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How do they taste?

Me three

Pm sent mate

Were the cupcakes really fish cakes?

I am so so jealous of all you fine folk! Stay warm! Catch fish! Then donate the tastiest ones to me please. Cheers

Hahaha... Hey man! It's tough to say, you could be doing everything right and still not catch... Perhaps your gutter wasn't as deep of your cast distance not as far. Maybe his sinker held bottom better, there are a range of possible differences. I'll see what I'm doing this weekend if I can't find a spot on a boat at the social and maybe we can fish a beach. I'm unfamiliar with east coast beaches but could give it a try

Some nights are on my friends, some nights are not. I spent all last night in the freezing cold with wet socks trying to catch squid and crabs in the harbour. I got 1 blue swimmer. This is just how fishing is sometimes

I felt really horrible. The first time it happened I upped the hook size. The second time, I upped the hook size again but didn't catch anything else that night. The second whiting didn't swim away as fast as the first. I didn't think about holding the rod and striking or switching hook type.... I had two lines out. One with a squid head on it, the other had small baits for bream/whiting etc.

I remember you telling me to get squid! I preserved them like you said. Bit of salt water, in the freezer... I'm starting to get hungry and feel like squid though haha

Yeah, I upsized the hook in efforts to prevent this but didn't get any more hook ups. Watching the rod bend is fun enough

Hey raiders. After a lot of deliberation about the weather this weekend, throughout the week, I had already decided to stay in, stay warm. Play with some new toys from the tackle shop. During work on Saturday an old mate called me up to head to either hen and chicken bay or balls point from the land... We couldn't decide so we both flipped a coin, heads hen and chicken, tails balls point. We both sent photos of tails. Finished work at 7:30 near drummoyne, my gear was in my car so stopped by a local tackle shop for some pillies and squid. My mate met me there and got some prawns. We were at the water by 9:00... It was easier to rig up my bream set up: 1-3 kg graphite rod, stradic 3000, 10 lb braid, running ball sinker to swivel to 1 m shock leader 15 lb with a long shank hook, peeled prawn as bait. As soon as I put it in the rod holder, it starts getting picked at. Nothing big. So I start setting up the bigger outfit 6-10 kg rod, stradic 5000, 20 lb braid (patternoster, double snelled hooks, star sinker) squid. As soon as I tie up my first rod buckles and I miss the hookup. This happened about 3 times until finally I'm landing a small 23 cm snapper. Finally get both lines in the water. My mate had landed about 3 blue swimmers that constantly grabbed his squid. 2 of the swimmers were keepers but as soon as he pulled them up, the action died. Being superstitious and all, we out them back and the rods started firing again. No keepers but some good fun. At about 3 am we start walking back to the car... There were so many baitfish trapped in runout tidal pools it was pretty incredible. Then we saw it. 4 squid sitting at the opening to a baitfish pool feasting on thes baitfish... I frantically tried to tie up a squid jig, had to do a double uni knot whilst dropping all my packed gear on the ground. My mate calls for the net, after a few attempts, we are now both ankle deep in FREEZING water, shoes wet. Finally he bags one, then a second. I finally get a squid jig out and on my third retrieve I've got about three squid chasing... A baby one grabs my jig and my mate bags a third with the net... Also was surprised to get an almost legal whiting... PS. What's the accepted method when it comes to swallowed hooks? Both whiting I caught that night had swallowed my long shanks. I cut the line and let them go as I thought it would do the least damage. Neither of them were bleeding

If you're fishing from rocks I strongly suggest several things. Firstly, you will need to get a PFD, life vest. Even if the water is glassy, a freak slip into the water can be bad. Secondly, get some rock fishing shoes, with cleats or spikes. Thirdly, don't fish alone. Go with a friend. Finally, don't just go onto the rocks, sit and watch the swell for at least a good 30 minutes. Time the waves and the hight, watch for wind conditions, see what other fishos are doing. Safety first mate.

Anyone lucky enough to be fishing tomorrow? I'm thinking of hitting a beach if the wind allows... Failing that, I'll probably hit the cooks land based with some sp's for practice

Haha will definitely pick up some Chicken and some bread

THANKS!

EVERY WEEKEND for the past 3 weeks has a huge jump in swell and wind. It's like I am being punished for all the weekdays I have called in sick at work to go fishing. SIGHHHHH

Hey Scratchie! Considering winter is coming up full speed. I think I will be spending many nights at the beach targetting Salmon and other winter fish. Do Sp's and lures work at night? I also want to get into rock fishing but just waiting for some mates to finish with exams as solo fishing from rocks isn't advised. I think I will be okay getting bait off the rocks. I guess I have two questions, Are there limitations to what I can take from the rocks? I could look this up obviously. Also, with PFD's does anyone know of some good ones? Cheers! Will (aka Budz)

Thanks everyone for the comments! Beginner showed me the art of chicken and Parmisan the other night. I was actually impressed by how frequently he was getting hookups whilst my pillie cubes remained untouched. I shall invest in a nipper pump asap and start salting and freezing my by catches. I'll probably need a dedicated freezer haha

I'm sure most of the people on here are similar to me. You walk into a tackle shop to buy some bait, walk out with new leader, hooks, a new rod, burley and bait. So to get around this problem of mine, I wanted to start catching my own bait. Do any raiders do this and what do the recommend? After searching the forums I've seen mullet, poddy mullet, yakkas, beach worms, aus salmon and of course squid. If these are the main ones then I can just read older posts but if there are other options id be interested to hear some pointers I haven't learned the fine art of sp's as yet

I work till 8 pm Saturday's but won't stop me from driving as far north as avoca or south as Wollongong for a fish...

Yeah it was King fish but tasted really sweet. So I don't know. And the tuna was pretty great as well, like firm!

Haha scratchie! You don't have to worry about lacking fish when you've got junior bringing home drummer all the time

But love eating fish

Damn... So jealous Awesome work!

It was a pretty peaceful night! Pumped to get out again... Maybe tonight although I have a bunch of chores the Mrs wants done around the house and I couldn't win her over with offerings of fresh fish last night haha