PaddyT
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Maybe need to get the mankini out, or at least a pair of very high cut shorts! You will however only catch female fish!
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Are you wanting to fish in the harbour or are you comfortable fishing the ocean rocks? Personaly ive caught bugger all kings landbased at this time of the year, would get most of mine between Dec and May- rats early , bigger ones towards the end- anyway will await your answer
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Am guessing fuel, could be perished bulb/fuel lines collapsing in as fuel demand increases, make sure breather on tank is fully open should be a simple fix
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Those Fuji removable pistol grips were great, when I was poor student the ability to switch reels around (baitcaster to eggbeater) worked well, 1 rod, 2 grips
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Yeah, Nah- sorry but if the trailer is registered then it has the right to be on the road along with any other registered vehicle or contraption, as usual its toffs from certain blue ribbon electorates worried about the effect a dirty fisherman will have on their property values, if its unregistered , sure , tow it.
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Whiting are a lot more aggressive than a lot of people think, the surf where they like to hunt is typically fast moving water , covered in suds and pretty shallow, the red tube (i think) just gives them a bit of an extra visual target area, they are pretty good visual hunters in the estuaries which is why poppers work pretty well for them, blades arent a bad option either on mudbanks.
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They are a no take species, the next 2 months they seem to aggregate on certain reefs (am guessing for spawning) and I know that we found them hard to avoid at certain spots but they have been hit hard by commercial drop liners and i rarely catch them at all these days, would strongly suggest there are better fish in the ocean- they will take a bait down deep and hook removal is an issue- they have fast jaw speed and nasty teeth- and the ability to bite their own tail.
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Attracts the whiting
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I give up, I was talking about livebaiting not spinning, if i spin, i spin, if a livebait , i livebait.They dont mix well.
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Well in an LBG season of say Jan to April which consists of about 16 weekends which the average joe fishes less than half due to other commitments , weather etc so lets call it 15 hard fishing days of which 2/3rds will be fishless so on 5 days a year there will be a few longtails or spannies around or down south maybe a marlin. I considered one missed bite from a tuna or spannie a disaster let alone a few in a season- so bloody hell yeah- I held my rod or the line off the tip-all day. The effort i put into getting up the coast, walking out to the platform, catching bait meant there was no way in the world I walked away from my rod, after a big day at Hat or Muttonbird or Iluka I was dehydrated, hungry and stuffed , still am when I fish offshore and i still dont fish reels in freespool unattended.
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Got to agree with you Waz, saw a lot of fish lost because guys would get lazy and stick to rod in a holder. Used to be an endless source of practical jokes too- make the rachet scream!
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Be concerned , one of , if not the worst bar in NSW, locals get cleaned up there let alone newbies
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So your anchor stays anchored!In calm conditions with very little current you might get away with 2x but anchors get stuck by remaining down and the "pull" coming from as horizonal as possible, not being pulled at any sort of vertical angle, learn some simple trigonometry and you can work out quickly in your head how far you need to run up current of your spot before dropping the pick eg 30M of water with 90m of rode out means you need to be about 85M up current of your mark, with 120M of rode out you need to be 116 M up current, then youve got yaw to take into account- sheesh it gets complicated!! Anyway
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Simple rule of thumb - chain same length as boat and 3X the depth you are anchoring in and the same again in spare rode.
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Easier to learn to use an Alvey than a Newell, Waz is right, Alveys are no longer "fashionable " but they are damn good gear, must admit I flogged mine off quite a few years ago when I switched to 99.9% boat fishing,. Also flogged a Seascape 621 Major , 3 sets of gears, a Snyder FT70-120 2 FSU 4120's , Penn Senator 6/0, MT 9120 LBG Stick, couple of Shimano Speedmasters and a whole bunch of LBG crap that i no longer use. Kept a very nice custom made Calstar overhead spin stick that I had built for the north coast and no longer use but cant bring myself to unload . Times have changed thats for sure, as i was winding up my LBG fishing most newbies were fishing braid and "locking up" on everything- including longtails (and loosing heaps of them) which can easily be landed with a bit of clever rodwork in most circumstances.An Alvey or an overhead gave the best control of a fish in close to the rocks because of the ability to freespool or give controlled release of the line when needed and instantly put more pressure on. Locking up on a lot of fish just drags them into the rough stuff faster.
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For the surf up the hook to a size 2, bit of red tube above it, running ball sinker works fine as does a paternoster , beachworms the way to go
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Not so sure about that-parts is where the dollars is- most car manufacturers and I would imagine most builders of any sort of complex machinery have very profitable spare parts business's, cant imagine that BRP arent doing well out of this. Reliability or otherwise BRP are fighting against a changing tide, its my understanding that market share of all 2 strokes has declined in the USA (hence Mercury's move to 4) and is predicicted to decline more. Sometimes perception is more important that reality.
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Pick your days and do it in the boat youve got, at your stage of experience get a lot more time getting to really know the boat youve got and when you move up to a biger more seaworthy one you will be fine- my first boat was a 16ft quinnie and I spent nearly all the time with it outside- plus that size up to about 20ft is very versatile for all sorts of fishing. My current ride is a 5.4M TABS center console which can be a bit wet and uncomfortable but it is very seaworthy and I am regularily on the shelf with it- pick your days and you will be fine- become an avid weather watcher (dont rely on apps on your phone) and you will be fine
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Yeah-nah- seagulls are scavangers, very rarely see them on bust ups chances are they were scared of their evening sit down spot- most unreliable bird there is for finding fish
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Softplastics storage and maintenance
PaddyT replied to JaniFIN's topic in Reel and Tackle Maintenance
Just keep fishing until the whole packet is gone, then go home, more fishing time, problem solved! Seriously though just leave them in their original packets. -
The blokes got a budget of 200, Alvey will do the job fine , cheapest eggbeater that will do what he wants is over $250- and it depends on the territory he wants to fish, short rods are fine on platforms like Jervis, Avoca etc but next to useless on the north coast ledges- and the OP is from Brissie-
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Yep im thinking Fishraider- repaint may or may not be a problem, ask the owner about it and how and who did it-home job could be a prob, 4.5 M fishraider with no level floatation will be bum heavy with 125kg on the back. Plus 1 on lifting the floor , they were a good hull for their time but very light weight- 3mm pressed Al, Typical motor for it would of been a 2 stroke 50Hp which would of weighed around 85 kgs, an extra 40 is a lot.
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No way is that a 90's boat- 1980's model, will probabaly be very bum heavy with a 4 stroke on it, make sure you take for a drive, also have a good shake on that T-top.
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Parsley Bay gets fairly regular drive throughs by the local constabulary but I have had a trailer stripped there too, but can i suggest the following- for a small fee i know the houseboat hire places (if they have room) will allow you to park in their lockups (or at least they did in the past), give em a call.
