HawkesburyParadise
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I've got a reel with mono, braid and fluro carbon. The knot between mono and braid seems to not hide under the braid. I'd left the mono on to avoid braid slipping on the reel.
Now, When I throw the line out with bait, the braid will flow out until it randomly gets stuck on this knot.
What's the best solution for this? Pic for reference below
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On 1/3/2023 at 1:31 PM, DexterCatt said:
Happy New Year fishraiders.
On new year's eve, I took my early-teens son down to South Maroubra in the hope of getting some Whiting on light gear in the late arvo. There was no one in the water aside from a couple of surfers out the back. There wasn't much happening in the way of bites, but there was a reasonable amount of pedestrian movement, with a few stopping for a quick good-willed chat. At one point a couple stopped to enquire how i was going - using almost entirely gestures and facial expressions. They looked perhaps 60 or 70, of East Asian origin, and as far as I could tell had no English. The gentleman did most of the communicating wirh smiles and movements and thumbs up. I'd shown them my remaining, still wriggling tube worms which seemed to impress, and we settled that I was hoping for a fish of about 40 cm by outstretched hands (we can hope). Anyway they stood back and watched for about three minutes when I got my only bite, and not a big one. I reeled in to excited oohs and aahs, the line went slack, and I felt disappointment for them. I kept retreiving in case the fish had run toward me and the little weight came back on the line to produce a shining, pretty little Dart of maybe 25 cm including fins. Truly a little fish but my first Dart all the same (pic attached). My son had come over for a look and my new companions were very excited, with big smiles and regular thumbs up. This isn't really a fishing report and what came next is my reason for writing.
As I was removing the hook from the fish's mouth with intention of returning it, the lady spoke for the first time with "give me, please", somewhat insistently. Still smiling, I quickly thought it through - no legal size for Dart, how am I going to explain catch and release as an ethic, make a friendly stranger happy.
So I put the fish in a little bag that she had ready. She smiled and nodded and said thank you about four times, and they walked off, with the man turning to wave and give a thumbs up two or three more times.
So my son remarked that there wasn't much of a feed in such a little fish. I ageed, but I added that they seemed well pleased with it. We went on to speculate that it was quite possible that they had first hand, or at least generational memory of true famine, and that might explain why a live fish of any size is a prize to them. Or at least why their culture prizes the keeping and eating of small fish.
And one last thing occurs to me as I write. These cultural factors may explain why some people from some communities may keep fish in contavention of size and bag limits.
Let me also remark that such practices are not limited to any stereotype. And in every case information and education are the first steps. I can assure readers that if the fish was legally undersized of another species, it would have gone in the water.
Thanks for reading and good will to you.
DC.
Maybe they make a stew or curry out of the fish, in which case there's plenty of liquid along with a little meat. That's certainly how fish(and meat) is eaten in the Eastern and Southern India.
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On 12/17/2022 at 6:10 AM, big Neil said:
I've seen a lot worse valued for millions HP. Obvious signs of a deep affinity with the piscatorial world demonstrated by the subtle nuance of juxta positioning of the fish and the baited hook. Clearly a deep understanding of the genre. The variations of colour, deftly layered in a vertical pattern, belie the creativity of the artists hand.
Merry Christmas to you too HP, have a good one.
bn
My colleague reckons it symbolises the performance appraisal. Just as the fish gets close, the bait is pulled 😛
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So we did a Sip n Paint for our team Christmas event. Te presento - El Snapero come El Prawno
Merry Christmas and a Happy Holidays season to you all!
P. S. Rest assured, I won't be quitting my day job
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Buy a Cuban wooden Yoyo from the internet.
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Sunday night fishing land based at Berowra waters.
Tide: Rising
Time: 9-10:30pm
Bait: Salted Blue Bait
Summary:
Night fishing off the rock wall at Berowra. Pretty quiet mostly.
Caught a baby jew about 20 ish cm from head to tail.
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Holidaying over the weekend in Coledale, Wollongong coast. I had two sessions close to our home for the weekend on a Rock Ledge
This was my first go at fishing in full blown ocean environment and I can't say I had the right gear. I lost plenty of sinkers and hooks to sea grass but it was still fun to hang with friends and my daughter while fishing.
