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Can't wait for the handlining reports! Never had much luck with it myself

Thanks mate! Was a dirty fighter for sure... leader came out shredded

Was feeling bored at home so I decided to bring some old mouldy bread and head down to Meadowbank. A short 15 minutes drive later, and I was at the ferry wharf. To start things off, I decided to tie on a 3 inch paddle tail and cast around the bridge. Was hoping for a Jew or flatty, but no hits and lots of snags. With no results on the placcy, I pulled out the bread and moved to the ferry wharf, fishing with 6 pound without a swivel or sinker. Dropper the bread down near the pylons, and left the bail open so the fish could run with it. A few seconds later, the line began coming off the reel at a considerable speed, so I tightened up and stuck. Up came a small bream, around 20cm. No monster but still great fun of the light gear 😀 Baited up again and dropped it back down. Almost instantly, I got another bite and this time the line was peeling at a much faster rate. This was a larger fish, making strong lunges and runs towards the poles, and even bricked me at one point. Luckily, it came out and I was able to beach it. A good sized bream, about 30cm. The ride was at its lowest point now, and the fish were also slowing down. In the next hour, all I managed were micro bream and toads which kept picking apart the baits. With the bream slowing down, I tied on a squidtrex and resumed my mission of a Jewish of flathead. However, this was short lasted as I struck a snag and lost the lure. Called the session on that note .

Headed out to the spit to try and catch my first king. Arrived at Clontarf sand flats around 11 and set up my 2 poddy traps. While waiting for the traps to do their thing, I casted around a sugapen to try and tempt a whiting, as there were plenty of on the flats. Haven't really figured out how to fish surface yet, so no whiting were caught but there were heaps following the lure all the way in. Did get a few hits from what i assumed to be small tailor. Saw some massive 40cm+ whiting sniffing around 🤯too, if anyone is trying to get big whiting in the harbour i can highly recommend this spot. It was quite slow on the poddies too, so i decided to chuck some breadcrumbs over the top of my traps as 'burley', which seemed to do the trick as i got about 20 in a few minutes. Armed with a bucket of poddies, i headed to the spit bridge to chase some kings. Very slow at the bridge too, livies were getting shredded by jackets 😠. Dad managed a few small pinkies and jackets on cut up mullet. Saw a few small bustups, spun a twisty through the schools for no sucess. Moved back to clontarf in a last ditch effort to get a flatty, nothing but a small tailor which ate the live poddy. Overall, pretty terrible day for fishing but fun nonetheless. If anyone has any tips of spots to catch kingfish they would be greatly appreciated 😅

Looks like some sort of wrasse, possibly gunther's wrasse.

Lost one of me crocs while wading on the big flat under the bridge. was stuck up to my waist and i stunk like hell after coming out. 😂

Thanks I'll give that a go.

Morning raiders, Lately been having a problem with lures getting pantsed. Almost every time the lure comes back to me its been pushed back onto the jighead. I use zman and zerek lures/ Ive heard of people using superglue to prevent this, but i'm just wondering if the smell of superglue would decrease the amount of bites i get. Any thoughts on this?

Yeah i pull on every knot after i tie them with reasonable force, and they don't budge. The line is brand new and its my first time using line less than 10 pounds.

Hey Derek Sorry, but currently im not too interested in taking lessons. Hope you understand. I've got some idea of what i could be doing wrong tho: my casting stroke is too long i stop the cast too suddenly there may be other factors involved, but currently i think they're the two main reasons. ill have to try a different technique when i go out next time, ill let you know how it goes.

iI might get a new rod as my birthday is coming up in a few days. As for my lures, i cast them pretty far into to the water 😥 and i wasnt too keen on going for a swim. If anyone lives near balmain and find a sugapen, you know where it came from lol. i reckon the main reason im casting off is my technique. Not too sure what im doing wrong tho, and im not doing massive massive casts. thanks for the advice

thanks for the help, Derek For the braid, im currently not sure what brand it is, ill have to go check. The line seems to breaking outside the rod, and yes near the leader knot. No, the bail is not flicking over when i cast. I think you could be onto something about the guides. My rod is quite old and beaten up and inside one of the guides the smooth ring has fallen out. Thanks for the help again

nice catches! bet the trev was tasty

usually the braid breaks. I am using light lures, roughly 5g harbodies

Hey all, just wondering how i can stop casting lures off? using 7 pound braid down to 6 pound fluoro leader sometimes when i try casting, the line snaps and i dont know why. maybe its my technique, but its getting annoying because ive already lost an atomic hardz and a sugapen to this! I dont think its my knots, since the line has broken off cleanly. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

was at the south coast Christmas last year loads of prawns in lake wallaga