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Burger

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  1. This was how I was taught for my Luds rockfishing! It's almost like letting the float 'drop' a bit at the start of the cast and works with the heavier rockfishing float and sinkers. I do use various line stripping casts in the harbour dependant on how long a cast is needed. What he said!
  2. Think using the front loader here for spinning my weed would NOT go down well…. I’m nowhere near brave enough to try that 🤣
  3. An old pair of board shorts are a good choice . .. . nice and light when wet.
  4. Have to agree with Noel, my pulse jumped looking at that spot! 2nd photo too in the right swell…. Lots of good washes and cabbage there too by the looks.
  5. Good to see DerekD also taught you the most important part of Luderick fishing….. Dont give away your fishing or weed spots in your photos! 😂🤣😉
  6. Congratulations Larkin! Awesome effort and thanks for sharing with us!
  7. Minister Moriarty has had a knee jerk POLITICAL reaction to pressure from the Animal Justice League nutters. No science, no research, no knowledge.
  8. Both Yowie and Nolem offer good advice! Swell wraps around headlands depending on the direction its coming from and will break on any ledge on an angle. The intensity drops as it wraps, but it will still impact the ledge. So your Easterly ledge will still get swell from ALL directions. I am in agreement with nolem, in that I am not a believer in 'freak waves'. Swell sets may/do join each other especially when swells are coming from multiple directions resulting in a larger set. There may also be a wind swell on top of a base swell directions. When rockfishing you need to be watching the swell way out to sea . . eg 200, 300, 400m not just at the waves about to hit your ledge. That way you can see larger waves in time to make a move. If I was you I'd be starting off with a guide such as Alex B, he will give you a good starting point. Most importantly, it will happen safely!
  9. Not sure what you expect to happen . . . I would think this would be normal in the surf? I know I get tossed around and I weigh PLENTY more than a jig 😂
  10. That's some fine looking snow Zoran! Canada?
  11. Sounds like you had a good trip Big N! Coopernook has a great little pub, bloody good spot for a feed and a beer.
  12. We used to use skirt steak on the Hawkesbury many (many) years ago ... I think maybe it resembles a bit of guts or maybe a worm? and for a while the scent of blood adds to the allure ? Used to get flatties and bream on it, was one of dad's favourite baits.
  13. That sounds very nice! We do the same at Yamba Shores when up there on holidays . . . but without the boat part 😆
  14. I work nearby to this and the wharf she had a dip off was only built in the last month or so, the netted is likely off another property they probably don't have access to. Why anyone would have a dip in the harbour at that time is beyond me.
  15. Bush Tick, that was the other one! Thanks Blackfish!
  16. Yep. same over my way too . . . small bit of bush beside us and a big gully down the back meant regular tick checks. We too lost a dog to a tick as well. I seem to recall different types of ticks . . . . small ones that got called grass ticks and you got more than one of them at a time, then the bigger ones that you usually only got one of. That's a while ago now 😆
  17. Pretty sure no-one here will be bored with fishing history! Please do share if you have time amongst you move Noel!
  18. Most excellent offer on your part @XD351!
  19. Hiya Birdy, The magbream is apparently extended about 6”, it’s not superlight and has the reel seat very towards the butt like old school Alvey set up. No way I could hold it all day, but I’m also an unfit old bastard. I think moving the reel seat forward would balance the rod better and have it feel lighter as a result. Cheers, stu.
  20. Hiya @Birdy, Welcome to the forum and there is some good advice above for you already! One of the guys I fish with uses a spinning reel and does as well as, and often better, than the rest of us using centrepins. It's definitely easier to cast longer distances (if needed) with a spin reel. I reckon a centrepin does however have an advantage when rockfishing, allowing better line control in the surge. I'm pretty old school though. The main advantage in a long soft rod over a short spin rod is picking up line in the strike on longer drifts and, if rock fishing, in being stand back further from the edge and keep your line out the wash and off the rocks. A soft rod will do a lot of the work for you absorbing lunging fighting style of Luderick. One of the VERY best tips is to balance your float so it is close to neutral buoyancy, my estuary float only has 1cm of the tip of the float exposed and definitely none of the float body. My set up's are Rock fishing: 12' Magbream with the Okuma shown above. it's a bloody good reel that I bought as a divorce present for myself. 16lb float mainline, 8lb FC trace with a heavy fixed float that has lead on the stem to hold it more upright in the surge and reduce the lead needed on the line. I believe this allows the bait to move more naturally. Estuary: 10' Wilson blackfish rod and an Alvey 475CP. 12lb mainline and 6lb FC trace matched with a much lighter running float compared to my rockfloats. I use Daiichi 2171B hooks mainly in a size 8, going up or down a size as needed. This is just the way I do it and you will find the way Luderick fishing is 'done' varies all along the NSW seaboard. Best of luck on your journey, float watching for a hardfighting fish on light gear is pretty addictive.
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