Fishing Discussion
greeny ko'd
Submitted by fisho-ron on Wed, 2011-07-20 21:33greeny ko 10th rnd, all respect to tarver, on top from the word go.
greeny not on his game tonight.
cant wait for a rematch!!
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Albino Barra
Submitted by channy on Wed, 2011-07-20 17:35How awesome does it look! Is it legit? I never knew there were albino barras. Nothing comes up on here when i search for it either. I wanna catch one :D

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Pflueger supreme vs FWA rod
Submitted by monfsts on Wed, 2011-07-20 16:44Hi,
Has anyone owned/used a pflueger supreme rod either the 1-3kg 6'6" or the 3-6kg 7' one piece?
Could someone share some feedback/experience with these rods?
How would you compare it to the FWA rod?
Thanks in advance!
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Max length of Rod tubes on Planes in Aus
Submitted by 2fish on Wed, 2011-07-20 16:07Hi,
just wondering what is typically the max length of a rod tube which can be carried on planes in Australia
thanks in advance
Tim
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Dockers vs eagles...
Submitted by Markie on Wed, 2011-07-20 12:36whose guna choke? GO FREO!
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Shattered my Okuma Cedros 55J reel this morning..........
Submitted by Blue Whaler on Wed, 2011-07-20 12:06Yea yea, know what you going to say - heard from a few before - Okuma in general is great value for a half decent product. But this morning I was absolutley shocked with the way the reel shattered.
Went to my local harbour early morning for a tailor sesh, made the cast - got a hit - retrieved, gave slack and then got caught on seaweed. I started to wind in slowly, felt it had weight, - but no more than I have experianced before, then %$$##@ boom - the reel shattered in my hand. The handle broke off at the shaft and the section with the line guide of the outer casing came clean off. I was gob-smaked - speechless!!!
This reel in general has not given me an inch of trouble - caught nice tailor on it and now this. If I manhandled this reel I would understand, but this is totally mind boggling.
And the icing on the cake - I imported this from USA, - .................. - I guess I will be in the market to replace this now.
Sucks.
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I need work. Or il just have to go fishing.
Submitted by Markie on Wed, 2011-07-20 09:34Hey guys once again not having a good run with work. Won't have any work for a good few weeks so I'm loooking for any work mainly labouring, trowell hand whatever anything that can help pay my mortgage. Ifya got anything at all pm me please or any brick work. If not il be free to be a deckie as long as I dont have to spend toooo much money :) tough times. Cheers, marko.
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Jigging Reel
Submitted by John_M on Tue, 2011-07-19 22:22Looking at getting an Shimano Ocea Jigger for the upcoming jigging season... What are peoples thoughts on these reels, and what size can you recommend... working 200 - 500g jigs
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last week/weekend for the comp
Submitted by fisho-ron on Tue, 2011-07-19 20:49hey guys
this is the last week/weekend for getting your comp entrys in, i hope every one has sent what they have and are not holding any back to send in on the last day and make our lifes difficult....
comp finishes on the sunday at 12.00pm and no entrys will be excepted after 10.00am on the monday.
thanks to everyone that has had a play already and i hope it has been something a little differant for yah's.
couple of small changes for the next one to make it a little easier for you guys.
cheers ron
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Light Spin Jigging Rod
Submitted by Seaquest on Tue, 2011-07-19 20:21After a few recommendations for a light spin jigging rod. I know this has been covered a bit but I'm after a specific rod.
Has to be less than 6' and have a parabolic action. Will be used with a Saltiga game 3500 with 30lb on it.
The rod will only be used for slow fluttering metal jigs in the 90-120g range.
Something similar to the Jig Force 120g rod but preferably with a reel seat with the nut coming from the bottom and the fore grip right down on the reel.
Cheers
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for jamie(till)
Submitted by fisho-ron on Tue, 2011-07-19 19:34thought i would have a go at something new jamie (no chips)
Thai Green Curry Black Ass
with mushrooms,bokchoy,snow peas, onion on rice......
didnt turn out to bad, quite tasty but i did over cook the fish a little.....master chef in the making hear!!!!! ha ha ha
and no it was not a jar start, made from scratch but out of a book of course.
cheers mate
ron
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PR/FG knot in 30lb or less.
Submitted by cudbfishn on Tue, 2011-07-19 13:22Was wondering how this knot would go in 30lb braid to 30lb leader or lighter and if anyone uses it. Cant find much in search.
Have been using bimini/GT. I use PR/FG in pe5 or more.
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4000 - 8000 Reels
Submitted by crasny1 on Tue, 2011-07-19 09:11Hi Guys and gals
After reading the post about the 4000 reel advise I was wondering where certain reels fit in the armory. I basically have a range of saragosas, and in the 4000 size I personally love it. But I have a gift coming and its time to think about what to add to the ever growing list.
Most of my older reels dont see action, simply because I a few Okuma V systems years ago, and I dont like them at all now.
The question: Where in a list does the smaller saragosas sit in people minds. I would read it on price alone that it is below Twinpower and Stella, but above Stradic and Sustain's, but from all the posts it appear that in the 4000 and 5000 range they just dont appear as a favourite.
So if I was to spend some more am I better to get others in the smaller Gosa size range. All my uses is saltwater ATM but you never know, might be back down in Perth at some time and I certainlt wont bring out the small V systems.
Brad that is where I might just get a Stella 1000!!!!
