Yes mate, fish never fail to amaze me hey! 👍🎣

@@boomboom78oz Yes mate a few years old, just found the footage so thought I’d share it again now that shorts and Facebook reels are a thing! 😂👍

@@willkitching that thready was very unlucky with the crab...

@@boomboom78oz Yes mate, they just have a go at anything that moves in front of their face when they are in feeding mode!

Hahaha yeah I didn’t get to see that one up close sadly 😂😂

Hahaha thanks mate 😂👍 tight lines 🎣

This was on a live yakka/yellowtail scad mate 👍🎣

@@willkitching thought so best jewie bait

Thanks mate I really appreciate that! This was around the Jumpinpin area in South East Queensland. There are heaps of mangroves in the area!

Sounds brilliant mate, I think you’ll be in for a good session hopefully! Let me know how you go, good luck! 👍🎣

@@willkitching will do mate

Hi will is it true that snapper mainly get caught on sunrise and sunset up here that’s what if been told.

Yes it’s amazing how well they work a lot of the time! That’s awesome that you get out there with your neighbour. This fish was caught on the Sunshine Coast in 35m of water mate 😁👍

@@willkitching sounds like you were at the 12 mile reef the waters around there are 35/37m

@@georgekatsipis6052 Yes mate around that area 👍

Hi, this rod is just a cheap one (I’m not even sure of the brand!). It’s around 7ft long and 10-15kg, paired up with 30lb braid. It has a nice sensitive tip but very strong middle to back section to handle the powerful fight of jewfish. I hope this helps! Sorry for the lack of information 👍🎣

Hi mate!! We definitely consider both time of day and tides, however we feel that it’s vital to get out there for the low light periods of dawn and dusk. In our opinion the best times to catch snapper offshore are first light, last light, and tide changes. When fishing in shallower water up to 40 metres, this is even more important, and we try to be out there in the dark when possible so we can start dropping our baits as the first bit of light starts appearing over the horizon. When fishing deeper water such as the 36’s on the Gold Coast in 60 metres of water or deeper, the fish tend to bite later into the day most of the time, but we still like to be out there fairly early. Tide changes are the other one for snapper. Sometimes it can be in the middle of the day, it will feel like nothing is happening, and then around the tide change the sounder can light up suddenly or snapper can start to bite for a little while. If you’ve had a good snapper bite in the morning but they stop feeding, a lot of the time they will come back on the chew in that same area around the tide change. If planning a trip though, we definitely make sure we get out there for first or last light though. Sometimes if it’s a last minute trip we will just head out and try our luck during the day - and you can still catch them - but it’s not as effective usually. I hope this helps mate and thanks for the support! Tight lines 👍🎣

Thanks heaps mate I really appreciate it! I dare say there could still be a few around, but probably not in great numbers. Give it a try though! Personally, I’d be targeting flathead and stuff now that the temperature is starting to drop down. Good luck though mate, I hope you get a few 👍🎣

@@willkitching cheers man, had a crack yesterday at the old flatty and pulled a 70. Few tailor around aswell. Keep up the good vids bro.

Thank you mate! Around 40 metres of water on the 24 fathoms off the Gold Coast 👍

Nice I’m heading out this weekend. Those klik sinkers look good. Are the weights the same as normal sinkers? I want to order some but want the right size

Hi mate thanks for the comment, I’m glad the videos are helpful for you! The hooks we use are just 4/0 J hooks, however you can use 5/0 too for bigger fish or bigger baits. Octopus style J hooks also work great. We just snell two together to suit the size of the bait we’re using. I wouldn’t go any smaller than 4/0 though. In terms of sinkers it’s usually a size 6 or sometimes a size 5. We are generally fishing 30-60 metres of water, sometimes slightly shallower or deeper. Since we use overhead reels we can slow the descent of the bait down with our thumb in shallower water if we want, however you could also just downsize your sinker. It depends on the wind and current though, but we find size 5 and 6 sinkers to be a great starting point for most scenarios. I think they’re around 50-60 grams?? We try to keep our line as vertical underneath the boat as possible, with no more than a 45 degree angle out the back of the boat. I hope this helps mate, thanks again for the comment and good luck out there!! 👍🎣

Very nice mate, well done! Was that on snapper? We’ve tried for them at night a couple of times and haven’t done very well, they seemed to disappear after the sun went down and it got dark. Thanks heaps for the comment!! 😁🎣

@@willkitching strange we catch them just on sunset I’m in the Sunshine Coast and have caught them at the 12 mile reef and 18 mile reef we used squid pilchards and a mullet filleted

Thank you mate! 😁

Thanks MrCods! I appreciate is. Yes a sports injury mate, I will be alright eventually but it’s going to be a tough few months I think! I’ll make a video about it explaining it all soon 👍

Very informative session and great vid mate. Do the clip on sinkers allow you to quickly vary weight during drifts to find the right balance ?

