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Great report & good on you for working hard to pass on the kingy addiction to your mates 😎

Well done on beating those pesky divers to the honey hole & almost filling up the  built in esky / fish well before they arrived. Sounds like the yakkas were almost jumping into the boat 😎

Nice work on removing the leg jewellery (ouch) hopefully it heals well & doesn’t leave to much of a scare for future stories 

As always great report & photos 👍

16 hours ago, Little_Flatty said:

will be putting in a couple of horizontal rod holders for when I am on longer transits. That will hopefully keep the rods clear of overhanging vegetation. But that might need to wait for when I am out of iso, as I need 50mm pipe instead of the 40 I used for the rocket launchers.

Coming together nicely 😎, painting it was a top idea from your wife 👍

A suggestion that might help with overhanging branches etc is if you used the top mount of the rod holder & mounted it to the base of the crate & angled it back slightly towards the rack supports with bracing. The two squares in the rod holder look like 50mm pvc could fit through & could be mounted to the cross bar for added bracing & extra rod/net storage, thin foam inserts could protect rods etc from bumps/damage & from sliding out

If I’m fishing land based which is quite frequent these days running the hook once or twice across sandstone, rock or even concrete is usually enough to sharpen them up enough to pass the finger nail test unless of course if the tip has broken off

Still looks like a great time away & some good fish as well. The tusk fish aren’t bad on the chew & don’t the golden trevally go hard as well as the permit I believe, beautiful colours on the diamond trev. 👍😎
Did you stay onboard the house boat 

Great to see that you’ve taken the plunge into bike fishing as you’ve great access to both sides of the river with the old rail bridge at your doorstep & endless kilometres of paths to explore

As @XD351 did I used my bike to access Lanecove & parts of parra river using a shoulder bag or pack pack, rod tied or occy strapped to the top cross bar & either held or tied the landing net to the seat pole 

Looking at your bike you could possibly fix one or two pvc pipes around 40 to 50mm diameter for the rods on a slight angle from the forks back along the cross bar to your seat pole not to high of course, no need to put your block & tackle in danger if a sudden safety stop is needed 😆

20 hours ago, Fab1 said:

tell my son in-law to hold the gaff.😜

You’ve definitely confirmed it for me I do not want to be related to you, I can only imagine how you test your anchor prongs out 😂

Great report Albert & congrats on knocking off a new species as well as working out the area & cracking the code, even getting cold feet to salvage the tassie. Hope you get to upgrade your PB while your still there 😎👍👍

Saw my neighbour taking a photo on her veranda one afternoon thought I’d have a look

a few down by the water

some local wild life on different days & locations 

This morning with the large surf

On 7/10/2022 at 4:11 AM, Fab1 said:

n regards to testing hook sharpness I pass the hook to my son with line attached then suddenly give the rod a good rap.

  If I hear him whinge to turn around and see him holding the hook complaining I nearly hooked him I know it is blunt and could do with a touch up.

  I know when it’s sharp as when I do the same thing as above  but this time he squeals like a pig with a hook through his finger  I tell him to stop whinging and pass me a prawn.

I’ve changed my mind I don’t want to be part of your family, I’d hate to know what you’d do to your son Inlaw if that’s how you treat your son 😂

5 hours ago, Fab1 said:

l see mate.I’ll decide if I keep it come spring or ask the son in-law if he wants it for free or sell it.One of those 3 options will happen when the time comes.

 

Can I be your son in law, I’ll even show you how to get a fish on your hook😄🤣

Great report & boat, love the parking spot for the boat, looks like you could get livies there at night or early morning 

Great photos & report, congrats on the firsts, the mixed bag & those pearlies are next level, one of my favourites to eat

Well done on another great session Bob, I’m curious have you fished without bananas lately & do you do as well without them onboard 😄

11 hours ago, Little_Flatty said:

Which leaves one other possibility; could the line be already twisted when manufactured? I researched this and it seems this might be a possible cause. I can't understand how a manufacturer would twist line during manufacture. Weird

Another nice quick flick session you’re definitely making the most of small windows of opportunity & getting rewarded for your efforts

18 hours ago, Green Hornet said:

Did you have any line twist problems fishing a plastic with straight through FC? I often fish 3lb FC in clear water and it twists way more than mono or braid.

