Josh88
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hey
what have you caught there in the past?
good experience up there in the past?
ive never been there so hopefully it will be good and decent fish are around
thanks
cheers
Panooch
Flatties and Bream are the main target species in BW but i think they are overfished, flatties in particular, around the racks and shallow drop offs have been good for me in the past.
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I'm up there monday-wednesday next week. Can you let me know if you find some good fish?
Cheers
Josh
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Did you pull any kings out josh??
That would of been nice, there were about 7 boats around the marker but only one of them catching kings
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Sometimes you have to find the fish.. If there are yellowtail in the burley trail the while time you are fishing, you can assume there is no bigger fish around..
Thats what i though but i had yakkas and slimies in my burley trail at quarantine the other day and some other bloke was pulling kings off the marker every cast at the same time
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They seem to be doing weird things in the harbour lately.
Did you get a pic of the tailor? Thats a great fish.
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The frog is a soft plastic and i think its a type of seaweed not eggs, what sort of texture did they have?
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Try using an assist hook like you find on jigs steve, this way the fish can't use the weight of the lure to throw it around and you will lose less fish this way.
Cheers
Josh
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Bad luck mate, i know all too well how you feel.
Squid are around nearly all kelp beds across the harbour shorelines right up from balmoral to about the zoo as well as the opposite shorelines. Livies are present around structure like markers and in bays that may give them some protection from predators.
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Shimano JigWrex
Daiwa Monster Mesh
Wilson Live Fibre
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I don't know the answer to this but it happens to me as well, they always grab the 20lb outfit over the 30-50lb ones. I've had days where i've caught 5 or 6 kings and a shark all on the same outfit and the others haven't been touched. I don't think it can be that much of a coincidence so it has to be something that is putting them off with the other lines whether it be colour, presentation or type of line???
Anybody know more about why this happens?
Cheers
Josh
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The taper of the rod is related to how the blank bends. A fast tapered rod bends mainly in the top section of the rod and is why most lighter rods are made of graphite to be used for lure fishing so that the rod is more responsive in the actions you put on it and you therefore have greater control over your lure.
A slow tapered rod tends to bend right through to the lower section of the rod. This is seen with rods that a made of fibreglass that can nearly be bent back over themselves. Examples are the Silstar Crystal Blue rods and Shakespeare Ugly Stiks in the lighter rods. These rods aren't as well suited to lure fishing because the tips wobble around and you have much less control over your lure but are better for bait fishing in that when a fish bites they will feel less resistance and are more inclined to bite again whereas a fast tapered graphite rod will not bend much and spring back up quickly when bitten.
There are a lot of newer rods being introduced that a mixture sort of medium tapered but some have a higher fast tendency whilst others are a bit slower. These rods are often made from a mixture of graphite and fibreglass so that you get the best of both worlds, you have a softish end section made of fibreglass but the graphite in the lower section of the rod keeps it stiff and makes the rods very versatile. Rods that are like this are the Daiwa Monster Mesh and not as much the Shimano T-Curve King Mack Spin, both great rods that i love using.
Cheers
Josh
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good thing you didn't go down last night
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I think its good to vary it up because they can be particularly moody at times and only take certain things in a certain way. Generally try a medium paced retrieve with twitching as sluggo's don't have much action but try fast and slow with pauses.
Depends if you're working the surface or from depths as well though.
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Thanks guys. I forgot to mention - fishing from the boat. Is there any sense in doing that - vs. conventional livebaiting?
You can drift your bait out to get it further away from your boat/away from other traffic or closer to a marker/structure
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I'm not sure why you'd want to target eels, filthy things really, slimy tangle themselves through your lines to the max and often choke themselves, doubt these eels would be anything special on the plate either.
We've got quite a few though, you'll often find resident ones hanging around jetty's and they generally take bigger baits meant for something else. You could find them in the hawkesbury, a lot of people have them taking jew baits.
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You wouldn't need a sinker, maybe a split shot or 2, a lot of people use a balloon as a float. Generally have it 2-3m below the surface
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We always bleed our fish, i guess its a bit more dependent on the type of fish. If its something that doesn't have a very good flesh like salmon or tailor then it needs to be bled, some others it isn't always necessary but still done because people believe it improves the quality of the flesh.
We went to Hawaii in July and got lots of dollies there and the charter guys were also fishmongers and sold them after giving us enough for dinner. They were not bled or hit over the head mainly because we would be dealing with a couple of fish on the line at once so they were just hauled on and put in a cooler bag. They still tasted good but you saw their colour faded really badly and the flesh wasn't that really white colour, just had gone a bit darker, most likely from not bleeding the fish so i would say bleed it and ice it for best quality or try both and compare.
Cheers
Josh
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lol is it cheating to use the Squid Bar with a Pilly on it, i used to use that set up and get alot off of a jetty, it was good
Not that i know of, i still see the odd person using it, cheaper and more fiddly, jigs are probably the way to go but everything has its day
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That is one hell of a fish, great report too.
Can't imagine what a rush of adrenaline that would've created.
Well Done!!
Cheers
Josh
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Is it corroded? Try some tiny pliers, or whats worked for me in the past in similar situations is a pin with blue tack on it? Or chewing gum?
I dont think tiny pliers will work the diameter of the hole is only about 1-2mm, the blue tack might work or maybe even the vacuum.
No Corrosion.
Thanks for replies guys
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Well done mate, thats a really nice fish.
Byron (Jewgaffer) knows all about barometric pressure especially in relation to Jewies, have a chat to him.
Cheers
Josh
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I got an Iphone
A few bits and pieces of fishing gear but all my presents from my bday on Monday were fishing related, more gift vouchers though
Cheers
Josh
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My favourite is a yo-zuri 2.5 pink and white hardbody sort of jig, it has no cloth around it and so even when the squid grabs it side on if you pull your line then it just slides through the squids grip and hooks them.
Otherwise the yamashita and daiwa jigs are great.
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Our boat is a 17ft Centre Console and it was more the fact that i was heading straight into it and then along side it which made it so hard to get through.
I don't think its in the specific bait they were using, more just the fact that they're being caught on different baits which they aren't used to probably already having been caught on squid and being thrown back.
I think it might be time to get a downrigger
Josh
good thing you didn't go down last night
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Awesome story and report mate, must of been a great feeling.
Nice if i could get bicatches like that