dufmack97

Symetre and stradic are excellent and I find the symetre just as good for a lot less so defiantly great value yet I don't believe it is sealed very heavily. Still, I use mine off the Beach I just look after it after each session. Plfueger salt is priced inbetween the 2 and is a gun reel with very simple yet tough engineering, I have the 5000 and am really impressed.

I agree it's definitly not easy to get them recently, at the wharves I've been going too at least.

Don't give up on bobbin head, not so much that area but venturing further up the Cowan around apple tree bay. It's very close to you. Took me some time to get the hang of it but now I realise there is some great fishing round there.

Amazing catch 64cm !!!

Good stuff

Do it all the time, they are sometimes around the pylons deeper down. Generally though I cast out and wind with the rod tip down to try and pull it through the area rather than straight vertical jigging.

30lb mono is enough considering your not after the monsters. I use 30lb braid but 40lb is good aswell, just make sure you use a good quality leader suited to the terrain.

any round grotto point do you know? What about moorings round the spit?

Massive fines for taking them of the beach, use them if you find them as you can catch anything on them especially good whiting.

Went out in the rain on Friday to check out a new spot, heard rumours of Jews and it seemed possible at such a good squid location. Tide was quite low and the rocks and weed were a major hassle, there were no squid or at least none in our casting distance from the northern end of the bridge on the beach. Resorted to frozen pillies out for Jews which unsurprisingly weren't touched. Flicked the plastics around and ended up catching a blackfish, my first one on soft plastics. 5 inch gulp white jerkshad did the damage, my retrieve was very fast to keep out of the snags so he was aggressive in the take. Probably wouldn't go there again due to the noise but it seems ok and I've heard of some great fish there. Any tips for getting Jews landbased around there? Or getting squid at least?

So you tend to find salmon come back on late arvo? Is early morning still the best time?

I don't use bloodworms of the beach when sandworms are available, anything will take sandworms and definitely jewfish will. Maybe bloodworms are better if your specifically targeting Jews in which case maybe a slab or livie is the go if you want to avoid waiting bream etc. I've found sandworms better for all fish so I guess that extends to jewies (off the beach).

Great effort if you pick up a Jew, you'd have much better shot with bait even if you collect it yourself eg worms, pippies etc. For salmon, metal lures I found are better but there's no doubt they take plastics I've caught them on the 5" gulp jerkshad as for flathead they will take almost any plastic. Basically don't rule out bait especially on the beach it's no trouble setting up a bait then leaving it while you do your own thing on the beach but if you dont plastics should get you some salmon and flatty, fast retrieve for salmon, keep it on the bottom for flathead and Jews.

Nice catch

Kingfish are still around, when do the jewfish start to slow down?