slothparade

On a kayak, your silhouette is a lot lower, shadow is usually a lot smaller and you can travel around a lot quieter. As said before, stealth is key, especially in clearer water. Fish are very routine, if anything is to out of the ordinary, they will be spooked. An example of this is the carp in the dam. Caught many carp over the years out of the dam, but over time they stopped taking my baits if I stood in my usual spot. When I crouched down, the baits got smashed. Furthermore kayaks has almost an all access pass to access different waterways, meaning they can fish a lot closer to structure and different areas.

250m is absolutely perfect. It's enough to stop 90% of things. I use about 300m of 15lbs and have never had any issues stopping things. The fish are usually a lot closer in than expected, so you don't always need to cast so far out. Reasonable size Jew fish will give you a run for your money, but if you okay them well, shouldn't be an issue. The only thing that will pose an issue would be rays and sharks. Some of those can be unstoppable, lost over 800m of braid to a shark.

In the dam there's about 3 that hit lures while the rest don't 😂.

Curl tail grubs. I think upper Nepean has quite a few carp. I use a float with a bit of bread which works everytime

How far up north do you head? We went yesterday and absolutely struggled, 12psi, 35s and just kept getting bogged, was an absolute struggle. We tried a couple of gutters but every bait was just washed back in and up the beach.

I'm actually using prawns and beach worms and still having issues 🤣 Where do you even get a Rod that can cast 700g? I thought that is drone territory. Thanks for the advice though, much appreciated. Mainly targetting bream ect.

Anyone got any tips for fishing stockton? baits, rigs and just general info would be much appreciated, thanks. having issues of my baits being washed back in using a size 2 star sinker.

Could you post a pic of the rig you are using, I mainly fish bait and almost all my reels have braid and I have never encountered this issue.

Doubt it on a live pike

It was a live pike, so doubt a ray got it. Just a few nights before, there was a very large Jew pulled out on a yakka.

Nelson bay 17/7/23 Gkt chatting to some locals and was given a few secret spots where large fish have been caught quite regularly. Anyways traditionally haven't caught anything big apart from sharks. Anyways got there got pike after pike on cooked prawns. Many garfish around as well. Threw out a chunk of tuna on a 6/0 circle, and after about 10 mins, went to check the rod and felt a very heavy weight. After a good 20 min fight, big portjackson, close to 1m, wasn't able to land, so cut the hook and released. They put up a good fight though Rerigged put a pike on a 9/0 and 6/0 snell rig, under a float and threw it out into the current. After about 30 mins or so, slow peeling of line, waited a few seconds then turned off bait runner and had a massive weight, felt a lot heavier heavy, and just a slow but very strong pull until these big shakes. I was starting to loose line, and about to get into the backing, so i tightened the drag and dug in like fighting a shark, was thinking it was a Jewish because of the shakes but never would have thought a Jewish would be this strong. Kept leaning back and eventually the rod gave in and snapped. The one time I use lighter gear I hook into a monster and break the rod, bit of a heart break but still an awesome experience. There's definitely monsters around there.

Haha, yeah need to curry them. Uncle said would be easier to eat his leather belt

Heard lots of mixed reviews about banjos, quite a few say they're good deep fried and I was going to use the head for shark bait. Definitely want to try shovel nose, apparently very popular in Europe as fish and chips. What about rays? Have a indigenous mate who loves them but also have another mate who says they're a bit chewy. I was thinking to do a thai green curry inspired thing with chilli's and coconut with the ray. But don't really want to waste a life if it's a bad idea. Thanks

wilson live fibres are good, mate has one and love it, got it paired with a tiagra 50w but he isnt casting the penn prevails are good with a small talica as they can be casted i have a custom game rod, its about 6ft roller guides, though im not casting

Are banjo sharks good eating or not worth it?

seen about $3-$5 per kg on fb marketplace pretty common or 10c each

Yeah, get them all over the harbour. Haven't been out due to back and shoulder injuries

Not much around at the moment. As for tips, go out to the middle, or right on the edge of the chanel. The sharks there aren't your average size pups or 1m, they're minimum 1.5+. As for bait, slabs of eel or whole/ half mullet on 16/0 or 20/0 circle hook, 600lbs wire about 3m, with 100 lbs topshot. Evening/ night by far the best. Be prepared to be broken off.

That should be like 1/2 way, I've always spooled all the way to that thick sliver line.

I've adjusted so that I sit in like a normal chair and when I use the pedals my back isn't leaning on the rear wall bit and find it is pretty comfortable. I guess maybe a few pieces of pool noodle cable tied together to form a pillow of sorts, and placed behind might help?

I use the zerek live prawn lures work really well. Picked up a bunch on discount for like $5 each.

i use a bit of fly screen rubber, the hollow one, cut it into small chunks, thread the line through the hole, loop it back over and through the hole a second time. allow me to adjust the depts of the bait by sliding the rubber up and down and its large enough to stop the float from moving up

The sliding tube with the clip, on about 1mof mono or fluro, swivel between that the main leader, about 50cm, to a snell rig. 40-40 lbs leader, I usually use 6/0 hooks. Top water, float then swivel then 1m of leader to a 6/0 livebait hook. Pinned through the nose.

My lbg spin setup is a spammer 10500, 80 lbs braid, on a pe8 popping rod. Works well.

Depends on depth but I like 1/4 or 1/8. I believe greenhornet would be the best though