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Trick with the soft frogs I find is to not strike (harder than it sounds!) and let the bass take the frog down, before it readjusts it in its mouth to eat it and finds the hooks. Although sometimes they’re just tricky bastards.

I’m one of those annoying inconsistent people. But for the past few years I’ve only fished for bass so let’s call it a loophole!? 😉

Nice one, but I’d suggest not using those nasty tongs/holders for bass. It’s a good way to remove scales and the slime that protects them. If you’re careful you should be able to lip grip them to unhook them, or if they’re really small shake them off the hook with pliers.

So funny you say that, my pet peeve is people that measure bass to the tip! 😂 I guess I’m old school and I like to challenge myself. I also choose to fish silly string (6lb) in crazy snaggy conditions. I’ll take your “inflated” measurements as a compliment and agree to disagree on this one 😝.

I booked myself in for another Bass fish on Sunday after a pretty ordinary and mishap prone last session a couple of weeks ago. I knew I wouldn’t be able to head out again until we’ll into December so wanted to make this one count. So I knew Sunday was going to be hot, muggy and overcast and that we were due to to get a storm rolling in that evening which was perfectly aligned to the last couple of hours of my session. Session started well with two fish over 30cm fork length boated in the first hour, nothing to write home about but solid fish that fought hard. Fished for another hour or so for another couple of fish around the same size. Decided to try some frogs on surface and messed around with Zman frogz and Daiwa kicker curleys with various weighted and unweighted hook setups. Had one big hit and got bricked pretty much immediately. The sky was getting dark and what I was hoping would be peak bite period was kicking off. Went back to a deep diver and started absolutely belting them, getting hit on every second or third cast, I was catching fish in the mid 30s one after the other to the point where I wasn’t even stopping for photos the fishing was that good. Got smoked a few times, lost lures, bent trebles. The fish were hitting so hard and fighting so hard my hands were sore from fighting. I wasn’t even landing casts close to snags anymore, 1 metre from the bank the lure was getting annihilated. Finished up with 15 fish for a 4 hour session with 10 coming in the last hour, and I lost plenty more. Biggest fish was 36cm fork length (1cm short of my PB for this system), but the fight on these buggers was insane, and I’ve caught barra up north! Honestly one of those sessions where it all just comes together, I’ve never experienced anything like it. Few pics I did take amongst the chaos; Photo taken with fish on my shoulder for scale (big gorilla hands make the fish look small) The carnage, this was from one fish!

Best time of year, I feel like the hatches have come a little later than usual this year. Not sure when my next outing will be but cannot wait!

Hey team, I’m moving house and decided it’s time to scale back on items I don’t use anymore, this being one of them. It’s a typical fishing kayak setup with hatches and rod holders. Comes with seat, paddle, water snake electric mount, water snake motor, lithium ion battery, wiring routed through the hull and waterproof plug mounted behind the seat. Great simple setup that keeps the deck clear of the battery and leaves plenty of space for gear. The Lithium battery cost me $400 alone when I bought it 5 years ago and has an lcd screen that shows % battery life and output, as well as a usb port for charging your phone on the water, it only weighs around 2kg and also comes in its own carry bag. Willing to sell the lot for $550 for a quick sale. Pickup is in Sandy Point.

In Sydney @Pickles, this stretch of river is very close to the tidal reaches, so these fish don’t have to make a massive trek up after spawning. That’s the only thing I can put their size down to. I’ve only been fishing this system for about 3 years and it’s gotten better every season.

Looks like you got yourself a Pike

Managed to get out for a sneaky bass session yesterday afternoon. 4 hours on the water in total and 7 fish landed all over 30cm fork length and again very very fat. I was doing so well I thought I’d try some surface seeing as it had been a while and I was yet to try out my new Jackall cicadas I ordered from Japan during the closed season. 3rd cast drew the biggest surface explosion I’ve ever experienced after landing the lure at the foot of a palm about 2 inches from the bank. Fish went 34FL, very happy! Managed one more low 30s model off the top before heading home very pleased with myself.

Don’t get a reel that has magnesium components or frame/body. Best bet for salt water is a Curado BFS or SLX BFS (from the Shimano line up anyway). Strangely enough the lower end reels tend to be better in salt because they use aluminum bodies and plastic side plates. I’ve fished BFS gear for years and blown a heap of coin on rods and reels. It really only comes into its own for finesse presentations in close quarters fishing, tight creeks, overhanging snags etc. not much point in going BFS to fish open water or cast from the bank out into open water.

BFS isn’t suitable for Sydney? I’ve been fishing BFS for bass for over ten years in Sydney.

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Got fed this video today, algorithms are a mysterious thing.

Picnic point is well into the salt so they would be EPs. I lived in the area for my first 31 years and fished the George’s often, never managed an EP for some reason. The needles is tough going for bass, I’ve trekked in and got lucky on one occasion with a 34cm forker, but as someone previously said you’ll never get the numbers the Hawksbury/Nepean offers. Also be careful down there in summer, very snakey!