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great video mate never a dull moment mick

i agree dam they are large tasks are they only in black jews mick

hellova fish that well done bet your glad you made the sticks your last stop mick

cracking fish there mate they are some fine breeders, bloody monsters cheers mick

glad someone looked at maturity rates im all for the size upgrade having never caught a jew bigger than my size 9 shoe (soapie ) but have been busted off by bigger on light gear 9lb line and me getting overzealous i'd like to think that the one i finally get i can show off to my misses although she doesn't eat fish my two cents mick

well done young man thats a nice selection of tackle now all you gotta do is land the big one or a better pb mick

could your problem be the drag knob itself? it seems to me that it may be your problem does the spool spin fine with no drag knob on the reel like it should does it click when you tighten the drag knob

nice catch or should i say release beaut video bud the timing was perfect cheers mick

awesome fish caught and landed on 4LB your drag must have been screaming cheers mick

well done nathan and johnny on a pleasant and successful days fishing dispite the lack of parking at Gladesville and having to travel backwards to kissing point ramp congrats on your pb's nathan and johnny great work on the plastics. great photos fellas cheers mick

my first rod reel was a hand me down from my brother cost him $40 from ****** its was a gansel gancast trigger grip with shimano fx 1 with duel drag adjustment closed face reel still got it too i loved it. i managed to break the tip a couple of years ago taking her for a run at the nepean river on a branch one thing i did notice now i was older was the rod had like 5 guides on it total. the line rubbed the blank never cared when i was a kid though cheers mick

sounds like fun can wait to see the pic thats the way too good fish like to hit the lightest rod in the holder well done on reeling it in and securing your catch cheers mick

catalinas can be had currently for $279 plus post and a stradic 8000 for $249 at the same aussie online shop in SA and its under your budget even posted i can vouch for the catilina med/heavy stick as i have mine matched to a saltist 4500 but if i had it over again id more than likely get a stradic even has spare spool and 13kg drag its better than the 10 drag on my saltist i run 30lb on the rod even though its rated to PE2 also i use mine for poppers /lures of the stones but have never used it for livebaiting yet hope it helps mick

what style of fishing are you going to do with it beachfish ,rock or livebait

seems you were kept busy fishing two rods i'd rather be running after two rods like an idiot than having no action congrats on your captures and take home fish cheers mick

your backs been giving you grief for some time now byron . hope you get better soon so you can get on the water mick

have you looked at the daiwa catalina 762MH Spin 2 piece 7’6” Med Hvy 1-3oz PE 2 the second piece is 1.75m long so you could take it traveling its also quite happy throwing 18 gram poppers around i have mine paired with a 45oo saltist running 30lb braid but i should have got the stradic 8000 is a top reel with spare spool that can be had for 250 currently both of which come in under your budget of $600 though the rod may be a bit heavy lure weight wise cheers mick

congratulations on your new baby girl sascha cheers mick

congrats on your first salmon buddy nice result on your first try cheers mick

great way to spend the day fellas evening if it was a little quiet as always ray your pics are top notch cheers mick

i know how ya feel its happened to me twice now once at the oatley rail bridge will fishing for bream i was casting just at the very first pylon and a boater wanted to passing drift between me and the pylon they said sorry every time they did it as they did it more than once the other was at south head while tossing raiders lures a boater decided his squid collecting was more important than my LB fishing i just tossed my as was earlier must have been from 3 metres from the boat they left after 2 squid were boated then an hour or so later another jerk did the same thing ! sorry for the rant cheers mick

nice bag of fish there ray well done mick

last time i caught them in the hacking was on a jetty i was using a sabiki jig with a bit of squid on them caught hooked about 20 of them maybe they were just shy that day cheers mick

you beauty thanks jewhunter

someone posted a great recipe for bonito that had a oporto style sauce i think it may have got lost when the site was updated it had many posts too and tasted great i've tried the search forum in the kitchen thread but its seems like it just gone it even had pics for the whole cooking process can the author please re post cheers mick