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Black Bream - 43
Estuary Perch - 44
Dusky Flathead - 83
School Shark - 1.46
Snapper - 66
Bass - 36
Mulloway - 63
Carp - 32lbs
Silver Trev - 52
Cod - 66
Yellowbelly - 62

Quite a lot I've never bothered to measure or weigh especially things like Salmon, squid, trevally, general undersirables etc. but of those I have... Bream: 48cm from a metropolitan drain in 40cm of water. Estuary Perch: 47cm whilst trespassing government property. Bass: 46cm fork. If the ruler wen...

When i went, we did well just jigging salmon metals , 30gm

Did you try jigging for the schooled up reddies?
Was a real fun way of getting some numbers.

The worse the weather, the better it fishes there

e.welch wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:45 pm

isnt 16lb a bit heavy for just squidding? on my squid rod, I run 10lb at most because I get more casting distance but that's just me personally.

More about diameter than breaking strength

This Sunday looks flat out, might head to Black Rock.
Hopefully get a few. P5 with the hot tips

yeah i suppose that makes sense, was a really nice day out though. Quiet happy

frozenpod wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 27, 2022 1:12 pm

No as the release survival rate is low due to barotrauma. Best to keep some to eat then move on rather than continue to catch and release.

huh? i was fishing in 4-5m, there isnt much BT there.

Side note, what depth does BT start????

I ventured out onto the bay on Sunday, looking for pinkies on plastics. 3inch paddle tails and turtleback worms with a 1/8th Jighead worked a treat. Caught heaps of fish . Just on legal. 28-29cm. The best out of maybe 40+ fish was around 41cms, the next best a 32cm. My mate and I technically could h...