Woohoo! New Vanford C5000XG in my hand! Straight off the truck as soon as it hit Aus. Can’t wait to hit the water. Going on my 10’6 daiwa Seabass, spooled with 360mt of 15lb Sufix. I can’t believe how light this reel is. Feels soooo balanced, even better than my 3000 Ci4. Thanks to Jay…
So after the sale of my boat this week I have a sense of freedom to back to my grass roots of wading the flats with lures on light lines. I got out yesterday afternoon and was quickly reminded that I love this type of fishing. Light, easy and super fun. I fished Bayview for…
This was a week of mixed feelings. I have sold my boat because we are going to knock our house down and rebuild. It makes sense to sell it while we need the money and I don’t have much time to get a boat on the water. I’m really happy it went to a really…
The next generation. 8yrs old and the first time I’ve put a long rod in his hands. I went with the 555 (10’6″) rod, 55b reel 10lb mono. Perfect setup for him, long enough but light enough to handle. 12 fish later (10 dart, 1 whiting, 1 Flathead) and he is hooked on beach fishing.…
Beautiful way to spend Good Friday. Fished the Alvey 55B on the Alvey 555 rod. I really love this set-up with light line and weight. Eight whiting on beach worms. The fish were right at my feet. Not much swell around Sydney right now. A fantastic morning to be on the beach. 🎣👍😁
My Alvey reels. Not sure when this affliction will end. Some I’ve had for over 30 years. Some brand new in storage and some in use. Juskt sharing some reel love. 👍
Session in Pittwater for a great afternoon of fishing! It was so windy I spent the first few hours flicking hards, vibes and softs in any sheltered area I could find. The lure that got all the hits was the Prolure D36 Crank – Tiger Shrimp. Three little squire came first from above some seagrass…
Afternoon session in the entrance of the Hawkesbury for only one hit, but what a hit! It was the last of the run out tide with moderate and gusty SSE winds that made hard work but persistence paid off. I was after a solid bream so I stuck with the plan and avoided dropping back…
Hawkesbury Bream, Flathead and Mulloway 04-11-2016. Early morning launch from Bayview was the start of a great day. It was an eerie morning with lots of smoke from the local back burning. Much windier than predicted, it seemed like the air was being compressed under the fog smoke and creating extra wind. It settled down…
Got out after work for some squid and some Kingfish down rigging. The squid were scarce with the wind up but I eventually got onto a good one on the west side of Pittwater at about 6:30pm. No Kings so calamari for lunch the next day.
I recently decided to put a fuel filter on the boat to protect the motor from fuel contaminated with water. The choice of filter was easy; the WaterScreen nano fuel filter from Whitworths. The process was pretty simple, however, I had to look around a bit to work out how the inlet and outlet system…
SO stoked to be into a boat again. My last boat was sold ten years ago when my eldest was born and I’ve been grieving the loss ever since. After looking around for a while I decided the Stacer Proline 399 looked like the goods. So when Stacer had their 2015 runout sale, and the…
I got out today to test my new Olympus TG4 camera. The Olympus TG4 is a great little camera that is perfect for fishing. The TG-4 is a waterproof rugged camera able to withstand drops from 2.1m high, freezing temperatures down to -10°C, crushing pressures of 100kg, dusty conditions, and water depths down to 15m.…
Early morning fish up the back of Narrabeen Lake today. It started out as another very quiet morning. I started fishing with the Rebel pop R for whiting and with no interest shown I soon switched over to the sx40 (348). Unfortunately there was a huge amount of fine green weed in the lake that…
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