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Yesterday evening I went down to Coffs Harbour jettie and found a nice spot that went down a staircase and was sort of under the actual jettie . I had a 200G pack of tweed bait anchovies and some mustad big red hooks in size 4 I got from MO tackle on special..... spent a hour in there looking at everything I could it was massive lmao . I bait a up rod and cast out a unweighted bait not long after I managed to catch 2 decent size yellowtail I brain spike them and put them in a plastic bag for bait after that there was simply to many yellowtail around to catch anything decent I just kept getting baited after awhile it’s now dark and I catch 2 of the smallish pike ever one of them I thought I dropped a fish but it was just so small I didn’t notice it and I was fishing pretty light to . After that I got 2 under size tailor and 2 dropped fish that felt decent after that I ended the session 6-10pm I forgot to record conditions I’ve done that a fair bit lately whoops gear . Shimano stradic 1000 atomic arrowz bream surface rod 3-8lb 2pc 6lb braid and extra thick 6lb mono 0.27 daiwa aird 2000 lt daiwa aird x 2-4kg 10lb braid and 14lb fluorocarbon leader session 2 Coffs Harbour breakwall . Before I went to the breakwall I noticed the sienna viper combos were on club price again for $99 I went down to bcf bought the combo in 7’6 3-6kg with the 2500 reel and spooled it up with 6kg Gliss and tied a thick 6lb mono 0.27m via a triple finish Alberto went down the breakwall with my new setup and tied on my mustad big red hook with a small sinker and used some yellowtail strips that I caught the night before and casted out the fishing was pretty slow but after awhile i seen this small shark near my bait and not long after I got a decent run after a few decent headshakes this shark decided to run through thick sea weed and wreck my whole leader and bust me off after that I retied my leader and once again the fishing was slow after awhile I caught a small bream around 20-23cm and called it a night once again I forgot to look up the conditions before writing this but it’s was 5-9pm tonight gear shimano sienna 2500FG shimano viper FGX 3-6kg 6kg Gliss and thick 6lb leader 0.27m total success 4/10 not a full donut but only small fish were around First impression of Gliss .the breakwall was a good way to test out the abrasion resistance I didn’t have any problems with abrasion fishing tight heavy structures .cast ability was 10/10 I didn’t need to cast far tonight so I didn’t really get a good test for casting but it seemed to cast excellent anyway . It’s strong just like braid and didn’t snap when I got snagged . That’s my impression so far it just feels and acts like braid just a lot thinner but I see how it goes after a few months of fishing with it first impressions for the viper sienna combo . The first impressions from the sienna FG at the start of year were pretty disappointing but they seem to be a lot better now and one I got with combo surely was it was smooth and didn’t have flex anywhere in the body or the handle .line lay was perfect casting was easy and was overall a nice reel to use the only thing I didn’t like about the reel was it had a tiny line clip .for the price of the reel alone though it’s probably the best in the $50 price range and it is enjoyable using this reel . The rod is excellent I don’t normally like Shimano’s rod’s but I really seem to like this one feels very similar to a aird x rod by daiwa . Overall for $99 this is the best combo for the money without a doubt .for $100 you can’t even buy a decent rod and reel separately and the other combos around $100 that are meant for lure fishing feel horrible and the rods are usually super flexible and have a thick graphite blank and the reels are usually plastic with a metal spools and are super wonky and have heaps of flex and play . Overall so far it’s a 10/10 for the shimano sienna viper combo

Hi fishos hope everyone is still getting a line in considering these social restrictions and such. So I've spent two or three nights a week over the last five weeks targeting sharks in the north pine river. I haven't had any success with the sharks, though I've caught some other fish. I've been busted off above the leader, had my trace bitten through, had large live baits bitten in half and smaller ones mangled. I guess I could say I've had a run of bad luck on the sharks. Mostly fishing around dohles rocks and at deepwater bend a couple times and under the bridge on the north side couple times. Fishing with my heavy duty shark rod 30lb line, my 8ft gen purpose 10lb line, and my 6ft spin 8lb. I also have an extra reel with 30lb I sometimes bang on the 8ft if I want 2 shark lines in. Using mullet and catfish for bait mostly. This last 2 weeks at dohles rocks (I mostly fish both sides of low tide usually after dark) I've caught some decent bream 35cm+ (and a couple smaller ones), a javelin fish about 35cm, two or three cats about 30cm and two large pike eels last night. I kept one of the eels for shark bait as I was running low on bait. I was disappointed when I saw the first eel because he put up a good fight I thought he might have been a little shark. (continues after pics) I've done a little fishing in Sweeney reserve at petrie. I was getting baits picked off really quick so I put a little whiting hook and tiny bait on and I was catching catfish one after another but they were like only 12cm long. Couple of bream about the same size. Does anyone know if this section of the river is worth fishing? I've put in a few nights there and caught nothing bigger than about 7 inches. Done a bit of lure throwing there too and only caught sticks and snags. I've heard that tarpon sometimes get into this section of the river can anyone confirm this or give me some info on the time of year I'm likely to catch them? I caught a good one in a gold coast canal last November (after hooking up and getting my lure thrown about 5 times) I really loved targeting them I'd love to get onto some more. Thanks for reading!