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PS, This bloke has an interesting idea for trying the sinker on a paternoster.
Re Leatherjackets-ugly suckers but so easy to clean and a very under rated table fish.
https://www.ryanmoodyfishing.com/paternoster-rig/

PS, This bloke has an interesting idea for trying the sinker on a paternoster.
Re Leatherjackets-ugly suckers but so easy to clean and a very under rated table fish.
https://www.ryanmoodyfishing.com/paternoster-rig/

Hi Kat,
I don't know the area, so my suggestions are general.
If snags are bottom material rather than sunken trees you could try a paternoster rig with a bomb sinker at the end. I think that these elongated sinkers cast well (more streamlined) and release from snags better than many others because of their shape. A loop on the end of the rig makes for easy and fast sinker changes as for when you need more/less lead as the tide changes. The paternoster should keep the hooks away from the bottom snags so a sinker that is shaped to come free easily makes sense. 

Making the loop at the end is straight forward. Double the end of the line back on itself, then using the doubled up line make a simple overhand knot. The resulting loop is easily slipped on and off through the the bomb sinker's swivel. (Poke loop thru sinker eye, then sinker thru loop and tighten). 
Alternatively you could also try using a float to keep your rig off the bottom.
I am wondering if its a good place to fish when the current runs so strongly. In general fish don't like wasting energy fighting a current unnecessarily. Instead they hang in eddies behind structures as this quieter water uses less energy and brings a meal to them.  If they need to move from A to B  it makes sense for them to go when the current assists them. As someone above said, there may be  better stages of the tide to fish this.

Hi Kat,
I don't know the area, so my suggestions are general.
If snags are bottom material rather than sunken trees you could try a paternoster rig with a bomb sinker at the end. I think that these elongated sinkers cast well (more streamlined) and release from snags better than many others because of their shape. A loop on the end of the rig makes for easy and fast sinker changes as for when you need more/less lead as the tide changes. The paternoster should keep the hooks away from the bottom snags so a sinker that is shaped to come free easily makes sense. 

Making the loop at the end is straight forward. Double the end of the line back on itself, then using the doubled up line make a simple overhand knot. The resulting loop is easily slipped on and off through the the bomb sinker's swivel. (Poke loop thru sinker eye, then sinker thru loop and tighten). 
Alternatively you could also try using a float to keep your rig off the bottom.
I am wondering if its a good place to fish when the current runs so strongly. In general fish don't like wasting energy fighting a current unnecessarily. Instead they hang in eddies behind structures as this quieter water uses less energy and brings a meal to them.  If they need to move from A to B  it makes sense for them to go when the current assists them. As someone above said, there may be  better stages of the tide to fish this.

Might be worth some of you up north asking your fisheries department why they haven't done something like that yet? (Nothing like a bit of up oneupmanship and interstate rivalry to get pollies moving). I'm trying hard not to mention our premiers and the border closure but cant help myself 🙂

Does Qld has a similar access map like this one in NSW?
https://www.angleraccessdev.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing-map/

Might be worth some of you up north asking your fisheries department why they haven't done something like that yet? (Nothing like a bit of up oneupmanship and interstate rivalry to get pollies moving). I'm trying hard not to mention our premiers and the border closure but cant help myself 🙂

Might be worth some of you up north asking your fisheries department why they haven't done something like that yet? (Nothing like a bit of up oneupmanship and interstate rivalry to get pollies moving). I'm trying hard not to mention our premiers and the border closure but cant help myself 🙂

A squid had a very bad cold. A shark came up and said "You look terrible, why don't you tag along with me"
The Squid said "Why would I do that"? and the shark said "I'm off to the tropics for my annual poker game. The warm climate will fix you up".
So the squid latched on to the shark and travelled to the tropics.
The shark caught up with the gossip with the other sharks at the poker game and while they were settling  outstanding gambling debts the shark said to another "By the way, here's the six quid I owe you".

Recent interference by the Chinese Communist Party in trade has been the last straw for me.
I have long been concerned about our close relationship with a one-party police state that executes political opponents or imprisons them in concentration camps. The Chinese Communist Party regime is increasingly belligerent, coerces ethnic Chinese overseas, ignores international law, ignores the rule of law, denies freedom of speech, uses slave labour, is a threat to the stability of the region, beggars vulnerable nations with debt, steals intellectual property, is responsible for cyber-attacks on Australia, actively spies on us, attempts to influence our democracy for its own ends, and corrupts our elected leaders.
There is also the issue of their fishing fleets pillaging the oceans around the Galapagos Islands and I'm not very comfortable with a proposed fish processing plant in PNG.
Whenever I shop now I look to see where the products was made and I boycott mainland Chinese products. I bought some tackle the other day that was made in Taiwan and other stuff from South Korea (both liberal democracies). Its a small start.

Recent interference by the Chinese Communist Party in trade has been the last straw for me.
I have long been concerned about our close relationship with a one-party police state that executes political opponents or imprisons them in concentration camps. The Chinese Communist Party regime is increasingly belligerent, coerces ethnic Chinese overseas, ignores international law, ignores the rule of law, denies freedom of speech, uses slave labour, is a threat to the stability of the region, beggars vulnerable nations with debt, steals intellectual property, is responsible for cyber-attacks on Australia, actively spies on us, attempts to influence our democracy for its own ends, and corrupts our elected leaders.
There is also the issue of their fishing fleets pillaging the oceans around the Galapagos Islands and I'm not very comfortable with a proposed fish processing plant in PNG.
Whenever I shop now I look to see where the products was made and I boycott mainland Chinese products. I bought some tackle the other day that was made in Taiwan and other stuff from South Korea (both liberal democracies). Its a small start.

