Blackfish with Howsy - Inner west

[poohbear]

Went out with Howsy today in the screaming westerly

Cold strong gusts

5 hookups and 3 fish

Decent size 40 ish and above

[Ryder]

Nice solid fish. Good going.

The bigger ones go hard, it's great fun.

Do you have any tips for keeping them on? I lost 5 for 2

Me and the wind have an understanding, We hate each other.

Haha

[Ron Howes]

Ryder change your hook size from No. 10 sneck to No. 8 or even No. 6.

I have lost a lot lately for the same reason because I picked up a pack of hooks size 10 by mistake from BCF the other day as I did not have my reading glasses on.

When I was using the bigger hooks size 8 a fortnight ago I was losing a lot less fish.

There is a lot of big male and female blackfish about now that have come into the harbour to spawn/breed and they are full of row, .

Small hooks are not suitable for this size fish. Try the bigger hooks for yourself and see the results.

The size 10's are alright for fishing the Georges River or Narabeen Lakes where there is a lot of small chats, and the fish size would be lucky to be 20cm-30cm.

Howsy

[Ryder]

Thanks Howsy

[thefisherman6784]

Great fish mate

There stonkers and I would just be happy with 1 that size

Well done

Cheers thefisherman6784

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[poohbear]

Yep they go hard and like to bury themselves in the weed, making it easier to dislodge the hook.

But Howsy makes it look easy no matter what the size of the fish.

Regards

Poohbear

[luderick59]

use a no8 for both rocks and lake and use mono not braid

narrabeen holds a lot of big fish all over 40cms at times

peter

[papasmurf]

Hi all,

In my view the small hook "theory" is a myth - have a look at the mouth of a Blackfish, particularly the square mouth variety. They open up wide and are meant to open up wide because of the environment in which they feed. Have a look at them feeding on bridge piles and the like to get an idea.

Buy a packet or two of Mustad 540 in size 6 - they are super strong and you won't believe the size range of fish that you will catch, everything from the biggest to the absolute smallest.

Regards,

Girella

[luderick -angler]

Size 6 diaichii are one of the best hooks I have ever used other wise the black magic g series in sizes 10 to 6 they are a shrimp buzzer style fly tying hook very much like the discontinued mustad 7958a

[cream]

what hooks do you recommend for leather jackets howsy ?

[poohbear]

I use a size 12 long shank with a small piece of prawn

Just need to hope the jacket gets to it before the millions of undersized bream which are usually in the same spot

Poohbear

[cream]

ive been using the sneck hooks size 10

[macman]

You won't lose too many fish with a size 6, mono and a decent blackfish rod and reel. When the big fish are around I stick with the Mustad 540 in a size 6, size 6 or 8 Daichi the rest of the time.

Matt