Bait: Salted pilchards Blue Bait
Tide: Low tide
Catch: a few babies
Anyone know what this is?
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33 minutes ago, Obsessed Fisherman said:
I have been to the Spit Bridge 5 nights in the past week - each night I am averaging 20 hook ups. So for this spot, the moon doesn't affect it much. The right tide will give you plenty more bites though.
I tend to go to the north side of the shore whereas I noticed a lot of bait fishermen hang around the south side.
PS: Did you see my haul last night at the Spit?
Just had a look, that's impressive. I'll PM you about the area. It's no where near my local so it'd good to have knowledge about it.
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I'm just gonna ask the stupid newbie question. Does the Full Moon have a negative effect?
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1 hour ago, Obsessed Fisherman said:
Usually small fish there, I have never caught anything decent at that spot. Go under the bridge - a bit more livelier action there. You just have to get to know the snaggy spots to avoid.
Is there a park or something under the bridge?
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Location: Spit West park
Date/Time: Sunday night 6th Nov, Dusk onwards
Tide: Falling from high point. High Tide was 7.40pm
Moon: Full moon
Bait: Salted Whitebait, Salted Prawn
Summary
Its been over 1 year since I started fishing. Went out to one of the places where I caught a fish first time.
Bait got taken multiple times. Nothing big to report. Baby fish only, no bigger than 10cm. Good view though.
Saw a squid swim by. Unfortunately, didn't want to eat whitebait.
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On 10/10/2022 at 8:14 PM, Bluebenbomb said:
Well done for getting out and good to get a bream to take home. Sometimes (in my opinion :), bait do better than lures, especially after heavy rain.
Fish can't see the lures in the water?
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8 hours ago, big Neil said:
Considering the crap weather that has been prevalent, it's a wonder you managed such a pleasant session HP. Nice couple of Bream thrown in... win/win. Predictions from the gurus is for a wet Summer, so opportunities like that may be the norm.
Cheers, bn
It might be an advantage of the rain/moon/mud but there were no pickers, little fish. I didn't get a bite until I had a big bite.
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Night session at Berowra Waters tonight.
Start: 7.15pm
Tide: Rising, peak around 10pm
Type: Bait and Lures
Conditions: Full moon, very muddy water from the heavy rain, little to no wind, no rain, great night for fishing
Summary:
Rigged 2 rods, 1 bait and 1 lure
Started the night with a soft plastic which got stuck in something down the bottom first cast.
Switched to crankbait. No luck. Tried slow, fast, stop in the middle, nothing worked.
Switched to bait rod. No hits for a while and them bam legal size bream. Cleaned and taken for home.
5 minutes later, another bream but not legal 22cm.
No more significant hits. Ended session at 9.15pm.
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1 hour ago, Rebel said:
Hi,
10 ft or 12 ft rods
4000 to 5000 reel..
These are the basics for beach fishing. You can use the 10ft on the rocks.
If you are not using bait, take some metal lures with you.
Never been there.
Good luck
10/12foot rod to run lures? Isn't that a bit much?
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Going on a vacation with a few couples. One of the guys is into fishing so keen on dipping the line.
Lots of rocks around. I don't have the skills or the equipment for Rock Fishing but keen to know what to target in areas where beach meets Rocks.
Seems a small beach, will it still have structure(gutters, sandbanks). Any estuary/jetty/rockwall type of fishing in the area?
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On 9/25/2022 at 6:59 PM, Little_Flatty said:
Nice work @DerekD and @Ryan.f!
I've only caught a handful of flounder on lures in 20 years of bread and butter luring, so well done! That said, it's not hard to see why they would be supreme predators. They are always a welcome addition to the catch. A sweeter feed will rarely be had.
The dominant vs non-dominant hand debate is an interesting one. I learned to wind left-handed decades ago in the Rex Hunt/Steve Starling era and haven't been able to shake the habit for everything except for the Alvey and fly fishing (both instances where I might need to palm the spool and that's one of the scenarios where I feel that I need dominant hand coordination). For the same reasons I like left-handed baitcasters because I can thumb the spool with my right hand. Left-handed winding works better for me in all other scenarios, including retrieving at speed. I've been doing it for so long now that right-handed retreival feels foreign to me, to the point I think that I'd struggle working lures if I changed hands. But it seems like non-dominant hand winding is dying out these days, going off youtube personality preferences. Each to their own! For what it's worth, I've left my kids' reels right-handed (they're right-handed like me).
