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You can always try a casper clear powerbait in 3 inch with 1/12 to 1/8 ounce jighead. The jighead size gets it down to a decent depth and the sp is a good match to whitebait. If you need to get it deeper just put on a heavier jighead and try and have a net handy. lost a couple really close to the wharf.

nice catch. wish my morning sesh's are like yours. congrats on the catch.

Congrats Mike and Byron, you guys are what fishraider is all about. Always sharing your knowledge to help the new guys out. Cheers dice

awesome snapper and kingy there. well done to both girls dice

hi all, after picking up some tips at the sp workshop, i was keen on putting them into practice. So after picking up a few extra jigheads, sp's and flurocarbon yesterday, today was the day to try and put it all together. After hearing from one of my brothers' workmates that there are heaps of flatties and bream around neutral bay, thought i'd give it a shot. After two hours of constant flicking, this is what i picked up. It looks like a whiting, but its got some really nasty teeth. does that means its a pike? didnt really care what it was, just glad i caught something. Just wanting to say thanks again, to all that put the sp workshop together. Reading about it is one thing, having someone take the time to show you is another. I'd probably be making the same mistakes (20lb leader) if i wasnt shown the error of my ways. Dice

hi there, just wanted to say thank you to all involved in putting and running the sp workshop. My brother and i had a great day (even though we arrived late) even caught our first flatheads. Thanks also to Stewy, Go fish pete and Tide'n'knots for showing us newbies the ropes. thanks again for an awesome day out and hope to see you at the next social Small fry

hi guys, just wondering if i can be added with a plus one for me bro. thanks for putting together this workshop. should help alot of us newbies.

thanks for sharing your info on flattie hunting with sps. im sure they'll prove to be universal. judging by your posts lately. hope to give them a try in a day or too. thanks again

there is a sushi technique called "aburi". its when you use the oily part of a fish (such as salmon belly) and you char the surface with a blowtorch for about 5 secs. this adds a smokey flavour and is good for people who dont like eating raw fish. tried this at work with hairtail and it was awesome with a little jap mayo, wasabi and soy sauce. btw that hairtail above is a monster. nice catch small fry

awesome looking flattie there.

just get to north syd station. there is a bus from there. the 265 and 269 i think. but its only a 10 min walk from the station anyway. hehe, one of the kokoda ones, 4 in

to start got to say thank you to all the fishraiders (especially jewgaffer, thanks for tips about the forecast and tides yesterday) out there who post heaps of useful info on this site. Never was one with studying but all the little bits of info that ive read on this site finally paid off this morning. got up at around 7 and decided to head down to blues point. not really expecting that much but had the morning off work, the weather was clear and nothing else better to do today. took 2 rods with me, 1 with a paternose rig with cuttlefish strips and another with an SP. first hour or so, nothing as usual and then the SP hits and i cant believe that i finally caught something with some weight behind it. once ive reeled it in and lifted it out, i see that its a trevally. i was pretty happy with this and really considering taking it home but i dont have a car and only get around on a bus. so it went back in the drink to fight another day. pretty happy with that , didnt think anything could top it except maybe a flattie, so kept hunting. another hour passes by, still baiting up and flicking away when all of a sudden, my drag goes nuts. this has never happened to me before (only read about the whizzing sound). so i tighten up the drag and start to reel in. it dives down a couple of times and i think im about to lose my rod in the drink when all of a sudden, its head pops up and i cant believe my eyes. its a kingy. . never had to lift anything this heavy before on my rod so im surprised by the weight. i also wasnt prepared to catch anything this big, so no net. i have to admit, i was pretty lucky to lift it out, because as soon as i did, it spat out the SP. my mind was racing. "how am i going to get this home"?. the bus driver will never allow this. quick measure, just undersized at 60cms. . bit relieved that i didnt have to lug it on the bus. took some photos and it went back in. gotta say best day fishing by far for me. thanks again everyone for your posts. would never have tried SP without some of your tips and encouragement.