GoingFishing Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 (edited) Gday Raiders headed out sunday for a solo session. Launched at rose bay around 630 and managed a nice 25 knots all the way to location. Amazing conditions nice n early though it did take a turn for the worse later in the day. Fished the usual spots for a feed of blue spots (bagged out) and a couple of pannies. got busted off twice on what appeared to be very good fish. I had four lines out, 3 of them using 30 pound mono and one with 8 pound line with a unweighted bait. both times i got busted off the rod that took off was the 8 pound line. Good old murphy doing his job, i had no chance. Plenty of boats out and about on sunday morning especially outside it was really refreshing.... felt like a summer day if it werent for the bone biting cold sorry no photos as i gave all the catch to the in laws. Couldnt be bothered for cleaning ! thanks for reading Edited July 10, 2017 by GoingFishing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reel' em in Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 good report mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regan Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 nice catch mate, what bait were you using? sharing is caring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonD Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Maybe you got smashed by a winter king. Just be careful fishing 4 rods as you are only allowed 3 max. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raging Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 I thought 4 was the limit ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffb5.8 Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 27 minutes ago, raging said: I thought 4 was the limit ? Yep in NSW 4 Rods or hand line and max 3 hooks per line http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/recreational/fishing-rules-and-regs/perm-prohib-saltwater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 5 hours ago, jeffb5.8 said: Yep in NSW 4 Rods or hand line and max 3 hooks per line http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/recreational/fishing-rules-and-regs/perm-prohib-saltwater ...but only 2 rods allowed with max 2 hook sets in Freshwater. Just in case anybody thought that the 4 rods applied everywhere. BN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Anyway Sam, without the conjecture of how many rods, nice work on a feed. And yep, Murphy will get you everytime! Maybe upgrade that small one to 12-15lb and you might have a chance! cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted July 17, 2017 Author Share Posted July 17, 2017 22 hours ago, Reel' em in said: good report mate Cheers mate thanks 22 hours ago, Regan said: nice catch mate, what bait were you using? sharing is caring. Cheers All caught on prawns and salted bonito fillet ! 41 minutes ago, Scratchie said: Anyway Sam, without the conjecture of how many rods, nice work on a feed. And yep, Murphy will get you everytime! Maybe upgrade that small one to 12-15lb and you might have a chance! cheers scratchie!!! Cheers Scratchie i will give that a try i have a number of reels which need respooling just need to figure out which ones should be done first. Is 15 pound likely to deter snapper or would 12pound get me more success ? the discussion surrounding number of permissable rods is interesting. I had a police offer (not fisheries) stop me once and at the time i was fishing with 2 rods and had 4 other rods with me. During summer i will take prerigged rods with metals incase i come across a bust up, heavy rig for live baiting and some others for drifting unweighted baits anyway as it turns out not only are u only allowed to fish with 4 rods at any time your only allowed to have 4 rods rigged at any time. so she stood there and watched me while i untied the hooks off two of my rods !!!!! I must have somehow inadvertently got into her bad books that day.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Yep, and I think it's 8 rods in total on any recreational vessel regardless of the number of passengers! Happy to be corrected! As for the snapper, I only ever use 20lb braid and 20lb leader! Seems to work pretty well for me. I have been dusted a few times but I think mostly that was from being lazy and not changing leader! Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 I fish strictly 15lb nylon only for floating bait for reds..if you go heavier they seem to go harder and smut you..lighter and you cant stop them..balancing act...years of trial have lead me to this balance and im stickin to it..rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 ps..I usually try and use blue colored line for feds as it doesn't show up as much in the cleaner blue water we generally fish..i fish straight to the hook no trace...rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 (edited) What area are you fishing, state ect?? Edited July 17, 2017 by kingie chaser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 up an down nsw coast..mainly central coast port stephens anf further north...rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 11 hours ago, rickmarlin62 said: I fish strictly 15lb nylon only for floating bait for reds..if you go heavier they seem to go harder and smut you..lighter and you cant stop them..balancing act...years of trial have lead me to this balance and im stickin to it..rick I mainly fish sps! But if I'm drifting baits I will use braid but a longer leader and always straight to a hook! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recurve Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Snapper are pretty clean fighters. We go after them with 10lb braid and 20lb leader and in shallow water. Very rarely do we lose them. I am a more recent convert to going this light but my mate has been fishing this light for snapper for ages. Is always the leader which gets snapped when we do get busted. No piggy tails are allowed on the boat. This is the tail tail piggy sign that your knot let go. This is a shameful event and the offender not only has to deal with the pain of losing a good fish but also has to tolerate the shame from the crew. There are no excuses for piggy tails. Only cut or worn leaders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonD Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 On 17/07/2017 at 9:14 AM, jeffb5.8 said: Yep in NSW 4 Rods or hand line and max 3 hooks per line http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/recreational/fishing-rules-and-regs/perm-prohib-saltwater Thanks for that, I've always thought it was three ( not that I could manage even that many solo in my boat). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 Thanks for the feedback guys i traditionally subscribe to the idea that your setup is only as strong as your weakest line and therefore tend to fish with heavier line. The fewtimes ive fished light iv been busted off but from what im hearing it is possible to land reasonably sized fish on lighter line. Might have to focus more on my technique does anyone know how to test/calibrate drag settings on standard eggbeater type reels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacky72 Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddyT Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 On 19/07/2017 at 10:04 AM, GoingFishing said: Thanks for the feedback guys i traditionally subscribe to the idea that your setup is only as strong as your weakest line and therefore tend to fish with heavier line. The fewtimes ive fished light iv been busted off but from what im hearing it is possible to land reasonably sized fish on lighter line. Might have to focus more on my technique does anyone know how to test/calibrate drag settings on standard eggbeater type reels? Set of scales, drag should be 1/3 of breaking strain of line, set through the rod not straight off the reel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papafish Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 once again. you nailed champ. you always max out on the flatty^^. I wonder what fish was doing the bust off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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