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go for the atomics. cheaper and better than the ecogears in my opinion. slow roll definately works if bream are the target. atomics and chubbies work so well cause they swim well on a super slow retrieve. hope you do well. cheers alex

i love those lures mate. it has become my favourite form of fishing lately

Jewgaffer? what on earth is that rig supposed to be? how does it work? hows the back mate? hope it's better after the op. I am looking for a rig for spinning with gar rather than using them as a live bait

what is your favourite rig for casting garfish off the rocks?

tough place to fish, the fish are thin and widely spread down the pin. i think the place has been fairly heavily fished. I'd be looking elsewhere slinky. lovely place though great for sand crabing.

cheers Caranx, gonna be using a daiwa mm 8'3 pe 6-8 so casting shouldn't be a problem how much does a runboh retail for roughly? i'm guessing a small fortune. you get what you pay for though. i have made some of my own sticks and poppers up to about 200 grams so i cant wait to try them also. how much do the runbohs weigh? are they sinking? cheers frankie

gonna be fishing off the stones at lord howe so jigs are pretty much out of the question. i have some 10 inch soft sticks but want to fork out for some quality hard sticks cause i know how effective they are on gt's. kingfish must follow this trend. hard sticks are the newest way to catch huge fish casting, better than poppers in my opinion. they are expensive jap creations but they catch every species of game fish. casting beats trolling any day of the week in my book. the problem is it's too pricey to test them all so i was hoping someone may have some experience with them to pass on. thanks to the guys who have replied to this topic! cheers

what is in your opinion the best sinking stickbait for casting at large kingfish? I'm interested in hard baits rather that softies. cheers

thanks for the info guys!

Little Noah' mate you need your head read. either that or you dont know stuff all about cricket. all you need to do is look at pontings stats both as a player and as a captain to see that he is the best player by far in Australia and has close to the best captaincy record an australian captain has ever achieved.

looking forward to it i've seen you tube footage of it. just need the knowledge to intercept them before or after the feeding in a different spot. also buying a heavy 8ft popping rod to fish the rocks with my home made "dynamite" poppers. need some spots guys.

thanks for the info mate! tuna and marlin sounds great

can anyone give me any info on their experience with charter operators on lord howe, which is best etc. also i'm keen to do some rock and beach fishing for kings etc. where is the best spots? all info and experiences would be appreciated. cheers Alex

crazy talk!

long nose and spangled is a different breed indeed!

yes cant say i'm too happy to be home, being back to work and all the rest of it.

tuff line definately for heavy applications. it is round and breaks above it's rated breaking strain and never seems to tangle up. top stuff and affordable too.

just got back from a couple of weeks fishing in north qld. we fished a few places between port douglas and townsville both estuary and reef and had a great time. the wind was up for most of the holiday but we were foryunate to score the last few days with light winds. this enabled us to get out to the reef and search for our number one target gt's. the barra and fingermark were caught in the daintree river. the barra was caught on a lipless crankbait and the fingermark on a live herring. the estuary fishing was a little quiet with a long time between bites but still a great place to fish and relax. here is my mate garth with a nice golden trev that he jiged up next to a fringing reef. our camp was right in front of the boat just back from the beach we spent a few days camped on one of the palm islands which was like paradise, we had our own beach and jetty to tie up to and fringing reef with live coral to snorkel in and fish around. unfortunately the wind was up a little so we stayed on the calm side of the islands to fish. the fishing was still fun though and we caught stacks of mac tuna, small gt's ang a heap of assorted cods, wrasse and trout. the last two days of the trip saw most of the action occur with calm winds allowing us to fish some of the reefs off townsville. we got stuck into some gt's around twenty in two days ranging from 10kg to aroung 20kg we also got a couple of spanish mackeral and all on poppers and stick baits. we had an absolute ball! this spaniard was caught on one of my home made poppers, it jumped out of the water with it in it's mouthabout sixfoot high and 15ft sideways.

I agree with you absolutely. " squidgy fish" in "black and gold" and" silver fox" and last but not least "gary glitter". put them on a 3/8th jig head. can go heaver or lighter depending on water depth but that is a good starting size. you can't lose Byron, you just have to kep casting. inbetween and around weed beds you will catch fish cheers Alex

has anyone used the 7" version of this lure? just purchased one for mackeral and wahoo. havn't used it yet. whats your verdict?

top stuff mate! looks like you had one of those fun fulled days on the water. hopefully with a couple of cold cans of saltwater thrown in for good measure. just shows how keeping it simple usuall wins the race, and when kings are in the mood you don't need to trick them with finess and the like. great to see you still having a ball mate. call you soon. ratfinks signing off.

albright works with all line diameters! albrights still work well even if the leader is way heaver than the main line. double uni falls short in that situation cause the thinner line tries to slip or cut under the heavier line. when choosing your leader strength make your choice on where you are fishing, eg what terrian, and what your target species is. don't always use the same leader sometimes lighter is good and vice versa. hope that helps a bit. but just remember it's up to you! making choices is part of the fun.

put the braid on your jigging or bottom fishing rod i reckon you will be amazed at the extra feel you have. you probably should leave mono on your heavy bluewater trolling gear. but then again experimenting is all the fun so do whatever you feel like. cheers Alex

.2248 bobbing bobcat maybe i should try again.