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Nice work on the flathead Ian the particular lures that you have been favouring ing these days certainly seem to be catching bigger flathead consistently. Cheers jewgaffer

Well done on the jewfish G Unit looks like you've found a good spot to go back to and repeat the performance next time and hopefully catch a few larger specimums as well...... Cheers jewgaffer

Hi Nelnarn structure is the key to Kingfish i.e. Established wrecks and reefs go hand in hand with GPS marks, and being able to get hold of a collection of wreck and reef positions in a particular coastal area is what gives one fisherman a distinct advantage over the others as this sort of information is often passed on from generation to generation and goes hand in hand with pro boat sales... the other way to do it is to see where other boats are grouping up in the early mornings , hence the term carparks..... As to your sqidding try using lumo lights during the day time, at one stage I had a hundred of chem lights but found there is a shortage of the actual clips that hold the chem light onto the leader and usually have to use small tubing and toothpicks to hold the chem lights on. Also if your prepared to anchor at the mouth of the Hacking and cop all the ups and downs during the run in tide, approximately 250- 300 metres opposite the small beach at Jibbon there is a small reef there where you;ll strike squid and the reef appears to be a resident cutlefish reef ..you should be able to find this particular little reef on your sounder... Cheers jewgaffer

51st Birthday Stephen I hope you had a good day yesterday and enjoyed a nice dinner tonite Cheers jewgaffer

Good work Tony 3000 excellent contributions too...you're one of the real characters of Fishraider, your advice is always sound and your friendliness just comes natural ....I hope you can find the time to get more fishing in so that you can keep us up to date with what's going on in the Gold Coast area Cheers jewgaffer

Checking to see if any of my friends would like to log in to live chat for a short chat before retiring tonight.. Cheers jewgaffer

Top effort on the Kingfish Dogtooth and good consistency too. Cheers jewgaffer

Well done to all those involved in the social. Admin, the moderators, the tutors and the sponsors it was good to see so many people attending what can only be described as an excellent concept and a good opportunity for members to get together... Shirley, Geoff, Cungee George and myself really enjoyed ourselves... Keep the tutorials coming, they will certainly prove to be of great benefit to all our members and a good chance to catch up with old friends, put names to faces.. Social get togethers like this are always a good opportunity to arrange future sessions with other members who we get a chance to know fairly well in the forums..... Cheers jewgaffer

Well done Peter, that's a pretty good haul of fish you and Syd got hold of ....You and Syd certainly know where to fish outside the Hacking as there's acres and acres of desert out there where could you drift up and down all day and you'd be lucky to catch any fish at all.. Cheers jewgaffer

The Doubled Multi-strand Overhand Bend is not one of the stronger methods of attaching a dropper as it has a tendency to slip. It is however, quick and easy to tie which is its main advantage. Ashley writes; "The Overhand Bend ranks higher than the sheet Bend in security but is among the weakest of the bends". Hi Leo I like to get everything right with my gear or I could hardly fish with confidence the way I like to and I must say I would not be comfortable at all using the particular knot you refer to in the link as it appears to be among the weakest of knots and according to the reviews above... rigging up with that knot would put a mocker on me in regards to ever fishing with it and the comments above make me all the more convinced that there are weaknesses at the knot... there are far better line to line knots to be used where the braid is merely a series of even wraps over the mono and if you take a look at the line to line knot in the link below, you'll see that the principal of this particular knot is the simple stopper knot in the mono itself and even braid wraps under pressure would virtually pull in against the stopper knot which would have just enough elasticity to produce enough give and prevent the braid wraps from cutting into the mono leader material or flurocarbon line for example... The knot in the link below knot is an ideal knot for casting thru rod guides and would be a good knot to use especially if you decide to use flurocarbon mono to braid so as to be able to have flurocarbon line from the water level down as well as using it as a line to line leader knot either above or below the sinker depending on the particular rig you are using... Cheers jewgaffer

Raiders and a big Happy Birthday to old Geoff who's coming up to my place this morning to go out and get a chop and have a round table conference with Cungee George and Occy at the same time and didn't even mentiom that his 64th Birthday is today...Good on you Geoff, we'll buy the tomato juice ... Cheers jewgaffer

Hi Hamerz if your bringing a boat along to the social on Sunday you'd have a high tide up at Revesby around 3.30am in the morning and a low tide around 9.30am. If you wanted to have a fish prior to the start of the social which is scheduled to commence at 8am sharp, it would be a good idea to launch before first light as a lot of water would have been stirred up due to the boating activity that normally goes on down there on a Saturday....looking across the river over to your right from the boat ramp you'll see a long stretch of mangroves on the other side which are just about opposite Cattle Duffers, these mangroves would be as good a spot as any to be anchored out from just before first light - a time which would have given the tide enough time to turn and fully pick up as there would be a rather long stillwater period beforehand... in which case you could keep casting away in close and stagger your casts in accordance with the gradual water drop...you'd be fishing for either flathead or bream and if it were me I'd be fishing with worms and pilchard tails but lures could be run around the boat at the same time, casting shallow and alternatively casting into deeper water...A good hardbody lure to cast in towards shallow water for flathead would be a tasmanian devil if you have one otherwise proven sp/s with appropriately weighted jig heads would be well suited pqarticularly where the shallows drop into deeper water...In the past tailor have become active up that way around first light when the tide starts to run out and the way the upriver sections been fishing lately flathead should be in reasonable numbers around these particular mangroves sweating on the fry to come out... Cheers jewgaffer

