Fishing Thread

[mikey]

Ya joking Mikey?
I have had a pair for a few years now and will be whoa new pair from Santa this year.
I got them one year for the Port Cup, @Halbrowne61, the year before I was R and R my sunnies with my readers all day to read the form or watch the race? So that morning I went into town early I stumbled upon Ugly Fish $140 with little reader panels at the bottom. They’re gold on site reading plans too, and driving. Without them I either can’t read the speedo or the street signs.
I’m a fan

No mate, I wish I was (especially after the tv disaster) but I'm dead serious. While it my be my head is weird, the Galaxy model do not work for me at all. I should have gone to a shop to see what model suited rather than buying online.
What model are yours?

 

[Buttface]

No mate, I wish I was (especially after the tv disaster) but I'm dead serious. While it my be my head is weird, the Galaxy model do not work for me at all. I should have gone to a shop to see what model suited rather than buying online.
What model are yours?

Yeah right sunglasses online?
$5 Temu ones maybe.
I’d have to check em out, I’ll get back to ya on that.

 

[Merlot]

100 percent agree re light sinker and no swivel. Bream are pretty smart and can be very sensitive to weight on the line. They age relatively slowly - 30cm can take 10 years or more.
It's also important to let the bream take the line for a run. It's hard to explain how long that should be but over time you can just tell when it's in their mouth rather than them have a taste test.

we used to fish for bream at The Entrance ,nsw. In a hole? where the dredger swung in between the bridge and wharf that hires boats
Fished unweighted ,handlines sitting in a bucket of water ,3 runs and they'd hooked themselves ,ps kfc scraps for burley ,they'd swallow the largest bone from the wing

 

[tigerballs]

we used to fish for bream at The Entrance ,nsw. In a hole? where the dredger swung in between the bridge and wharf that hires boats
Fished unweighted ,handlines sitting in a bucket of water ,3 runs and they'd hooked themselves ,ps kfc scraps for burley ,they'd swallow the largest bone from the wing

Those were the days

 

[Shaggytiger1]

Went out to the banks off Mooloolabah last Friday. 22 mile hike but glassed out so a good trip. We hooked up as soon as our baits hit the bottom then the tax man struck.
Hardly got a fish in the boat there was that many bloody sharks. Moved three times for same result. Came home wirh a couple of pearlies and emperor. Lost about 30 sinkers.
I'm going back to tossing plastics for flatties

 

[Don Kershane]

Grandfather had a farm on the Macleay. When a chook met its demise Granny used to put the guts in a jam tin and we would cross the road with our handlines on a coke bottle and always come back with something. The guts stayed on the hook and the contents let out a beautiful burley stream.

 

[NT_Tiger]

Went out to the banks off Mooloolabah last Friday. 22 mile hike but glassed out so a good trip. We hooked up as soon as our baits hit the bottom then the tax man struck.
Hardly got a fish in the boat there was that many bloody sharks. Moved three times for same result. Came home wirh a couple of pearlies and emperor. Lost about 30 sinkers.
I'm going back to tossing plastics for flatties

When I get my boat back (in for repairs) I'm going to test my theory that sharks are attracted to transducer clicks. As soon as I'm on a spot, I'm going to turn the transducer off and see if it makes a difference. I think some spots that get fished heavily have pretty much resident sharks and in those spots you're going to get hammered anyway. But if I'm a bit away from known hot spots, I'm hoping the transducer trick will help.

 

[Merlot]

Went out to the banks off Mooloolabah last Friday. 22 mile hike but glassed out so a good trip. We hooked up as soon as our baits hit the bottom then the tax man struck.
Hardly got a fish in the boat there was that many bloody sharks. Moved three times for same result. Came home wirh a couple of pearlies and emperor. Lost about 30 sinkers.
I'm going back to tossing plastics for flatties

good co op is far kinda on the wallet .without the buzz

 

[Merlot]

Grandfather had a farm on the Macleay. When a chook met its demise Granny used to put the guts in a jam tin and we would cross the road with our handlines on a coke bottle and always come back with something. The guts stayed on the hook and the contents let out a beautiful burley stream.

Old Rosie, swore by chunks of aniseed rings /lollies as bait ,caveat was road kill , etc tied in a mangrove tree until maggots fell as burley .

 

[krissy]

Scarred me for life that film. Almost as bad as Jaws.

I am the type of person that actually read jaws at the beach.

 

[Merlot]

I am the type of person that actually read jaws at the beach.

love the ocean , did ,still do ,smells sites texture n tastes n dissecting things, always a miracle in a rock pool

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

I am the type of person that actually read jaws at the beach.

Bet you didn't go for a swim.

 

[tiger_one]

Years ago, a mate joined friends and went fishing on a boat that set off about 3 am from under Roseville Bridge, heading down past the Spit and into the harbour.

I don't know what gear they had, but the bait was prawns, worms and something else.
They returned about 2pm with little to show - nothing actually.

My mate owned a restaurant and had promised to bring back a feast.
But with nothing caught, he detoured on the way home via the co-op, where he bought this huge fish (sorry I can't remember what it was).

The long/short is he gave the fish to the kitchen chef to prepare for the dinner, all proud of his catch, when the chef then pointed out that this was a fish only found in the deep ocean and certainly not in the areas he'd been fishing.

Fishermen always have tales.
Fishermen exaggerate.
My friend was sprung and was never let forget his fib in the years after. 🤣

 

[mikey]

Yeah right sunglasses online?
$5 Temu ones maybe.
I’d have to check em out, I’ll get back to ya on that.

Don't worry mate. I pushed em further onto my head and the bifocals will work.

I am the type of person that actually read jaws at the beach.

If only I had. Horror books didn't affect me like movies did. Funny thing is you look at Jaws now and the FX are so bad.

 

[mikey]

love the ocean , did ,still do ,smells sites texture n tastes n dissecting things, always a miracle in a rock pool

So do I. Standing on the beach alone most of the time with the rod in winter with the sun going down, the occasional sea eagle or whale on the odd occasion is great.

 

[Buttface]

Don't worry mate. I pushed em further onto my head and the bifocals will work.

If only I had. Horror books didn't affect me like movies did. Funny thing is you look at Jaws now and the FX are so bad.

Funny thing we been posting about glasses and all the ads on my screen are now trying to sell me glasses. 🤓 😎
They are always watching.

 

[krissy]

Bet you didn't go for a swim.

I actually did, I figured when your number is up it’s up. Life is a gamble