Andrew_P

Hey mate Any pics of the rod and reel? ill take the yabby pump and sinker moulds if no one has claimed them. Can pick it up tonight! edit: Hamish, you are welcome to the yabby pump mate if you want it

Moogerah

Your turn hamish

B____n H__d?

South of Suffolk Park and North of Lennox Head?

Are they sharks in the water?

South of Byron?

Would it have something to do with concussion?

Apologies I may have nodded off thinking about where I had been...

Ellicat you got it! Duranbah beach. over to you

Nope

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Brunswick heads

Just got word from the NSW Research Angler Program that the Mulloway was a female estimated to be 8 years old. This actually sits on the lower end of age observations for jew of 115cm - they can range from 4 to 15 at this length! More info below: https://mailchi.mp/b32fd3df8603/research-angler-program-report-march-12143557?e=94015c303f

Sold

Bump! $155 for a member of AFO. Pick up Tarragindi Andrew

Don’t know what happened but the first time the text went walkabout and now it is all hyperlinked comes with warranty and receipt. Bought jan 2015 so still 5 years Shimano warranty on it

Hi guys I’ve got a Shimano Tyrnos 16 in good condition up for sale 10/10 mechanically (serviced annually by Neil at Jones’s Tackle, last serviced by Shimano March 2020) 8/10 cosmetically (some boat rash) large line capacity and smooth, strong drag spooled with ~400m of 80lb power pro multicoloured braid ideal bottom bashing reel I have it advertised on Gumtree for $175 but happy to knock some $ off for a member of AFO pick up Tarragindi andrew

Just finished filleting, biggest spotty was touching 80cm

G’day Hamish. I have actually eaten Mac tuna before - in a strong asian marinade. It was edible but not very nice, kind of like a fishy steak. I kept that one for bait. Excellent strip bait for tailor and reefies.

Me and my brothers did a morning charter with Smithy out of Mooloolaba yesterday. We’ve done a few over the years but never managed to get all 4 brothers together at the same time. My old man wasn’t into fishing but he loved hanging out with his boys and liked talking with Smithy so he used to come along for the ride. He passed away a year a go so it was nice to hang out with my brothers and Smithy a catch some fish in his memory. We started the morning trolling livies for Spanish and had 2 hits straight away but the sharks were too quick for us and we got toweled up. We went for a run looking for some tuna and came across a patch of spotties that were playing the game. It was mayhem and multiple hits per cast on slugs and stick baits. We boated 6 in a frenzy then moved on to where smithy had done well on the longtails the day before. We found them but they were their usual flighty selves so Smithy made the call to run to a fad for some dollies. Well the dollies were thick and we had a good hour catching them on livies, stickbaits and slugs. Back to the tuna where we left them and they started playing the game but pulled hooks, bite offs, equipment failure and a bit of inexperience costed us the 3 or 4 longies we hooked. Found a patch of mac tuna that were less flighty and caught a couple even keeping one for bait (great tailor bait off the beach!). Got a couple of small schoolies vertical jigging under the tuna schools and hooked something rather large that gave a good few strong runs before wearing thru the leader. Back at the pontoon for lunch at the pub and a beer with smithy before the trip back to Brisbane. Here are a couple of pics from yesterday - we didn’t take many due to the chaos! Also a pic of my dad with a nice AJ from a previous charter with Smithy.

looks like it could be a southern maori wrasse https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/375948/Southern-Maori-Wrasse.pdf

A mystery fish!

Ha. Most likely bad angling! You don’t tend to break the line but more pull the hooks out especially If the fish aren’t hooked well or have soft mouths. Big single hooks on lures might be ok with braid. Just remember this is just my opinion! Need to try and see what works for you