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Posted by: kkw Feb 8 2008, 12:32 PM

Last day's fishing for me, as I am due to fly out of here on Saturday. Phil was kind enough to lend me his Saratoga rod and reel, loaded with 8lb line. Went down to Laguna Keys ramp and walked out to the northern breakwall. Tide was high and the sweat was dripping off my face. Did I mwention it was hot up here? Loads of herring and millions of tiny krill were sheltering amongst the rocks, with showers of baitfish jumping out of the water every few minutes. Beauty, I thought. I clipped on a small Viva popper and cast along the wall, retrieving it with a satisfying bloop. Saw a big black shape come out of the depths and lazily swirl throught the packed baitfish at my feet. Then another and another. Thought to myself, I need heavier tackle!!! These were HUGE Mangrove Jack around 50cm or more and just under the surface, less than a metre from my feet. Dragged the lure past them a dozen times, but no interest. Tried a Nilsmaster - same result. Tried a SP shad - nothing. Went through a range of lures, all with the same result. Guess they were happy to swill the krill. I trudged off the breakwall, head hanging low. Next, went to the beach to target whiting with poppers. Too much storm debris in the water.

Colin came home at lunchtime, as the boss had sent them home due to the heat. Did I mention it was hot yesterday??? At 5pm we went to his bosses property. He was a magnificent property, with 20klm of river frontage - yes he owns the land from the ocean to the highway. His wife loved the colour of the borrowed rod I was using. I can't say on this public forum, what the coulour is. Contrasts nicely with the yellow Poly the owner of the rod has. The barra were not co-operating this afternoon, and Gary said, feel the water. It was hot!!! Tried poppers and other hard bodys. Hooked up on a black and gold squidgy shad. Got it to the shore, where it started to jump and race off drag on the 8lb line. Wanted to get a photo, but the camera was in the car. Last jump and head shake, saw the lure ping out of its mouth. Darn!!! A few cast later, hooked another one, which could have been a twin. Around 60cm. This one was lightly hooked and was on for about 30 seconds before throwing the hook. It was now almost dark, so had a last couple of casts. Hooked a big fellow, which took off and promptly went around a bit of timber. Ping - lure gone, fish gone. Hmmmm, do I need heavier line?? Ended up with two keepers of 60cm and 64cm. A fitting end to a great week. As Arnie says - I'll be back.

Posted by: SUMOFISHIN Feb 8 2008, 12:52 PM

Good one Klaus, Strange how you always find out where the fish are the night before you leave these places.

Posted by: kkw Feb 8 2008, 10:40 PM

Yeah, I think that when I come up next, I will target a couple of species and go that way. I know where to get Mangrove Jack now, and Barra and reef fish. Maybe explore some of that wild river country at Cols bosses property. He says there are some big croccies in there, so better be careful

Posted by: poly Feb 8 2008, 11:04 PM

welcome home mate, i have been reading your posts with interest and wish i could have been up there with you, it must be a magic place to fish.

Posted by: Jumpus GooDarus Feb 8 2008, 11:29 PM

Hey kk wasit hot up there or what ??????

Posted by: Phil Feb 9 2008, 07:07 PM

The Crim&Collin barra watching on Prossy dam.

Posted by: Phil Feb 9 2008, 07:12 PM

Sorry there was ment to be a photo there but it didnt work.Back to the instructions

Posted by: Jumpus GooDarus Feb 9 2008, 07:17 PM

Which method are you using to post the pic Phil ??????????????????

Posted by: kkw Feb 9 2008, 09:25 PM

Crim!!!??? Crim??? I didn't take a pic of you and Colin. What gives?

I showed you step by step, how to size and load a pic onto the forum. Tsk, tsk. Resize to 400px or so, (in your photo editing programme) then save it to your desktop or folder. Scroll down to 'attachments' inn this thread. Click on 'browse' and find the pic you want to upload. Click on 'open' Click on 'upload' Click on 'add reply'. Bob's your uncle.

Posted by: poly Feb 9 2008, 09:31 PM

photobucket still works for me

Posted by: poly Feb 9 2008, 09:40 PM

phil if u read through this thread it will tell u how to upload using photobucket

http://www.fishing-oz-style.info/forum/index.php?showtopic=66

Posted by: Phil Feb 9 2008, 10:17 PM

Trying again. All my photos are in Picasa. How long does the upload nomally take.I have set the resize at about 320. This Up loading file has been going for 25min now. does not seem right.

