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Thanks for sharing your experiences Hamish! Good stuff! Do you pick the best fishing day based on air pressure? I tend to justify poor fishing because of low barometer pressure like today.

These sound great tips! But a quick check on racq ultimate only covers up to 200km tow distance.

Fishing is a better addiction than most

Yes, considering the wind I felt lucky to catch anything. But it could prove that fish is still there when wind blows I can only go a few times a week so I am not picky

Hello friends, last night the weather is not looking good for fishing and boating with wild wind and pouring showers here in Brisbane. However I finally find the best opportunity to go out and test my new raincoat 360 degree. I also got a pair of rainpants from anaconda which is another post about. So in rain and darkness I stood with three rods at a jetty of the Moreton bay. It is 2 hours before the low tide and i am trying to fish for bream and flathead in the deep holes. Water is choppy as east wind blew to the bank. So i cast net to get bait fish near the bank and in the deep but they are scarce. I got a few glassy and a finglet mullet which i chopped up and cast out. Gears i used are 7' 2 to 4kg graphite rod with 10 lb braid and 20 lb leader. Running sinker rig with Size 2 ball sinker and 1/0 circle hooks at the end. On a quiet night I usually cast to the middle and deepest part of the stream and caught many fish in the low tide. Tonight i am not sure as the line was taken to the bank after cast by the wave. So i added more sinker to one line, but the downside is it could scare the cautious bream. And it proved i am right the other two lines with light sinkers are getting bite and the heavy one keep losing bait without any hookup. After a while one reel screamed i tightened the drag and the fish put up a good fight. It was a bream about 30cm. Five minutes later another big nod and I slowly retrieved the line. It felt like dead weight and not moving much. It felt like a flatty and i was afraid I could lose it due to my line and hook size. A minute later leader was cut and she is no more. I quickly change the leader to 30lb. But i didn't bring larger hooks so i am not very hopeful i can land one flatty. A while later another reel scream and i caught another bream of 30cm. The next two hours there are few bites and i lost another bream. Overall i am quite happy to try my new raincoat and take home two fish in such weather, though i can improve my flatty fishing skills.

Thanks mate, Would chux cloth make the fish a bit too dry if put in fridge? I usually put them in freezer bag instead which prevents loss of moisture.

Thanks mate, Yes I will try this on bream next time!

Good idea but wife would not approve probably

Hello fellow anglers, Recently i have caught quite a few flathead and bream from Shorncliffe jetty and enjoyed the trip and the fish as well. However i have run out of recipes for cooking them and wonder if I can make sashimi from these fish? How good do they taste? Cheers

Thanks for sharing with us your knowledge and secret, solute to you! I agree light gears give fish a level ground to fight and make fishing much more elegant sports too...

@Allnighter how is the fight with snapper of such size like? must be exciting i guess! The other thing i also wonder is how the fish taste compared with much smaller snapper of 40ish cm. I guess it is not as tender and juicy. But no doubt these are solid great catch!

Thanks for sharing Thanks for sharing the great tips and i am sure you will catch more fish! I am new to lure fishing so i wonder if the scent gel is a must have for flicking lures on the beach?

I just got an alvey reel which is very limited in retrieving line quickly. I would say it is much slower than an average spin reel. So I Just wondering how an alvey fisherman fight a big fish like threadfin salmon which take heaps of lines in a second. Is this the inherent weakness of design which all tackles maker know and do not make similar products ( they probably can make something similar if they want to since relevant patents expired long ago. ) what is your thought? Btw, the alvey reel i bought can not fit in my generic rods, so consider this post my vent

Just pick up a few discounted braid line from aldi for 3.99. the price is incredible but i dont know about their quality. Hope it is not too bad.

Very interesting article! I didn't know Octopus has such a dramatic end of life.I wonder if eels do the same after spawning too. Such a mystery!

Hi friends, I want to learn how to service fishing reel and hopefully open a new page in my career... So I am trying find some no longer needed reels to open up and service. Last time i unscrewed the bail of my reel and a spring poped out... that bail is no longer the same. that is end of my first trying. Do you have some reels to give away? If so please let me know and i can put them in good use. I am living on the north side of Brisbane. Thanks!

Great fun! Just wondering if you guys fish at night at dam as well? From my country night fishing at dam is very productive and i wonder how it is like here? Cheers

Great catches! What size of hooks and line did you use?

Hi Hamish, it's a good report with lot of details. Just a question about the bream you caught with deformed tail. I caught one with deformed tail too from the river. Do you know anything about what caused the deformed tail? Cheers

Thank you Nog for your insight and will probably bump into you at North pine if I do pick up a fly fishing kit soon

Thanks Daryl, just wondering where these FAD are deployed, are they in no fishing area? Just curious how effective they are without reading any published articles.

Thanks Hamish i agree with what you said. I was thinking about doing it at Nudgee beach at low tide when water is pretty shallow.

Hello friends, After reading a book and watching the movie, i am tempted to try fly fishing. I wonder if there are any fly fisho here that can answer a few questions for me: Can i do it on the beach on a calm day? Can i do it at dam? A few tips for beginners? Thanks for your help!

Hi Gad, thanks for sharing your experience with the brand. I wonder how hard it is to do 6-12 months service? I tried open my daiwa reel one day and found they use special screws and not easy to open. do i need any special screw driver for okuma?

Thanks Kat for the find and indeed the line capacity is not impressive. However the weight and max drag look pretty solid. I thought it is a Japanese brand until the website says it come from taiwan which should produce quality reel. Will get mine in 3 days and cant wait to test it.