the fun of fishing . . . for me anyway

i got one while spinning for flatties at towra. i picked it up and it kept feeling like something was zapping me eventually realised how stupid i am and chucked him back.

ouch. imagine the sort of structure that it would create if it was left there though

gday mate, i've got a curado 101B and a t-curve 601 baitcast light. its my flatty killer. the rod is just right for flicking plastics in the bay. its also handled its fair share of kingies (as well as copping a few bust ups from the bigger models - but we dont talk about that ) one more thing: im right handed, and have been using my left hand to wind for about 3 years now (on this combo). it doesn't take too long to learn and i feel much better at handling the rod in my dominant hand so much so that when i pick up someone elses right hand combo, i'll automatically start winding with my left hand, before realising the handle is on the other side of the reel!

hey robee, im a bit confused by your post. im not sure whether you tied an albright to join two long lengths of braid, of the albright was broken. regradless, i think that braid is in general less succeptible to some kinds of damage than mono is. eg when you make a V in mono, it can appreciably reduce the line's strength. however braid is less affected by this sort of abuse. i've had some horrendous birds nests / wind knots in my tackle. most of the time its just carelessness, but if there is a positive to be had, these events permit the removal of the top layer of line. usually line underneath is still pretty good. also if you've switched the line on your reel (put the bottom at the top and vice versa) then your basically using new line. sorry for the longish post, but i think your line will have retained its original breaking strain (assuming its relatively new). if your still unsure just test it

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thats true about the 1/3 breaking strain. one thing though that has the potential to influence results when testing drags is how fast you pull line of your reel. i.e. if you pull line of your reel slowly the reading you get on the scales will be less than if you pull it off fast. of course taking this into account, the potential for variability can be massive i reckon the easiest way to think about it is like this: your line has a certain breaking strain if you pull on the line and the force that you pull on the line exceeds the breaking strain, then the line breaks you dont want your line to break so set your drag so that when fishing the tension on your line will never exceed the line's breaking strain belly in your line is another important factor, but this only really applies when you're chasing fish that take lost of line and change direction (eg marlin) i think in general the 1/3 rule is to take into account dodgy knots, old line etc. i guess in the end it all comes down to how much confidence you have in your gear when a big fish comes along. i hope i havent confused you more

hey fellas, i think that this article might cover just about anything u wanna know bout 'riggers. http://www.pakula.com.au/Docs/Articles/A10%20Outriggers.html one other thing is that if it were up to me i'd probably prefer to wait and save up for the riggers and prevent any unneccessary holes in my boat. however the buggers are bloody pricey, so its completely understandable for u to wanna be inventive.

probly my stradic 4000 with x-cel weapon 702 snapper. it actually is a weapon and has caught everthing from squid to jellybean fin. having said that, on the wish list now is a big stella and t-curve jig rod the problem with fishing tackle is that you can never have enough of the damn stuff!!!