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35 odd years ago, when it was made compulsory to wear a seat belt in a car, I bet plenty of people thought that it was an inconvenience and not necessary - how many lives has that saved ? Offshore anglers were recently made to spend $500 to buy an EPIRB - because of the small chance that something might go wrong Wearing of lifejckets when crossing a bar is also compulsory (it would be interesting to see the statistics of bar crossing fatalities V rock fishing fatalites ??? ) Wearing of life jackets when rock fishing is no different - it will save lives !!!

I have found the most reliable area for a feed is throwing squid jigs around the moored boats at Shoal Bay - you can almost guarantee a feed of calamari !

Hi Redza, I initially rivetted it all together, to help getting all the levels and design right.I started by putting a rivet through the aluminium angle & into the rib of the boat. I did this for 3 pieces running across the boat & then used a few bits of flat aluminium as joining pieces, for the angle running from front to back. Once I was happy with the design I got it welded, although it all felt solid, I don't think the rivets would stand up to the pounding that a tinny gets over time. I also used standard 12mm ply, which I painted with an oil based undercoat to seal the wood & stop it from bending or rotting. Carpet was the glued on with a contact adhesive. Hope this helps ! regards Craig

Hi Redza, I would reccommend installing a sub floor if possible. This will increase the strength a ridgity of the floor & allow you to use 12mm ply. Without the subfloor, you will need to use around 15mm ply, which will also increase the weight. I have recently installed a floor and casting deck in my 4m tinny, & a 6 metre length of 40x40x3mm aluminium angle only cost $60. Regards Craig

Once again, I think Melbourne will be the team to beat - too many big names (how do they fit under the salary cap ?) I reckon the Tigers are the dark horse !

Well done, it's always good just getting out there and a bonus to get at least one. It's also better to get reefed a couple of times than get no hits at all !!

Well done on a great day out - Dollies would have to be the best looking fish straight from the water ! The fish on the bottom right looks to have had a hard time - did you guys have a bit of Dollie sashimi while fishing ?

Well done, that is a ripper of a King !! What bait did it take ??

Well done on a great capture - you must be commited to have pushed on in average conditions ! Good pics as well.

S33 50 995' E151 17 633 Go around south Head & as others have said, the numbers of boats will give a good indication.

Caught on a 30cm live tailor in Brisbane Water. 96cm & released after a few pics

Hi Richmond, This might also help with the lure ID regards Craig

Thanks to everyone for their reples ! NICE GOING, ALWAYS SAD WHEN YOU SEE NICE BREAM WITH NET DAMAGE

Hi all, Hi the Parra & Lane Cover rivers early Sunday for a quick sesion using surface lures. Had a great day with most areas with less than 2 metres of water having a few fish hiding. Caught bream to 37cm, a few whiting to 41cm and a heap of small tailer which wern't much bigger than the lure. One of the bream looked to have had a tough time, with a big chunk out of his back that had completely healed over.

Give the Shoal Bay wharf a go at night for squid, its usually a very reliable place to get a few for bait !

Great effort, always very satisfying when a plan comes off !

The Yamashitas naturals are a cloth covered jig. Don't worry about wearing them out - after catching a heap of squid, they might not look as good as they did in the tackle shop, but the squid don't seem to care !

Cheap squid jigs work Ok - sometimes, but for consistent results the more expensive jigs will work better everytime. IMO the Yamashita jigs in natural colors produce the best results, my 1st choice is green/gold & 2nd is white with black stripes

I have also found lures difficult to attract a strike on the last few trips. I have found the best bet is fresh squid strips, prawns or pilchard pieces - but they MUST be fished unweighted ! Hope that helps

Hi Josh, We caught heaps of undersize kings yesterday, with nearly all of them caught on fresh squid strips covered in as much black ink as we could get on them. The other thing that improved the strike rate was to fish the strips unweighted. Craig

Hi Smaka, I was one of the 10 or so boats fishing the marker bouy at Nth Head in a white Allison Fisherman. We had numerous triple hookups on fresh squid strips with all fish undersize. We were also using 4.5kg fireline, which makes for great fun. Our biggest fish at 63cm was also the only fish on a lure - a 6" sluggo. We also got a couple of good size trevally & 1 salmon. All up a great day.

Hi Ray, I went out Saturday afternoon chasing flatties at Patonga, Little Box head, Lobster Beach & half tide rocks for a total of one 43cm flattie on a Squidgy Lobby. Fished through Saturday night at Box head with live yakkas for a big zero & started on the flatties again at 5.30 am on Sunday. Fished until 10am without a touch. At least your post makes me feel better knowing I wasn't the only one struggling to get a fish ! Craig