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Killing doug, awesome stuff.

Love your work mate. Pretty keen to get into em, ordered a few skirts and got the rod reel line sorted just need to convert it all into one sail! Any solid pointers for a novice?

Matt

Nice pics

Havin fun again!

Some nice billies - well done

Very nice mate

Looks like alot of fun.

I gather that the first lot of fish were bait for the bills?

And do the sail fish taste any good (like tuna or mackeral) or are they just for the thrill of the catch?

MattyA wrote:Love your work mate. Pretty keen to get into em, ordered a few skirts and got the rod reel line sorted just need to convert it all into one sail! Any solid pointers for a novice?

Matt

Watch your baits!! They have been finicky and shying off pretty quickly
Some other on here may be able to help you with better advice but just get out there and give it a good crack try an work it around the tides for a serious amount of time all fish have come of the witches nose within maybe a few km !
I try and sit on 10kmh about 8-9km in ruff and up to 12 in glass out conditions just watch what speed your baits or lures look the best swim baits will be slower I only use skipping gars ATM !
I think the billies are out sail city way now after the drift netters raped Bowra shoals of all the bait and pelagics !!

garrynt wrote:Looks like alot of fun.

I gather that the first lot of fish were bait for the bills?

And do the sail fish taste any good (like tuna or mackeral) or are they just for the thrill of the catch?

Yeah mate garfish are the bait
Never eaten them they are just a sport fish

good photos Doug. make a video of it all?

Well done

mippa wrote:good photos Doug. make a video of it all?

Nah no video
Tried abit but I stiffed up a update the night before and never checked it before using and I got a soundtrack only

good stuff DOUG very jealous,,,,

still getting lots i see
to bad they haven't grown up yet

Yeah got me baffled why so many small ones but larger ones mixed in with them !
Would be nice to be able to fish for them all the time and try and cover alot of areas around us and see where they are coming from