TobyW

HI All, I’m Fairly new to this and on a bit of a learning curve so forgive me if this is a stupid question/s.. When the wind picks up I find it a good opportunity to Get the tackle out and reorganize/ tie some rigs in prep. My questions are: What are the advantages of tying doubles on your rig apart from added strength? When should they be used? How long should the ”double/Loop” be? How long should the leader be on the end the double be? And what is a recommended knot to use to attach? Where should a swivel be if needed and knot type? Braid: Are there certain knots that are better for braid/ or not be used? At the moment I am mainly trying to target Kings around Harbour, I have 2 x Rigs One with 30pd Braid and one with 15pd Mono. I am using 80pd trace. I’m Plaiting the double at the moment as I have just learned this.. I understand a Bimini is quicker but is that the only advantage?? (I prefer to start with harder knot and work my way back for some stupid reason!) Whilst I have been using fairly simple rigs of late with success (Swivel and leader), this is more an exercise to try and further my knowledge for later down the track when I may need up the anti down the business end of the rig.. Oh, and my Final question: Why is it impossible to go to a tackle store and only buy what you went there for???? My last trip for some sinkers cost me $$160 !!!!! OK, enough questions, bring on your wealth of knowledge raiders Thanks Heaps Toby

Hey Huntman, Yes twas a great days fishing.. I'm Stoked to have cracked my king Cherry, just got to keep getting bigger with em.. I thought I was addicted to fishing before getting the king... now I have a real problem as its all I can think about.... Thanks again Rob for a great day, Awsome Bacon Egg Rolls too.. ( i reckon it also helps if you leave a bit of yakka on your hands when you eat em.. its kinda like seasoning at sea.. :-) I christened the Baitrunner 3500 Thanks Nexus with the 60cm King, followed by another 63cm Model....Next one hopefully legal! Cheers Toby

Bloody awsome work there.. what a read! I felt like I as there Looks like you picked up a sydney harbour GT in tht first pic.. well done

Righto, so it goes a little something like this… We start the day out at hot water (botany bay) casting a few metals to see if any tailor about, 20mins later, still nothing.. Move on to trevalley Alley, Scotty Anchors up, sets the burlie trail and the 5 other anglers start pulling nice sized trevally Hand over Fist.. I’m getting nothing apart from a whole lot of shit from the guys who were…I told em I here fr the big fella’s … caught a couple but certainly wasn’t bringing much to the table in comparison.. up the front of the boat I stayed… Next go dragging some lures in search of some Aus Salmon, no luck, but managed a Stripy Bonito we kept as bait for later.. Wind picked up near the 3rd runway so we moved over to Brighton just of the beach.. Scotty hooked me and my mate up with some Bonito strips, and gave the others soft plastics…after a while a couple of the International Irish guests were really starting to doubt the old soft plastic, so I offered up my strip to one of them, and took a soft plastic out to sea.. seconds later my mate and another fella both get hooked up.. the other fella pulls his in first.. a 30cm baby… yeh whatever ( I can say now)…..my mate lands a 60cm monster… we all watch with envy as he brings the big girl in.. Bloody nice fish, but I give him shit about not using soft plastics, and warned that I was about show him how it was done by landing its grandmother.. Yeh all talk Toby they say… I head back to my end of the Boat to be by myself…. Then BANG!!!!! I’m on…, “He guys I’m on!” I say.. No one gives a shit…. There all talking about Pete’s big 65 Cm female…. SO I bring this Flatheadius Monsterous to the surface alone and the guy next to me goes,, Shiiiiiitttttttt.. better get the net!” She’s taking line out… and I’m letting her.. Oh it was glorious… By this stage the boat caught on to the fact that I may have caught something a little bigger than my previous attempts, and they pull over to side in time to see us struggling to get the head in the net…. Is this my fishing career over I thought? Have I peaked too early? We get her on the boat, have some quick happy snaps, measure her up (Ruler only went to 60cm, and she wasnt happy with us checking out here stats- so all specs are "under"estimates!! ;-)), and back to the see she went.. “Breed on sweet girl” I said.. Scotty gives me the plastic, which I tied back on at his surprise, and hooked up another 64cm 10mins later.. that was me for the day..Unreal!! Thanks for all your comments.. I'll be back here soon..