Toilor Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Still hurling lures at Bonnies and Kings but finding the bowling shoulder starting to suffer a bit with repetitive cast / retrieve. Ive been squirrelling away all my bonnie offcuts and salting them before bagging up and freezing. Using a few old paternoster rigs left over from previous boat trips in combo with 2/0 circles and sinker to suit. After much testing in my mates "den" we have come to the conclusion that the old style dropper knot breaks about 50 % line strength whereas kiwi loop is close to 100% so that's what I use. Anyways I managed this Mowie which is first for me as well as a 35cm Trev and good sized sweep all released into hot oil for dinner last night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Nelson Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 What do the sweep taste like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toilor Posted April 27, 2018 Author Share Posted April 27, 2018 To be honest I'm not that fussy as long as it's fresh I'll eat it. The sweep was white and moist and as good as the Mowie and trevally imho. I did catch some black sole around 40cm while prawning on a recent trip to Mallacoota and they were close to inedible. Not a fan of various southern wrasse either as I find them mushy. Some of my more controversial favourites include Pike and Yakkas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damos Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 36 minutes ago, Toilor3000 said: To be honest I'm not that fussy as long as it's fresh I'll eat it. The sweep was white and moist and as good as the Mowie and trevally imho. I did catch some black sole around 40cm while prawning on a recent trip to Mallacoota and they were close to inedible. Not a fan of various southern wrasse either as I find them mushy. Some of my more controversial favourites include Pike and Yakkas. Nice catch. I'm with you on the Pike, they stink but taste very very nice. I'm not allowed to bring them in the house anymore though , a bait option only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burger Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Not bad liking your own post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Nice fishing! Thanks for the tip on the kiwi dropper, never heard of that one & it looks pretty good http://www.stripersonline.com/surftalk/topic/522363-kiwi-dropper-loop-platted-loop-knot/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welster Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 5 hours ago, kingie chaser said: Nice fishing! Thanks for the tip on the kiwi dropper, never heard of that one & it looks pretty good http://www.stripersonline.com/surftalk/topic/522363-kiwi-dropper-loop-platted-loop-knot/ That’s the dropper I use but generally the twisted version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 How do you add the twist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welster Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 15 hours ago, kingie chaser said: How do you add the twist? Like in the attached link. Jason https://youtu.be/kCkAM_VX6ws 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toilor Posted April 29, 2018 Author Share Posted April 29, 2018 I also use the twisted version as per Welsters YouTube vid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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