kingbonito Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Went for a spin this morning off budgewoi beach caught a thumper salmon at 3 1/2 kg ! Also dropped about another 3. This was all in 1hour and left, I find salmon hard to keep on with all there jumping always spit the lure on me.. also went Norah head last night my misses caught some weird fish with big teeth and seen heaps of salmon jumping around but didn’t have my spinning gear . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingbonito Posted August 25, 2019 Author Share Posted August 25, 2019 I’ve caught plenty that size off budgewoi beach it holds big salmon there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Great report. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hornet Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 (edited) 3.5kg is a real nice fish mate and would have fought well I imagine. Below is how I rig my metals and lose far less salmon than the standard treble or a lone single hook. Edited August 25, 2019 by Green Hornet Typo 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Well done on the salmon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimT Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 4 hours ago, Green Hornet said: 3.5kg is a real nice fish mate and would have fought well I imagine. Below is how I rig my metals and lose far less salmon than the standard treble or a lone single hook. Single hook rig is the way to go either 1 or 2 like in photo above Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonardgid Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 7 hours ago, Green Hornet said: 3.5kg is a real nice fish mate and would have fought well I imagine. Below is how I rig my metals and lose far less salmon than the standard treble or a lone single hook. Hi there Jim , have you ever had a split ring open ? if not what brand hook rig and split rings do you use ? thank you for your reply , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hornet Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 That's actually my lure, not Jim's haha. The split rings are either Owner or Decoy and although its hard to see in the pic the ring with the assist cord is solid. I've never had a split ring open on a rig like this as they are rated at 50 to 60lb and I'm only using 15lb braid. The hooks are Mustad hoodlums which have had the kirb taken out. The main reason for using a quality split ring is they are a finer gauge wire and the hoodlum hook eyes are rather small. The lure is a 35g Surecatch Bishop, hooks 3/0 and #4 or 5 rings. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimT Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 yes Mr Hornet's photo/rig I was totally agreeing with the concept Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonardgid Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 11 hours ago, Green Hornet said: That's actually my lure, not Jim's haha. The split rings are either Owner or Decoy and although its hard to see in the pic the ring with the assist cord is solid. I've never had a split ring open on a rig like this as they are rated at 50 to 60lb and I'm only using 15lb braid. The hooks are Mustad hoodlums which have had the kirb taken out. The main reason for using a quality split ring is they are a finer gauge wire and the hoodlum hook eyes are rather small. The lure is a 35g Surecatch Bishop, hooks 3/0 and #4 or 5 rings. very useful information , thank you . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakelad Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 On 8/25/2019 at 7:12 PM, kingbonito said: Went for a spin this morning off budgewoi beach caught a thumper salmon at 3 1/2 kg ! Nice Salmon, there's plenty around here at the moment also.. Were you using a silver blade @kingbonito? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingbonito Posted September 8, 2019 Author Share Posted September 8, 2019 Hey @lakelad there sure is I went to budgewoi beach today landed about 7 salmon today all spinning again using the same lure a 50gram bishop blue in colour the sticker, there was about 4 bust ups going on at the same time lots and lots of salmon around !!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakelad Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Awesome mate, they are one of my favourite fish to catch, and not nice on the bbq (although not all will agree with me for eating, I like them!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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