Not the Northern Beaches I hope 🙂

Not the Northern Beaches I hope 🙂

Not the Northern Beaches I hope 🙂

Not the Northern Beaches I hope 🙂

Recent interference by the Chinese Communist Party in trade has been the last straw for me.
I have long been concerned about our close relationship with a one-party police state that executes political opponents or imprisons them in concentration camps. The Chinese Communist Party regime is increasingly belligerent, coerces ethnic Chinese overseas, ignores international law, ignores the rule of law, denies freedom of speech, uses slave labour, is a threat to the stability of the region, beggars vulnerable nations with debt, steals intellectual property, is responsible for cyber-attacks on Australia, actively spies on us, attempts to influence our democracy for its own ends, and corrupts our elected leaders.
There is also the issue of their fishing fleets pillaging the oceans around the Galapagos Islands and I'm not very comfortable with a proposed fish processing plant in PNG.
Whenever I shop now I look to see where the products was made and I boycott mainland Chinese products. I bought some tackle the other day that was made in Taiwan and other stuff from South Korea (both liberal democracies). Its a small start.

A squid had a very bad cold. A shark came up and said "You look terrible, why don't you tag along with me"
The Squid said "Why would I do that"? and the shark said "I'm off to the tropics for my annual poker game. The warm climate will fix you up".
So the squid latched on to the shark and travelled to the tropics.
The shark caught up with the gossip with the other sharks at the poker game and while they were settling  outstanding gambling debts the shark said to another "By the way, here's the six quid I owe you".

Recent interference by the Chinese Communist Party in trade has been the last straw for me.
I have long been concerned about our close relationship with a one-party police state that executes political opponents or imprisons them in concentration camps. The Chinese Communist Party regime is increasingly belligerent, coerces ethnic Chinese overseas, ignores international law, ignores the rule of law, denies freedom of speech, uses slave labour, is a threat to the stability of the region, beggars vulnerable nations with debt, steals intellectual property, is responsible for cyber-attacks on Australia, actively spies on us, attempts to influence our democracy for its own ends, and corrupts our elected leaders.
There is also the issue of their fishing fleets pillaging the oceans around the Galapagos Islands and I'm not very comfortable with a proposed fish processing plant in PNG.
Whenever I shop now I look to see where the products was made and I boycott mainland Chinese products. I bought some tackle the other day that was made in Taiwan and other stuff from South Korea (both liberal democracies). Its a small start.

A squid had a very bad cold. A shark came up and said "You look terrible, why don't you tag along with me"
The Squid said "Why would I do that"? and the shark said "I'm off to the tropics for my annual poker game. The warm climate will fix you up".
So the squid latched on to the shark and travelled to the tropics.
The shark caught up with the gossip with the other sharks at the poker game and while they were settling  outstanding gambling debts the shark said to another "By the way, here's the six quid I owe you".

A squid had a very bad cold. A shark came up and said "You look terrible, why don't you tag along with me"
The Squid said "Why would I do that"? and the shark said "I'm off to the tropics for my annual poker game. The warm climate will fix you up".
So the squid latched on to the shark and travelled to the tropics.
The shark caught up with the gossip with the other sharks at the poker game and while they were settling  outstanding gambling debts the shark said to another "By the way, here's the six quid I owe you".

Hi Hamish,
It was great fun. I think I was only about 8 at the time. They were always thick at the mouth of the pipe that pumped blood into the river. I don't even know if the abattoir is still there, and looking back they were so focussed on feeding on the effluent that I think it would be hard to tempt them with a bait. Intentionally foul-hooking (jagging)was and probably still is illegal. I saw the threadie! Well done! What a fish!

Hi Hamish,
I lived at Cannon Hill when I as your age and cant imagine fishing the big brown snake like you guys do now. I was there in the early 1970s. It was pretty polluted, but I do remember having a lot of fun jagging mullet from the Murrarie abbatoir blood pipe. Naughty I know now. My neighbour paid me 20c each for crab bait and they put up an incredible fight on my K Mart whiting rod. I haven't been back since but its nice to hear that the river is a lot cleaner now.

Hi Flynn,
I have been mooching about the internet looking for a forum with a more NSW focus (no offence everyone-I'm still keen to be part of this one too). Anyway I found this and it may help you.
 
http://www.squidfish.net/forums/index.php?/forum/22-nsw/
 

Hi Hamish,
I lived at Cannon Hill when I as your age and cant imagine fishing the big brown snake like you guys do now. I was there in the early 1970s. It was pretty polluted, but I do remember having a lot of fun jagging mullet from the Murrarie abbatoir blood pipe. Naughty I know now. My neighbour paid me 20c each for crab bait and they put up an incredible fight on my K Mart whiting rod. I haven't been back since but its nice to hear that the river is a lot cleaner now.

Hi Flynn,
I have been mooching about the internet looking for a forum with a more NSW focus (no offence everyone-I'm still keen to be part of this one too). Anyway I found this and it may help you.
 
http://www.squidfish.net/forums/index.php?/forum/22-nsw/