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Bob9863

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  1. I'm definitely for helping not only the marine ecosystem, but our entire ecosystem in general. We just can't do that when instead of impartiality looking at the root causes, our experts instead look for easy answers that suit a political agenda rather then the actual cause. We can't fix things without the most accurate and unbiased information to work with.
  2. I can already guess that the blame is going to be put on farmers and the agricultural industry. As has been previously mentioned the big dam's mitigate the soil run off from farming, but development of flood land to residential areas, and the government's unwillingness to build new dams and other measures to both mitigate large floods and control developed areas run off won't get a mention. Or yearly dredging for the port and pollution from urban areas for that matter. It's going to be the fault of man made climate change due to industry and the farmers that feed us. It always is, actual proof is never required as long as it fits the narrative. Things are changing, but we will never understand the real reasons why, not until we remove the politics from science. But as things stand ATM, you don't get funding unless you tell the people providing it exactly what they want to hear.
  3. Anything to bring in more climate change BS, I can't trust the "research" done by scientists these days, every result is about getting grants and furthering the agenda. I miss the days when scientists had to actually defend their findings. They completely stuffed up darwin harbour with the dredging for the LNG export, but they don't dare research that, or even look into it.
  4. Hollow body frog lures would be good for surface fishing. I'm 99% sure no state in the country let's you use live frogs or dead frogs as bait.
  5. You would be surprised what a trout can and will eat, I've never used frogs as bait, but I have absolutely no doubt that they will eat even large frogs.
  6. Unfortunately they don't seem to sell any strong enough fo me, I need a minimum of 50lbs.
  7. That YGK is great stuff, they have a few good ultra thin braids out, but I've settled on Shimano's grappler. I get mine from anaconda, it's usually $74 or something like that but I always price match and get it for $60-$62.
  8. I've generally had brilliant success with braid, it's got its advantages and it's disadvantages just like mono. Mono's advantages are it's less visible, it's stretch reduces shock and it's much more abrasion resistant. Braids advantages are it's thinner so you fit more line on the reel, it's lack of stretch means it's easier to set the hook, there's much much more sensitivity between the rod and the lure, especially important when fishing soft plastics and it's got much more casting distance. If I was to spool my O/S reels for what I fish for I'd need at least 30lb braid, I would only get 75m on my spool and that would be next to useless when a big fish runs. My only other option is use a much bigger reel, I don't want to do that as it makes the rod to heavy to cast all day. There's definitely times when either will be better then the other, but you really have to choose what's going to be best for what you use it for the majority of the time.
  9. The only advantage I see to thicker line is if a fish wraps it around a snag, but in my experience nothing helps in that situation. Thick mono is the best option for situations like that, but it really affects both your casting distance anfmd how a lure performs in the water.
  10. I've tried spooling dry, and in a tub of water, I crank the drag up, with the reel on the heaviest rod I have, hold the line with a glove on my hand and hold it so tight I can only crank a half turn at a time. You can't put it on tighter without breaking the rod or the reel, it feels like a solid section of pvc pipe is on the spool when I'm done. So that's definitely not the issue. I really don't think you should have to spend $560 on a machine like this just to spool your own reels at home. https://www.ottostackleworld.com.au/busted-fishing-line-winder-bf-216-for-overhead-fis?gad_source=4&gclid=CjwKCAjw48-vBhBbEiwAzqrZVO1DqhejsZtRomizIh3OX9Mrzne84F0ZKdQBYozaw9AYgzVQn73KAxoCFZsQAvD_BwE
