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On 29/8/2022 at 10:49 AM, Hweebe said:Some solid flatties there on some reasonably light line too. Do you find running the lighter leader helps?
Definitely helps with casting and feel. There is no structure where I fish so they can’t really bust me off if I make sure my drag is set right. Rarely get busted off but after each fish I catch i carefully check my leader and fix even the smallest nick.
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9 minutes ago, ellicat said:Gee, that's a good day out. She's pretty close to your PB flattie. I bet you couldn't wait to get it on the brag mat.
Hahahhahaaa yep, close to my PB. When I had it close to the boat I thought for sure I had a new pb … alas it was not to be
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13 minutes ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:
Great work on those flatties! Is that in the passage?
Cheers HamishYeah Hamish. Up near Caloundra mate
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You got a tinny?
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18 hours ago, blahha90 said:
Looks like a great trip. Was talking to a mate from Cooktown the other day and he said the access to Cape Melville has been closed.
Which is a shame, amazing spot.
wow, I wonder why they did that? Usually it’s open til December and shuts for the wet.
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Hey Hamish, thats another great little write up mate. Keep at it and you will be writing for the fishing mags before you know it.
Plenty of good tips here about that knob that hassled you. Next time when someone asks where are your parents just say. Dad's just gone to the dunny and should be back in a minute. That will buy you some time to suss the situation and get an escape plan ready.
Keep up the reports mate.
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12 hours ago, kmcrosby78 said:
Great video mate, some great scenery there and looks like a great spot to camp. What were the two boats out of interest?
4.2 Renegade with a two banger 50 and a 4.29 Stacer with a 50 four stroke
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3 hours ago, Old Scaley said:
Nice video @Fishaman. That dust, especially that red dust gets into everything. The trips I have been on, we always put heaps of cling wrap around the inlets and outlets of the outboard and secured it with gaffer tape. We were convinced we were doing the right thing, but who knows.
Did you end up fishing any of the rivers there, or just offshore?
The motor and leccy were 100% wrapped up so only cosmetic issues for boat.
we had a **** load of wind so managed only two days offshore the rest was creeks however it wasn’t mind blowing as far as action went. The journey in and out was a real adventure.
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Recently returned from an epic trip to Cape Melville
here’s a quick summary for anyone interested
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I am heading to the Cape for 3 weeks. Leave this Friday. Should bump into a few big ones hopefully. I'll let you know how the gear I take works. Biggest reel I have is a Saragosa 10000 with 80lb and the Twinpower 8000 with 79lb.
Jump onto youtube and look through "Pelagic Pursuit" vids. He loves his Daiwa gear, for jigging he uses 50lb line and lands plenty of good fish.
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4 hours ago, GregOug said:
Something still looks wrong to me. Why would they make it with 28kg drag and recommend 22kg braid for it? Doesn’t add up.
Built more for casting and fishing shallow (hence light weight and less spool capacity) but has the grunt to turn fish
It's light enough to use all day , trust me they are awesome
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Ocea 8 PE braid in 89lb has a diameter of 0.315mm. The specs say you can get 275 meters of 0.37mm braid so you can load it up.
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8 hours ago, kmcrosby78 said:
The 28kg drag would appear to by a typo, given the 10000 and 14000 versions have 25kg of drag. 18kg perhaps?
Nope it's legit.
Also with good quality braid you can get over 200M (I have Ocea PE4 on mine)
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Have you looked into a new TwinPower 8000 vs a Stella? 28kg of drag. Light weight. Awesome reel. I got one for my Cape Trip to stop the big ones.
Look around and you will get them new for $750
Marry it up with some PE4 Ocea8 Braid and you'll stop almost anything
https://www.freddys.com.au/products/shimano-ocea-8-pe-braid?variant=29294714454109
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14 hours ago, Drop Bear said:
2 weeks! nice. Very jealous.
How you getting there? What boat you taking? Crab pots? Beer? Do you have any spots left in the boot... Im only small... ish...?
Driving up towing the 4.5m tinnyr. Crab pots beer and one spare spot left
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13 minutes ago, Old Scaley said:
Fishing trip or family trip? If it is just a fishing trip you could try some of the rivers around Lakefield. Should be sheltered enough to get on the water most days. The North Kennedy fishes well for barra and jacks. You can camp at Annie River, which flows into the North Kennedy. It is pretty rough, lots of crocs and snakes, but it does have a sort of ramp. I wouldn’t recommend it for a family trip though.
Cheers mate. Not a family trip. Purely fishing with the lads. Will put your tips on the list of alternatives.
Thanks again
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Howdy Folks
We are heading off for Cape Melville in the next couple of weeks for 2 weeks up the cape. Looking at the wind recently it hasn't stopped blowing it's arse off and if that continues we will want to find some alternatives for places out of the wind. We will have two 4.5m tinnies with 50HP outboards.
Would love some alternative ideas should the wind stay as it has for the last month. We need a plan B - Z
for example has anyone ever fished Honey Dam at Lakeland? Is it open for rec fishing? Does it hold fish?
Any ideas welcomed?
Cheers
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I use 8lb fluorocarbon leader. Berkeley vanish I think