27-11-2006, 03:03 PM
I'm very suprised that the Amart you checked out at Knifepoint-I mean Highpoint didn't have a good range of fishing gear. The one on Nepean Highway in Mentone is absolutely chockers with all manner of fishing gear, including a very good range of soft plastics, particularly GULPs <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol' />
Big W is always good value but sometimes the range is very brand specific. If you're wanting a few hard-bodied minnows for trolling that dive to about 2.5-3m, BigW have Berkley Frenzy lures for around $5-6, that have been slaying them around the shallow reefy areas where we fish. Pinkies, snook, pike, salmon and flathead have all fallen for these great (and seriously cheap) lures in the past month. Very interesting when you consider that they have been catching many more fish than the $15-20 hard bodies we mostly use <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':woot:' />
It's still very hard to catch a fish mate, not sure what's going on lately. We spent about 5 hours off Ricketts again on Saturday for a very modest haul, although I did catch my first ever snotty trevalla on a SP, and a big garfish <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> Maybe I need to start fishing at night <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':th' />
Big W is always good value but sometimes the range is very brand specific. If you're wanting a few hard-bodied minnows for trolling that dive to about 2.5-3m, BigW have Berkley Frenzy lures for around $5-6, that have been slaying them around the shallow reefy areas where we fish. Pinkies, snook, pike, salmon and flathead have all fallen for these great (and seriously cheap) lures in the past month. Very interesting when you consider that they have been catching many more fish than the $15-20 hard bodies we mostly use <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':woot:' />
It's still very hard to catch a fish mate, not sure what's going on lately. We spent about 5 hours off Ricketts again on Saturday for a very modest haul, although I did catch my first ever snotty trevalla on a SP, and a big garfish <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> Maybe I need to start fishing at night <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':th' />