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I like the Slim Beauty, but it doesn't go through the guides as well as the Albright.

You can add government to my list of who to ignore when the word "virus" is mentioned.

Thanks! I stuffed my face with thai food.

If a news or morning show warn of a virus it's just the usual misinformation scare campaign.

The only thing spotters has going for them are the lenses, everything else is poor quality.

- nvm, misunderstanding.

So you're using braid? Everyone who uses braid on their squid set up put some earmuffs on. You're dropping squid due to the braid! Try letting the drag off even more or switch to mono. This is when I strike hard, like the japs do, and the barbs hit the side of their head or body. It's been my experience that Razor Backs decrease catch rates, I've watched the barbs for which these jigs get their name spook squid.

If you use the search function you would find countless threads on this topic, there are even a few arcticles which talk about areas and tips that will help you determine what areas may produce squid. This is my favourite area, as posted in another thread.

nvm, had the wrong tab open.

What Mal posted is actually cheap. Most websites that sell that gear charge $100+ for the frame and around $80 for the straps. If you want it cheap you'll have to hunt down something second hand as the frames that hiking stores stock aren't much cheaper either.

I use 110mm Squidgy Pro Flick Bait in Pearl, Pilly, Yakka & Slimey but I'll be changing to Mad Eye Lures 3" & 5" Flick Stick and 3" Bream Worm.

Done.

I think you mean the Cush-It.

If they're the ones in the orange packaging they're the new range. I'm dying to try them.

Something like this? https://www.whitworths.com.au/main_itemdetail.asp?cat=144&item=18368&intAbsolutePage=1

I'm a big bloke, I wear a 7xl target t-shirt, and while gathering all the gear together for the first trip out in the boat in almost 2 years I came to find that my life jacket doesn't fit any more. When I bought this life jacket it was the biggest available, so I have no idea what I'm going to do.

Loops are more for lures which have their own action, so because you impact the action to the soft plastic you should just tie directly to the jig head with your preferred knot.

I'd look at the Pflueger Trion range, they have a 1-3kg ultra light model and it will only set you back $100. That being said, what's your budget?

I wish I'd had the energy to pump some nippers, I knew they'd do the trick.

I'm all for the removal of introduced species that threaten our native species, but not at the request of the greens.

If it was a rat king it just makes me even more angry.

It didn't act like a lizard, maybe it was just angry. Next session will be in the boat, hopefully, and I think I'll head to North Harbour and invade Squidward's territoty.

I just want to know what hit me early on in the session. Whatever it was it was fast and it peeled a decent amount of line before it threw me. Oh and to make matters worse someone came right past me in a kayak, trolling, between casts and they picked up a very nice lizard right were I had been working my lure.

I headed out this morning at 6am and made my way down to Bundeena for the first time for a soft plastics session along off the edge of the flats and after driving through the Royal Notional Park with some %%%%% up my backside the entire time I finally made iy to my destination. I had planned to march straight to the flats but I decided to work Simpsons Bay while heading to the flats and 5 minutes in something slammed my flick bait hard right in front of me in a gutter and the drag went crazy, then with a big splash at the surface it threw the hook and it was over. I kept casting out hoping to pick it up again to no avail. I have no idea what it was, but it went mighty fast before it threw the hook. I kept working Simpsons Bay knowing I had an hour before the break between the tides and managed a few more hits which convinced me to scale my hook size down, I was using a #2/0, but whatever was out there just wouldn't get on. By the time I made it to the flats I'd missed the break between the tides and the tide was starting to come in. I worked the channel for a while before the water started to get a bit deep for my liking, starring down into the dark waters a foot right in front of me always freaks me out. The wind and water had picked up a bit making casting a pain, so I changed over to a worm and worked the shallow channels that break through the flats and managed to pick up a few under size whiting. There was a few easily legal whiting roaming around and no matter what I threw at them they just were interested, if my back and feet weren't killing me I would have grabbed my pump and thrown some nippers at them. With the flats starting to cover with water and my lack of knowledge of the area I decided to call it a day instead of taking a chance and having to wade through deeper water to make it back to the spit. I absolutely have to take the boat out there, I could see lots of nice places to hit up. I didn't like the drive into Bundeena, but I won't let that discourage me from returning.

If anyone else is out on the hacking today I'll be working the spit and flats, blue sleeves - tan shorts - tan hat - blue backpack, come and say hi.