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Thankfully with the wind being as high as it was, and the fact that it was Christmas eve meant that we were (for the most part) alone on the water. In general though, I do know what you mean but it's still better than being in the George's. True about the size, these ones were really too big for the size of hook but I wasn't able to find any smaller ones :/

Shame about the kingie mate, must've been spewing. Good thing you managed to go home with a couple of decent fish.

Every time I've tried to troll with a bibbed lure, they end up coming to the surface because the hooks have gotten caught on the line or something else. Is there a way to prevent this?

So after a few unsuccessful trips to the harbour, and having my motor crap itself right in-front of a sail boat, I've decided to head back into the hacking. Calmer waters greeted me today, despite the heavy winds. Started off just trying to find anywhere to hide behind, and worked the way up from NW arm to lilli pilli baths catching nothing but tiny snapper. Eventually, the tide dropped really low and went to get some nippers. With the tide being as low as it was, I felt like I was gathering yabbies from untouched places. Huge yabbies, hanging around the 10cm mark, and plenty of them. Pumped a few into the bucket, then anchored in the flats. First throw out, dad's on. It gets close to the boat, looks like a decent sized trevally, but dad let it wrap itself around the engine and it cut him off. This was his first time fishing with 4lb, so I didn't hear the end about that one. Then it's just fish after fish. First a flattie. Didn't get a measurement or photo, but I'd say it was getting close to the 60cm. Then a bream at 30cm. Then dad got cut off by another flattie (more yells about the 4lb). Then a Tailor. Then a trevally, though smaller than the one first lost. Then I got taken by something big. It took lots of line, and then jumped to the surface so my first thought was Salmon. But then it jumped again, and I noticed it had an eel like body, long and slender. Then it came closer to the boat and it had a really long snout, but I was stupid and held the rod too high up, and it cut me off Then, on my last yabbie, I pull in a monster of a whiting. Just what I'd been looking for all day. It's a bit curved in the photo, but I measured it as 38cm on the boat. By the time we were finishing up, the wind had died down and it was glassy in the hacking. Forgot how beautiful it was.

Hi all, In the market for a new reel, and while browsing the Shimano site, I noticed that they had their spinning reels split up into "Spinning" and "Saltwater Spinning". Does anybody know if the "Saltwater Spinning" range are inherently more resistant to salt water, of it's simply because they're designed for bigger fish? Was looking at the Sedona and Sahara combos, with Sedona being in the "Spinning" section (and sahara apparently discontinued?). With the Symetre and the Saros being on the lowest end of the "Saltwater Spinning". As someone who fishes exclusively in salt water, it'd be great if these higher end reels are actually just more resilient against the salt. Cheers, Mark

I thought Jet skis were bad until I started fishing the harbour. Then I constantly had people in sail boats constantly get within 3 meters of the back of the boat, many times picking up my lines with them. Got until the 4th off, so hopefully there'll be some clear days in there.

Gonna hit North Head Saturday. If I manage to deter the family from coming out on Sunday, then I'll try and head out. Less than 1m swell and 5 knots of wind sounds like perfect conditions to finally tip toe out.

Truly tragic, and the fact that this happened inside as well really makes me think about being more cautious

Tomorrow is looking great with regards to wind and rainfall (or lack thereof). Swell still looks a bit high, but shouldn't be too much of an issue inside I hope.

Wow that's a lot of Salt and Pepper Do you ever catch squid during the day? If so, how does your technique change?

Wow, that's an impressive haul. Never managed to see a legal snapper in the hacking, so good job there!

Thanks for the ID. I generally try to look for surface action, but the couple of times I have spotted it, I've never managed to hook anything up. This one seemed to be deep (or on its own) as there was no action up top. Will have to try the markers again over the next couple of months. Thanks, I think I'm going to be fishing here more often. Even if I don't catch anything, the views are still totally worth it. Generally if I'm on my own I get out much earlier and move around more but it's always late and static when I'm out with the old. The other thing that didn't help was that I was using pillies, but I'm sure I'll figure out where to go for bait in the harbour quick enough.