longhairedwahoo

Cheers for the advice legends. Fairly new to trolling on the yak so will defintely take your advice on the swivel though have seen gangs where the first hook comes with one already rigged straight to it so might just go with them for simplicity on the water. Also just thought I'd clarify that I have been doing all my fishing offshore of straddie, so am outside the bay but I think all the advice would still be the same

Hey, if your going plastic can definetly recommend viking kayaks. I have had a nemo 1 man, a nemo two+1 and a 4.5m profish and they all lived very hard lives but did not show it at all. If your looking at tandems I would probably look at the viking tempo though as the nemo is definetly a bit crowded with two adults with not much room for storage of large items. Otherwise they are bulletproof, stable as and there are **** loads about on marketplace second hand if you dont want to pay heaps.

Hi, I started kayak fishing at Green island from wellington pt. Plenty of variety to be caught there all year round from Tuskys and snaps to the occasional mac. Its a decent return paddle but for about 60% of the journey you are just following the sand bar to king island (see google maps) so you can always get out of trouble. From there I would look at hitting offshore reefs which are quite popular like palmy or brays as you should never be to far from trouble.

Cheers @Tuna are fishand @Hweebeboth setups sound good, if my imports turn out crap as anticipated will probably try something along those lines.

2 hours ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Hey @longhairedwahoo

I agree with Breaming with Bro. Most telescopic rods are low quality and often aren't sensitive, and the weight is unbalanced. In saying that, I have a $70 rod and reel combo (telescopic) that comes with me whenever I go hiking or camping, and it has held up well over 4 or 5 years.

Another option is a three piece (or even four piece) rod. I own a three piece which I use as well as my telescopic. While I prefer the telescopic for chucking lure (light lures though, not what you'd typically use offshore) I can still cast around 25 metres with the three piece, and it's a bit of a cheapy. I'd imagine if you looked around you'd be able to find a good quality one for a reasonable price.

Cheers Hamish

Cheers Hamish, highest line class I could find in retailers in aus was a  5kg Abu which seemed overpriced so ended up finding a few suppliers in China and have 3 good looking 'carbon' rods on the way in hopes at least 1 is not crap.

Cheers @Breaming with brofor the reply it was what I expected tbh. I have had only good experiences with the cheap ones on camping trips where space was tight for bream and flattys (They dont last long though but I don't expect them to). Shame there's not something on the high-end.

Hi guys,

Recently upgraded from a viking nemo 2 man to their profish 45 to trawl and bottom bash off pt Lookout in hopes of pelagics and large demersals. The profish unlike some other kayaks (stealths) doesn't have a big enough internal storage to store your typical 6ft boat rods while landing in the surf and so was wondering if you guys knew of any good compact options (collapse to about 80cm). I was hoping there was some heavy duty telescopic that would be heavy duty enough to bring in a decent pelagic. If this happens to exist it would be ideal because the rods could be rigged up before heading out, whereas a three piece would have to be rigged on the ocean which I have learnt can be painful or at least slow. Would love to hear what you guys run and will update if I find anything that seems good in search.

Cheers

Thanks guys, sounds like I should be good for the crossing just gotta be prepared to take it slow but nice to know if I chicken out theres always corio. Hopefully will come back with a solid trip report in a couple weeks.

Cheers @AUS-BNE-FISHOI havent heard of Corio Bay but looks worth a trip north itself just from google maps. Admittedly I'm heading north to try get away from bream but at least it looks like nice camping and probably produces better than mud island anyways. Any advice on access to it or if theres anything important I should know about the area e.g. if its full of crocs would be massively appreciated?

cheers, Jack

Cheers for the advice @Ryannnnnnnn, would've thought a 6.3 cc could handle pretty much anything keppel bay could throw at it but i guess I might've underestimated it. Dont suppose you know of any good plan B fishing or camping options in the area? I'm driving up from Brissie so dont want the drive to be a complete waste if the bay is rough.

Hi guys, Im heading up to camp and fish from Miall island end of next week departing from Rosslyn bay. Wind is looking good on the forecast (long range so taken with grain of salt) but the swell is looking like it will pick up while Im over there so Im worried about the trip back. I have no experience with the area though my understanding was that the cap/bunker group, swains and the keppels themselves provide a lot of protection from swell so wind is really the only worry. Just checking if this is the case because my boat is on the small side and I dont feel like getting stranded in 2-3m swell. 

Cheers, Jack