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Ray

I saw this on facebook and I am wondering if it looks familiar to anyone???

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Ray

Cool day.

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Ray

I'm enjoying these tailor reports.
It's almost warm enough for me to be inspired. :dry:

It's coming close to the end of the tailor run as their roes and melts are fully mature. This time of the year we get the larger greenbacks mixed in among the tailor. It's warm enough to wear shorts and a T-shirt when fishing the dusk tide.

I'm enjoying these tailor reports.
It's almost warm enough for me to be inspired. :dry:

Thanks Guys!

When Paul was pulled forward while fighting the 56cm tailor I knew it was a good fish. They know how to make the most of a fast running current. Fishing at night I always use bait and last night it was pilchards.

Damien, a few nights past when it was a full moon, a fisho mate was casting slugs 7-8pm and scored some nice tailor on the beach at Sea World.

Hi Guys,

Paul and I drove down the Coast after dinner. We walked down the beach just past Sea World and saw a crowd of fishos on the beach. As the tailor are hitting the Gold Coast beaches, we decided to try Narrowneck. The gutters are not as deep but we can fish away from the crowds.

It was a cold 9 degree night with a light Westerly. The sweep was quite strong and the breakers made wading in the water to cast out quite a challenge. We fished the rising tide for two hours and ended up with 6 nice tailor. The best tailor went 56, 53 & 52cm. A yummy meal of tailor fillets tonight.

Cheers... Joe.

Anothe4r one in memory of chubstar,



A funeral procession pulled into a cemetery. Several carloads of family members followed a
black truck towing a boat with a coffin in it.

A passer-by remarked, "That guy must have been a very avid fisherman.â€

"Oh, he still is," remarked one of the mourners. As a matter of fact, he's headed off to the
lake as soon as we bury his wife.â€

Quick update. Bought one of the really cheap ($15) smoker boxes from Bunnings along with some wood pis (seafood mix - mesquite and alder). Despite all my research and the responses on here, I still didn't really have a clue. Anyway I worked out that the box gets half filled with chips that have soaked for at least 30 mins and then placed between the burners and the grill on the old 4 burner BBQ. Let the bbq heist up until there is plenty of smoke.

I prepared the trevally fillets by soaking them in brine for an hour. Plenty of brine recipes on the www. Then dried them on paper towel in the fridge for an hour before salting them and covering in a thin layer of maple syrup. Put them on a rack with some baking paper under them and placed them on the plate side of the bbq, but without the burners on the plate being on. Cooked like that on a low heat (only the one burner under the smoker box was on) for about 30 mins. Smoke was running out (more chips next time) so I turned the other burners on for 10 minutes to get the fish up to cooked temperature (63 degrees centigrade according to my cooking thermometer). Back into the fridge and then eaten today with some anchovy mayo. Tasted great - a big like breakfast kippers. Now I know it what to do, I will be trying different things and will post some photos next time.

Apart from being hard to light, they are even harder to roll, especially when the tally ho gets wet.

We then have to attach the lid using the shock cord and another clip made from the copper wire.

Cut the shock cord slightly longer than the height of the pot and tie a double knot in one end and thread it through the frisby then the clip and back through the frisby and tie another knot.



Then melt a hole in the other end of the pot placing the hole at 90 degrees to the weights and take another length of shock cord and knotit and thread it up through the pot and through the hole on the lid.
Pull this cord as tight as possible and tie a knot in it and trim it off.



Completed pot.

I burn my name ( Pity I cannot spell it) into the pot with the soldering iron .I also burn my name into the float ( Helps preventing people thinking that they are their pots.)
I have lost a couple of photos where I initially attach the mesh to the frisbee so I will take some more tomorrow night and update.
I did make some pots out of galvanised gutterguard and they were a lot easier to make but they are starting to rust out after only 2 months in NPD, If you can find some 250 mil begonia saucers they are a lot easier to make up and use less gutterguard and catch just as well as the larger frisbee pots.
Happy shrimping.
Cheers
Ray

Did you witness the mating ? (Hope you didn't buy from ebay) lol

Don't know why, but that last image reminds me of Freddie Mercury. So I'm guessing the breed is Queen/Poof ?

Don't know why, but that last image reminds me of Freddie Mercury. So I'm guessing the breed is Queen/Poof ?

Actually just got a swag of new gear to upgrade some older stuff

Daiwa Generation Black Finezza baitcaster
Finding this to be a beautiful little rod have been throwing a few HB and plastics around on it definitely better than my Raider I had before it. Loving the lighter rod.

Tcurve Revolution inshore 741 snapper
Tcurve Revolution inshore Ultra Lite Spin 732

Both rods Im shocked with how nice they feel for the price they are at. The 732 with a 1000fi Stradic and 6lb fireline crystal casts a mile. Beautiful bream/flattie rod. Been using the 741 for bigger plastics and some baiting also very very nice.

Revolution Coastal 902/ Stradic FJ5000 15lb Powerpro
Probably one of my favourite combos at the moment for tossing big plastics and spinning metals. Been great for baits as well. Casts a 105 Roosta a mile.

Revolution Coastal 1302 / Ultegra XTC 20lb mono / 50lbwhiplash crystal
haven't had much time with this one yet but feels just like my Tiralejo over head rods (LOVE THEM) so its going to be sweet I'm sure. Could handle a slightly heavier reel to balance the combo out a little more. May stick a weight up the but of the rod to balance it. Fantastic feel and SHITLOADS of grunt. Reel is smooth but I don't like the plastic section the sits under the spool another spot for line to get caught on. The would of nailed this reel if that part was metal. Still an awesome reel in anycase. CASTS A MILE

Daiwa 7HTmag
I bought this for the sole purpose of going onto my 10ft Tiralejo rod for throwing 4-7balls in the surf on 15lb mono. I can definitely see why they rave about these reels took it out the seaway and flogged it out. Definitely the best casting overhead I have ever used tried a spool of 20lb on it but quickly went back to 15lb. Have set this aside for the surf. (Also have a Speedmaster 20lb and Torium 14 braid&Torium 30 on 30lb for bigger stuff/rocks etc)

Powerpro 10&15lb braid

Very impressed with this braid so far. Zero tangles and casts like a dream. Have the 10lb on a Baitcaster and the 15lb on a 5000 Stradic

OH yeah I loved that Motackle sale lol

my guess is sausage dog hence frank frankfurter

Got this little legend last week. 9 weeks old on Sunday.

Meet frank!

This is Fraser, a guide dog we are training for 12 months. He was 6 months when I took this pic, almost 9 months now and doing great with his training.
First oic is him having a nap whilst I was at the club playing poker. Second pic is at home, just couldn't stay awake any longer.

My 12 month old Shep. It took me 2 months and lots of fence work ($) to figure out she can jump over a 7 ft 5 inch fence but not a 7ft 6 inch high fence

She's a lovely dog and so damned determined when she puts her mind to something. There's lots of training and exercise ahead for both of us.

One of our Shepards giving the young fellas face a bit of a clean. We have an Island bench in the kitchen and they will chase each other for hours if you let them.

with your new dog Dom, you will need to dress up to go to the dog park otherwise you will look under dressed.

Give me about 2 months and I will be able to contribute to this thread.