ashisnothereman

Cheers raiders. posting this pic for BCOTM competition if possible. drink container in right lower corner.

Couple of weeks ago decided to hit up beach, while collecting bait a massive storm front was approaching and my hopes of fishing were sinking. The storm just rolled over with no rain or wind and the plan was go ahead. We got to the beach just before sunset and looked as if this storm front never existed. A decent gutter running diagonal offshore was spotted on the dead low tied and we set up for the night. Straight into it we got a few aussie salmon in first half an hour then shortly after a live yakka got smashed in the last light of the day. Plenty of beach goers still around and watched the fight (there goes my spot). After 20 mins or so my buddy tackled a 126cm fish and was pretty stocked. The fish was kept and enjoyed by many. I released a larger fish earlier in the year and plan to keep releasing them in the future. Amazing fish.

Cheers Raiders. It went 135cm so 25+ kg according to charts. Rig was a simple paternoster rig using a 3 way swivel and a grappling sinker. Two snelled 8/0 circle hooks. Nothing fancy, no running sinker. Keeping it simple in the surf to minimise tangles. Rig livies just two hooks under the skin on the dorsal and half hitch on tail. Still celebrating the capture. What a night!

Report: Headed out last Wednesday night conditions were great only downside was the hightide was at 2am and I like to stick to the runout for jews. Filled the livie tank and headed for the beach. Lugged everything down and were fishing by 11pm. No action at all, usually get missed hook ups and shredded baits or a pesky shovelnose shark. Pretty much contemplating leaving but wanted to stay for the high change and maybe a bit of the run out. Good thing I did as right on 2am (high change) my rod buckled and that beautiful ZzzzZZZZzzzz of the reel. Grabbed the rod and knew something big was on, let it run a bit and i was calling to my mate man this is huge i think its a ray or something, then it was time to give it some hurt, tightened my drag up to fighting strength and tried to get some line back but she did not care one bit and then I felt the head shakes and everything I had read all came together and I knew it was a jewfish. Chased her down the beach and was really low on line so made the decision to trust my knots and up the drag. Slowly made some line back and she took another run and that was about it. Got her in and my mate tackled her in the surf. Fight was about 30 minutes. Oh and she was released. After the adrenalin and endorphin wore off and I was able to physically put a livie on my hooks, we sent out fresh baits and had some fun with bronzies or spinner sharks to 4ft. Cheers!

I started my mulloway quest on this site in December 2012. I remember reading the mulloway tactics thread, taking notes and applying them to best of my ability. I return in 2014 to finally post my first ever jew. 135cm on live yacka.... lol

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Beautiful day last Sunday went out with my buddy and had a bash with the salmon busting up all morning. Sambos on light gear. My buddy also got one on his fly combo and he also managed to get onto a good sized striped tuna on light gear. I hooked onto one but my rookie ways led to his freedom but it was great to feel one of those fish run! First time fighting salmon on 4kg gear so was an awesome day! Gonna be an awesome summer! Cheers

Gday raiders, I got a Penn 750 ssm SpinFisher that I use in the surf and off the rocks. The other night I decided to loose drag system cap in the sand, which I luckily found. So my delamia is that I want to clean the drag system out and especially remove any sand particles from the drag cap. My research indicates that a white spirit will do the job at cleaning all the washers however the system has what I assume to be HT-100 washers which are some kind of fibre glass material. (I believe they are different to carbontex). So how would I go about cleaning these washers? Secondly my research indicates that I need a Teflon based reel grease for a HT-100 drag system. The best being Cal's reel and drag grease which I cannot seem to find anywear and Shimano grease. Shimano however has 3 different types of grease and I can't figure out which one is appropriate. Theres: ACE2 grease Permalube grease TBMO carbon drag washer grease (have a feeling its this one). My local tackle shop has these greases but don't know which one I need..... Id prefer the Cal's grease as my research indicates it is the better and cheaper option, however the shimano products seem readily available. if anyone knows where i can pick up Cal's let me know. Cheers for any help and guidance.

Will definitely give that a try

Yea if you get a down and no connection you can just leave your float where it is and soon enough you will get another down. also weed is fairly hard to come by during winter months (local spots i know of have pretty crap quality atm and is only worth using for burley) and so these flies are great and saves me the trek to the beaches.

Yea I did get several downs and would strike to nothing. Assuming they had a taste, didn't like it and let go before I connected. They would be gun in the wash, bit of turbulence to confuse them. None the less they work a treat if you can't be bothered to/ cannot find bait.

Raiders, Fished middle harbour for blackies using green weed flies I picked up from my local tackle shop. Worked a treat and didn't need to rebait or anything, was a great session. Had to burley a tad with just bread, sand and some weed that I scraped off the rocks nearby. Fished exactly the same technique/ rig as usual just with the fly on the terminal end. Any intel of blackfish in parra river yet? I will be getting myself an alvey blackfish reel soon, probably start with the cheaper centre pin model, love to hear what rods people have got matched to their alvey blackfish. Anyway Tight lines. Ash

i live in the hills to. i usually head around lane cove river when i cant be bothered driving to far and its close to uni. roseville bridge isnt that bad of a drive if you plan around the traffic. also blackfish will be thick in parra soon hopefully. so i will be fishing for them around drumoyne, hopefully find an even closer spot this season. good luck.

I got a few yakkas Thursday night off the boat ramp jetty in ATB, while I was waiting to be picked up. Just using bread. Good Luck.

thanks guys much appreciated. thanks a lot Roberta that's just what I'm after.