Hi Yarraone I have a deck wash pump that Geoff installed in my boat a while back and, rather than having to use a cheap hardware suppliers garden hose and one of the ordinary hand trigger garden type nozzles, I decided to pay the extra dollars and buy the white heavy duty self coiling hose with the marine quality blue trigger nozzle set up that is specially designed for deck wash purposes and readily available in most good boating shops... I use a water pick up that's used with live bait pumps and a three way tap which diverts the water flow thru a burley container that sits on one of the step up pods on the stern of my boat rather than having to cut out a section of the pod to fit one of the thru pod type burley containers..the pressure of the water flowing thru the burley distributes the burley on the turn of a tap and the force of the water flow pushes a continuous supply burley out into the water whereas burley would normally filter out slowly below the water line... Ihe pump I use is 60psi/min and the force of the water distributes the burley above the water line and converts to a full on deck wash when the tap to the burley container hose is turned off i.e. the water going to the outlet hose which fits permanenty thru the top section of my burly container...I'm bringing the boat down to the social on Sunday and Geoff will be there with me so if you like we'll be able to show you my deck wash come waterfall set up ... Cheers jewgaffer

Nice bream Dan and a good effort running that one down and pulling it out of the snags using the electric and then finally netting it .. catching five bream in a row of that calibre would be just about enough to win every tournament you fished in .. Dan I wonder if you would be kind enough to include me and and my mates in your tuturial group on Sunday..... Signed Barry- Public Relations Officer for jewgaffer and friends, and potential lure fisherman of unknown calibre Cheers mate jewgaffer

Happy Birthday Raiders I know you've already celebrated your Birthday by now John mate and have a good start off tomorrow for your 50th Birthday plus a day I hope to catch up with you and Paul for a chat at the Georges river social on Sunday if you can make it Cheers jewgaffer

Nice session Cut Loose, you certainly outfished all and sundry in that nice little session mate, I reckon you must have fished just right for the bream and used some magic ingredients too It's strange there hasn't been many trevally around at all in the bream spots as they're the predominant catch just about everywhere else at the moment Cheers jewgaffer

I'll be bringing my boat down to the social that's for sure... I'll more than likely have five on board to give the new motor some quiet little up and down break in time too ...If you happen to be fishing CC bridge the night before Leo good luck mate.. if you happen to strike trevally schools around the first few southern pylons up near the top of the tide hang in there mate, can't go overnight myself at the moment and if the trevally are there it's more than likely going to be the same story with the jewfish coming in thru the deepwater on the Woolloware Bay side, hitting the early pylons and livening up the tailor and then going back over the bay with the run out tide I'd say.. Cheers jewgaffer

I've got the magic VIP one off limited edition M7 card Nathan all I need is a little help with the gear and getting the boat on at my end, mum's the word mate I'll front up mate, I owe you and Johnny a session, it'll only task 50 minutes from my place to get up there anyway Cheers jewgaffer

Nice effort Poddy Trapper that's one hellava tailor at 71cms that young Jayden got hold of... it's good to see the little bloke looking so good in himself too Cheers jewgaffer

Congratulations on catching your personal best jewfish so far Beginner that's a good looking jew Nathan, grab Johnny Doi and let's go up the m7 and get amongst a few of the Hawkesbury specimums Cheers jewgaffer

Hi Raiders What do you think of this particular means of transport as far as travelling away and fishing and owning a home away from home is concerned...It's a 1977 302 Ford V8 and available at a pretty sensible price with lpg, tow bar and all...Units like this are as scarce as hen teeth and the owner has apparently already taken a small deposit which may yet prove to be nuisance value and although it's good day's drive including an overnight stay on the way up there at least I'll be second in line if the sale happens to falls thru Cheers jewgaffer

Tell you what to do about lures on the day Monch, do what I'm going to do and just treat the ninety odd bucks as a temperary cover charge for free lessions in the art of fishing with lures properly by just buying one of the top of the line specially selected lure packs which will be on display from our new sponsor and, to beat the system you'll have your cover charge back when you get home by having a good selection of top performing sp/s, blades and hardbodies plus your newly acquired expertise as a bonus Cheers jewgaffer

micro sailfish caught on a reel of cotton would describe Garfish really well Zephi Peter aka Luderick59 uses long pieces of cotton wool as a streamer which when fed around his hooks also holds bread bait together very well in the washes Cheers jewgaffer

Happy Birthday Chris you too Yabbie hope you both enjoy a quiet Birthday sip over dinner tonight Cheers jewgaffer

Nice effort on the jewfish in the Harbour Peter There's still a mile of fish around that size and it looks like we're still waiting for the typical breeding size schools around 7-12 kilos to come in... Cheers jewgaffer