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Umm I hardly fly fish any more as I've given up the 4WD for a sportier car... and I sold all my fly equipment... Can you tell me what you're doing on your cast and how far are you casting??? Are you floating you bug into the region you want to fish or are you casting into the region? EDIT; Actually if you haven't found a guide or nailed the formula within 2 weeks, ill bring my spinning gear and hunt trout and bass with lures whilst I walk you though and provide tips and tricks... Also can you show me the flies you are tying or buying?

Whiting, Lizards and the occasional bream. Mullet may be passing by as well if you're unlucky (alot of people don't like mullet as a table fish) Depending on swell, a simple ball sinker and luminous ball stop to a swivel and a 40-50cm trace should the trick off the beach. Otherwise a simple paternoster rig will also do as well. Worms and nippers fresh are the way to go. Otherwise steak in tuna oil and chicken in garlic cut into strips to resemble a worm. The alternative is soft plastics such as gulp worms and wrigglers

I use a Fisher Chiller Micro Bag to carry my lunch, bait (if im using any) water, beer and ice pack.... I carry my tackle in a small 3lt backpack with 1-2 reels and carry 1-2 poles only. I only carry a small box of tackle that day. Fishing light... its refreshing

You got plenty of options mate. I run a 1-3g NS Black Hole Avenger 7ft with a Stradic FK 2000 (FK because I like the rigidity instead of the Ci4+ which I find a little to flexible for tough fights. 2000 because I like the versatility, I used to fish 1000 size reels but i found it to light and unbalanced ona 7ft rod) My backup (currently for sale) is a Pflueger Trion Bream specialist 1-3 7ft (single piece) pair with a Pfluegar salt 2000. Great little rod for the boat and off shore. I don't use it much as prefer a 2 piece rod. The other setups that I've considered are G Loomis GLX 1-3kg 2 Piece. Its a fantastic rod, but you'll need to wait for a sale as they can cost up to 500+ just for the rod alone. I'd pair this with an Stradic FK or Abu Garcia Revo MGX both in the 2000 size. Nitro Vapor 60 / 70. the 60 I'd pair with a 1000 size reel and the 70 i'd pair with a 2000 size reel. This would fit your budget if you went with an FK

Shimano T-Curve. I use my mates one several times and it never gave me any issues

Firstly Jacks and Barra chew line. The toughest part is bringing a large fish in before they chew through the line. If you're using braid then you'll need to use a 30lb+ mono or FC leader. Using lighter braid like a 14-20lb braid isn't going to hurt your chancing of landing a big jack or Barra. just make sure your leader is long enough. Setup wise, I don't know your budget but the following i what I use... Nitro Baby Viper (7ft 2pc rod rated for 3-6kg with a casting weight of 9 -40g) - this rod does everything medium finesse for me. Large barra, jacks, snapper, bream and flathead. I use this as my multi purpose tool for fishing. The reel i use with this varies. For Barra I'll use a Stradic FK 4000 with 15lb jbraid and 20-30lb leader. Depends if i get busted off alot. Daiwa Saltist hyper (9ft rod rated for 6PE with a casting weight of 60-150 gram) - this is my Mulloway, Shark, Kingfish etc rod. I've also caught a small GT with it, so its a pretty powerful rod. I use a 6000 Saragosa or a 4500 Catalina on it depending on what I'm hunting. Please note that most barra professionals will recommend a 5"6' - 6'6" bait casting rod. I have to much spinning gear to invest in a baitcaster... so no for me lol

I reviewed my fishing behaviour and cut down on carry to much stuff around. When I really look at it, I didn't need 20 different sinkers, so much line, and so many different hooks. I would pack my stuff the night before and just carry the essentials that I need for the day as I was targeting specific species. This saved my back. Also I stop carry a full bucket for burley, instead I would carry a foldable / collapsible bucket. I put this in a an insulated bag (mini chiller fish bag) along with a rubbish bag and my burley mix. The insulated back is good for fish caught and lunch / water / beer.

A size 3000 reel would not hold much 30lb braid. Example BG 3000 reel would only hold 190 yards or 173m of 30lb braid which is not alot of bottom bashing, spinning and fighting large fish that like to run. You would get spooled on a very large jew with that kind of line length. Still it would be fun If you wanted a rod for spinning, jigging that could do large soft plastics for pelagics I would recommend looking at a 8-9ft Japanese / Korean spinning rod rated for 2-4PE (20-40lb) as a minimum. An affordable range would be the Daiwa saltist range of rods. Otherwise a Samurai, NS Blackhole etc would be the mid to high end alternatives. I would pair this 8-9ft rod with a 6000 sized reel. I might have miss understood the requirements though?

