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We smacked them on Friday before sunset in MH, in only 20ft of very green water. squid strips proved irresistible. They all looked pretty lean, those we kept had empty stomachs despite masses of bait on the sounder??

How 'bout a 'handline records' section. I wanna see some bleeding digits!! Great skill there with the hand to hand combat. I can imagine the pub chat "Yeah well today I wrestled a croc, *yawn* no big deal"

Nice work there Guy, gotta luv it when a plan comes together. Missus looks stoked with that bad boy!! Cheers mate, Jig

It's the tree in the desert. Ocean wanderers are drawn to it simply because it's something to cling on to in an otherwise featureless expanse. An 'old boy' trick was to drop a large sheet of newspaper or dan buoy when a dollie was hooked in open water. His schoolmates would hang around it just because it's "something". Then cast metals and such at the paper/dan buoy for multiple hookups. This was in the days before FADs

Slinky you'll definitely want a chart if you're planning on fishing the 'Pin. it's like motorkhana for boats there and will test any skippers navigation skills. Plenty of hard running pelagics are found inside the Southport seaway which is a better proposition from a trailerboat than Moreton, no sweat. Queenies, GT's, Bigeyes, big Tailor & kingis are regulars along the breakwall there

Plan A is to turn Kahawai into Blue swimmers...abracadabra as for eating - well only if I lost the bet.

www.mpa.nsw.gov.au/pdf/psglmp-zoning-plan-lo-res.pdf PSGLMP zoning http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/media/parks_and_...marine_park.pdf Moreton Bay Zoning

We used to get amongst them from between Peel island & Nth Straddie/Moreton Island, which is a vast stretch of water a long way from any ramp, our boat was moored at RQYC in Manly. They will 'blow up' anywhere anytime. Binoculars are essential, just look for the birds working and tuna free-jumping. Spotties are often found deeper under the tuna and always welcome. Hi speed metals/HSS gear are the ticket as they can move incredibly fast. They're typically feeding on juvenile gar. It's been a long time since I've fished the bay, hope that helps you. Jig

Between the heads. They school up in concentrated vertical columns. Pays to keep a sharp eye on the sounder.

Hit the harbour with Corny today, an expat Italian/Brit who claimed to be a gun angler...hmmmm. "Tie that 7 gram metal on the ultralight" sez the skipper to be met with a blank stare...hmmmm for a moment I swear he thought he was in for flying lessons...hmmmm. So it's off to beginner school, the mackerel grounds where fish hook themselves. They're fatboys too, around the footlong mark. Corny is very excited - the Italian in him loves fresh grilled mackerel whereas all I see is live & strip baits. He won that round, all the macks went in the esky but I had 4x 9" cowanyoung in the livewell for something a 'bit special'. These guys would eat Balmoral yakkas for breakfast! We stuck around the mack grounds for some time, catching 20 & dropping just as many. Also picked up this ornery varmint: Y'all don't belong in these parts Yankee! Other bycatch was a flattie & Sergeant Baker. Sarge is one of General Lee's confederates, but he don't fight like that damn Yankee! Corny has now perfected his rodcraft, jigging techniques, pump & wind and landing. Moved to colours & all we found was juvie kings on the jigs, 'mouse' size. Lots of fun & great for a brother on his angling L plates but not very satisfying for me. Corny had to go so...dropped him off at Watson's bay, time to find something in the worthy category. Located a very large school of large Kahawai right in close to south head, just milling & flipping around, not feeding at all. Incredibly frustrating 100 follows for 1 hookup on a clear 1" Ma Ma soft plastic. This one gave me serious curry on 2kg gear but was landed after about 20 mins. 59.999cm, the school was all the same size and in only 5m of gin clear water. not 5 seconds after boating it the Cowanyoung with a 9/0 behind it's head goes nuts & bolts for the hull, pursued by a metre plus kingi zig-zagging at speed trying to grab it - no doubt attracted by all the commotion & flash. The little bugger made it to safety & mr hoodlum promptly headed back to NZ, never to be seen again. The afternoon sun was telling me 'time to get to shore' so I did. Tight Lines all, Jig

Chin up Bro, you did better than me. All I scored in MH was a relic! One slightly used throttle lever, confirming what I was told last week; Spot Q is a wreck!! The temp has dropped more than 4 deg in the last 2 days and the kings & bonito seem to have moved out of MH Admins, can I submit this in the Records section??

Adjusted the vocab to suit the occasion....niiiice!

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They're the same thing Bro. Western manufacturers call it graphite w/ modulus rating Asian manufacturers say carbon with % rating. There are many variables such as weave & pitch, & whether the fibres are thermally fused under pressure or bonded with resin, wall thickness, taper etc, etc, etc. Hope that's added to the confusion Really the only way to compare rods is a test drive.

Wind-ons are pretty easy, but like Arman my first few were a bit ghetto. Now they're a piece of p155. Double sleeve is the go. I found this indispensible:

Ya think?? Love the flat headed rifle photo too

Nice session there brickman, ya gotta love 'the seagull chase'. Plenty of bonnies through the whole system, we got our share as well today Jig