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http://www.bom.gov.au/marine/wind.shtml?location=qld-bris&tz=AEDT There is an under 10 knot period, but plenty of 10-15 as well. Where on the bay are you heading?
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Interesting the websites are still active and operating. You would think that upon entering a cease of trade the web sites would immediately be inactive.
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Curious About Trout's Diet: Do They Really Eat Frogs?
mangajack replied to breribriar's topic in Freshwater
It would be easier to name what aquatic animal and insect a trout would not eat... Frogs would be a very common snack. I have seen them slurp down skinks swimming across creeks a few times as well. -
Burpy creek is navigable downstream about 2km at low tide, at 1/4 tide you can get past the mud banks near the blow through...3 options there hard right will need 1/3rd tide right then straight ahead will get you through at 1/4 tide, left needs 1/3rd tide. I would not take anything bigger than 4.5m down from O'leary ramp....it is tight, it is shallow at times and there are 3 rock bars you might find with your prop at low tide. All that being said though there is some great whiting to be caught in the creek.....my best there is about 40cm, plenty of flathead, lots of bream and a few jacks....not that you would specifically target jacks there. I have caught 3 in 40 years fishing there. The straight immediately upstream of the blow through (3 ways) is a prime spot for big tings on mud worms....you can dig these a little further downstream. Always take a bow saw or small chain saw....maybe 6 times I have had to trim back a tree that has fallen across the creek so I could get the boat through.
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Moreton island Headland and east Coast fishing Easter period
mangajack replied to Tim Foster's topic in Saltwater
In the mid 80's I gave the Cape a good nudge for a season specifically wanting a jumbo jew....i didn't get a jumbo on board but several 6 to 8kg models. I didn't have the luxury of being there for specific bite periods, only the best I could do on that weekend. Yellowtail kingfish were a problem there .... just too big to master off the stones. Cobia though were generally landed. Macks were entirely hap hazzard if you could get one on the line or land it. Evenings for me were the best for snapper .... jew were after 9pm .... pelagics early morning and up until about noon. I seldom got much more than bream or dart in the early to later afternoons....I also not too interested in fishing the arvos too much anyway. No doubt things have changed a lot there since the 80's so all of the above might be trivial. I wonder of any of my old spots there still exist now? I know one broke up and slipped into the sea in the late 80's. If you have a decent storm you should check the bay side beaches afterwards for cockles that are washed up...was easy to collect a hundred or so for bait after a storm.....absolute best bait for snapper off the stones, 3 on the hook and send it out. -
Are fishing Reels on Amazon fake? Why are they so Cheap?
mangajack replied to James Reeves's topic in Tackle, Rods and Reels
A lot of amazon stuff is cheap versions sought from cheap suppliers....like Supercheap Auto and the other cheapie stores. Your reel could be not the latest version or it could be a knockoff.... In some cases there are knockoff crap pieces being sold before the original is released....a soft plastic lure comes to mind there..... -
I don't think flathead migrate as such, but they do change their habits a bit around spawning time. I can go to almost any of my normal flathead fishing areas in any week of the year and get some flathead. What does change is how you tempt them to take your line. Some periods I find they will only take a live bait...same location 3 weeks later they will devour anything. For me in three of the locations I am thinking about it is mid August to mid September....we have a algae bloom here every year and everything gets covered in snot weed. During spawning time the smaller males are most likely the fish you will catch....the big females are engorged with roe and less likely to be actively feeding. One thing that does not change year round is the time to chase them....run out tide....Most of my usual places are the bottom 1/3rd of the tide running out.
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The Cape would be interesting.... http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDQ60901/IDQ60901.94594.shtml
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Early Sunday morning like 2am there is a swing to westerlies under 5 knots.....lets see how long that holds for.
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I'd like to just catch something legal to enter into the comp..... I might need some calcium carbide soon....
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Mend well Rebel, the fish will be waiting for you.
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Well today's marine wind forecast is colourful....some cheery colours there. More of interest is the weather forecast is light winds Saturday...not according to this marine forecast. http://www.bom.gov.au/marine/wind.shtml?location=qld-bris&tz=AEDT
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Will you have kayaks or a boat with you? It opens up more opportunity there for you.
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Line thickness, advantage or disadvantage?
mangajack replied to Bob9863's topic in Tackle, Rods and Reels
From my experience big fish spend more time a fair way out from you when fighting them. they work big arcs left and right. The problem is keeping all obstructions away from between you and the fish.....almost impossible land based and you rely on luck a lot more. Braid is very very crap when it comes into contact with almost anything that is not water. The upside of braid though is it cuts through the water far better than mono. In a boat I would opt for braid with FC leader, knowing i could manouvre the boat around obstacles during a fight. Land based I would opt for mono all the way. -
I've been using it for about 4 years every wash and flush. Had the motor jackets inspected on it's 300 hour service two days ago...absolutely looks like new inside. I was surprised and almost amazed. Zero tarnish on the brass on the thermostat as well. All of the anodes were working normally as well, corroding away as they should, so it does not bother them and some people fear.
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Said my bit yesterday. Unusually it is not a bad series of points that all need addressing. Unfortunately it does not have a space to provide any feedback or ideas outside of those points.
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Sounds like a good morning to have. Hopefully repeatable a lot in the future.
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70cm of run tides this weekend....time to hit the deepest water in the rivers I think.
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https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2108#summary I thought they had a bit larger habitat area... Very common to get them after a rain period. Aparently they grow to 35cm, the largest I have seen would be about 10cm.
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Have you tried handlining sharks with VB cord and shock rings?? Not much compares to hand lining something big as a test of strength and endurance.
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How much 80lb mono will the reel hold without braid?
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Will you be boat fishing or land based fishing with this setup? I think just going with 80lb mono all the way through would be your best bet. In a boat you can easily follow the shark....you would not need more than 300m of line. Land based you might need more line, but by the time you get that much line out and the shark swims on a radius your line will hit everything between you and the shark as it circles.....most common form of breakoff in my experience....it will come down to selecting a clean environment to battle the beast.
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Nylon is one form of monofilament....Perlon is also a monofilament. All monofilaments are single strand, that is what it means literally. There are also hybrid monofilaments where there is two types of plastic formed into one line....then all of the flurocarbons are a monofilament as well. The type of plastic really does not matter as much as the quality of the line.....there are cheap brands out there. Trusted brands would be any of the lines below. Schnieder, Maxima, Platypus, Stren, Jarvis Walker, Berkley, Tortue and quite a lot of others. If you find some perlon it is also a very good cheap line as well. I haven't seen it on a shelf in 30 years though.
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80lb mono would be my choice.....how much top shot will you get?
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I use about a #4 titanium hook for lures that size. I bought a bulk lot of titanium hooks from Alibaba some years ago....been using them since....have not straightened or broken one yet. Finding bulk buy spade end hooks is a challenge, why I opted for the bulk buy of titanium hooks in about 6 different sizes from about #6 to about 2/0 size. Got about 100 of each size for somewhere around $60 from memory.