  11. A lot of the parks I fish at recommend 80lb braid as a minimum for big fish due to the risk of line breaking against pylons ect, but I hate fishing thick line, I find it costs me both casting distance (especially with lighter lures) and more importantly I loose a lot of sensitivity when finessing lures slowly. When bait fishing I tend to fish heavier braid, but I don't know if it's really an advantage. I find it doesn't matter if I'm fishing 20lb braid or 50lb braid when the fish hits a rock ect. So I've taken to fishing longer leasers of heavier fluorocarbon. I've found that makes a big difference. So I'm curious to other people's experiences with braid and abrasion resistance, or the use of longer leader. Reading up on US tournament bass fishing, it seems most run an average of 50lb braid, that's for as big a fish with a maximum size of 20lb, with 15lb being a more realistic maximum size. So why do they use 30lb-65lb braid, I know that in rocky fast flowing water I can pull out 15-20lb fish on 6lb line with a 15lb leader, but that's not tournament fishing either. But what do you all think, are you better off in situations like that running a 3-4m of say 60lb-80lb leader on a pe 3 line of suitable strength, or running a thicker pe5 or pe6 braid and having less line on the spool?
  12. I used shimano Grappler and kairiki braid for my testing, so the fault is 100% with shimano. Now I only need 150m of of the .23 59.5lb Grapler on my reels for what I want them for so it's not a problem for me, but it's still BS. There's no legitimate reason to have 27% less line capasity then advertised. Now I absolutely love my Stella reels, and for finesse fishing there's not many that compare with the Stella, but I should be able to fit around 230m of line on that reel, not 180m. 50m of line can make a huge difference when fishing light tackle on big fish.
  13. I've been re-spooling my Stella's and thunnus reels and the actual line capasity compared to what's written on the reel is massively smaller. Why do they BS so much about their capasity, when they could just make the spools deeper and store what they claim? Here's my examples. Shimano Stella SW 4000xg, claimed spool capacity 180m of .30mm, actual capacity 180m of .23mm Shimano Stella C5000XG , claimed spool capacity 175m of 35mm, actual capasity 180m of .23mm, 135m of .27mm Shimano Thunnus 8000 Ci4, claimed capasity 340m of .35mm, actual capacity 285m of. 28mm That's a massive massive difference in line capasity, there's no way on earth to put the line on the spool that they claim, so why do they false advertise and more importantly why do they get away with it? It's not like I guess the capacity either, I actually made up a yard stick of sorts to check my measurements. It's bases on the bank stick principle that carp anglers use. I took a plank of wood, glued two pop rivets exactly 50cm apart and after completely filling the spool as tight as I could, I would tie a small loop and then wrap the line around the two prongs, so each wrap is exactly 1m. is it just Shimano or do other manufacturers BS about there capasity that much as well, i can except maybe a 10% difference in marked Vs actual capacity, but this is just complete fantasy on Shimano's behalf.
  14. I won't have much choice soon, the yellow belly run is almost over, the water is cooling down and the bite is switching off. There's been a massive outbreak of red spot in the Hume dam as well, all the redfin are dying and that's taken away the major food source for the other fish. Next year might be a tough one the way things are looking.
  15. Bloody killing me but, I was up at 4:30am to try some early morning bait fishing, only got carp on the bait, but got 4 yellows on the lure. Had to use my bait rods for lure fishing, the lack of sensitivity was a problem but still got two that were decent. No more early mornings for a while I think, time to go on the wagon a little I think, I'm shagged.
  16. I loaded the ute last night and was up at 5:30 this morning for a pre work fish. I was fishing by 6am in the dark and got a little 45cm yellow belly on my 2nd flick, things went a bit quiet after that so a quick move to another spot upstream and I was into a solid 60cm yellow belly on the little 3kg rod with a 1000 side reel and light 6lb braid, pulled in another little 40cm yellow belly and then Strait away hooked into a super fat 57cm yellow belly, at 2st I thought id snagged a rock as the lure just stoped and sat there, i gave it a shake to try get it off when the "rock" started to swim away. It put a a brilliant fight with lots of runs and it definitely didn't want any part of the net. But steady pressure and keeping calm did the trick. I also foul hooked a fat cap that gave me a hell of a run around. Another bloke fishing down from me lost to and I noticed he lost them shortly after tightening the drag trying to net them, I definitely think it's better to let them run and take your time netting them, especially on the light gear it's been paying me big dividends. I'm definitely going to try that tactic next trip chasing arapaima, I'm sick of loosing the really big ones.
  17. No worries, I put them in there, and added this cracking pair at 57cm and 60cm from sparrow fart o'clock this morning.
  18. Ok two 55cm yellas from yesterday and and early morning run today netted me a 57cm and a 60cm.
  19. Bob9863

