Mud island thursday

[Smailesy]

good work mate. i got checked over by the water police at mud on tuesday. bloody nice boat they had too just quietly!

they pulled you over because you are a angry little man

[Scalem]

Good catch of fish there

Getting back to what you are asking, whenever I have fished two rods for snapper, it's almost as if they know to latch onto the lighter outfit. I often bring a small rod that really is a bit of a joke if I am expecting to catch a decent snapper - its more what you would use for stealth fishing for bream in canals with 2KG leader. But guess which rod I get the most bites and fish for the table?? I can stop snapper up to around 50cm ( had one beside the boat at wello recently, but he spat the hook - but that's another story) After that I am in serious trouble only because of small line capacity.

Want a real buzz? Fish 2KG for snapper. Sure you get busted off frequently, but if you stay connected, the light line gets more hits that is for sure.

Scalem

[chicken]

[quote author=straddy77 link=1162428774/0#14 date=1162451474]good work mate. i got checked over by the water police at mud on tuesday. bloody nice boat they had too just quietly!

they pulled you over because you are a angry little man[/quote]
Were you in the boat with him smailesy? if so they pulled him over because you are a big ugly man

[Fisher4life]

Are flares compulsory? If so I must duck down to the shop and get some!

Lunatic, last time i was at mud isl, the police came and stopped me as i started heading home, and asked to check the flares and the date of them. So i presume that it is compulsary.

Josh

[Cheech]

2500 reel, 10lb fireline, 14 or 20lb flurocarbon leader (smooth or rough bottom), 3 - 5 kg or 3 - 6 kg rod is what I call a perfect setup for mud. I get nearly 200m of fireline on my reels, which is time enough to take chase when you have to.

My biggest ever snapper was was 89cm this time last year at Mud and was on 6lb fireline.

[twodogsfishing]

i was told that no matter where you are fishing in the bay, always have a floating pilly out the back....ive stuck by this and had many a tussle with mackeral and large tailor at the sandhills while fishing for whiting....i just split a cork from a wine bottle in half and give it a little nick for the line to slide into....i set the cork at about a rods length above the hooks...i find using the cork helps prevent catching large grinners and rays by keeping the pilly off the bottom...same technique has also produced at mud and compass adjustment

[beefaman]

Nice fish mate. The smaller gear is fine for snaps, but you need a bit of patience and need to chase them sometimes.
As for flares, compulsary in semi calm water, as well as a V sheet. Wello and mud fit this category.

[kwijibo]

Flares are compulsary in waters classified as "Partially Smooth Water". In waters classified as "Smooth Water", they are not compulsary.

Basically if you draw a straight line between Cleveland point and Amity point: south of the line is "smooth water" and north of the line is "partially smooth water"