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:te: Was going to go out on the kayak at cherry lake tommorow to target some carp (just for the fun of catching), i went once a few weeks back land based but didnt catch anything. I was thinking of using corn for bait and bring some soft plastics if i can sight cast a few. Any tips? Thanks :gj: How ...

The carp there are always on the move, often along the edges. You'd be surprised how shallow even the big carp will come. Tomorrow (Saturday) is reasonably overcast so you should be able to sight them. Softs and lures have never worked for me there, but unweighted corn under a float mid water works...

Was going to go out on the kayak at cherry lake tommorow to target some carp (just for the fun of catching), i went once a few weeks back land based but didnt catch anything. I was thinking of using corn for bait and bring some soft plastics if i can sight cast a few. Any tips? Thanks

G'day, I am looking for a braid to replace Berkely Fireline. I like the Fireline but it seems to be a bit hard to find these days, particularly the yellow colour that I prefer. Has any one tried Berkely X5, or Spiderwire Durasilk, they seem reasonably priced and available. Any suggestions? I would ...

bowl wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 19, 2021 6:34 pm

Thousands at mordi apparently

Yeah there was heaps of people (probably 100's) catching gars on Sunday at mordi

ronan wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 18, 2021 10:45 am

You’re in all the right places mate I usually find its hard to catch when the water is a******* brown,

haha yeah ikr

A great target would be just the carp. Heaps pf places you can target them and relatively easy to catch. Find your local pond and get stuck into them. Will fight way better than most other things you would catch landbased around here, especially at this time of the year. :tu: yeah I was going to go...

Anyone have any places to just catch some fish, I've been out so much but I've only got 1 brim and a pinky on bait, I don't mind what I catch just want to practise reeling in and fighting the fish lol, catch and release as always. i know that's its winter but their has to be a few still out feeding ...

Yeah saw some guys last Monday casting to the left of the pier at Brighton looked like they were catching heaps of gars

Lightningx wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 07, 2021 2:32 pm

Are you using braid? If so how many lbs is it?

yeah its 20lb braid, ive tried 8lb mono and 30lb braid but nothing