@@salesadmin6140 yes

Thank you mate! 😁👍

Hi mate, thanks heaps for the comment! 🙌 Yeah we have thought about attaching a second rope to the sea anchor however just don’t want more rope and clutter on the deck. It would definitely make it a lot easier to pull it in though 😅 That’s very interesting about the TLD15, I will have to look into that next time we are buying a reel. I’ve actually seen people cut the cross bar off other reels so that makes a lot of sense. In terms of running mono for floatlining, what do you think the advantages are? We originally ran mono but found the thickness and buoyancy made it harder to get our baits down nice and vertically compared to braid which seems to cut through the water better. I would love to know your thoughts and experiences with this though, as I do hear a lot of people saying to use mono. Thanks again for the comment mate 👍🎣

@@willkitching I use the mono for the stretch and because it floats down on an angle. I’d rather it go down at 45 degrees than vertically. Platypus Lo stretch is my go to.

@@crikeymacca That makes sense, sometimes when we pull hooks on the bigger fish it makes me wonder whether the stretch of mono would help with that. Thank you mate!! 👌

Thanks mate! We were stoked 😁

Thanks heaps for the comment mate! Yeah they are awesome hey, they have worked for all of our family and friends that we’ve recommended them to so far! Hopefully this video helps plenty of people struggling with sea sickness 👌🎣

Thanks Pete I appreciate it mate! Some sessions the stars just align 👌🎣

I’m glad you agree mate, they work wonders for us! Thanks for the comment, tight lines 👍🎣

Hi mate, thanks heaps for the comment and support! We really appreciate it 🙌🎣 We try to keep our lines as vertical as possible when we are floating our baits down or fishing the bottom. By letting a bit more rope out on the sea anchor, it just keeps it away from our lines a bit. If we use the sea anchor while fishing for mackerel though for example, we often tie it off in close as our lines will be closer to the surface. So we let them out over the top of the sea anchor in that situation if that makes sense. We weren’t fishing at Murphy’s here, however we have caught a few legal pearlies there at times! We always keep an eye on the sounder while we are drifting and have noticed that they often show as a wavy line of fish just up off the bottom, and we’ve seen this at Murphy’s before. You will most likely have to pick through a few undersize ones on the shallow reefs. I hope this helps mate and thanks again for the support, tight lines 👍🎣

Thanks mate I appreciate the support! That’s awesome then, I’m glad that you got to see the suncoast skutes in action then! They’ve been great for those bottom dwellers like pearlies, grassies, Maori cod, etc since we’ve been using them. And I’ve been using the same one for 2 trips now still going strong 👌

That’s awesome to hear Mr Cods, hopefully they work well for you! Most people can get away with just taking one tablet an hour before hitting the water, however dad usually takes a second one 20 mins before hitting the water just for some extra insurance, and he has never had a problem. Some people take a second tablet after a few hours on the water if they are worried that the first tablet will wear off. Thanks for the support mate and good luck! 👍

@@willkitching Cheers 👍

Hi mate, yes he used kwells all the time before these ET tablets, but even with kwells he still felt sick a lot of the time and would actually still throw up some days. They also made him severely drowsy and dehydrated and even made it hard for him to drive home later in the day and stay awake. Dad said he rates kwells 4/10 and the ET tablets 10/10 👍🎣

Hey mate, thanks for the comment! This session was actually up off the Sunshine Coast in 35-40 metres of water - pretty shallow for big pearlies! This video was a little while ago, the weather recently has been shocking sadly. Hopefully the weather is starting to calm down a bit leading into winter. Did you get any fish in 70m the other day? 👍🎣

Thanks so much mate, I’m glad you enjoyed and took a few tips away from the video!! We were definitely happy to land a good feed of pearlies and the Klik Sinkers have been working wonders ever since we started using them 😁 Dad and myself use different colours (lumo and blue) to see if one is working better than the other, and if so we’ll simply change over. I agree, the reefies have been loving the lumo one some days! A few subscribers have been telling me about their catches on Klik Sinkers, so that is always awesome to hear. Thanks again for your support and keep up the great work! 😁👍🎣

Thanks for the comment mate, yes we hadn’t done this well on pearlies before either! Usually it’s the guys that head out wide and fish deeper reefs that get the big catches and bigger pearlies. It’s a BaitMate baitboard that we’ve had for many years now. They make them custom to your needs and boat which is really good. Ours is removable too if we just want to go whiting fishing and stuff 👍 Cheers mate and tight lines

Thanks so much for the comment mate, we appreciate it!! Yeah the sea anchors are a game changer - we wouldn’t catch nearly as many fish as we do if we didn’t use one. It’s amazing how frustrating even just a little bit of wind can be when you’re trying to float line your bait down slower with lighter sinkers! Especially in deeper water. You still have to be getting your bait down to where the fish are, and the sea anchor is something we swear by. Very helpful! Thanks again mate and good luck out there 👍🎣

Thank you mate!! Yes I decided not to include it as the footage wasn’t great. The glare on the sounder screen and my shaky hands meant that you couldn’t really see the screen sadly. I’m planning on making a whole video around what we look for on the sounder in the near further though and setting up a camera to film the screen properly, so it would be nice to come across some pearlies again while filming that one 👍🎣 Keep up the great videos yourself mate, tight lines!

