AUS-BNE-FISHO

Yes seen the same.  Has anyone tried it for comparison?
I should hit my nephew up for a few tuna recipes.  He is head chef at an upmarket Melbourne venue and they have been doing a heap of tuna lately.  He was telling me last week they were buying some massive blue fin in for the current menu and the head alone was 35kg.

Around Brisbane there are quite a few dams loaded with australian bass and the like.  Rayke is the resident expert on them IMHO as he fished two of the dams every week.   I hope I am firing as well as him when I get to his age is all I can say.
Head about 4hrs west and south and you get into the dams stocked with murray cod - an absolute trophy fish and australias largest freshwater fish….by along way.  Just google them.  An absolute beautiful fish as well.  Only thing better is a wild murray cod and they are in all the western rivers from the QLD border down (some areas more than others).
Head about 4hrs north and you get barramundi (on steroids) as per Manga’s post.  Another hour from there is another dam also stocked with barra.  Barra in the dams get probably an easy twice as heavy as a wild barra.  Best we have gotten in Lake Misery (aka Monduran aka Fred Haig Dam) is 122cm and estimated at 30kg.  Only estimate because mate and I are not exactly weak and it was a tough lift.
The biggest thing you will have to adapt to when you come here is we treat 4 or 5 hr drives as around the corner….

pack a 6-10kg baitcater about 7' long and load it with some 50lb braid and 80lb leader....all visitors MUST report to Lake Monduran for a session.

In Wivenhoe Dam (Impoundment) species would include Australian bass, golden perch, silver perch, saratoga and a lot of silvertail catfish 

I thought not as I'd never seen anything similar there

Good stuff Rebel. Rock fishing is always nice and some extra fish make it even better.

Hi All.
Overcast & grey morning.
We didn't have our new recruit, so we headed for the rocks at sunrise.
Calm water which was good.
Started with a bonito. These fish like a fight. Tested my new Penn 6000 conflict reel. Works well.
We ended up with 4 snapper 42 to 48cm. We let the bonito go. Caught 3 of them. Also caught  2 tailor ( released )
Bait was fresh squid & Metal lures. I had a new lure a Nomad Ridgeback 40g. Tailor seem to like them.
Off to breakfast at the Norah Head coffee shop.
Top morning. Lots of laughs. These teenagers are really into rock fishing, even if their Mother's do not approve.
Cheers.

I’ve never heard of most of those things, so I would say probably not.
@Bob9863 may be able to provide you with some good advice surrounding the international gear.

I’ve never heard of most of those things, so I would say probably not.
@Bob9863 may be able to provide you with some good advice surrounding the international gear.

I’ve never heard of most of those things, so I would say probably not.
@Bob9863 may be able to provide you with some good advice surrounding the international gear.

Google Chris Britton Rods.  He is a custom rod maker - lists the specs of rods he makes.  If any of your rods dont match the rods he makes then I would say you wont use it.
Really here in Brisbane you can fish:
Light Tackle Game
Heavy Tackle Game
Offshore (pelagic and demersal)
Inshore (Moreton Bay) (same but the smaller species normally)
Beach (ie surf)
Estuary
Impoundment natives
Freshwater native fish
Depends on what you want to target but personally I think for inshore and estuary the 2500-5000 size Shimano reels are about right depending on how heavy a stick you want to use.  For overheads Shimano 200 class mainly though you can use 150’s as the water isnt that deep (not much over 20m is the deepest part of the bay)
Offshore Shimano SW reels from 5000-14000 for spin and overheads up to @ Shimano Talica 20 depending on the stick you match with. (20m-100m is the normal depth ranges with the closer reefs in the 30-40m depth and then 100m before you get into deep dropping)
I just use the Shimano sizes because I dont know Daiwa and other brands very well.
If you are a tournament fisher then you may get into the bream or bass tournament scene they will fish ultra light so if you have anything in the 1-3kg and Shimano 1000 size reel you may want to bring it.
 

Shovel nose Shark - 130cm
https://lensdump.com/a/70XyT

We always used to use snaps in the old days with barra (back when u used wire as well) because the old style lure retrievers need something like a swivel to lock over when they snag.
Now days only do a loop knot.  Its quick and like the others can change a lure quicker than dicking around with a snap where the trebles are swinging around.
 
I do have snaps for the odd occassion casting stickbaits and poppers offshore so you can quickly change the lure.  https://oceanslegacy.com/product/hdultra-access-swivel/
 

Thanks for providing a fix mate
 

I remove all split rings from towing points that I can. 
I believe that the cut on the wire in a split ring is a potential nick in your leader about to happen...especially if the ring is slightly stressed apart.
I tie loop knots to the lures these days.....have not used a snap for over 25 years....used them all the time before that.
To be honest, losing a lure to a bad connection is not worth worrying over.....we as fishermen are hoarders of all things tackle related.....I know that I have a few thousdanr hard body lures and probably 3 times that in soft plastics now....I don't think I will miss a few going to the gods.

Yes hopefully its useful for other people.  Not sure what happened to the original poster, maybe my post scared hi away - lol.
Like I said, my knowledge is all based on experience travelling and living off grid for long periods where keeping food and beer/wine cold is a massive priority.  And all before the advent of lithium and affordable solar.  We have had and solved more than our fair share of problems with electrics travelling the country and yet to have to resort to hot beer so doing something right.  
There are cheaper options if you want to wire in the ebay watt meter (listed as 200amp watt meter)…I still use similar on my solar blanket when charging the 4wd drinks fridge battery.  Lot cheaper than when I bought mine over 10 years ago but its still going.  At a glance tells you how much the solar panel is putting out and at the end of the day how much its generated.  Can put it inline with a fridge to see how much it consumes as well.  Pretty good value for @ $24.
 
 

Board updated.

Shovel nose Shark - 130cm
https://lensdump.com/a/70XyT

I'm with @ellicat, I can cut and tie a new loop knot much quicker than playing around with spit rings / pliers / rocky boat. Don't get me wrong I use split rings with certain lures / assist hooks but I'm not opening them up to save re-tying a knot for sure.
If anything....knots are usually the weak point in any terminal tackle so re-tying new knots is a positive thing.

@Old Scaley I'm certain it would be a strait forward fix to get the old process working again, I just need to be granted some back-end admin access to troubleshoot and resolve. @ellicat is working on seeing if that admin access can be provided.

Good idea Peter, but you’d be much better off using a snap swivel, this basically allows you to tie the line to the snap swivel, open the snap with your fingers, clip your lure onto it, and change the lures far more easy that it would be than changing the split rings each time. 

Shovel nose Shark - 130cm
https://lensdump.com/a/70XyT

Shovel nose Shark - 130cm
https://lensdump.com/a/70XyT

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Fishing goals for the year…
 
get my daughter on the boat more and hopefully get her a fish (she’s a bit young still, 2 in march)
Get more confident in the local haunts around deception bay..  burpengary creek, cab river and the passage.. 
get a trolling motor real soon.. extend casting deck, move sounder to starboard side..
A trip for a week on the sandy strait chasing travelly, jacks , scooping crabs off the flats and beer from the esky might be nice too..