Fishing Thread

Halbrowne61 said:
Well it didn’t first time around but maybe I need to have another go.
From where I live, Lake Eildon only an hour or so away so thinking about trialling some trout fishing .
Anyone on here got any experience with that ?
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You don't need to go down the whole fly fishing routine, ive caught as many as my mate who fly fishes by just using cheap Tassi Devil lures 👍🏻
 
For those talking about blackfish - I used to go down to La Perouse when I was a young bloke and living in Sydney. They were always old blokes - with centrepin reels, cleats on their boots and picking weed off the rocks as bait. I watched and watched! They'd only cast their line a metre off the rocks and keep anything they caught in one of the rockpools above the water line.

I envied them so much :)

I had a go with Dunlops and a spinner rod but didn't quite work lol.

The two fish I've never caught and and promised myself I will? A blackfish and a Murray Cod.
 
Mac said:
For those talking about blackfish - I used to go down to La Perouse when I was a young bloke and living in Sydney. They were always old blokes - with centrepin reels, cleats on their boots and picking weed off the rocks as bait. I watched and watched! They'd only cast their line a metre off the rocks and keep anything they caught in one of the rockpools above the water line.

I envied them so much :)

I had a go with Dunlops and a spinner rod but didn't quite work lol.

The two fish I've never caught and and promised myself I will? A blackfish and a Murray Cod.
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Two methods - one is floats - a real art setting them up because you want the float to go down without much resistance. Porcupine quill floats are the best..
The other is to fish off the bottom - I hadn't really seen that until I moved to Nambucca Heads. The guys use weed with the sinker as the last piece of the rig and the hooks above it. Seems to work.
 
mikey said:
Two methods - one is floats - a real art setting them up because you want the float to go down without much resistance. Porcupine quill floats are the best..
The other is to fish off the bottom - I hadn't really seen that until I moved to Nambucca Heads. The guys use weed with the sinker as the last piece of the rig and the hooks above it. Seems to work.
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Sinker on the bottom, and 2 to 3 hooks off the leader is a paternoster rig. easy to rig , and you can change sinker weights in seconds Google Paul Worstling , he has the best videos.
 
sleeve said:
Sinker on the bottom, and 2 to 3 hooks off the leader is a paternoster rig. easy to rig , and you can change sinker weights in seconds Google Paul Worstling , he has the best videos.
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Yep. Easy to do but for me unusual way to catch blackfish.
I use a kind of paternoster to catch tailor, salmon etc in the surf and off headlands.
 
I don’t get why fishing is so addictive?

My mate literally has been out fishing everyday from dawn till dusk in Tassie B9846522-F903-4A4D-B6DA-F12F209F2046.jpeg
 
mikey said:
Two methods - one is floats - a real art setting them up because you want the float to go down without much resistance. Porcupine quill floats are the best..
The other is to fish off the bottom - I hadn't really seen that until I moved to Nambucca Heads. The guys use weed with the sinker as the last piece of the rig and the hooks above it. Seems to work.
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The other method is a type of paternoster rig (excuse the spelling if wrong ) when you sinker is hitched to the bottom and you have a runner usually off a swivel about 20-30 cm off the bottom
 
sleeve said:
Sinker on the bottom, and 2 to 3 hooks off the leader is a paternoster rig. easy to rig , and you can change sinker weights in seconds Google Paul Worstling , he has the best videos.
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If you want to know all about fishing Nambucca, follow a bloke named Didio. Has plenty of videos from blackfish, flathead, bream, whiting to mudcrabs reef and surface fish. He is a local and what he doesn't know about fishing Nambucca isn't worth knowing.
 
Mac said:
For those talking about blackfish - I used to go down to La Perouse when I was a young bloke and living in Sydney. They were always old blokes - with centrepin reels, cleats on their boots and picking weed off the rocks as bait. I watched and watched! They'd only cast their line a metre off the rocks and keep anything they caught in one of the rockpools above the water line.

I envied them so much :)

I had a go with Dunlops and a spinner rod but didn't quite work lol.

The two fish I've never caught and and promised myself I will? A blackfish and a Murray Cod.
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Black Fish along Port Macquarie break wall river end using weed, I think there might be a season for them, but I’ve fished there a lot in the past and used to get a few on white bait and yabbies. I wasn’t targeting them but they’re my uncles fav eating fish. You gotta bleed correctly and no freezer eat the within the day, otherwise they go mushy.
I was targeting bigger Bream or mid size Flathead and any other fish that wants to make it entertaining.
 
Buttface said:
Jesus Christ that’s no gummy shark.
Cut that loose early no matter how expensive the lure was.
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Yep I normally do , they are usually all twisted around the leader so I'm not going to try untangle them 😲
 
trentrunciman said:
I don’t get why fishing is so addictive?

My mate literally has been out fishing everyday from dawn till dusk in Tassie View attachment 4175
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I get it. I hate not catching things and will head home if there's nothing on.
People I know who don't fish regularly don't understand the 'science' behind it. They rarely catch anything and so they give up.
I was lucky enough to have brother who is anally-retentive about anything he does. He taught me so much about how to catch fish.
Because of him, I know when the type of fish I want are likely to be on the chew; I know where they're likely to be; I know what they want to eat and how to present it. (At least I think I know those things :) :) :) )
It also helps that I love eating fish. I target particular species because I love eating them.
If you can, go out with someone who actually knows what they are doing. Once you start catching things, it makes all the difference.
 
Go_You_Good_Things said:
2 of the nicest eating fish a bloke in Sydney is likely to catch, WSB.
Nice catch, and will be a nice feed.
Well done mate.
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Agree.... Whiting and flattys are delicious

I wanna get back into fishing myself... I see blokes fishing near SYD Airport at kyeemahh and I have all of Brighton Beach not far from me... Possibly flattys or 2 there and some whiting
 
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