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G'day Dinodadog Would've been some good fishing, overcast conditions always work for me Did you keep the yellowbellies? Cheers Hamish

Hi GregOug I do normally read a lot of Fishing Magazines and they have taught me a lot about species that are way out of my zone (pelagics, reefies, etc) as well as helped me with my fishing for fish that i do target (jewfish, bream, etc). I watch a lot of online tutorials too I could not help with those examples at all but hopefully I will get to put some of those atctics in use/practise very soon Cheers Hamish

Hi GregOug The number of lures is massive, I'm just remembering staring at them in amazement when I was a bit younger The three lures I'd go with are soft plastics, probably the best and most easy lure to hook a fish on these days, hard bodies and metals. While I've tried heaps with lures, my best capture has been a 50cm dusky flathead from the Brisbane River. Here;s all I know on lures though, and it should be a basic guide to what lures you'd want for around here. Soft Plastics - When using soft plastics, these lures are extremely versatile. For around here, you can flick them around 99% of structure and they will catch most bread and butter species as well as the chance of a nice mulloway (jewfish). I'd say the best SP brand would be Zman, and I'd normally have one or two packs and some jig-heads ready if I go on a fishing trip to the GC, SC, etc. Flick them around oyster racks, pylons and jetties and as well as those species, you could get the iconic gold coast Mangrove Jack. Use your standard spinning rod (not to heavy) with 10-20lb fluorocarbon leader. While it does take persistence, lures will hook you up to some very good fish. Good Locations: Pylons, Sand Flats, Deep Holes, Oyster Racks, Jetties, Moored Boats, Rock Bars, etc. Also be ready to loose a little bit of tackle every now and then when fishing in more snaggy terrain. Hard Bodies - Hard bodies are a great lure, and can be trolled as well as flicked. They will land you most of the same species, and same tackle/gear as soft plastics. I have never trolled, but I would troll along rock bars and sand flats. Have a flick around creek run off's and rock bars too. Lures from Rapala are normally good hard bodies. Metals - These lures are great for flicking for tailor, salmon, mackerel and tuna. Around rock wall towards the mouth of rivers would be where I'd use them. Also, sorry, I don't have experience with most of this stuff, but from what I hear these are the sure-fire tactics. I'm sure someone will be able to correct me if I'm wrong, as well Cheers Hamish

G'day Ryannnnnnnn It's a very good question, if you ask me. Normally I'd just steer clear of them totally, and thanks for those clarifications to GregOug. Cheers Hamish

Alright, that sounds smart. I wouldn't like getting pricked by my knife either if I'm doing that, I s'pose the more of them i catch I'll get better and better at knowing how to handle them/when to use a knife or when to just get the hook out. Cheers Hamish

Thanks for that christophagus, I'll know next time how to do it properly Cheers Hamish

G'day christophagus Thanks for those tips, they seem very efficient. The smaller ones do seem a lot more dangerous too. I've never really restrained them that well before, so I'll start trying to do that a bit more and making cuts in there mouth. Cheers Hamish

Hi ellicat When I'm shark fishing i use about 50cm of 80lb wire and a 6/o circle hook. Would the broomstick still work? Cheers Hamish

G'day GregOug That sounds like a good idea, it would certainly help holding it down Cheers Hamish

Hi all With the last few sharks I've caught, I've found it to be very hard to de-hook them, because as well as the hook being wedged good in it's mouth, the things are flopping around like no tomorrow (probably trying to get there jaws on my hand ). Does anyone have any methods/tools that help getting the hook out? Cheers Hamish

Alright Cheers Hamish

That's some great fishing Ray, I can only dream of catching that many bass in one session When you are getting them though, do you sound up schools of them or just catch fish randomly? Cheers Hamish

Good stuff

Cheers christophagus

Alright, will do. I like writing 'em, that's for sure Cheers Hamish

G'day Nikhil M This seems like a spot where worms would work really good. Tie them onto your line with a small-ish shank hook and with minimum weight. Flick it into the snags off your kayak and you should hook up. Make sure to follow all the rules though. Cheers Hamish

Yeah, it wasn't working for me either. Regardless, I've caught a tummy bug so i can't really do anything It's just hit me last night. The site wasn't working for me since Friday too. Hamish

kmcrosby78, that is so right Cheers Hamish

Alright. If your're going for bream, certainly make some of those berluy mixes. Depending on how much run there is when you are flatty fishing, use it as well. You want enough to make a trail but not to much it's just going to drift away. I wouldn't use it when jack or salmon fishing, because while it might attract bait for live bait i doubt it would be efficient for threadfin and jacks. See if you can catch some of the bait though, and use it live. If you're using lures, don't worry about it. It will go good with mackerel, if you are bait fishing drift a pilchard in the trail, one on a float and the other down to the bottom. Hope this helped, Cheers Hamish