Acetone stores well if sealed. Leave it for the next clean up

Alot out there. What's the budget?

That bail arm doesn't look open enough. It looks like it stuck midway from open and closed. Does anyone have a baitrunner to test and show?

The Saragosa is good for both land or shore based since its both light weight and sealed. I would suggest looking at a 6000SW and comparing the features of the Twin Power you are looking at. For the price of a twin power you could both a 6000SW and a 10k Saragosa Just saying

Looks right to me.

I'm planning a trip next week on the weekend. Possibility Sunday off the rocks or beach either off Kurnell or the national park. Let me know via Private message if you feel like tagging along

Sounds like the bail arm was faulty since new since it didn't snap into place. I'd get a service... What brand and model?

Have you got the new blacktube? If you do thats the enhance version, it does look darker than the small tubes that come with the plastics

The winter whiting a biting right now... shallows and head lands seems to be producing. Worms and nippers as the best bait but I've been getting results with Sugarpen hard-bodies and Zman soft plastics. Any of the colours work but i'm using motor oil and watermelon. Also been using cranka glitter nipper soft plastics with some success as well. The winter bream is also biting hard all along the estuaries, traditional baits such worms, chicken, pilchards, bread etc are working really well. I've been using cranka crabs with great success from the banks, structure and walls. Have not caught any with hard bodies as yet but might try next weekend. I've mainly been fishing from shore within the Hacking and Georges

https://www.therodworks.com.au/fishing-rods/rod-building-supplies/accessories/finishes-epoxy-color-preservers/cork-fillers/trondak-cork-seal-gc6u40-3-detail.html U-40 Cork seal. I do it once a season to keep the Cork sealed and looking nice. Its not essential though

My favourites right now are; Daiwa JBraid x8 Sunline PE Jigger Avani Casting PE Si-X

Thanks guys, good information there! I'll check access to Jolong as described above but I suspect that the rope and chain are long gone. Ill report back and if I fish there ill put up a report.

Popper = Large mouth at the front that will cause a lot of resistance when retrieving. This resistance create noise and large splash that will attract pelagic fish. Poppers are surface lures Stickbait = A stick that has been moulded and painted to look like a bait fish. They come either in floating or sinking. Sinking will be determined by their weight / buoyancy coefficient. Look on the packet normally they will advise either floating or sinking. Generally the fish species you are looking for, you will need a lure between the size of 90-200mm. They do get larger. I prefer lures sized between 120-180mm. Smaller fish will take large lures and large fish will take small lures though so finding a happy medium is great. IMO Its really the colour and action that matters most. Regarding your rod, the Shimano Sahara X Spinning. I cannot find much info on the rod, but you want to see what weight of lure it can effectively cast. The action of the rod will determine the lure weight and effectively casting distance. For brands, things can get out of hand very quickly in price. Since you want to start off using lures I would suggest the Rapala series of lures initially. Though if you wanted to invest in some thing more flash, then I would point you to nomad lures. There are literately thousands of brands out there ranging for $10 to 100s of dollars for a lures Check youtube for methods of retrieve. For a beginner i would recommend mastering walk the dog and the sweep.

Hi, Thanks for the reply. I was just interested as I was looking at google maps and saw it was a particularly nicely placed ledge. It was empty the Sunday I went to check the ledge out. But I couldn't find a way down. Bare in mind that I didn't really take a close look as I was with friends that wanted to wet a line ASAP at Cape Banks. The image below shows the ledge I'm speaking about, is this Jolong (red)? The green location I've seen people fish from but its really high above the water. I think this is the spot you are speaking of? Regarding the parking situation. Parking at night isnt advise but parking at or before dawn and fishing the rests of the day on the weekend is pretty safe. There are alot of people around and the Westpac helicopter base deters the villains.

I was browsing the forums and came across the rocking fishing maps. I've fished the eastern suburbs for a while and have fished little bay beach and little bay (cape banks) a number of times but I have never come across Jolong as a fishing spot. Interested in knowing if there is a way to get down there still? Any help would be appreciated, looks great on google maps as a low swell location. Tight lights raiders.

Got all your safety gear mate? What gear are you running and where are you usually fishing for Luderick ? I'm chasing drummer this winter on the eastern rocks and Luderick is a common by catch. Welcome to join me if and I'll give you a few tips. For weed and cabbage, I usually get mine from Kurnell or Yarra Bay. There is plenty there on the lower end of the tide.

Sounds something up my stream.. always keen for a camp and a fish. How often do you go up and are we talking 4WD?