Neels
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Pretty pointless but BLING BLING
Submitted by Jeffree on Mon, 2011-07-18 21:40yehhhh boiiii
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tailor advice
Submitted by rebelman on Mon, 2011-07-18 21:03hey everyone...
looking to do some tailor fishing this week..think thurs evening might look good...is there many floating about off groynes on the northshore..looking to go between hillaries and yanchep..dont know really...any help??is there many been caught this time of year?
thanks
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whos heading out tomorrow
Submitted by sherbert on Mon, 2011-07-18 20:43Weather looks great to fish out deep, WE are heading out of o/reef about 7AM
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chicken oil
Submitted by JIM1 on Mon, 2011-07-18 20:00Ive been getting mine from my local iga in 5lt tubs and have the chance to start getting a 44gallon drum every few weeks or they have to pay to get it disposed. Moving house soon and will have the room to have it laying about and could thus supply it to people who are in need for their burley. If there is a demand for this i will consider going through with it. could even do a gold coin donation and send through to a charity etc and limit it to 10ish lts per visit so people arent just pouring it into the ocean(from what i hear it doesnt break down too well).
cheers
Jim.
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Early Morning Mullaloo Fisho
Submitted by DieHard on Mon, 2011-07-18 19:20Heyy all,
Been going down Mulluz for a surf every morning, and ive seen a fisho there every morning same spot, always has a balloon out till around 8:30 and then does some flicking or casting.
If its anyone on here, have you been catching much?
Cheers
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Baloon gas
Submitted by jono.s on Mon, 2011-07-18 17:22Hey guys just wondering what size bottle of helium people usually take for ballooning at quobba /steep ect last time i went up to quobba i bought along a d size but didnt use much but this time well probably be ballooning most of the time , so whats the best size and how many balloons will i get out of the different size bottles ? Also weres the cheapest place to buy gas? Cheers jono.
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dont help a injured gannet
Submitted by thesupervisor on Mon, 2011-07-18 17:20found this story online guy rescued a gannet and it thanked him by taking his eye out
owch
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Recreational Fishing Licence
Submitted by fab on Mon, 2011-07-18 16:33A mate and i are going to Thevenard island, and will be fishing off one of those little plakas that they have there. Was wondering wether we need a recreational fishing licence. We have a skippers ticket. Any info would be greatley appreciated. Cheers
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2010 Certate Options
Submitted by JohnF on Mon, 2011-07-18 16:18Looking for a light reel for snapper soft plastics and a tad of spinning using PE 0.5 to PE 1 braid......after using SamC's Ceetate 2500R yesterday, it WILL BE a Certate (I have a few Stella's etc, so not biased).
My question is which size? Options:
- 2500 - nice and light, good spool capacity, but low ratio (71 cm/turn good for fighting, not as good for spinning for tuna). I already have a Stella SW4000PG low gear ratio job for light jigging so dont want another reel the same....
- 2500R - bigger gearbox, stronger, slightly heavier, still low ratio 71 cm/turn. Sweet reel.
- 2508RH - high speed 84 cm good, but tiny spool, will make any larger tuna captures difficult.
- 3000 - better retrieve 81 cm/turn, even bigger spool, heavier. May be too big for the PE 0.5 to 1 braid I will use.
Hmmm, comments/suggestions?
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4000 reel advice
Submitted by roganjosh on Mon, 2011-07-18 12:37HI All,
I need some advice on buying my new reel. I am looking at a 4000 size to hopefully run 20-30lb. It will be used for throwing soft plastic to light bottom bashing up north. I have been doing a bit of research on the net to find the best prices around the world. Here are soem choices and prices if any one can help me.
Stradic 4000 - $190
Sustain 5000 - $199US
Bradia - $335
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bouncing 300 + mtrs
Submitted by rotto box on Mon, 2011-07-18 10:05hey guys went out to test the new furuno on sunday out in the trench looking 4 some grey bands or haupkabut instead could only find these bastsrd green eye sharks they must have been in the thousands just got double headers of them every drop so trying to get away from them went an tyed from 190m to 420m an still couldnt get past them. so we went into ta 45m mark on a few lumps an ended p with 2 duies 1 pinky 1 big baldy so not to bad of A day in the end othere that dropping my spotters in the drink an loosing about 400m of varis gt smp braid :(
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Gar Fishing Tips
Submitted by iamafunkyboy on Mon, 2011-07-18 10:04
Hi Everyone,
I was wanting to pick the brains of the wealth of knowledge that I continually read on here,
What type of rigs does everyone recommend for Gar fishing, I went yesterday and seen heaps of them around, my berly was good so that wasnt a problem.
I used a size 10 long shank hook, I think this may have been my issue, but I also used small bits of prawns.
Does anyone have any tips on gear that I should use to catch them also any other types of bait? any info would be much appreciated.
Thanks Guys and Girls
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Raymarine A50D
Submitted by scotto on Mon, 2011-07-18 09:54Anyone got one? Any thing to say about them, either good or bad (yes, I've done search....)? More so anyone that runs one from a battery that doesn't get a charge/feed (as that's how mine will be set up), and how long will it last before the battery needs a charge?
I'm thinking of getting one for the new dinghy.
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Any one want to go for a landbased fish this week tonight
Submitted by NightWolf on Mon, 2011-07-18 09:46any one want to go out fra few hours landbased
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Two Rocks Sunday
Submitted by Batty on Sun, 2011-07-17 22:24We had a good day today from Two Rocks, headed out to Direction bank (bit sloppy) caught 6 Dhuies, 4 pinkies, 4 BlackArse, Bronzie Shark and a few skippy.
Some on jigs but mainly bottom bouncing, Thanks for the heads up on this site about Wrasse fillets for bait AWESOME !!!! 2 Dhuies and a pinkie all on the same fillet !!! Pinkie nearly ripped the rod out my hand as soon as the lead hit the bottom.
Sure slows all the pickers up, skin tough as old boots.
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