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    No kings but a welcome bycatch

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    20 hours ago, big Neil said:

    Aptly named "wise one". You must have used a lot of wisdom to play such a fish for 50 minutes...and patience too. Very well done, bn

    Paitience absolutely.  

    An old but true statement is that the time your line breaks is when your patience runs out.

    With a poweful fish on light gear if you can survive the first long runs the fish will generally settle down and you can up the pressure.  I also use judicious finger pressure to the side of the spool to increase the drag carefully during the pump and wind.

    The biggest concern with a long fight is the trace wearing through or the hook hole wearing larger and the hook dislodging.  Use of quality trace line and smooth angling help to prevent these occurring.

    Hopefully this tuna was not “alone” and a few other Fishraiders may get get lucky over the next couple of weeks!

     

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    Carp success at the dam

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Quite a few bass in the dam too. Biggest to date 40cm but most are 20-25cm.

    I target them on tiny hard bodies cast and trolled from my kayak.

    Nice relaxing hour or two and over the last 2 years I have only had one trip with no fish.

    Not sure why there are no big bass in the dam...

    Also, all the redfin seem to be 10-20cm long - again you would have thought some would grow bigger?

    Browns

    in Gamefishing Grapevine

    Posted

    A few reports over the last couple of weeks of gemmies but not blue eye.

    There are back eddies forming in the SST charts, so you may find that the current is OK to drop.

    Sunday & Monday weather forecasts look OK for a trip wide.

    Another Supertrawler - A repeat of 2 years ago

    in Fisheries News and Regulations

    Posted

    The problem is not that this beast will take more fish from the oceans (because the quota is not being increased) but rather it will make strong economical sense for it to take them from as small an area as it can (to save fuel and time).

    So local depletions are the real problem, the size of the vessel just allows it to keep fishing (potentially in the same location) while it fills its quota.

    Can you imagine the damage to recreational fishing and the economy of Port Stephens if it decided to net The Car Park?

    And why wouldn't it? Its obviously going to go wherever the largest aggregations of small pelagic's (bait) are. At times the volumes of slimy mackerel holding there are huge.

    The volume of small pelagic's around the Australian coastline is such that this quota is unlikely to have a major impact overall, but the threat of sever local depletion of stocks is very real and a huge problem!

    Manly Dam

    in Freshwater Fishing Chat

    Posted · Edited by wise one

    Finally managed a decent sized bass from Manly Dam.

    No measure so not 100% sure of size, but given the spool is almost 6cm across, the bass would be at least 30cm.

    Not a monster but satisfying given the number of trips in my kayak to find one!

    Bass 1

    Manly Dam

    in Freshwater Fishing Chat

    Posted

    Nothing on softies near the wall but I suspect I needed a heavier jig - it's pretty deep there!

    But I managed a slightly larger bass (30cm or so) from a patch of reeds half way up the dam.

    Lessons learned so far include the need to get the lure right next to or even in the lillies / reeds. Might need to look at a weedless rig and fire it right into the thick stuff. Second I must get a GoPro so I can snap the next larger specimen. Third a sounder would be handy to see just how deep the dam is near the wall.

    Manly Dam

    in Freshwater Fishing Chat

    Posted · Edited by wise one

    Was using a Matsuta Shad 40mm and perhaps 1-1.5m depth?

    Trolling and casting near the lillies and reed beds.

    I'm going to give softies a go, perhaps in the deeper water near the dam wall.

    POINT 65N are they any good?

    in Kayaks and Paddling

    Posted

    I'm guessing no replies as no-one has experience of them.

    I've seen them at BCF and they look OK but are a very basic "shell" so you will need to do a fair bit of customisation to turn it into a fishing yak.

    Hope it goes well and maybe you can do a review of this for others in a similar position to yourself.

    Manly Dam

    in Freshwater Fishing Chat

    Posted

    Managed a couple of 20cm bass and also 2 redfin of maybe 25cm from my yak on Saturday morning.

    All caught near the Lilly pads on the North side of the dam wall.

    Will keep searching for the bigger bass that are surely in there somewhere!

    Interesting kayak

    in Kayaks and Paddling

    Posted

    Looks interesting and well thought out.

    Things to consider:

    1. Suitable for calm water only - not suitable for the bottom end of the harbour
    2. Weighs 60KG - twice the weight of a regular 12foot kayak - you will probably need a small trailer for it

    If the above are not issues for you, then it certainly looks worth a review - ideally you need to test paddle it somehow - not sure if that would be possible via BCF...

    You could also consider this one

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