Thanks for that ellicat Cheers, Hamish

GREAT STUFF! I normally go a bit heavy to, just because in the Brisbane River by catch from sharks in common when thready/jewie fishing and i don't like the light line rubbing on the fishes mouth. Though, I've caught a threadfin on 12lb mono - lucky it wasn't to big though. The flathead rig sounds great, i don't have a sure fire rig for flatties at the moment actually, just the old running sinker - catch bream, whiting, flathead, etc. Those are some seriously big barra to, i think the biggest I've ever caught was just legal. These rigs sound like they are going to be excellent for all the fish i target lots, I will certainly invest in some. Cheers Hamish

Estuary rigs sounds good. Do you intend on making ones for live baiting up north or ones for stuff like flathead, cod, etc down here. It's good you don't have a time frame to be honest, I'm sure when your rigs are released they will be the top of the market. It's also very smart of you to release a small batch then wait for feedback, everyone's opinion helps. Cheers Hamish

G'day DeSeriousSquid First of all, what fish are you targeting and where are you planning on using it. Berluy is very efficient at times but sometimes all it does it deter fish or they just eat it and not your bait. For bread and butter species my general mix is a couple of prawns chopped up, some herring/pilchard/mullet, bread, tuna oil, water and if you have them available chuck some chicken pellets in there. I reckon you could also mix dog food in, but I've never done that. For larger species, say drifting for snapper with a berluy trail out the back, chop up pilchards, prawns and squid and chuck them out in the berluy trail with minimum or no weight. I have never done this but this would be my go to mix. For making burley bombs, chop up some fish and crustacean and drop it down. Basically whatever you use in your bit mix it up then drop it down. I usually put these in berluy bags/cages but you could put all of these in a burley bomb. I like to freeze it prior to using it also. Cheers Hamish

Sounds good - it's great that there's going to be a variety of rigs and that they suit all whiting types. When do you expect they'll be ready? Cheers Hamish

Hi all I've just gotten back from a trip in the Brisbane River, near the Story Bridge. I was fishing of the wharf in Captain Burke Park, that's the one near the beach. First of all, we went to get some live bait from the beach. WE threw our nets for about 30 minutes and we were pretty unsuccessful. WE caught a sole, a couple baby bream, some glassies and one mullet. WE only used one of them though, the mullet. I chucked it out on my 650 Penn reel spooled with 30lb braid on a Rogue Firepoint 2m Boat rod. I had a size 1 star sinker on and a pretty large swivel. I had 80lb mono leader to a 6/o circle hook. The second rod isn't a very good quality setup though it has lasted and works great - I've had it for over 5 years. Once I casted the mullet out, it took about 15 minutes for our first action. I saw it getting some pretty good pecks, and i could feel they were good nibbles. When the nibbles stopped, i reeled my line in and expecting the bait to be gone, i saw it's head was bitten off clean. I cast it back out and then in about 5 minutes the reel was screaming. I tightened the drag and struck. Once the fish was on, it felt heavy and was taking some good runs. The very large head shakes gave me the feeling it was a Threadfin Salmon or Jewfish (Mulloway). Though, about 30 seconds - 1 minute later, the fish had busted me off. ON closer inspection, it looked like a knot failure but i made sure the braid was tight. I think the braid must've weakened from the knot and broke. The fish was off and i wound up the line and re-rigged. After throwing numerous herring and prawns cocktails out (and herring and prawns) i realised dead baits we just going to keep getting pickered. As well as having 2 bream lines out, which also were getting pickered, we weren't having any luck. WE went out to catch some more live bait and we were eventually successful. Another lousy mullet was pinned through the tail and thrown back out in the river. WE waited and then we caught a little herring which was thrown out on the other line. After about another 30-45 minutes, i got another take just as we were leaving. After the initial run, the fish shot up and took a jump. IT made a decent splash and was probably about 20 metres away from the pier. I thought it was a salmon at first, as it was silver and jumped. When i finally got it to the side of the pier though, i realized it was another small bull shark, probably just over 90cm. I walked it down to the beach, were i had an audience watching. After a quick struggle trying to de-hook it, it busted off and i took a picture. Then, i swum it and it kicked off. I guess this was a successful trip, but i was targeting threadfin salmon, which is what i reckon i had on first. I will certainly be coming back here for another session and i hope this interests someone in my tale. Cheers Hamish