rockfisherman

Not impossible Old fisho once told me he's had hook ups of salmon and rat kings on weed.... Whilst reeling in. Might have resembled a small bait fish.

Most note worthy: GUT HOOKED FISH, SHED HOOKS AND SURVIVE Don't try and be a surgeon and get back your 20c hook, snip the line off close to the mouth and send the fish back. The more you think about it, the less chance that fish has of survival

Firstly I will say sticking your fingers in a fishes Gills and using that as your method is not good for the fish. Would you like a giant to grab you around the neck and suspend you to pose for a photo? That's their breathing apparatus. Not aimed at you directly, I'm just generally putting it out there. Iv found if you're slow and deliberate, you can gently raise fish like bream, whiting, black drummer, fish of that general size, by cradling their under side and letting them sit in your hand, especially after a fight when they're a bit knackered. Don't try and grasp the fish between your thumb and fore finger, can gain a nasty deep gash in either like I did. I almost feel like Steve Irwin (when he was a alive) when I have a fish sitting obediently in my palm posing for a photo. Fish like kings and salmon, same thing, support its underside, only difference is I use my other hand to grasp the tail. I don't like handling flathead, I try and use a rag, iv been stabbed a few times by the spikes on the side of its head, if I do have to handle one, I let it settle half a minute after the fight,if I don't have lip grips, I put my thumb in its mouth and grasp the skin of the jaw between my thumb and fore finger, and support its weight in the other hand, might get a free scratches on your thumb, but nothing to bad if you don't clamp it's actual teeth.

Haha. That's definitely asking for it.

Krispy, you gotta get me a job where you work haha You're always fishing! Got a feed, and your blood pumping at least.

Judging by that photo, I don't belive I would be fishing in those conditions... Looks pretty heavy duty out there.

Would some sort of mesh solve that problem?

A good portion of fishos underestimate how dangerous rock fishing really is, especially foreigners. I don't know what to say...a multilingual sign at rock locations?

I'd call it a success. Good day. Nice feed of whiting, and that's a heck of a salmon at 63cm.

It's my personal experience that jigs worth a bit more work a bit better. The more expensive jigs are better balanced, have a better action through the water, higher quality components and they last longer. No one is saying you can't catch squid on a cheap jig, but I'm saying you'll catch more on a better qaulity jig.

That's a good ending for a crappy start. Enjoy the feed.

You only need a small 12v battery, like an alarm back up battery or possibly smaller to run the bilge, wouldn't be hard to set up, but the bilge would need to be hanging over the side sucking water up into the bucket thru a tube, then an overflow tube would let excess water out of the bucket. Definitely doable.

Nice report, getting smoked is still fun, I like that demoralising feeling that tells you your game needs to step up, it's almost like a slap across the face. Nice looking feed there too.

You're doing ok spending $15-$20 on each jig. In my experience reddish pink jigs get most of the results. Having 3-4 different colours is a good idea. There is a model that looks all white and is made of material that illuminates when charged with light from a torch or headlamp or any light. Iv had good results on these, and they're under $10

All you need is a few keen mates and you can be fishing every weekend. Bad luck with your lost lizard.

Sorry to break the news to you guys, but that's the flash off the camera that's illuminating everything like that. But in saying that,my head lamp is a waterproof model,it's princeton tec. I spent a bit of money and got a decent lamp because salt was ruining one every second session, iv had it for 2 years now.

It's not often I get to fish 2 days in a row, but last night the stars aligned.So I met a couple of the boys down on stones just before sunset. The action was very slow, with a 20cm trevally being the benchmark to beat for about 2 hours. I switched to a lure, a big blade, which was picking up weed virtually every cast, so that came off, rigged up again, then the fish came on the bite. Ben scored a legal trevally, and not long after, a very nice tarwhine, all the while kickin' it old school with the timber alvey reel. Then my run came on, scoring 3 whiting.

BIG haul, nice work there, nice that a location change changed your fortunes.

A guru in the making, keep him pumped for it, well done Felix

A rewarding session despite not bagging a feed, well done.

Hi raiders Hit my favourite beach location this afternoon with a bag of worms. After an hour and 7 or so undersized whiting, got 3 legal models on the trot, and another to follow half an hour later. It went quiet, I persisted, but to no avail. Cut the rig off, upside the leader and sent out a squidgy pro slick rig, after a hand full of casts, my 12ft 3-6kg rod loaded up nicely, admittedly I was in 2 minds as to if it was a fish or a Lump of seaweed because I saw some drifting past seconds earlier, but some head shakes confirmed it was a fish, then a visual, it was a good flatty. unfortunately half a metre from the sand he spat the hook. That was me done, I had already over stayed my quota by an hour and was preparing for an ear full when I got home, surprisingly she was all smiles. Bonus. Boneless whiting fillets for lunch tomorrow.

Seabreeze is my go to site. Has everything thing I need. Rain isn't an issue. Step 1-see which direction wind is coming from, that determines which location I'll be fishing. Step 2-check tide, this somewhat determines what time I'll be going. And off we go.

Congratulations, enjoy the high.

I know iv heard this 5-10 times

How's this for birds doing weird things, caught by some one on a tour bus in the USA