Junky

Brilliant. 

All you need now is a slingshot. 

My opinion....

No dramas at all swapping handle over, that I know of. 

The handle always winds on the way you wind to retrieve line. 

Makes sense, no? 

So if the handle is on the right hand side, it's righty tighty, lefty loosy. 

If the handle is on the left side of the reel, it will be lefty tightly, righty loosy. 

That could be the only drama I could think of, that and the handle may become really tight to undo, but drop a touch of anti seize on the thread and it will be fine, well that's what I do, but I use Daiwa. 

Hope that is sort of clear. 

I have a 6m plate boat that is heavy. 

I use 10m of 8mm gal chain. 

Always use reef anchors and never had to cut one off. 

It will even hold in that silty mud in the Brisbane River. 

Occasionally it will not hold, but only in really strong, full moon type currents. 

Reset and it is normally all okay. 

That size lure is going to attract large fish. 

As long as you're using a decent reel with some good casting PE, you will get away with it using the technique bob mentions  above. 

Rods are just the delivery system for the lure. Let the fish fight the drag in this case. 

Good luck. 

Nine years old. 

Biting those bullets is fun. 

You can also swap the treble out for an assist hook. 

If they're not skittish you can drop your slug out the back in free spool while on the move.

Do a big arc around them, pull up, then just rip the slug back through the middle of them. Only seem to work if they're not skittish though, which is hardly ever. 

You could easily paddle to coochie on the yak. 

Urban legends have people walking over there at low tide. 

Red beacon area on the NE side of coochie is worth a look.  

Bass in eprapah Creek, next to movie theatre. There's also a few ticks in there as well. Check yourself over after a visit. 

You could launch a kayak down the end of beverage road. 

There are jacks in there. Also big cod and a big groper.  Caught a few of its grand kids, but no chance turning it. Very pretty fish when juvenile though. 

Massive green zone at the mouth of eprapah Creek so be careful there. 

I've pinched this map from beacon to beacon. If you don't have a copy then... Here's a copy

I hope they're destroying them. 

It's sad to see this country with so many introduced pests killing off our native species. 

I that video, I was surprised to see that bass even avoid them. 

Bass are one tough fish and very territorial, and I've seen them kill jacks twice their size in fish tanks. 

Pearl Cichlids. 

I had these when I had an aquarium. Great looking fish but extremely ferocious. 

If anyone catches one. Don't let it go. Destroy it. 

This recent vid came across my feed yesterday. 

On 01/04/2024 at 7:47 AM, Muchacha said:

Thanks for that… why did they go broke ? 

Not sure they went broke. 

From all reports they've moved to Chinese manufacturing. 

https://www.saltwatermarine.com.au/trailcraft/trailcraft-china/

There's a few companies doing it now. 

8 hours ago, GregOug said:

I’m just going on recommendations from an expert at catching bluebone. I need all the help I can get. 

Ahhh yes. 

I've seen the pictures. 

Very inspiring. 

I screenshot one and sent it to a mate. He's been chasing them for a while. He does okay, but nothing like the addicts fish to date. He can't get them up.

It deflated him a little at the start when he saw the pic, but that turned into determination to chase them even more. 

I've caught similar size fish offshore, but bay blueys are something else. 

The ones offshore resemble what I can only imagine a stubborn staffy terrier tied to the end of the line bouncing all the way up. 2m to 3m rod tip movements in a split second. 

I run that line on my popping gear. 

Good for about 100lb. Knot strength is brilliant. FG to leader. 

Hitzky swears by those reels. 

2 hours ago, GregOug said:

Shimano Saltiga 12 PE5 braid. 400m. 

Dunno about the shimano stuff, but the daiwa stuff is awesome. 

Gonna need strong hooks.

They're a good solid platform. 

Welds are fine, Aussie built mate.

Over time, depending how hard you are on it, you'll probably have to touch a few welds up, but that aluminium for you. 

200hp will push that along nicely. 

Never been in one to give opinion on the ride. I'd say it'll be okay. Been in a few like it, and they ride nicely. 

Don't know Canada's pricing but here in Australia that amounts to a bit under 85k.

That's what a 2023 model goes for. 

While it's never been in the water, it still has ageing of components to take into consideration. 

You know, that's a great pondering question that I've been thinking about lately myself.

While braid does have terrible abrasion resistance, if the hook sets well enough, abrasion is kept to a minimum. I know fish flick the line with their tail etc, but a clean fight will see a successful landing 9 times out of 10.

Some of my biggest fish have been caught the lazy way. Braid, straight to hook. 

That brings me to thinking that when I lose a decent fish, it's always at the leader. 

Hmmmmm. 

I rarely use over 50lb braid. 

Only 100lb for popping/stick baiting, and that line will be sent down if something is wrecking me on the reef. 

I'd love to hear what  @Daryl McPhee has to say on the matter.

What's concerning is how are they going to spin this towards fishos.

I agree with Bob regarding these studies and the climate change money trough.

Not only that, is written by Australia's biggest propaganda machine. 

I can't say whether he'd do the job but it's worth asking him. 

Stradbroke Yachts. 

He builds aluminium sailing cats. 

I'm certain he's in the marina at the end of beverage road. 

Don't know him at all. I saw him last week on a sailing vlog on YouTube, sailing delos. 

They're looking at building one of his cats. 

1 hour ago, GregOug said:

Hi @Junky. Do you mean wind against swell outside of Moreton? They don’t seem to give a swell rating or direction inside the bay. Can you give an example of a report showing both so that I can work it out please? I’ve never really understood this wind against tide/against swell thing. I would love to!

Yes mate, outside.

Not particularly off Moreton, just offshore in general. 

I'm no Einstein. Get that out before I go any further. 

I use the wave rider sites. 

Wave rider

They will give you average wave heights as well as peak heights. 

The period is the gap between the peaks, and the zero crossing is how many seconds you will spend either side of the middle average of the wave height. The up and down, so to speak.

The higher the number, the bigger and more powerful the swell, but again, up and down motion does not bother me. 

Good old willy weather, bom and windy app for the area you're in to get an idea of wind speeds. 

Wind is the big player I'm my personal experience....

All good having a glass out day in 2m swell. 

Put 15kn of sw wind in top and it becomes lumpy. 

Happens a lot up at 1770.

Current will play a small factor but I've found that more on the bar crossings during peak tidal flows. 

Wide Bay bar is a classic example. 

You won't have much that will bother you in Moreton Bay with that new boat you're getting.

Practice manoeuvring it in strong winds and you're away. 

12 hours ago, ellicat said:

I've ditched it for this week. No chance to not be miserable out there.

Monday is a public holiday with no wind, so I'll be avoiding it. However, Tuesday is shaping up as a possibility and I've blanked out that day to go fishing. Can't wait.

School holidays next week Brian. 

You'll be surrounded by the workers.

Wind above 10 to 15kn is the enemy. Especially when it is blowing against the swell. 

Rain is no problem at all. 

I have a hard top...

Rain flattens off the chop, however if the wind is present it creates a washing machine.

Want more on why we're getting crap weather... 

https://youtu.be/H5kQYlDoS48?si=DDjje05iyddKzc16

Dunno about black bream, but the bream under the pontoon at the Yamba tavern are dead set horses. 

9lenty of weed around the pontoons in that canal estate, as long as you've got a boat. The home owners get a bit cranky if you walk the rocks/beach.