Fishing tips

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thermalben started the topic in Monday, 2 Apr 2012 at 9:32am

OK, so I want to try my hand at fishing. I have a couple of rods and reels, and an assortment of stuff in a shiny tackle box (Chrissy present from a few years back). I've got salt water and fresh water options close at hand (Narrabeen). But, I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing.

Can anyone offer me some pointers? I'd really like to impress the missus.

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Peter Reynolds Wednesday, 17 Jul 2024 at 5:35pm

Cracking knobby FR especially land based in oz!

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Peter Reynolds Wednesday, 17 Jul 2024 at 5:36pm

Cracking knobby FR especially land based in oz!

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saltman Thursday, 18 Jul 2024 at 12:02pm

Well done Steve that is a crazy Snapper - and land based is next level
The consistent Westerlies meant the Beaches have turned on the tailor
I discovered the joy of converting op shop cutlery into metal slugs.
They cast further than Halcos and Knights , are stainless steel so will last and cost me about $1.50 each to make - including rings and hooks
And best of all catch heaps

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Andrew P Tuesday, 3 Sep 2024 at 7:41pm

Just got back from a week on K’gari. The place was alive! Had some memorable sessions on tailor using surface lures and bait. Here’s a few pics from one night session when we got 20+ fish from 45-64cm in an hour and kept 10. Great fishing!



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zenagain Tuesday, 3 Sep 2024 at 7:48pm

That middle pic made me instantly hungry.

Winning all round AP.

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basesix Tuesday, 3 Sep 2024 at 7:59pm

agree, @zen, I detect cornflake crumbs in them thar morsels. what's the deal with kids not being allowed on K'gari/Fraser because of dingoes into the future.. is that a thing??

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Andrew P Tuesday, 3 Sep 2024 at 8:09pm

I saw something on the news about the mayor of Hervey Bay suggesting it. Haven’t been there since 2019 and the wongari (dingos) were far more visible and bold than I remember. Like any wild place it’s the parents’ responsibility to educate and supervise their children on the island. Most people do the right thing.

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basesix Tuesday, 3 Sep 2024 at 8:18pm

That's pretty hectic, AP, we are a nation of sea-monsters and stingy-little-bitey-shits..
to have a sth hemisphere cougar-alert, or bear-scare equivalent, puts a new mammal spin on things.

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seeds Tuesday, 3 Sep 2024 at 8:46pm

The wongari are very bold these days.
Suggestion is that families with kids should be made to camp in fenced camp zones.
A lot of time is spent away from camp when on Kgari.
Awesome haul Andy P.

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tubeshooter Tuesday, 3 Sep 2024 at 8:42pm

Those fish are in pretty good condition by the look of it.

Re the kids on K'gari thing..
I heard something about anyone camping with kids may be required to stay in a campground with dingo proof fencing soon. Don't know if it'll get through though.
Edit, what seeds said. ;)

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freeride76 Friday, 13 Sep 2024 at 1:27pm

Went and a had a throw in the river after I got my Wardell pie the other day.

Is this a bass or an estuary perch?

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tiger Friday, 13 Sep 2024 at 2:10pm

I'd call EP Steve. Kinda longer body profile and slight dip in the front of the head. Could well be wrong though.

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seeds Friday, 13 Sep 2024 at 2:10pm

Perch.

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fitzroy-21 Friday, 13 Sep 2024 at 2:13pm
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freeride76 Friday, 13 Sep 2024 at 2:29pm

Cheers gents, I thought EP.

I showed it to local tackle shop proprietor and he reckoned bass.

It was a little chunk that pulled hard.

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Bluefish Friday, 13 Sep 2024 at 7:45pm

I'm with the tackle shop dude. Despite the slightly concave forehead I reckon it's a bass. EP foreheads are really scooped out. Your fish has a stubby mouth too. EPs mouth noticeably longer. Also EPs actually don't fight real hard!!

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seeds Friday, 13 Sep 2024 at 9:36pm

Maybe Steve’s hand is hiding the deciding evidence.

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seeds Friday, 13 Sep 2024 at 10:06pm

I think it’s visible. Opercular spine?
Just reading that’s a distinguishing feature of a bass over a EP.
ps. And no I had never heard of a fish’s opercular before now.
And yes I’m bored

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freeride76 Saturday, 14 Sep 2024 at 8:11am

OK, had a really sharp and distinct opercular spine, actually spiked me pretty good with it. Cut me open.

Are we done here?

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Andrew P Saturday, 14 Sep 2024 at 9:57am

I’d say Bass FR. EPs aren’t typically found as far north as where you caught it, thus on likelihood it has far more chance of being a bass. Caveat - if it is a stocked fish it could be either, or both (hybrid)! (Fish hatcheries and stocking are certainly full of cowboys and cowgirls stuck in a Wild West landscape)

Bass have razor sharp opercular spines too so your blood spilling does not distinguish an EP from a bass. An EP would have a noticeably concave scope to the head too.

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tiger Saturday, 14 Sep 2024 at 11:16am

Yes it's hard to be definitive Andrew P. That zone has always been an outlier for EP as far as northern populations go.

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freeride76 Monday, 23 Sep 2024 at 8:00am

Nice chunky fish off the rocks this morning.
3rd cast.

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FrazP Monday, 23 Sep 2024 at 8:25am
freeride76 wrote:

Nice chunky fish off the rocks this morning.
3rd cast.

Wow FR, beast of a jewie - live bait?

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Supafreak Monday, 23 Sep 2024 at 8:26am

Awesome, if there was a FOTD you’d be a regular.

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Andrew P Monday, 23 Sep 2024 at 8:52am

donkey FR!

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freeride76 Monday, 23 Sep 2024 at 9:02am

Soft plastic.

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tiger Monday, 23 Sep 2024 at 10:37am

Nice work Steve.

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FrazP Monday, 23 Sep 2024 at 10:40am

They are an elusive species mate - I have struggled with them. Kingies down pat but Jew's are hard work, particularly in this neck of the woods.

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freeride76 Monday, 23 Sep 2024 at 10:56am

It seems after back to back to back La Ninas the jewfishing has really improved around here.

Must have been some really good recruitment years and they grow very quickly in the sub-tropics.

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Pop Down Monday, 23 Sep 2024 at 12:13pm

Hello Freeride 76

I was surprised 2 read that Male Jew Fish mature in 2-3 years , but can live 4 42 years .

That's really quick growth imho !

Females are a bit slower 2 grow up , in this species , which is a nice change .

The Fish was a Chunky beast , caught on a tiny bit of plastic , floating in the Ocean .

Out smarted by a hungry , Free riding , 76'er !

Guessing the guys stop growing up , when they get interested in girls .

That's quite common , in a lot of species .