Fishing Victoria Forum

Toasted sandwich and a coffee in the morning is nice, but coffee makes me go to toilet Any better ideas? What's your fishing snack/food? I normally have a large 7/11 coffee on my way to the water and that’s it. I don’t tend to snack on the water and in fact don’t think about food while fishing But ...

hey, just wondering what your pb's are for fish species you have caught. I've only kept count on kayak captures Gummy shark 128 Cm overall length -- Elephant fish 85 Cm -- Snapper 91 Cm -- KG Whiting 49 Cm -- Flathead 55 Cm -- Garfish 47 Cm -- Long tail Tuna 86 cm -- Cobia 117 Cm -- Squid 44 hood l...

If I'm you, I'm fishing either ventnor or cleeland bight (dependant on wind/tide) with a sand whiting on a squid prong under a float. That'll be your most productive way of getting squid. The jetties are overpopulated and pretty overfished imo. This would be my vote to. And use a surf rod over a sq...

Hi Lenny, to make your decision even harder, there is no perfect kayak out there. If you are planning on car topping the kayak, Also worth keeping in mind is if you plan on car topping and saltwater fishing, the saltwater will dribble off the kayak and onto the roof of your car, promoting rust wher...

It sounds like he's just going to be paddling in the shallows on a nice beach day. He's not going 10k off shore. I don't think he wants the added responsibilty of carting around a big heavy kayak or having to buy a trailor. He probably only wants to spend a few hundred bucks, the sea flow will do h...

More often than not I use the FG knot it's easy enough to tie - I've replaced leaders while fishing on the kayak off shore in swell and wind with out any problem - thats probably the most testing conditions I've found the tie any knots -

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Fri Apr 07, 2023 1:10 pm

I reckon the most testing condition is when the fish are biting hot, you got busted and need to retie asap while your mate is catching one after another

Never really had that problem yet Sebb - I normally have a spare rod ready to go while re rigging