    2023 new boat

    It definitely would at that, not just more comfortable but a hell of a lot safer too. I do freshwater lakes and rivers so a small tinnie is brilliant, but for open water you definitely want something bigger like that.
  20. Bob9863

    2023 new boat

    I tend to like small tinnies myself, but a boat like that would definitely be a hell of a lot nicer to fish from. It looks like a brilliant place to fish from.
  21. One thing that really stood out to me in some more popular fishing parks in thailand is that people fight really hard, there are pylons where you land the fish. People want to force the fish away from them which makes them fight harder and a lot of hooks get thrown. But watching the European guides, they set a lighter drag, have those huge long carp rods and try to ease the fish gently into the net. That really improves their catch rate to the point that you really don't see them loose any fish at all. But watching fishing shows, the experts seem to fight hard and try to dominate the fish, and they throw a lot of hooks. I also preferred stiffer stronger rods in the past, they gave me more control over the fish, especially when fighting sharks, but now I'm preferring longer much more forgiving rods, they let me apply constant pressure, absorbe runs and head shakes and guide the fish in with a lot less effort. but I'd like to hear from the people that do fight them hard, just to see if they manage to loose less with any techniques, there's definitely situations that I can think of where it's definitely necessary to do so. Knowing how to reduce thrown hooks in those situations would be brilliant to know.
  22. I do like that idea of letting the fish run from a shark, as opposed to trying to race it in. I can see a lot of merrit to that approach. One thing I did forget to mention, is when I run my drag lighter, I tend to ease the fish in easier, they don't seem to fight as hard, getting into the net can be a problem, but I have noticed a difference. My old method was to work out the maximum drag for my combo and then set it uninhs scales, but I did loose a lot more fish then to thrown hooks, I think easing them in let's you keep a more consistent pressure on them.
  23. Sorry if you read through that and found it a confusing mess, I was thinking out loud with my fingers, and yes I actually am sober, ATM.
  24. I was going over a bit of thailand video of old vs the new gear I use. Note: sorry about swapping around lbs and kg, but it's fishing and it's something we're stuck with anyway, so be it. I started thinking about my drag settings, my new spinning reels have 11kg of drag and I wondered if that would work for ocean fish, in particular reef fish as they are the only situation that I can think of that requires heavy drag. I started thinking then about my land based shark fishing days, I would use a 24kg overhead rod with a Shimano Tekota 8000 size reel. It's got 26kg of drag, and I rarely used all of it, I also use a Tekota 6000 that's only got 10kg of drag, and I caught plenty of 2.5m-3m sharks on that outfit. Now fast forward to today, fishing a lot in thailand as I do, and trout in fast water I've found I loose more fish when I increase the drag then I do if I let them play. That makesnme ask now, how much drag do you really need? I've caught a number of arapaima and large catfish with reels that only have a max of 7kg of drag, that's fish over 100-150lbs on 15lbs or so of drag. Recently I've been catching some great yellow belly and Murray Cod on light 1000 size reels running very light 5lb drag, usually only 4lb. My current personal best is a 98cm 12kg, so that's 26lbs of fish with only 4lb of drag, or recently Arapaima up to 180lbs on a drag only set to 15lbs. Tying into that, I started working out the safe drag settings of my rods, my two big travel rods are after PE conversion 20lb-40lb (9-18kg, I consider it 15kg to be safe) and a 40lb-60lb one (18kg-27kg, so about 24kg to be safe) So only the bigger rod can really use the full 11kg of drag, and that's on a 5000 size reel, the smaller one with a 4000 size can't use the full 11kg of drag safely. I know you shouldn't run full drag, but you can on special occasions or at least finger the spool a little. So thinkingvit over I'm usually running 50% drag on any reel that I own and it doesn't loose me any fish, I've seen people locking their drags down hard, quite a lot of people and trying to skull drag fish in. Now that my rambling thought experiment is over, I'd like to open the floor to see how other people run their drags, does the fishing you do require tight drags and maximum cranking power, or do you like to handle things with a lighter touch. My experiences with bottom bouncing and fishing reefs is fairly limited and not something i can see myself doing a whole lot, but for lure casting, live baiting and trolling for for big predators I can see myself doing that and the amount of drag people run in these situations is pretty interesting to me.
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