Makes one wonder if the line twist is a combination of spiralling during a cast & the manufacturing process 

When I used to get line twist in mono from casting, memory in the line or someone had incorrectly spooled we’d feed most of the line with nothing on the end out the back of a moving boat & give it a few minutes before winding back in. In your case LF a quick ferry ride 😁

Nice weekend, photos & weather for the family getaway.

Even though it can get pretty chaotic tending to all the issues fishing with little newbys the rewards & memories are so worth it 👍

18 hours ago, Little_Flatty said:

but the only problem is that you can't keep a feed from these waters, and sleep soundly after your meal. If we could have eaten the fish out of there, I would have kept my family well fed on a diet of fresh fish.

From the mid 70’s through to mid 2000 I used to eat & share most of my legal captures east of the Gladesville bridge & Lanecove river & occasionally from as far up as wharf road.

In those days the trawlers dragged the bottom & stripped it of weed & structure & stirred up the bottom, the prawns & fish were sold & eaten from Sydney fish markets, the trawler operator probably ate the prawns & their bycatch maybe 4 to 7 days a week & ended up suffering from dioxin issues.  

Back in the 70’s to late 90’s when no one was aware of the pollution & what the industry’s on the rivers were  dumping in the system it wasn’t uncommon at low tide to have a stench wafting around & if you were in a car full of people crossing one of the bridges the standard comment was who farted 💩

I stopped keeping bream unless they were silver & had just come in from the ocean & always sniffed them as quite often they’d have a turps or metho smell to them. A friend of mine still to this day occasionally eats flatties & the odd jewfish caught just east of the punt.

 When I’ve told people I used to eat the fish, I’d twitch my head & say “but I’m still alright & have been known to glow in the dark “ 😆🤪

Please take this as only my observations & be cautious & safe for you & your loved ones 🙏

Great idea & thanks for posting, looking at it I was thinking to simplify & keeping it more streamlined one could glue or stitch the two ends together &/or punch an eyelet through the join

6 hours ago, Fab1 said:

Legend has it Yowies been known to hang over the side of the boat arse up in the air at the crack of dawn then suddenly come up with a Jew between his teeth, a whiting latched on to his left ear,a tailor swinging from his right and a shirt pocket full of blue swimmer crabs.

  No one’s seen his face.He’s like the Wilson of Tool time then disappears into the mist as quickly as he’s appeared.

  He’s been know to leave warm beds at the earliest hours of the coldest mornings too.

According to the legend it’s possible he might walk bow legged because of the size of his coconuts 😆

Some canals around the parramatta river putney, fivedock, haberfield, burns bay the one at meadow bank park has a golf course up stream

If you can travel  there is still weed & cabbage growing in rock pools & on the ocean rocks 

Well done on the flatties & grabbing the opportunity for a quick flick fix

When I used to live in West Ryde I had to get rid of the rod in my vehicle because it got me in trouble with work & my wife

Well done on a great bag of reds Bob & co 👍

I might have to add some of your secret bait to my next lot of burley or have it on standby if things get a bit slow 😄

Nice mixed bag again 👍 & the jewies sure give up a great fight at that size on the lighter gear, of a couple I’ve caught around that size on silly string one managed a half hearted tail lift & the others were well & truly spent, out of curiosity Dave are you using floater rigs or sinker & trace

Nice mixed bag you & the guy’s got Bob & lots of bent rods from the kingies. Peter & Zoran look like they had a great day, plenty of meals in that lot 👍

7 hours ago, Yowie said:

13 hours ago, zmk1962 said:

Had !

cheers Z

Still have them Zoran. They were just hiding away.  

You could try one of those kangaroo pouches that hold coins if you know what I mean & tuck one of those hand warmers in for good measure 😌