Thanks heaps Cam I really appreciate that mate! We were very happy with this catch, it would be our best pearly session to date 🙌

Thanks heaps for the comment mate and I’m glad you enjoyed the video! We were definitely happy to find a few great fish this session, some days you get lucky. Tight lines Craig 👍🎣

That’s awesome to hear mate! Yes we agree - they work better than anything else dad has tried, AND have no bad side effects like the others. Good stuff, cheers mate 😁👍

Yes mate they are awesome hey!! 🙌 I’m glad they work for you too 👍

Don’t need them in the Broadwater but off shore definitely 1 capsule lasts all day

@@owenbain1918 Yes mate for sure, my brother even gets sick at the mouth of the seaway without tablets too. I reckon dad would get away with just 1 tablet too on a calm day, but he just has a routine of taking 2 tablets just to be certain. It saves you some money only having to take one though! Good stuff mate 😁👍

Thanks for the comment mate! When Snapper fishing we mainly fish the 24 fathoms (8km out from the seaway) and the 36 fathoms (20km out from the seaway). We also fish the 18 fathoms at times which are only a few kilometres out from the seaway but can be hit and miss, and are best around low light periods. You can also catch other reef fish in all of these areas! In mackerel season we often fish palm beach reef, gravel patch, and the 12 or 18 fathoms for spotties and Spanish, and on the 24 fathoms (diamond reef) particularly for Spanish Mackerel. The 50 fathom reef is 30km out which requires perfect weather to get to, but also has good fishing for snapper, pearl perch, and so on. The lines of reefs run north to south off the Gold Coast so you can find plenty of ground by simply driving along them. For example you can drive along the 40m line trolling a lure in Summer while keeping an eye on the sounder for fish and good looking lumps of reef. I hope this helps mate, if you have any other questions feel free to ask! Cheers 👍🎣

That absolutely sucks mate! Well I really hope these sea sickness tablets help you out then, they’ve worked wonders for us! 😁🙌

Yes the feeling of sea sickness is truly terrible isn’t it! And the worst part is, you can’t escape it until you get back to shore. Hahaha yes I’m surprised Dad can still make jokes and catch fish while he’s feeling so sick 😂 Thank you for the comment!! 😁

Hey Paul! This was actually back over Summer around Christmas time, however I hadn’t posted the video yet as we only caught a couple of fish. Since dad got sea sick though, I thought it would be the perfect video to include it! 😂👍 I try to post my footage as soon as possible after filming it, however sometimes I just don’t get the time sadly

@@willkitching yeh I thought it was. Ibb be am glad I don’t have that problem.

@@paullobwein1632 Yes mate it’s a terrible condition to have, a lot of people give up fishing in open waters because of it. I’m glad you don’t have it too! 😂👍 I hope you’re going well Paul thanks for the support as always mate

Thanks for the comment mate, and I really hope they help out your mate!! As I said in the vid get him to take one an hour before and then 20 mins before hitting the water. Good luck mate and keep up the great spearfishing videos, cheers 😁👍

Hi mate, their name is ET Escape Travel Sickness tablets. I will leave a link to the website at the end of this comment so you can go straight to their website and have a read or order them! Cheers 👍 www.escapetravelsickness.com.au/order-sea-and-motion-sickness-treatment/

Hi mate, see my reply to your other comment 👍

Hahaha I actually cut out another part that I thought was too gross for the video 🤣 But yeah it’s not a good feeling hey, I’m so glad that he found these tablets that work a treat for him and my brother 👍

I dare say it would be similar by the sounds of it mate!! Are those tablets renowned for being super successful too? 👍

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Hi mate, yes that’s right there are 10 tablets per bottle 👍

The website is terrible it doesn't say than i seen. Thanks for the info 👍

@@Side85Winder No worries at all mate 👍 Yes I had a look on the website too and realised that it doesn’t say how many are in a bottle! But it’s 10 haha 👌 Thanks and good luck!

Yes that’s awesome to hear mate!! Dad was the same - he’d try other brands but still get sick anyway and feel like crap from dehydration and drowsiness. These tablets really are magic 😅👌 Thanks for the comment mate