[Crikey]

Headed off for an hour or so on the water again this morning from Balmoral.

Had done OK on Friday morning with 2 tailor a touch over 40cm and a couple of choppers. No such luck this morning. Was on the water by 05:00 good showings of fish on the FF off the end of the Naval Wharf but no takers, tried a couple of troll passes and then SP's, just a few tentative plucks on the SP's.

Trolled a Rapala deep diver and a Frenzy shad out past Middle Head and around the green channel marker off the head. 2 Pike on the Frenzy. On the way back in saw a guy getting squid close in at Middle Head. Trolled back to Balmoral beach for one small chopper on the Frenzy as I was going through the moorings.

Saw the sun come over the horizon - priceless. Am travelling for the rest of the week for work so I didnt mind the 04:00 alarm to get out this morning.

 

[RedPhoenix]

Unfortunately, due to the change in ownership of this web site and the lack of response by the owners to my requests to remove my email address from all administrative-level notifications and functionality, I have decided to remove my posts on AKFF. Thank you for the great times, the fantastic learning experiences and the many many fish. If you are desperate for the old content of this particular post, it is available below base64 encoded and bzip2 compressed.

Red.

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[Crikey]

Red,

Checked the online Rapala catalogue, the HB is a freshwater Down Deep Husky Jerk 4" in silver. I bought a couple at Chatswood Bait and Tackle in Sydney and thought they were reasonably priced at about $15 (compared to the CD's that is). Ecogear SX's run for about the same price or more don't they?

I travel to the US on a regular basis and normally pick up CD 14's and 18's for around about US$10 a piece in stores near to the office but the colour selection isnt brilliant. Which would be about 50% of the shelf price in Australia. Haven't figured out why lures cost so much here.

I did find X-Rap Mag 30's in Noosa for around $15 earlier this year and bought one, they must have been mispriced, can't bring myself to use it now, looks too good and is that large I have serious misgivings about tangling with anything that would consider it to be a food item.

The only other bargains I have managed to find recently were a couple of sizes of Trollcraft Pelagics in a bargain box at Fish Outta Water in Brookvale for $5 each. Stocked up on "prism" pattern ones about 3" and 5" long swim well and the harbour tailor dont seem to be put off by them

 

[RedPhoenix]

Unfortunately, due to the change in ownership of this web site and the lack of response by the owners to my requests to remove my email address from all administrative-level notifications and functionality, I have decided to remove my posts on AKFF. Thank you for the great times, the fantastic learning experiences and the many many fish. If you are desperate for the old content of this particular post, it is available below base64 encoded and bzip2 compressed.

Red.

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