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Dawia and Shimano sizes are a bit different. Dawia is on the larger Side. I'm a big advocate for heavy gear, hence my live bait setups are quite heavy. My main live bait setup is a Penn spinfisher 6500. 4000 would be better for lures though. As for longevity, just keep them regularly serviced, heard mixed reviews about both. I found Penns have the best longevity.

Anyone got any tips for Stockton?

Tried fishing Stockton beach, got there mid morning, headed up north finding rips and casting out into the churned up sand, bait was beach worms. Targets were, whiting, bream, tailor, ECT. With the wind, swell and strong currents couldn't get anything to hold bottom and was just washed onto the shore. Used up to a size 4 star sinker and a large breakway sinker which I used for sharks, which still didn't hold, kept moving up north with absolutely no luck. Wasn't really anyone fishing and those that were, were either struggling like I was or shark fishing with bricks as sinkers but even they gave up. Headed down south and tried casting lures into the churned up water, where I was bitten off. There were more people fishing down south but still having issues with the currents. Did find heapes of pipis just by churning up the sand and waiting for a wave to wash them out. Just ended up running around on the dunes and cooking up on the tailgate. Was pretty boggy with many people getting bogged at the entrance. Didn't really see anyone catching anything and quite a few people just packed up their gear and just ran up and down the beach and dunes.

Yeah, used to be able to just leave your car unlocked. Few years ago mates neighbors car was nicked or something.

Its unfortunate and sad that this needs to be said. The other night, went fishing on mates boat, left our cars in the car park. when we got back unfortunately found out someone nicked all sorts of things from our cars, light bars, spot lights, recovery gear. fortunately i lock most of my things to the car but mate lost everything he had on his car. this unfortunately isn't the first time this has happened. it wasnt all that long ago 2 motor bikes were stolen from around there. basically dont leave anything of value on the car over night. hope everyone keeps safe and I just wanted to alert everyone and hope others can learn from our misfortune.

River crossing gone wrong?

Good report. With the tides guessing on the high the fish come in and on the low they leave. Fished all over that lake, pretty rubbish, though there are some spots on the other side, that can be reasonably productive on the bream, cast up against the rocks and snags. Use the lightest jig head possible. Wouldn't stay after dark though. Mullet worked well for me around there. Good job though, at least you got something, most usually don't get much around there.

Mates got one, they're not really all that multifunctional. If you want a basically beach only reel, they're great and cast a mile. He gets some insane distance. Don't really worry about durability, Penns just keep going, 5 years is extremely short life for a Penn. They're not going to be the fanciest or smoothest but they're just reliable. If you want a dedicated rock / surf setup and are willing to spend the money it's up to you. Mate was thinking of selling his as it just doesn't get used enough. Also a standard reel will usually cast out far enough, and has the versatility of being used in other situations. All in all, up to you. If beach fishing is your thing absolutely go for it. The Penn won't let you down.

Id be interested, as long as it's not to far to travel. Maybe worth putting up a poll and pinning it somewhere with locations and times?

live prawns off the warfs in the arbour get smashed all the time, the kings can be quite touch and go with squid and yakkas

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Berowera is a joke. People think it's alright to park right on the middle of the boat ramp then run off to the bathroom, then to the shops then stuff around for 25 mins getting everything ready. Even worse is the people who think it's funny to leave people's cars on bricks or nick recovery tracks and high lift jacks, I've had to lock my recovery gear to my roof because of these Muppets. Mate came back one night to find his trailer and car on bricks. Had another Muppet park they're trailer right behind my car so I was parked in. Like if its just ignorance fine, but people nicking things and blocking up the boat ramp, that's on purpose and it's just not right. Recently went to stockton and saw all the rubbish everywhere, people are using it like a rubbish tip. Worst one was someone left a mattress. Then all the local fire trails have been broken into and completely trashed.

I recon most have considered doing that 😂, still not right, leave it to the council. Lot of not so good drivers out and about, had someone decide it was a good idea to break check me on a hill, luckily then other lane was empty. Unfortunately saw the same guy pulling the same ceal again the other day

I normally use double uni knot, never had a problem. Also did you end up with a wind knot or just some sort of knot that has ended up in your spool?

Yeah they work well, bream, flathead, Jewfish, shark, ect.

Sweet, thanks. Would you recommend getting tutoring on top in case things are getting out of hand or just need a bit more explanation?

Good afternoon, looking for some ideas. I've encountered a problem with a cargo barrier and rods, being rods don't fit with the barrier, it's fine on the beach when they are in the rod holders but traveling around is the problem. My basic solution was to cut the cage and install a trap door which could be opened and closes to allow for rods to go through but I've encountered problems like rods not being stored in the same spot every time. The simple solution is to have multiple doors but then the rigidity of the cage is pretty useless. Option 2 was a soft cage, but never used one and don't know if anyone who has. It has the benefit of being able to be adjusted, light. Seems to be a good idea, down side is you can't hang things off of it. Have considered a PVC tube that runs down the side of the draws, unfortunately it messes with the 12v system but has the potential to be a good alternative. Another alternative was to hang a pipe off the side of the roof, if anyone has experience with this please share. Have considered the roof rack storage for rods but couldn't work out an easy way to get to the rods. Another question, how do people Singal can utes fit rods, not in the tray? If anyone has any other ideas would be grateful to hear it, no matter how weird it may be.

Thanks. Peers definitely make much easier, especially being able to bounce ideas and share the load a bit more. Will keep that in mind, thanks. And thanks for your grandfather's advice, it's so true.

Macquarie, western syd and UTS.

Thanks. Yeah, thanks, I wasn't aware of numeracy centres. How do they work?

Bosses son is going there.

Good morning, i have been offered multiple offers from different universities, I was hopping to get some different experiences from those that have gone through these unis and uni experiences in general. The course I'm doing is civil engineering. Any tips or advice or just experiences would be much appreciated. Thanks

Get well soon, if your bored, chuck us a message happy to chat for a while. Had COVID 4/5 times now so know exactly how boring it is.

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I've caught my record on a servo squid. Spinning whole gar works well also love prawns. There no 1 set bait that will guarantee you a king, they will eat anything, bread, pilli cubes, chicken, probably even a sock. That being said, squid and yakkas are the normal go to bait, but like anything can be worth a try. Send me a message and I can give you a couple of shops which sell fresh squid, yakkas and live prawns