Kat

Thanks Guys!  I am off out with some burley for the first time and trying some stinky cheese and bread - an italian fisherman swears by.  Wish me luck.

Okay.  So I have Braid to Fluro/Mono (whatever you call it.  The first bit of fluro is about the length of my rod then I have the swivel, then another bit of mono about 30 to 50cm long - the last part is called the leader right (or trace)?
God I feel stupid 

More pictures in case that helps....
 

Hiya Put me down for Southside please.  Going to a new spot today - you never know beginners luck? Any wins for the team with the smallest fish caught😋

Okay.  So I have Braid to Fluro/Mono (whatever you call it.  The first bit of fluro is about the length of my rod then I have the swivel, then another bit of mono about 30 to 50cm long - the last part is called the leader right (or trace)?
God I feel stupid 

Hi Everyone
Having no-one to help with learning the ropes I have mainly relied on advice from this forum and books.  Can anyone please tell me what the squiggly lines in the rigs throughout this book represent???? Example page attached.  Not all of the rigs shown in the book have squiggly lines. Help please
Kat

Okay.  So I have Braid to Fluro/Mono (whatever you call it.  The first bit of fluro is about the length of my rod then I have the swivel, then another bit of mono about 30 to 50cm long - the last part is called the leader right (or trace)?
God I feel stupid 

Hiya Put me down for Southside please.  Going to a new spot today - you never know beginners luck? Any wins for the team with the smallest fish caught😋

Hiya Put me down for Southside please.  Going to a new spot today - you never know beginners luck? Any wins for the team with the smallest fish caught😋

Hi Everyone
Having no-one to help with learning the ropes I have mainly relied on advice from this forum and books.  Can anyone please tell me what the squiggly lines in the rigs throughout this book represent???? Example page attached.  Not all of the rigs shown in the book have squiggly lines. Help please
Kat

Hiya Put me down for Southside please.  Going to a new spot today - you never know beginners luck? Any wins for the team with the smallest fish caught😋

Hiya Put me down for Southside please.  Going to a new spot today - you never know beginners luck? Any wins for the team with the smallest fish caught😋

Thanks for the detailed description.  I will give it a go.
Cheers Kat

Thanks for the detailed description.  I will give it a go.
Cheers Kat

The Rock is huge.  Like I said barely legal.  Yeah fish blood - mine came later in the avo.  Put it this way the fish bled less than I did. 😢

No squid night or morning.  No yabbies.  1 barely legal Bream and two sliced fingers! Still loving it. 😉 Trying a different spot tomorrow...

True but I am so addicted I still carried on fishing and thought what the hell!  

Thanks for posting this Greg.  Pulled up to a local spot for a fish a couple of days ago - it had just started raining and  was filling up the yabby bucket with some fresh water and I  hear some thunder. Thought of your post and my anxiety levels rose quite high! 😬

Hi All
After watching numerous videos, reading articles and speaking to fishos I am still wanting further guidance.  I have heard from so many people that live bait is the best and as I live 5 min walk from prime yabbie territory I finally decided to buy a yabbie pump.  My brother in-law pumped yabbies as a kid and was a champ.  I will master the art in time - BUT , my two fishing trips with the live yabbies were completely unsuccessful.  I think I have now mastered the art of rigging them so they are reasonably secure and still wriggling - but I am not even sure if they are still on the line after casting.  I caught two miniature bream.  Mostly I don't even feel nibbles.  
I am going to the beach tomorrow to try worming (don't laugh) .
I haven't looked at catching live bait fish yet - I thought I would try a trap but then found out they are illegal in QLD.
Any advice on bait and baiting the hook or links to good videos or articles would be appreciated.

True but I am so addicted I still carried on fishing and thought what the hell!  

Hi Hamish
I would like to hear from others since I was a lawyer in NZ before coming to GC - wouldn't it be embarrassing if I was interpreting it incorrectly! 🤭
Cheers Katrina
P.s. hope I am wrong cause really would like to use a cheap homemade bottletrap...

Hi Hamish 
Thanks for that.  I was thinking of the bottle trap as it is cheap and I have seen heaps of places near me I could use it.  But when I looked at the fishing regulations it seemed that you could only use traps for Crabs in Queensland - have I got that wrong?  I did read it about five times to be sure?
Cheers Katrina

Hi Hamish
Yes.  So the way I read the regs is that the list of equipment allowed to be used for fishing is  listed in the regs under fresh and salt or tidal waters.  It is not a list of prohibitions.  There are certainly some specific prohibitions written in the regs but it is mainly listing what is allowed.  They have only listed traps for crabbing in saltwater or tidal or trapping in general in freshwater.  Therefore traps are not allowed in saltwater or tidal waters except for crabbing.
That is how I read it.  
I will do some more research and let you know.
Cheers
Katrina
 
 

True but I am so addicted I still carried on fishing and thought what the hell!  

Thanks for posting this Greg.  Pulled up to a local spot for a fish a couple of days ago - it had just started raining and  was filling up the yabby bucket with some fresh water and I  hear some thunder. Thought of your post and my anxiety levels rose quite high! 😬