Josh88
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That is a good price, some places you'd pay nearly that much for half that amount of line.
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I agree, You just don't know the quality of those type of things off ebay, not worth losing a good fish saving a few bucks when you can buy quality gear from tackle shops that you know they will perform well. The quality braids are also much nicer lines than those ebay things, i know people who've bought them and they are wirey, thick and messy to deal with.
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Is that North Head??? If so....wow!
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lol. How did it happen??
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That would work, we've picked them up when trying to catch yakkas and slimies. They bend some poorer quality hooks though in the smaller sizes. If you want to just get tailor and not yakkas/slimies which you'd probably find in the trail then maybe use a slighlty larger hook and bait so it doesn't instantly get demolished. Josh
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Hi Hoges, I've sent you a PM of who our dealer is, maybe give them a ring. Cheers Josh
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Hey hoges, we have an opti 75 which is on the same block as the 90 & 115, it is only a few months old and run for about 7-8hours but we haven't had any such problem that you are having. Just checked our prop and it doesn't move the slightest bit. Maybe somethings come a bit loose inside it... Josh
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WOW Thats a serious fish, should keep you fed for a while.
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20lb is a overkill with whiting and they will probably pick up on it, unless you go with a lighter leader. If you want to find out the strenght of a line, try using some scales and seeing what weight it breaks at.......better for testing drags this method so maybe cut off a section of line and do it. Replacing your lines would probably be the best thing you could do, give braid a go, much more sensitive so you feel every bite. Josh
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That sucks about your gear mate. We live in Pymble as well and i wouldn't of expected that around this area. Gonna have to be a bit more watchful of our gear now. Hope it shows up for you.
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Same here, always knew it was bound to happen, can't believe i actually checked the volume!!
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Well done mate. You're persistence certainly paid off with a great fish. Can't wait to get my first decent jewie. Josh
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The Saltiga Jig Rods are $600, maybe worth a look.
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If you are going to go 2 stroke, i'd consider the Mercury Optimax. Its gives slightly more power and has a bit better fuel economy than the e-tec. Personally i would go 2 stroke over 4 as we did, it holds a lot more advantages over it. Good Luck
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Well done mate, How big was he? Looks like a pretty good fish as it is, let alone caught on 6lb line. Were you in a spot that you would've expected a kingy to be hanging around? Josh
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Atleast you got a fair variety of fish. Interesting about the mullet and yakkas, seems a little bit early as well. Probably can expect it though with the water being dirty from the crappy weather.
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This is a somewhat different solution and probably wont be everybody's idea of a pleasant cure but my mum has suffered from sea sickness and in Qld a guy told her to go for a swim when she felt sick, she did and it helped a lot. Probably not ideal, especially with dropping temperatures in both air and water, as well as the small unpredictablity of what can be swimming around in the harbour but always there as an option. Josh
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I've found in previous years that the normal bonnies tend to come in earlier than the watsons leaping ones. We get a lot in January usually and i think they stay through until around the same time as the other pelagics.
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Hopefully some good jewies Have a shot at some blackfish Bit of inshore reef fishing for trevs and john dory. And fishing in a spot where theres sun! Josh
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We caught a couple when we were in Dunk Island. We then put them out as live baits for big GT's and we caught a shark. I think they are a bit too hard to specifically target, plus without knowing what they taste like i think i'd be very safe in saying there are much better eating fish than that.
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Just scrub really really hard. I have found a couple of soaps that work really well though. One is the anti bacterial Dettol one, the other is from the brand Soft As Soft and the mixture was like jasmine and sandalwood:helps a fair bit.
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I don't know that they come down as in like schools of different fish together, but they do all seem to turn up around the same time. Nice to get some more variety in the harbour
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Yeh i reckon it might have maybe fooled them into looking like weed cos they have such a tiny mouth, it would be pretty hard for them to eat a plastic enough to get hooked, but it obviously can happen, such a reliable fish the blackie.
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Nice to see they do venture outside weed. What was the gulp you were using?
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just near the edges of the swimming net and all around the rocks are good