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I was planing to hit the beach this sunday morning, worried about the strong southerly and king tides! seaweeds? or stick to estuaries?

Nice catch! I love Garie Beach! everything looks fat and juicy! except for the Jewie! Still have yet to land myself a jewie off the beach!

Thanks guys I've never used tailor fillets before, which way do you cut the fillets? Single or gang hooks? Might be able to squeeze in a beach session this weekend, might give it a go Phil

Thanks guys I've never used tailor fillets before, which way do you cut the fillets? Single or gang hooks? Might be able to squeeze in a beach session this weekend, might give it a go Phil

It's so cool to read the mind of another fisherman! There's this connection that we are all like minded! Great read up! Stuff like this makes you want to get ou and fish! Phil

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I can cast a mile with this setup! it all depends on the line and weight I think. I've got 16lb (150m) braid and on a 35gram raider lure, it goes very far! I can almost see the backing. I honestly haven't caught a tailor/salmon off the beach with this setup, might be a little struggle fighting the fish when he is close in with the wave breaking but I've fished the breakwall at windang and had no problems dragging salmon up. so you just want to outcast him? what is your setup?

ROFL! Gotta love the Japanese people! Their packaging is top class!

awesome report! kudos for landing a fish of that size by yourself! I have yet to get a taste of what a big one feels like but after reading your report, I guess I just have to put in the time! Phil

After reading your post I went out there on Thursday morning (day off). Fished there from 6-8am. Just to back Jez's story... found this on the beach.... Anyways... Fished from 6-8am. chasing the turn of the tide. Waiting patiently over an hour, I see the 13" ft rod tip bend and bbbzzzzzzzzZ! Dropped the flick stick I was playing around with and ran for life!!! After my last trip targeting them and making my mistake of leaving the baitrunner in freespool and striking, I told myself to wait for at least 3 runs and make sure the the lever was in gear! Bbbbzzzzzzzz.. stop! my hands are shaking and heart pumping like crazy! wait.. wait.. bbbzzzzzzzzz! BAM! I feel weight but not heavy as I thought it should be? after a quick fight, this comes in... Good sign but not what I was after! Took a couple of snaps and let him go. Have caught school jews before but after that big thumper! Waited for another 30-40 mins hoping a bigger fella would come out and play but nothing! Wanting to catch fish, I decided to go for a drive to Garie beach and fish for a couple of hours. Still chasing that big one! Phil

Jez, Congrats on the catch!!! I've got a day off tomorrow.... you've just motivated me! lol Kelso beach?!? damn... thought you always fish near the pylons... guess not? Phil

Nice catch! Would like them flounders! Where do you go to target them? similar to flathead? weed/sand? I have yet to try kayak fishing, looks fun. Only thing scares me is sharks! have you encountered one before? Phil

Hey Raiders, Just a couple of reports! I'm on a short break from work so doing as much fishing as I possibly can! Windang - 24/03/11 Plan was to fish the beach armed with live tube worms. 7am - After walking through a flooded trail in barefoot due to lots of rain, I get to the beach! and.... It doesn't look pretty at all, you just know that conditions like this won't fish well (maybe I'm wrong) but no visable gutter formation that looks like it would hold fish, no deep gutters and the water was very brown which looked like it came out from the lake nearby. Still keen, I put a line out and worked a few possible gutters for a few hours with NOTHING! sitting there I thought about the rain, have heard that it's best to fish the mouth of a lake after heavy rainfall. Doesn't hurt to try! Breakwall - Decided to fish the right side, just incase there wern't any fish, I could fallback on the breach to my right (water was blue). I get to the tip and it was FULL HOUSE! and... Salmon! Salmon! Salmon everywhere! guys were pulling them up one after another! Water inside the lake and around the mouth was SUPER Brown! but fish were still there?!? didn't have any pillies, so took out the lures! Was on to my first fish straight away. It fished like this til when I left which was 4pm. I lost soo many lures because I was fishing with my light outfit and kept on busting trying to drag them up the rocks. Watching a fish smash your soft plastic is an amazing site! and superfun on light gear! kept 5 to eat, gave some away to by-standers and released many! not counting the bust offs! Garie Beach - 29/03/11 Had planned to fish Windang again because of last weeks success but wasn't keen on the 1.5 hrs drive alone. So last min, decided to fish Garie Beach (50mins). Armed with a block of pilchards which I bought from the Caltex on princess hwy. Decided to target Salmon and Tailor. 7:30am - First thing I do is look at the beach formation. Nice deep gutter visable! Just had that feeling I was going to catch fish today! A few other guys were there getting ready to fish but went off to the rocks on the north side. I picked a spot I thought was good and burleyed up! brought 2 rods, 1 for big fish and a light spinning outfit for lures. 20 mins in and I'm onto my first Salmon! Then another and another.... until I get a suicide bream! I quickly re-rigged my light outfit with a running sinker to target bream and get a hit straight away! half of the pilchards wern't the best, very soft so ran out of bait by noon. Bumped into the same guys who fished the rocks and said they didn't catch anything all day which makes me wonder if burleying makes that much of a difference? Have a nice day, Phil

Congrats!! Persistence! Hooked?

Awesome video! Inspiring! Makes me want to organise a weekend away with mates! When using poddies, how do you hook them up? Live or dead? Phil