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Some dams between me and the springs but I want to eat them for a change,
Was readng another post from over west regarding their Marron, Gulgies, Whatever they call them.
You just can't beat a feed of decent sized yabbies IMO, obviosly smaller ones will use for bait.
Came across this pic the other day, didn't realise I had it on the PC.
Caught at Peter Faust Dam (Lake Proserpine) a few years ago. Trolling a hard bodied lure on 20lb braid at sunset. Took quite a while to land and when she finally broke the surface my mates said my legs nearly gave out when we saw the size of her!
She went 54lb and 121cm, my biggest Barra to date. Swam her for about 30 mins before releasing, hopefully she survived.
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...psab13acd0.jpg
Picked up 300mtrs of black 40lb braid off ebay for $13 only .32mm thick.
would never use mono again, except trout I reckon.
You could use this stuff on a sewing machine IMO.
Nice pickup TD!
Have to wait until the move to find and sort through the fishing gear to see what I have and don't have. If I buy on guesswork I usually end up with 14 of something I only ever need one of :)
I always use left over braid to sew up ripped luggage bags.Quote:
Originally Posted by threedogs
And always use mono backing on the spool of the reel before filling spool with braid.
hey just watch that cheap ebay stuff i got 500m of 6pd braid for 10 buks few months back . it would just randomly break as i would reel in a lure. lost a couple lures before i changed line. it was really frustrating!
but i could of just been unlucky.
good luck
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I too had a mate with similar experience with cheap braid.Quote:
Originally Posted by CorbinsGUte
My personal preference is Fins braid, made in the US, top quality.
Braid has very little to no abrasive resistance, first log or rock under load it will break.
I had similar experience with one spool of the ebay braid. I noticed it wasn't right when I was spooling the reel...I now always run it between my fingers just to be sure...yeah..yeah a few burns are better then loosing a lure...lol
It seemed to be that spool only..it had about 3 or 4 different impurities in it
[QUOTE=threedogs;324249]Some dams between me and the springs but I want to eat them for a change,
Was readng another post from over west regarding their Marron, Gulgies, Whatever they call them.
You just can't beat a feed of decent sized yabbies IMO, obviosly smaller ones will use for bait.[/QUOTE
Yeah, our Gilgies are about the same as ya Yabby bit bluer, the Marron can grow to over a foot long, good tucker!!
http://i608.photobucket.com/albums/t...20in20trap.jpg
Cheers, the ferret
Its Dyneema Braid, so hoping label is correct, cuts your hands big time if snagged.
Ferret would kill to boil them up with a lemon, The best two thumbs up from me
@ lonicus thats a horse
What's your technique for spooling line on your rod? Do you get someone to hold the reel? Or do you use a machine?
cheers stevo.
Think its ok with braid as there is no "twist" to it, Correct me if I'm wrong
Other than that I'd put screwdriver through the spool with some resistance in vice
and wind away. might be wrong but always worked on mono
I use the vice to pre load the line or i hold it and get some one to reel and i watch how much the rod tapers, but i always cast a freshly spooled reel with just a sinker as far as i can a few times before i use it so the line settles. If the wind isn't in my face i usually settle the first 100 to 150m.Quote:
Originally Posted by stevogq
Braid is good for lures because there is never any slack on the line but your rod needs to have Fuji guides otherwise the braid will cut thru them, you also need to run a mono leader to tie the lures to because the braid doesn't lock onto itself when you tie it in a knot. My soft plastic's rods have 15lb Berkley fireline no stretch no memory braid, but my surf rods have 33lb Shogun no stretch no memory monoAttachment 25309
But you cant go too tight or you will birds nest itQuote:
Originally Posted by threedogs
Might have to go surf fishing down Kilcunda this winter Alitis
I've been meaning to go chase some gummies off the surf in venus bay but been flat out!! Kilcunda haven't been there in donkeys years
My Fore folks foundered that area, my Grandpa built that huge wooden bridge over Burnt Ck too
Lots of my history down that way,
You can give me the grand tour when we go then!!
Ive been surf fishing only twice believe it or not lol I grew up on freshwater catching carp and trout
cheers stevo.
My fresh water experience is limited to once at walhala and the rest is at the tambo river for bream and mulloway lol
Only the last 2-3 years since I got my boat I've been going westernport and carrum
cheers stevo.
They say there are only two type of people who venture onto Western port bay, those that have
run aground and those that will. good for Gummy from what I hear?
Western port is one of the best whiting and squid grounds. Mostly large specimens of all target species.
We'll have to make a Team Nissan fishing day out on the bay?????
That will be great td, get some boats together and the guys with no boats can team up with us
cheers stevo.
Sounds like a plan to me, see what Mego thinks
but I rekon he sleeps in his boat ready lol
Sounds good, but I can really only get one adult on board, to be able to travel any distance on water.Quote:
Originally Posted by threedogs
Three adults just bog me down.
And it has to be less than 15 knots, but at 15 knots the front person will get wet, well drenched.
10 knots or less works best for me.
Only a 4 metre tinny. Attachment 25332
This was a couple of years ago . A nice 40 lb er from the Swanhill area
caught by mates father
I prefer 1 too 3 is good on my boat I only put 4 if I'm just going cruising
cheers stevo.
On the boat i use 3 ppl max but its shoulder to shoulder 2 ppl is the best its a 4.8m my mrs old man put about 3" of fibre glass and resin on the inside of the hull when he redone the floor and raised the screen with a wave breaker and made a bimini for it and also stainless bow rail, side rails and rocket launchers and a bait board. He scraped his 70 evenrude and slapped on a 90 yahmy and boy does it hammer, it feels like a jet ski!!
I wish mine was like a jet ski, instead of a Putt-PuttQuote:
Originally Posted by Alitis007
Whats the biggest motor you transom han handle???Quote:
Originally Posted by MEGOMONSTER
40hp it is rated to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alitis007
But transom weight can hold up to a 50hp 4S Yami.
Did you see the guy on the Jetski try putting out the fire onboard a boat ??????
I saw that td, good thinking.
Speaking of boats in going to go out to eildon to test out my overhauled ignition, haven't been on the water since march last year
cheers stevo.
Was. just at my mates and house across the road had a pile out the front. had to go and have a sniff.
Anyway there was an ironing board there, mate reckons they are great for filleting fish on, made sense to me
with the criss cross wire frame Just a thought.
i wouldnt mind a puttputt if your giving it away ill have it lolQuote:
Originally Posted by MEGOMONSTER
What have you got on the back Mego?
25hp 4 stroke Yamaha with a smaller prop for a better hole shot. Plus a foil to help me get up on the plane.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lonicus
Think thats called a cavitation plate, correct me if wrong please