Mike Armour

I dived there a few weeks back and saw 3 lying together. Heres a pic of the big female. Sorry about the reflection as its a pic with my phone off my monitor. This was approx 900-100cm

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Nice blue Josh, Well done especially on light gear.

If your going to roll it then you should look at the International Perfection paint range. Its a retail product and comes with all the instructions. I've seen some excellent results from it. Mike

Fantastic Pics. I can't wait to swim with some marlin while were out. The hardest thing will be to stop the crew from chucking out a livey before I get some shots.

Hey Daniel son its rare to get a rainbow runner this far south. they make great skip baits for marlin. We saw a manta ray off Sydney on the week end too. Mike

Thanks guys, Sorry i messed up a little down loading them on. I managed 8 dives over there in the 5 days I had and had a ball. I was going to go fishing there on a 34 blackwatch when I saw the gameboat come in full of flags until I asked what they caught. Mostly striped tuna and baracuda. I wasn't relly interested in catching bait so I did a few more dives. Cheers, Mike Hey snag your profile pic of the yellow fin is at the Shang ra la where I stayed. heres a better photo of the Lion Fish

Hi Guys, Just came back from a trip to Fiji. Thought some people might like the diving photos as there were'nt many fishing ones. Cowry More photos

Aah well its time again to start hitting my local river the Nepean. I went out on Sunday morning for a few hours for a flick to see what was around. Hit the water at 430 and wasn't long before the bass were smashing the surface lures. All around 30-35. Once the sun came up everything went quiet until this one scoffed my surface lure down. Went 46cm. Great day out well worth getting up on a Sunday at 4 for.

Looks like the slimey was attacked by a squid. They often go for the gut area.

100% Perfect example of a Stripe. Its been a bit quiet round Sydney so you did well.

Hi xib, We were fishing out of Jervis on the weekend and found although there were quite a few fish around the bait was scattered and had to work hard to catch fish. Your leader is relative to the line clss that your usig. 300lbs would be ok if you were using 37kg like alot of boats we saw. A good sounder is important when bait fishing as you will get far more hookups whe fishing over the top of a productive bait school. When the bait is deep as it was Sunday you can also try breakaway sinkers or stop the boat and let the slimies swim down towards the bait school. You can intice a bite by jigging up a full string of slimies. You will increase your hookup rate usig a good circle like an eagleclaw, and as warnie has said there is no rush take your time and go easy. No need for any striking. If you don't quite understand how a circle works try put a rigged one in a bucket and pull it out fast in the opposite direction. Then try it slowly. Good luck with it on yoiur next trip.

Etch primers have low volume solids. That means that the solvent content is very high. This is why they will cause another paint to blister. The paint thats on there is probably an enamel alkid type paint and could contain lead so a respirator should be used when sanding. If you strip the paint back first with paint stripper, sand lightly, prepsol then apply the etch and whatever top coat you like. I have heaps of colours of two pack left over from jobs in the Penrith area and I'm willing to sell it for $10 per litre plus hardener. Mike

Caught three in total on jigs. Don't let the jigs sit still as we lost about 4 to the dreaded jackets and my lucanas jigs got torn to shreads. Tackle shops must love these fish