Posted by: poly Feb 9 2008, 10:20 PM

no not at all phil, it should only take a second or to

Posted by: Jumpus GooDarus Feb 9 2008, 10:39 PM

OK Phil if Crim showed you how to do it then that explains everything

On the subject of size ??

Pixels dosn't mean you've reduced your filesize & I( think that's where your prob lies, 25 minutes is way to long even if you're on dialup.

OK try this, I'm not familiar with Picasa it would just be a p-rog to manage your pics.

Anyways open the folder where Picasa keeps i9t's files then right click the file, from the menu select COPY

Now anywhere on your desktop right click again & from the menu select Paste

Windows will re-write file to your desktop & when you've finished with it just delete it , have no fear the same file in Picasa will stay in tact all you've done is made a duplicate in a different directory.

Now just a couple of Q's

Run your curser over the file & right click again, this time from the menu click on Properties right down the bottom of menu.

What I want to know is

What is the file format ??? [eg] jpeg , gif etc etc

File size ??????????? this will be given in kb's

Posted by: Phil Feb 9 2008, 11:35 PM

I cant get it to work so will give it a miss. Ive got a email system with Picasa that works well,but need an adress to send to .Anyway thanks for your patience.

Posted by: catchnrelease Feb 10 2008, 02:51 AM

I use imageshack and it's great. Mainly because I don't have to follow the stupid site size limits. Pictures with a lot of colours can sometimes be restricted to sizes like 300x300.

Posted by: Rum Dust N Ruckus Feb 10 2008, 03:07 AM

photobucket is also free and very easy to use...

www.photobucket.com.au

Upload your pics and click on the [/img] link and paste it into yuor messge. Very easy.

Posted by: SUMOFISHIN Feb 10 2008, 01:36 PM

Phil, you'll be waiting a while for PICASO he's a slow painter, besides someone told me he was dead.

Posted by: Christos Feb 11 2008, 01:53 AM

Oh my God.

When did he die?

Posted by: Majed Feb 11 2008, 02:32 AM

When did he die?
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I think he died last week.....

Posted by: kkw Feb 11 2008, 02:50 AM

He's dead!!!??? I had pizza with him 2 weeks ago.

Posted by: Phil Feb 11 2008, 10:33 PM

just testing to see if this works

Posted by: Phil Feb 11 2008, 10:37 PM

This site is difficult! Still cant upload damn picture... where is kkw ? sis

Posted by: Bees Knees Feb 11 2008, 10:52 PM

Phil, if you have that picture and fax viewer that you can view emaile photos. I can help you very easily.

Let me know if you need

Posted by: poly Feb 11 2008, 11:07 PM

that is a demo for phil, hope u work it out mate

Posted by: Phil Feb 11 2008, 11:42 PM

Posted by: poly Feb 12 2008, 12:17 AM

good one phil, just remember u do not have to resize the photo for photobucket unless u wont to

P.S. thats a funny looking polycraft.

Posted by: Phil Feb 12 2008, 12:29 AM

I think I'm working it out

Posted by: SUMOFISHIN Feb 12 2008, 12:35 AM

Is that the Sky ? or the Sea ?

Posted by: kkw Feb 12 2008, 02:57 AM

Friday afternoon, Colin and I went to his bosses property. The pic below, is taken off the verandah, which overlooks his 'lake'. The pontoon is where I got 3 barramundi. They were lying underneath it, and also in a deep hole to the left. What a great house in a great location.

The second pic is of an approaching storm on the Faust Dam. We didn't raise a scale there, but two guys in kayaks, got barra to 1.2m. One got 5 and the other got two. All fell for black and gold squidgy shads. Next time!!!
(pics coming - seems to be an upload problem)

Posted by: southcoastin Feb 12 2008, 10:52 PM

cam't wait to see the pictures k, sounds like you had a great trip

Posted by: poly Feb 12 2008, 10:55 PM

kk please use photobucket that way u will bypass the upload thing on the site and save band with at the same time

P.S. can't wait to see the photos.

Posted by: kkw Feb 15 2008, 04:34 PM

O.K. I am in the bucket... Hope I remember all the user names and passwords for all the various things I belong to.

Posted by: poly Feb 15 2008, 04:39 PM

great photos kk, u will love the bucket in time