jack

mate to be honest the ink thing is a bit of a myth when it comes to a dead squid as it wont shoot out in desperation there fore not exciting any fish the chances are as soon as you cast your squid out the ink which covers your bait will disperse before your sinker even hits the bottom. On freezing and vacuum sealing the squid i have found that the less ink on my squid the better it turns out as the ink can burn the skin, once you capture the squid let it empty its sack then put into the bag

to say it was bad would not be doing it justice, extremly bad to say the least.

i beg to differ with most of your opinions. i will never waste my freshly caught squid on any fish except kings, and thats only if they are alive, i prefer to eat them as they are way more tasty than any fish caught in my opinion. 95% of the jew i catch are on purchased slimeys non frozen, and frozen squid caught and sealed correctly and let me tell you, you will get jew over 20 kg doing so. good luck mate

mate go sound out the front every bait ball you see on the sounder drop an unweighted jig to the bottom and cranck it straight back up. continuouly find the bait balls and repeat the action and you will eventually find the slimeys

probably not a great idea to fish there as we are on the other side of the full moon those first few hours you are there the current will be howling making the fishing very hard, the last hour or two is a different story. good luck

great work guys

ive got 2 sw 20000, and yes they are ok for cubing and the old struggle with a beakie as your not exerting huge amounts of pressure normally set drag to say 5 8 or 12kg. We are talking about a reel which would last a trip heavy jigging or throwing poppers in shallow water, i have done it and seen what a Gt or heaven forbid a dogtooth does to these reels after a short period of time under heavy drag. I personally am not a big fan of paying overs for a reel that offers not much more than a $259 Fin nor, if i had my time again i know what i would be doing and thats not buying one of these reels hence why i tried to give some advice its amazing what advertising does to us, ask any retailor that sells these reels to test the reels as what the manufactor speks suggest and they will not, as they no it s not achievable. Regards Jack

mate as of this year all Diabalos will be made with complete Australian components so those first few whcih had minor hicups will be ironed out.

cheers mate will do

mate have a look at the big Diabalo it has the same internals as the saltiga but upgrades on all the saltiga faults for half the price, Aero depending on what type of fishing you are doing, as im talking about the bigger size reels, what type of fishing are you doing? i ve got the smaller stella the 2500 and love it but my 20000 is another story, i wont even get started on the saltiga If you need any help pm me and i can guide you in the right direction.

G'day Huey my 90 etec is maxing out at 4700rpm now i have a 17" SS prop. Now is there a factory prop that comes with them or is there a prop you can recommend? i have a 5m half cabin boat kind regards Jack

water quality has a huge influence on the catfish the more rain we get the more prevalent the cat fish are. During the last period of drought prior to 07 i did not catch a cat fish for 4-5 years, but insaying that the pike eels were in plague proportion. now i find they are of equal proportion so we are in a fase period where the pikies are on the way back and the cat fish are slowly deminishing. Now with the tides, you will find on any small tide they will be feeding at more of an intense state. A couple of ways of avoiding them are to, use whole butterflied baits on a single hook rig as they will not eat the head of a slimey, mullet or yakka. When using squid on a 2 hook rig you must use a extra long trace (3m). They are also more prevalent at night

I would like to add something. I really have no idea where you are fishing but to me it looks like somewhere in middle harbour possibly round the spit. Now where your fishing is close to moorings, you ain't getting much run there and you are out of sight of any major point so 1 i doubt there is any natural reef around you and secondly your spot would not be providing the perfect jewfish haunts. When searching for a new spot my number 1 thing i look out for are large eddies, you find the eddies and you will find the jewfish. as the eddies are a sure sign there will be the right structure under the water eg a drop off, reef etc. Good luck guys.

Gday Huey quick question mate my local Etec dealer advised me to use premium only in my 90 etec i see you recommend that to but all other people i speak to tell me standard unleaded and that premium will damage it, is thereany negative apects to using standard fuel in a etec?

personally i would steer clear from these reels and the daiwa saltiga they both claim to achieve great amounts of drag pressure which they cant achieve and secondly i have personally seen them tested on motor bikes trying to pull 15kg of drag to find bail arms snapping, shafts snapping and so forth, have a look around and find something that can actually do the job. regards Jack