Mike Sydney
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@faker a quarter ounce, heavy as I was casting at faraway bridge pylons and needed the extra distance to reach them.
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@Little_Flatty just to rub it in I chucked the 5” diesel on tonight…two tailor and two flatheads in an hour….🤣 Must be because I’m fishing upstream of you - fish hitting the phone tree to warn their buddies down your way!
Jokes and one-upping aside I agree the diesels are hard work. I only really use them for a bit of extra casting distance. I’d take a slim swim any day of the week usually.The retrieve for the diesels that worked tonight was fast roll / sudden stops
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The halco twisty. I’ve cast that thousands of times for zilch. And yet I know it’s a good lure. My several must just broken 😆
As for blessed….anything the bloke next to me is using
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Great fish, 36cm is a whopper and she looks fat too, well done Marky Jr!
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Well done champ looks a fine feed!
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Beats the usual Donuts, @Little_Flatty 😉
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12 minutes ago, Little_Flatty said:
A couple of solid Tailor there Mike, well done to you two!
Sometimes one or two decent fish is all you need😎
Yes it was one of those sessions where we just out to be out, and rather than tie on and catch more we figured celebrate with a pizza instead. It was his birthday, and his first catch on surface - pretty good way to celebrate the big day!
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Low tide tonight arrived underneath iron cove bridge (city side) about 8pm, mate Paul and i tied on surface lures, Chug Norris 50s. The new carpark by the sports ground is finished and after easy parking and a minute walk we started casting under the bridge pylons from shore.
30 mins and a new PB for both of us, with a 56cm for me and a 52cm for him (Paul in the hi vis).
Followed by both losing the lures, snapped off on more big fish so we called it a night early, with grins all the way to our ears!
Both on 6lb. Looking back at my old photos of my previous best tailor they were at same location in previous Mays. Been plenty of good size tailor up the cooks river lately too, a great time to be working surface before it gets much colder.
See you out there! Mike-
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On 5/17/2023 at 9:20 AM, frankS said:
I have been saying it for years. It's just a matter of time when a shark will take a kayak, they are just too close to the water.
Frank
Well that one clearly did. That’s a straight up attack, no nudging or inspections there. amazed he didn’t end up in the water.
Orcas a problem too apparently!
https://nypost.com/2023/05/20/killer-whales-are-attacking-and-sinking-boats/
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Agreed @XD351 it’s the same old guard issue that nine’s cricket commentary had. And then the indignity of watching Thurston trying to be a tv personality to boot 😁
To be fair I listen to a lot of them on SEN while night fishing so am spared…
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@BaitDropper as a kid I grew up on the terraces at Lancaster park, one of my earliest rugby memories the 93 lions tour, in a rugby mad family, would go to all the NPC and Super 12 games but rugby lost me with the constant rule changes, stoppages and overly-long advantages.
It’s nigh on unwatchable for me now. I played league as a kid for Sydenham but was always a rugby head until it just got too boring around 2000-
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Bunker should go, challenges should go, not just in league but all sports, it creates a disparity between the grassroots game and the elite level. Like you go from playing rugby league on Saturdays with jus the ref and the spectators, to suddenly having to be part of an “entertainment product” .
I think challenges, bunkers , replays are for entertainment and sponsorship first, game outcome second.
Ref just awarded a try? Let’s get everyone to stare at a KFC logo for two minutes. As for affecting game outcomes and this concept of “getting it right” that’s hot garbage. “Robberies” are ones remembered forever and talked about in folklore as the ones that got away. Correcting mistakes as they occur steals the game’s atmosphere, slows the game down and ultimately makes matches more forgettable.
But then I do enjoy a good Hawkeye or hot spot…love the tech and super slow mo but it should be separated from the referees decision.-
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So the lights are up and working, but set too far back from the waters edge to really improve the fishing. Though it does seem the local bat/flying fox population don’t like them as they’ve moved to other trees. Which is good, as I’ve had them go after my lures mid-air when casting, swoop near my hand and their poop splashing on the water always tricks me into thinking it’s fish 😁
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2 hours ago, noelm said:
Some of the sets are really big, might stir up some fish, if I feel frisky I might go for a fish in the sheltered bay in front of my place, Blackfish come in there when the sea is big, but then......it's damn cold and windy.
I went out last night with extra layers but that wind had it feeling below freezing, while my body was warm enough, my hands became ice blocks pretty quickly. I only lasted an hour before it was just too much.
@Burger that’s a great photo.
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Stunning fish and a terrific report. Was it still light when the jew were biting ?
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13 minutes ago, PaddyT said:
waste of time-just go fishing-tides are far more important and so is light-tide changes and light changes are killing times in nature
Yeah better off fishing from 630am sunrise tomorrow to take advantage of the light change than hold out for the run out tide to start,
I used to pay attention to the solunar charts when I first started but now it seems bogus to be honest. It’s just too far removed from my personal experiences to be useful. Like I’ve fished during bite times for no fish, and fished outside of bite times for heaps, and so can’t trust the chart anymore. It only takes a few donuts during hot bite times to get bitter about the whole concept !!
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56 minutes ago, mrsswordfisherman said:
@Mike Sydney you signed up for one I think
Yes @DerekD and I attended one earlier this year. I believe Derek did a report on the day.
It was worthwhile for me, topics on reading swells for example. Most of the sessions though were around lifejacket selection and fitting.
I missed the practical part of the session - going to the rocks and watching - which is probably the most valuable part!
content was engaging, lunch was tasty dominos pizza. I missed the free lifejacket as I left early.-
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Amazing thanks for the advice @frankS . So as all the “good parts” of the reel stayed dry and really only the spool got wet, it’s just a case of replacing the missing drag knob.
He’ll try warranty but good to know it’s not a write-off of the reel from that section being in the drink.
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Thanks @frankS . It was the pictured reel, only a couple months old. I said he must have had the drag loosened right off but he swears he had it around 60%. He’d landed a fish on it only a few casts earlier!
The warranty process seems straightforward but I will prepare him for a fight on user error. I can’t see how it could have happened other than the drag being right off, but he is adamant it wasn’t. Will see how we go!
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Anybody gone through Abu Garcia warranty process recently?
Last night my mate had his S2000 reel fly into the water when he cast. The bottom half stayed on his rod, but the spool and drag went into the salt. I managed to retrieve it but the drag adjustment bit is missing.
We’d been fishing for a couple hours both landed some bream , one of the last casts as we were going home.
I have to figure something snapped as there’s no way he loosened the drag to the point it wasn’t attached anymore….
Has anyone ever experienced anything like this , or dealt with Abu’s local warranty process?
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Took this pic a few weeks ago in Tempe.
Not my hook. Someone’s live bait probably. I found her and cut line off legs, a hook out of her wing then found the second hook in the throat. Poor thing just sat there and let me hold it.
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congrats @faker ! When did it take the lure?
I ask as often tailor hit a fast moving lure and turn away from a pause. And yet targeting flathead, they typically hit on the pause. It’s not often I get tailor on a soft plastic. Did it bite while you were winding in fast?
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This article has some good information on the other aquarium (previously Oceanworld and then Sea Life) site and what’s in store. Seems that’s owned by TransportNSW who are still deciding what to do with the site.
https://manlyobserver.com.au/manly-cove-west-moves-forward-looks-back/
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Thanks 
Cursed and blessed
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I use 2/0s but probably a 3/0 might’ve been a better fit.