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Cheers KM, next time I'll have to bring the landing net. Also, good to hear about the prawns, sounds like I just missed them!

Thank you Kelvin, I plan to use it for livebaiting for thready and jewies in the river, as the sinkers I'm normally using are about 110 grams plus a livie can make a pretty heavy weight to cast. I like the slightly longer rod to get some good distance while I'm casting too. I'll have a look into those.

Thanks Rebel, I've heard this from a couple of people now so will consider getting one soon.

Hi all, Does anyone know a rod that comes in an 8 or 9 foot size with a cast weight of up to or about 150 grams. It needs to be two piece and ideally fibreglass or composite material. Cheers Hamish

Good job Ray, some solid bass there.

Thanks Coconut, hopefully you get some soon.

Nice work Brodie, it’s always good to catch a couple of fish.

Nice work Charlie.

Great work Neil.

Welcome to the forum mate.

Nice work Ray.

Have caught lots in the river, haven't fished much recently but in Summer I got lots of sharks. Hoping to come across a couple threadies soon as I haven't caught one for a bit.

Can be like that sometimes.

Nice work Thorbjorn, seems theres been a few prawns showing up recently.

Great guide!

Thanks Brian, next time.

That's an awesome haul, nice job. Cheers Hamish

Great job @crazywalrus. Looks like great fun. I'm guessing there's not many crocs in the freshwater up there?

Thanks guys.

Hi all Once again, the last couple of days I've been out in the river trying for something decent. It hasn't been the best fishing though, but I have seen a decent variety of fish caught. The first session was last Saturday, and was at a spot I hadn't been to in a while. After arriving at about 7:50AM in the morning, I met with Michael and we got straight to cast netting. It wasn't long before we had a few herring, and we got to fishing. Andrew arrived shortly after, but the tide was roaring out making fishing slightly difficult. An bit more than an hour had passed when Michael's rod got a decent hit and he was on. A fight full of headshakes saw a 34CM squire pulled up, the first I had seen in ages. Hopefully there are a few more of these getting around as it cools down. After about another 45 minutes or so, I saw my rod getting some bites. It wasn't long before I realized I was on, so I set my drag and began pulling in the fish. It wasn't big, and I presumed it was a toad. Annoyingly, a rather fat one surfaced, so after I got the hook out I threw it back into the river and chucked another bait out. The bite was pretty patchy, but eventually after another hour or so Michael was on again. The fish was hardly fighting and gave a couple headshakes as it surfaced, so we were all pleased to see a baby thready of about 30CM. It was one of the smallest we'd ever seen, so it was released quick and thrown back into the water. After that, the bite went a bit quiet again, but it wasn't long before Andrew was hooked up to a fish. About half way through the fight, it jumped out of the water a couple times, and it was clear Andrew had a tailor on the end of the line. We eventually had it on the jetty, and it came in at 45CM. After fishing for about another hour and catching no more, we cooked up the fish and some lunch before I headed off for the arvo. Stats of Trip: Tide: 5:50AM, 2.5M, High, 12:50PM, .7M, Low Moon Phase: 31%, decreasing Air Pressure: 1005 Humidity: 72% Gear Used: I used a Shimano Baitrunner 8000 DC on a Kmart Rod, a Abu Garcia Ambassadeur on an Ugly Stik, 30 and 20 pound braid mainlines, 30 pound leader, size 4 star sinkers, barrel swivels, size 4/0 and 6/0 circle hooks. Bait Caught and Used: Herring, garfish Fish Caught: I got a toady, others caught 1 x squire, 1 x thready, 1 x tailor Overall Success Rate: 25% - a quiet day for me but a decent variety of fish caught The next day (yesterday), I was busy in the morning, but decided to go out for one last session to finish my holidays. I went to a spot nearby my home, and arrived by about 2:45PM. I didn't waste any time and got straight to cast netting as I had no deadbait to use. It took a little while, but I eventually had a couple small silver biddies and prime size mullet, which were casted out onto my line. The tide was rising, and I was hopeful of a thready. It wasn't long before I was on the first fish of the day - a catfish. After getting rid of this I ended up getting snagged on one of my lines, so I rerigged this as well and casted out another bait. The tide was getting a bit higher now and I got a few more baitfish including some mullet and gar, which were casted out in no time after being caught. The tide was starting to get a bit higher, and although I had some good livies out the bites just weren't really there. I tried repositioning one of my rods to the top walkway of the jetty with a live mullet, but this brought no fish either. As it started to get later in the day it was looking like I was going to catch no fish. Fortunately, as the tide really started pumping, a few good sized banana prawns started drifting through off the front of the jetty (on any other tide other than low, it is a really low tide at this spot). I capitalized on this opportunity, and as well as about 12 river perch (from 10-30cm), a fair few bream, a small grunter, I got about 15 good prawns and lots of herring in a short time period. There were also some anchovies getting about, so hopefully with the good bait at this jetty I'll be able to get out for an after school fish here sometime. As the prawns slowed I started focusing on the fishing, and caught another catty. As it began to get dark, I lost another rig as a catfish pulled me into a snag, and I sent out an anchovy/prawn combo and the same mullet that had been out for the whole session. As my Dad arrived I caught another catty on the anchovy/prawn bait and let the mullet go after I got it off my hook. I left at about 6:30PM, disappointed with the lack of bites. At least I have some deadbait for next time now. Stats of Trip: Tide: 2:10pm, .4m, Low, 8:00PM, 2.0M, High Moon Phase: Quite small, decreasing Humidity: 74% Air Pressure: 1004 Gear Used: I used a Shimano Symetre 4000 on a Shimano Sentire Rod, A Abu Garcia Ambassadeur on an Ugly Stik, a Shimano Baitrunner 8000DC on a Kmart Rod. 15-30 pound braid mainline, 30 pound leader, 4/o and 6/o circle hooks. Size 6 ball sinkers and 3 barrel sinkers. Bait Caught and Used: Live herring, mullet, prawns, anchovies, silver biddy Fish Caught: Catfish x 3 Overall Success Rate: 25% - got some bait Thanks for reading, Cheers Hamish

Good to hear that you'll be back fishing soon Josh, hope the new boat is great!

Thanks guys, next time I'll keep the mullet for bait.

Awesome job @kmcrosby78, that is a great session! Would’ve been lots of fun. Cheers Hamish

I try to get the most reasonably priced combo that will still do the job but also be pleasant to use, personally the most expensive combo I have is worth about $400. People spend thousands on their hobbies so there’s no reason you can’t spend that much on fishing gear!

Good work Brian, that’s a quality session.