nutsaboutfishing Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 A huge thankyou to DerekD who took time out to give me many pointers on how to improve my fishing. You are truly a font of knowledge. Cheers Richard 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 He certainly is Richard and excellent at passing it on to others. I envy him because he never stops learning new things. He has probably helped scores of Fishraiders over the years, myself being one of them. bn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekD Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 Hi Richard, We've talked on and off over the years and it was a pleasure to put a face to the name. We were very lucky to have overlapping 5km zones. I try and mentor several people each year and I think you were the fastest to pick up that sub surface walk the dog. The nice thing is that is scales up to the larger rods and it is very effective on the pelagics when the schools move in in numbers. That retrieve is also useful under other circumstances such as squid jigs. The walk the dog with the sugapen will take a bit more work and at this stage it will take you a bit more trial and error to get competent with it. When the weather warms up I am really keen to head out to those bays again with you and see if we can actually catch some topwater fish. Regards, Derek 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vernonbain Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 (edited) He surely knows how to pass it on to others. I admire him since he is always learning something new. Edited September 10, 2021 by vernonbain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Sydney Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 Yes we sure love Derek, another student here and he absolutely got me onto top water last year. Count me in when lockdown lifts ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 Great work derek knowledge is a great thing even better when shared Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restyle Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 awesome stuff! I admire and really appreciate people who take time to teach others. I very rarely use lures but I am quite intrigued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekD Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 4 minutes ago, Restyle said: awesome stuff! I admire and really appreciate people who take time to teach others. I very rarely use lures but I am quite intrigued Hi @Restyle Worth getting into. I started early 2000s and it opened my fishing world up with a vengeance. The gear is really responsive and a pleasure to use. I can feel bites from 50m away. I can't remember the last time I used store bought bait and it is really easy to go out for a fish if you suddenly find yourself with a bit of spare time and close to some water. I catch squid with jigs and with the same gear I can use plastics, slices, blades and hard bodies. The light gear means most fights involve playing the fish rather than winching it in. The best part is that the quality of fish is usually better when I am fishing side by side with someone using small baits. On the odd occasion I will also outfish the bait user. If you are interested and able to get to the lower north shore in the future we can go through an introduction to this sort of fishing. Regards, Derek 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restyle Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 4 minutes ago, DerekD said: Hi @Restyle Worth getting into. I started early 2000s and it opened my fishing world up with a vengeance. The gear is really responsive and a pleasure to use. I can feel bites from 50m away. I can't remember the last time I used store bought bait and it is really easy to go out for a fish if you suddenly find yourself with a bit of spare time and close to some water. I catch squid with jigs and with the same gear I can use plastics, slices, blades and hard bodies. The light gear means most fights involve playing the fish rather than winching it in. The best part is that the quality of fish is usually better when I am fishing side by side with someone using small baits. On the odd occasion I will also outfish the bait user. If you are interested and able to get to the lower north shore in the future we can go through an introduction to this sort of fishing. Regards, Derek I would be keen, Rhodes area isn't that far. would be awesome to expand my knowledge, especially from someone who's done this sort of fishing for 20 years (almost as long as i been alive haha). Always been someone to catch their own bait and only ever buy a kilo of pillies here n there. as for lures, well besides the squid jigs and 3 or so slugs and a few free hard bodies I have found on nets that's all I have as for the retrieves for other lures besides squid jigs almost clueless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutsaboutfishing Posted September 11, 2021 Author Share Posted September 11, 2021 On 9/10/2021 at 1:58 PM, big Neil said: He certainly is Richard and excellent at passing it on to others. I envy him because he never stops learning new things. He has probably helped scores of Fishraiders over the years, myself being one of them. bn 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 Good on you Derek, a champion. ”A generous man prospers and he who waters, will himself be watered” Prov 11:25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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