Mike Sydney

That’s a great stretch to fish, and I can only imagine it’s better on a high tide for surface as it gets very shallow indeed. On very low tides you can walk under the UTS building itself it gets that shallow. In the evenings it has a lot of functions on and with the light spilling and the occasional cocktail sausage going over the side, it’s a fine time to get big bream, though my topwater efforts have always resulted in tailor.

Never mind faker you ask a lot of good questions but stick around for the answers !

This’d be high on the list if I win next week’s draw! https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-sa-blackfellows+caves-143916740

Exactly what happened to me a year back. Seven stitches sole of my foot. Was just fine and then as i stepped backwards on ground I’d already covered the foot sunk , shoved my other foot out to get my balance and got sliced badly. The first few days it burned like fire. Horrible! As for walking mudflats @faker you might find this interesting- mixed reviews but the idea is pretty cool. https://mudderboots.com Apparently in the Netherlands mudflat hiking is a thing. Flat soled cheap skate shoes that lace tight. Basically you want the most surface area you can get it seems.

Here’s a topwater question as I’ve seen arguments for both. Perhaps applying it specifically for bream, should you pause immediately after cast or not? I’ve heard and read to wait for the ripples to disappear on the basis that the splash has already attracted nearby fish. I’ve also read that you should walk the dog or pop for a few meters immediately after the splash. I lean towards the former when I’m fishing near trees or mangroves on the basis that fish are waiting for food to fall off. Maybe that’s more relevant for a cicada lure than a pencil or minnow - what are raiders thoughts on that first cast at an area?

Great footage Rob, and some great whiting. Tasty times ahead !

Well done @Derny Driver a few more in store for you before the summer ends I think!

I recently had a rod tip repaired at local tackle shop (ages from you, Beverley Hills and he used the lighter as described to heat the tip and it slid right off. He then melted a new one back on. In and out five minutes and $7 for the new tip.

Crazy isn’t it. A fisherman in Yamba caught two the same day previously tagged from South Australia AND New Zealand! The one from SA - a stocky 1.3m - had been free 249 days. That’s about 10km a day on average but I’d imagine there’s some days they must be pushing 50km particularly if they’re crossing open ocean https://www.nzfishingworld.co.nz/posts/kingfish-movement-insights#:~:text=The fish spent 1296 days,tagged kingfish in Australian waters.&text=All three fish were originally,Bay of Plenty%2C New Zealand.

Hope you’re alright champ I hear that hurts mightily 😩

Ended up buying a cheap container from Bunnings - went and chucked my pot out for the first time this afternoon and sat nearby. Less than 20 minutes later a bloke walking the banks starts pulling it out….some choice words for him, is it always this bad? 😂

Champion thanks @whiskey299

Good video here from mylurebox (terrific channel): https://youtu.be/NX4Enohgk5Y?si=81uF73hdfKJg79Be

Great topic @AFT Fishing, I actually just bought my first pots earlier this week thinking it might be worth a crack during the wilder winds this week. My question for those who use pots is how you transport them. I presume they’re filthy coming out of the mud and my wife would have a fit at me dumping it in the car….do folks use tarps or bags or what? All the videos I see have folks just chucking them in the back of a Ute which is a luxury I don’t have !

I’ve snagged plenty there myself! Light as you can go makes them easier to unsnag I think and ultimately you have to play the snags to have a higher chance of catching. When I’m in gnarly snags like that often I’ll use a Zerek live prawn which are pre-rigged weedless and cheap ($10-$12). You really have to try hard to lose those.

Yes on soft plastics. Couple circles here the top one is a big rock submerged on a higher tide that often has fish and the lower one you can even see the deeper water in the picture. I think it’s a small eddy as the tide comes out of the southern mangrove bay.

Of all places I wouldn’t eat fish caught at brays bay , the reason we can’t eat west of bridge is cos of the industry that used to be at Rhodes - that’s basically ground zero! Warning aside, it fishes well I’ve had monster bream there on the wall in front of the restaurant as the tide sweeps out of the mangrove bay. Just on the right edge it’s a little deeper and a nice holding spot for bream - catch and release that is!

Stonker mate, absolute cracker for a first one on surface, GG !

I was reading the other day the blue mountains council has chucked a 2 hour parking limit in the car park at Echo Point trail - a 3 hour walk.

Mate I wouldn’t be a fraction of the fisherman I was without you @DerekD thank you.

Last year I had some ‘viral’ content on Reddit (a million+ views of me playing a video game) and an AI found the video, scanned the replies/comments, and then published several “news” articles in multiple languages all over the internet on genuine-looking sites. The English version was very legible but just had a feel to it that gave it away as AI (and the fact that it certainly wasn’t newsworthy!!). It was published in Spanish and German and I found about 40 websites with the same article. Here’s a sample article written by the AI: https://gamebastion.com/n/elden-ring-pvp-invader-shows-hilarious-2-on/218652

Isn’t it. Perhaps I should go outside!

I’m sure lots of you are familiar with AI and it’s ability to generate images and videos. I thought it’d be interesting to see what Dall-E AI would consider a Fishraider and tasked it with coming up with pictures of “A Fishraider catching fish in Sydney Harbour.” The results…:

It seems that the sizing related to wire originally? The AWG system, which would have this as “ought”. https://boathowto.com/electrics/conductor-sizing/ While down the rabbit hole this article on fish hooks was an entertaining read too https://feathersmc.com/SALFLYER/vol_9/summer/history.html