slothparade

Heard lots of mixed reviews about banjos, quite a few say they're good deep fried and I was going to use the head for shark bait. Definitely want to try shovel nose, apparently very popular in Europe as fish and chips. What about rays? Have a indigenous mate who loves them but also have another mate who says they're a bit chewy. I was thinking to do a thai green curry inspired thing with chilli's and coconut with the ray. But don't really want to waste a life if it's a bad idea. Thanks

wilson live fibres are good, mate has one and love it, got it paired with a tiagra 50w but he isnt casting the penn prevails are good with a small talica as they can be casted i have a custom game rod, its about 6ft roller guides, though im not casting

Are banjo sharks good eating or not worth it?

seen about $3-$5 per kg on fb marketplace pretty common or 10c each

Yeah, get them all over the harbour. Haven't been out due to back and shoulder injuries

Not much around at the moment. As for tips, go out to the middle, or right on the edge of the chanel. The sharks there aren't your average size pups or 1m, they're minimum 1.5+. As for bait, slabs of eel or whole/ half mullet on 16/0 or 20/0 circle hook, 600lbs wire about 3m, with 100 lbs topshot. Evening/ night by far the best. Be prepared to be broken off.

That should be like 1/2 way, I've always spooled all the way to that thick sliver line.

I've adjusted so that I sit in like a normal chair and when I use the pedals my back isn't leaning on the rear wall bit and find it is pretty comfortable. I guess maybe a few pieces of pool noodle cable tied together to form a pillow of sorts, and placed behind might help?

I use the zerek live prawn lures work really well. Picked up a bunch on discount for like $5 each.

i use a bit of fly screen rubber, the hollow one, cut it into small chunks, thread the line through the hole, loop it back over and through the hole a second time. allow me to adjust the depts of the bait by sliding the rubber up and down and its large enough to stop the float from moving up

The sliding tube with the clip, on about 1mof mono or fluro, swivel between that the main leader, about 50cm, to a snell rig. 40-40 lbs leader, I usually use 6/0 hooks. Top water, float then swivel then 1m of leader to a 6/0 livebait hook. Pinned through the nose.

My lbg spin setup is a spammer 10500, 80 lbs braid, on a pe8 popping rod. Works well.

Depends on depth but I like 1/4 or 1/8. I believe greenhornet would be the best though

I found that constant beach fishing puts a lot of wear and tear on braid, hence i prefer mono over braid off the bech. Ive also observed a lot of dedicated beach fishos (using bait) using mono

Thought that was a submarine

As long as it is secured down, it will be fine. They survive our 4x4s fine the kick ass brand ones are definitely robust, the travel mate is very durable as well, kings for the price was great. Just make sure it doesn't come loose or gets smashed by anything. Overall though they're pretty robust. I don't know how they're going to stand up to salt though

Had the same experience, was about 30 mins to heat up the pie

Bleed then put in the keeper net then have a freezer bag with a couple cold bottles? Or 1 ice brick?

Yeah net is the way to go. Anytime using light leader, net is the only way to go. On 8lbs targeting big bream, was lucky to land 1/4 without the net

The gold old fish and chips

TD hyper and nasci, love it

I've been using a wire trace with 20 lbs mono line, gang hook and small ball sinker and pilli for bait. Been working alright

Yeah will be fine. Like running up and down little creeks that are like 5m wide nope. Like I have a second kayak to do crab runs and stuff like that. Compass and outback are also good for that to, but if your thinking just to fish bays and the harbour, like outback might be the way to go, the revo is awesome for covering long distance and offshore, but still great in the bays. Outback the nose isnt really suited to punching through waves and surf.

Great overveiw yeah you can put the 180 drive in the revo. the compass will probably be the most all round as you said an dyou can pick them up pretty cheap secondhand, though the outback is also a greta option

The revolution is great of bays and offshore, really hard in creeks and smaller estuaries. Yes you can stand with good balance but the outback is better. It's not the most stable out there but the speed and turning circle make up for it. Also get ready to tilt on angles, I can't rember the exact word but it's when you lean a bit to the side to have more surface area on the water. Things to look for, shir a torch inside particularly at the front and back and if you see the light coming through or much light at all, the hull is thin and you might want to put a keep guard on. The Revo has plenty of room if you pack well and light. If you over pack, it will be a living night mare. Also look for cracks where the pedal drive slots in. They're fairly light and easy to transport. Good luck reaching the front hatch on the water, you sit fairly low, and hence have a low centre of gravity, which I prefer. I found that the round front and rear hatch aren't the easiest to close, and I have changed the rubbers. Look for one with the sailing rudder. Other than that I'm very happy with it, just being able to transport it easier was a big part for me and because of the damage to the shoulder, I needed the pedal drive or motor