@Ryan.f did you bring your coarse fishing gear downunder with you? If so I'd love to see you take it out with Derek and see how it goes on the blackfish. I think you'd brain them!
I've often wondered if I'll be able to flick better with my stronger right hand.
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3 minutes ago, Green Hornet said:
As long as there's a bit of weight in those spoons to give you enough casting distance to reach the fish, they'll work for sure. Tailor and salmon would be your main targets, but you'll also catch flathead with a lift and sink retrieve or a slow wind across the flats. Back when I was a kid there was an extremely popular lure called a Wonder Wobbler that was a spoon, but had the profile of a baitfish. They accounted for thousands of good catches.
The plastics, think about lightly weighted jigheads on a #1 or 2 size hook, even a #4 if you can find them for the smaller ones.
The pic is of a couple of Wonder Wobblers in different sizes.
I've heard there are a 100 year old spoon lures still made the same was as back then. Out of curiosity, Did Fish get better at recognizing them or people simply got bored of them?
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20 minutes ago, slothparade said:
Those are pretty neat little spoons. Out of interest what travel combo was this? Ive only ever seen lures like this in America in like little multi packs and big ones sold by them selves.
As for the soft plastics, they look to be the standard ones you get in all in one combo pack, I have a bunch of them I found on the side of the road. They work alright, not the great. I have a bunch of these tiny jig heads I found, they're like 1/24 ounce or something and tiny hook. Work alright on those soft plastics.
As for the spoons, maybe trout on the small one and tailor and salmon on the larger ones?
Yea she bought it off a shop owned by Bezos. It's called BlueFire so I'm not surprised it's American.
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My Wife bought me a travel rod for Father's day. Maybe she wants to travel the world Fishing with me 😂
The rod itself I haven't got around to yet but the package had some assorted lures, tiny SPs and spoons.
Will these Spoons work for Tailor, etc? Any other species? They are fairly light but the hook end is on the smaller side?
These SPs are tiny. I've added my watch face for comparison. What hook size jig would I need for these?
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Well done. Is it pitch black there or there is some light. I think you're on the boat ramp on the Berowra side.
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Good trip Baz. I loved the people in Bali.
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3 minutes ago, Larkin said:
Hi Hawksbury,
Works on piers and deep water locations where kingies, salmon, trevelly frequent. Or any area that you see boils of predatory fish.bring them in close, I mean 2-4m in front of the pier.
Fill 30L tub up with 20L seawater, 2kg pillies, loaf of bread mushed up, 1kg chicken pellets or pellet burley. Like a pilchard soup. Take a cup or scoop with you.
every 3-5 minutes toss out a scoop of burley (250-500ml) and keep doing this with regularity. Directly in front within a few meters of where your fishing - deep water location like a pier or wharf.
unweighted baits directly into the burley or livebaits directly in the burley trail.
I saw 3 guys doing this and watched them catch kingy after kingy. One guy worked the burley while the other 2 kept their baits in the burley trail. Other people on the wharf were catching nothing.
I now do this when I fish land based off wharfs and my catch rate has increased dramatically. Mates who I’ve told to do this have caught their largest land based fish.
it’s not new to burley up, but it’s the quantity of burley used and regularity of tossing out a scoop full that makes this work.
Think of the scene off jaws when Ron Schneider is chumming there water 😂
Would this work off a Pier or Wharf on low tide?
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On 9/10/2022 at 8:44 PM, Larkin said:
Try burleying heavily - it will bring those fish in close.
A bag of pillies chopped up into very small pieces, 1/2 loaf of bread, some chicken pellets all mixed in a large tub full of water. This is what I use (pic below) got it from Bunnings for about $10 and I have a small 1L bucket as a scoop - toss out a slurry scoop every 5 mins.
You’ll be surprised how much it will increase your catch rate and bring those fish in
When you say bring fish in close, what do you mean exactly?
And by heavily, do you mean 1 ball of berley every 30 mins?
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I can't remember the knot now but the consensus seems to be to respool I guess.