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No silver trout.

The rods can handle the weight, it's the shock of flicking the lure that will cause a problem. Some of the big baits you cast when fishing in a Thai fishing park are enormous, but with the right technique it's quite common. But you can still bust 50lb braid just casting them if it gets screwed up. Power is not your friend it this case, inertia is.

CG Qld have been the 'managers' for CG-SA (and also Vic I think). It is going to be interesting to see what happens to these entities

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Marine Rescue Queensland do. No cost to boaties unless they want to make a donation.

And only 28 days to go!

if i need assistance on the water like a tow and not a financial member who pays for the tow

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That's a first!!

North are in the lead !!

Landed lunch this morning during a very wet and windy couple of hours at Hayes inlet. 43cm Flatty and 23cm whiting. I was happy to get anything in those conditions. Are squid out and about long the peninsula yet?

Are you fishing the bottom end around the old Council Chambers or further up ?

I agree with Neil, different spots at different stages of the tide.... Incoming look for feeding banks about to get a few inches of water on them....they will be feeding hard there for about 30 minutes. Keep following the flooding banks as the water rises. You want to cast into about 6 inches of water roughly. Once the bites have tapered off you need to find where they will wait for food to come to them....look for a sand bank that tapers down to the river bank along the river.....you can bet a years wages they will sit there until the top of the tide vacuuming up all the worms and small crabs and yabbies dislodged by the sand bank being disturbed. You really should recon the river towards the last of the run out tide to learn where this high tide spot will be. Ideally the sand bank should be at least 1/2 the river wide and taper down to the bank on one side only on the upstream end.....the fish will be over the last 15 metres of that bank guaranteed. Google Earth Pro shows these sand banks quite well too....another way to plan your run.

Beautiful clean looking fish , looking forward to Sunday . Please promise me , we are not targeting fresh water cobia ! Regards Neil

I find the tide sizes don’t really affect it too much , you’ve just got to be prepared to move around and position yourself in the right spots during your session down there. It’s always about knowing how the puzzle works ie how when why and where you anchor your boat and present your baits. Whiting will move to where the food is., think like the fish .Sounds like you tried a few spots ,but hey , not all was lost , at least you’ve found where they don’t bite on those tides. The next trip will be better. regards neil

The more run the better, we have found. 4 ball sinker.

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Funny you should say that! I ordered one 2 days ago

I presume you’re not sleeping in your boat whilst reef fishing ? If sleeping I prefer to use a plough of some sort and drop it on a sandy patch and set the anchor alarm. If just shallow reef fishing , I suggest just using a lead filled 5 pronged reef pick with about 3 m of 6 or 8mm chain with some 10 mm silver rope and pull it up with a ball when your on reef . ( The 10mm rope is softer to use on your hands than 8mm) This can be all stowed in a fish bin and taken out your boat when your not planning on anchoring on rock or reef. Keep your expensive Manson anchors for sand and mud for which they are designed . Have a look at a Sarca , they’re cheaper than the Mansons and have a slide shackle set up. They are bigger and may or may not suit your setup. Regards Neil

That's a modern interpretation of a hand line... Careful you don't end up with a dislocated finger too from a sticky drag...

Brilliant. All you need now is a slingshot.

I did look at them but the price vs a reef anchor put me off a bit, I'm already spending about $270 replacing the Manson, and the reef anchor really won't see much use, I almopst always anchor in sand or mud. Why am I not using a fluke anchor? I used to and it was ok, but it doesn't self launch and having to get out the front and shove it sort of takes away at least some of the fun of a winch. Re: the zip ties down the shaft thing... that works right up until the tide/wind shift your boat around and the anchor tries to reset and the chain tears the zip ties, then your rode's pulling on the head of the anchor. Probably not a huge issue on a reef anchor since you won't be relying on it overnight or unattended, but still. Thinking I'll just get a 20m line and a float to attach to the head of the anchor in case I need to pull it loose. The sliding shackle in a slot thing you see on some anchors seems a bit problematic too to me. It's fine if you're in a nice level sandy bottom but if you're anchor's sitting on a bottom that means the shaft's on an upsward angle the shackle's not going to slide down the anchor as you motor forward. It could also end up pulling out the anchor if your boat shifts but at least then the anchor would turn around and reseat itself.

I have a broken smashed thumb from a ***** cow. this is what I have came up with…. Yet to go fishing with it, but I can cast and reel it.. I should feel the bites ok