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samsteele115

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  1. Awesome mate! There's a few around hey living in amity full time?
  2. Hey Robbie, sorry for late reply but yep! I live at Alex hills but still work at straddie
  3. You can have all of them mate, they all are quite smooth pm me Since last time we spoke I've definitely been fishing but the last 10 or so sessions have been very quiet! On holidays after tomorrow so hopefully my poor form changes
  4. By the way, I'm happy to give these away to get rid of them
  5. Thanks Hamish. Quick google. The one that seems to hold any sort of monetary value (although not rare) appears to be on the bottom left. Its a Dam Quick 220 built in West Germany. I think over 50 years old. Pretty amazing build quality! The bottom right is a very old daiwa which is pretty cool too.
  6. Hi everyone, I've got some old reels that are actually in quite good condition for their age. Are these of any value? Not sure if there are some collectors items in there, or if they are no good to anyone. Thanks, Sam
  7. Hey mate, I always liked rigging plastics lightly weighted or no weight for surface fishing. I loved the zman 3 inch minnows for this application. You can skip cast them in under the banks too. Dawn and dusk are prime times but during the day they will take your lure in a shady patch of the creek (that's on a snag or undercut bank)
  8. Not sure personally, but you wouldn't instead make a deck from middle bench to front bench?
  9. Nice! I like that. So you tie off the bow rope to the stern anchor?? This trip was the first time I used the method so I still have some refining to do
  10. So cool! Chinamen look tasty as... I wonder if they are ciguatera ridden down this far also. Or are they flat out a no take species?
  11. Purpose: -To anchor offshore with bow facing outwards (eliminates the risk of stern being swamped by shore-break waves in bad weather) using a single anchor - To be easily retrieved without swimming out to boat What you need: - 1× Sand anchor with chain and 5-10m length of rope attached to a buoy with stainless steel ring - 2x 50m length of rope - star picket (and mallet) How to: 1. Throw out anchor, chain, short rope and buoy (all connected). Hold onto the buoy 2. Take one end of 50m rope and thread through the ring of the buoy 3. Securely attach that end of rope to your bow cleat 4. Throw buoy over board and reverse into shore (the rope through the ring and attached to your bow will unravel) 5. Once on shore, take the other 50m rope and secure to stern of boat (this one pulls the boat to shore) 6. Take both of the secured long lengths of rope up the beach with star picket. 7. Hammer in star picket above high tide line and tie off stern rope to keep boat in position if you need to unpack boat etc Now you are ready to pull the boat out to the buoy and anchor 8. Untie stern rope from star picket and pull the bow rope. This will pull the boat offshore out to where you anchored 9. Once the boat reaches the buoy, tie off the bow rope to star picket. Then tie off the stern rope and you are set. Things to consider: - Tidal swing. Fix star picket IN LINE WITH ANCHOR (estimate where it is) not in line with buoy. This will ensure that your tied off ropes won't become too tight and put too much pressure on the star picket at change of tide. - The stern rope doesn't need to be 50m it's just what I had. It doesn't hurt to have too much length though. The important 50m length is the one through the ring as it's doubled back when boat is on shore, so you need plenty of rope for that one. - Keep in mind the 5x rope length for depth rule when anchoring safely. I had about 5-6m rope attached to 4m chain so about 10m all up. This allows a safe anchorage in about 2m of water. If you know you're anchoring in a deeper channel then use more rope accordingly. Blue= stern rope (pull this to bring boat ashore) Red= bow rope through buoy ring (Pull this to take boat out to anchorage at buoy) Yellow= anchor and chain and short length of rope attached to buoy ring with D shackle Note: You'll notice that even though the bow is facing offshore that the current pushes it to one side. I allowed this to happen by not having stern rope tied off TOO tight. Just ensure the star picket is in line with anchor so that it can swing around the other way to create a mirror image without needing to reajust the ropes. You can pick up the bouy with ss ring from BCF or other relevant stores. Ensure you use appropriate knots and means of fastening (e.g. splicing rope to D shackle, seizing D shackles with stainless wire etc). The more safety stuff you do, the more sleep you'll get knowing your pride and joy is securely bobbing out there all alone
  12. Same lure yeah. I just had a gobblers 3 inch curl tail in "tournament snapper" colour on a 1/8th jig head. Clear water and sunny skies, so a transparent or natural colour is the way to go and on light gear (6lb). Darker colours for dirty waters and lower light.
  13. Thanks Brian! About 6 other boats were in the creek.
  14. Thanks Kat! I'll post a diagram and explanation in a separate thread I think!
  15. Hey all, Just got back from a lovely camping trip in Hervey bay. Not much fishing was done but lots of exploring and relaxing instead. I did however manage a sunrise landbased flathead at Wathumba creek which was very satisfying (as well as a yellow tail pike. They taste pretty good you know). Victoria cooked it up for us with some bacon and eggs for brekky on the beach. Definitely was one of the highlights! No pics, but was 42cm at a likely looking spot at incoming tide. I also was trialling a pulley anchor system to help anchor the boat out further but not needing to swim out to it. The first night at moon point was almost sleepless with worry, but after getting that out of the way I slept better the next night definitely a worthwhile system to use if you've never done it! I can share more details if anyone is interested. I'll leave some pics moon point smokey sunset checking the tides on my phone. Lol morning ritual wathumba creek breakfast 20210828_110400_1_1.mp4
  16. Probably. However it's not really a fishing specific trip as I'll be with my girlfriend. Will fish for food definitely, but not all day or anything
  17. Nice mate! Great fish. A spanish of the beach is top tier stuff! Heading up tomorrow morning on the inside to camp at Wathumba for a few days
  18. The best thing I did was save for a 4m tinny with 15hp in relatively good and safe condition (after considering the same advice from many of the same members!). It was about 3k from memory. I learnt some valuable boating lessons in something a lot cheaper but not so cheap where safety was compromised. Sure, I got a taste for bay and offshore fishing a couple of years later and subsequently upgraded. But I wouldn't have changed that purchase decision if I had my time again
  19. I was one of those. @Another Wazzamust have caught them all
  20. Honestly man, probably time is all that's lacking. In time you will learn so much and hone your skills. Im sure it won't be too long before a little bit of success, and then you can build on that by repeating what YOU know to work and are confident with. Don't be afraid to try less "popular" spots too
  21. Got one they can be a tricky fish to target, especially when they only eat tiny stuff. But they'll take a 30cm slimey
  22. Awesome session mate! I did 0 from 2 today. And lost a few livies to the resident dolphins also. They are incredibly talented to pick the herring off the hooks. Amazing to watch really. Might try away from amity next time. Thanks for the report
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