That wasn't dangerous unless the tide was running in. U had no where to run if U copped a freak one or if the tide was up more. Always and I mean always have a fast escape route planned dude. Life jacket won't help after much after a couple of waves pump U back into the ledge and your unconcious. No fish is worth loosing ya life. Especially just bonnies
@@GulpAction fuck the Bonnie's. Save the rods and reels first then the tackle. $20 worth of fish/bait or thousands in fishing gear?? Not a hard decision for me no matter how hungry I was
Back in the early 80's, me and my brother snuck out at 10pm and went down to the swan river, dreaming of catching a feed Easter weekend, the moon was huge I was catching chopper tailor, and keeping them in an onion bag hanging off the jetty Around 5am some guy turned up, talked to my brother, and started pointing at my bag My brother told me to give him one of the choppers He chose one, put it onto a 100lb hand line and tossed it out Almost straight away he pulled in a metre long mulloway As he gutted it, i wondered how he would thank me for the bait He gave me the stomach ffs 😂 Put the fish in the boot of his HG Holden and drove off into the dawn
Excellent vid Hadi. Anyone thinking of getting into landbased fishing for pelagics should definitely watch this. I'm a bit old school and reckon a well presented livie outfishes lures every day of the week for certain fish off the rocks.
Stand and face the wave lifting one leg up behind you. While it may seem counter intuitive, it is much easier to maintain your balance on just one leg by offering less lower body resistance to the water.
Rock fishing is NOT dangerous if you have half a brain and follow a few basic rules. Just like crossing the road, completely safe if you're smart, or a death wish if you try and run across a freeway. I routinely took my 10 year old daughter with me rock fishing when she was that age. It is just a matter of picking spot, tide, conditions, dress expecting to swim, and thought in advance where to get out if you do go in. P.S. No such thing as a "freak wave". That's just an excuse for disregarding one of the bits of basic common sense.
There are research papers that prove freak waves do exist, but you're right this one wasn't one of them. In this case, you can see that the wave hit that part of the ledge different, and the wave went higher. If I had stood anywhere else, the wave would not have gone above my head. I have yet to meet a serious rock fishermen that haven't been in a similar situations.
@@TeamKingiesFishingCrew What research papers? I've surfed and fished (offshore boat, rocks) for basically all my 72 years. My father was a keen fisherman and got me stated when I could barely walk. I'll say it again, there is no such thing as a 'freak wave' when it comes to fishing. It is just a rather pathetic excuse made by people to try and deflect some basic mistake they made ie. its wasn't my fault, it was a "freak wave".
@@johnwoodrow8769 my mate Spiro's and I had this debate with Russel Agland (I believe he's the chief at Port Kembla Water Police) last year at a NSW Surf Life Savings safety event. We had the same belief as you, but Russel argued that they do exist and that there's been a decent a amount of research on it. So did some reading but not much. To say they don't occur is false, but this is not one of them, just at the wrong spot at the wrong time. It could've been avoided. Here's a quick read beachsafetyhub.org.au/learn-&-play/rock-fishing-safety/avoiding-dangerous-situations/freak-waves/
@@johnwoodrow8769 if you really want to read some papers and research, here's a few more popular ones Haver, Sverre (2003). Freak wave event at Draupner jacket January 1 1995 (PDF) (Report). WHITE BS, FORNBERG B. On the chance of freak waves at sea. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 1998;355:113-138. HWA Chien, CC Kao, LZH Chuang - On the characteristics of observed coastal freak waves, Coastal engineering journal, 2002 - World Scientific Miguel Onorato, Alfred R. Osborne, Marina Serio, and Serena Bertone, Freak Waves in Random Oceanic Sea States, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 5831 - Published 18 June 2001
Kind of depends what you're fishing for as well. If I am jigging for bigger tuna, big grouper or something like an Amberjack I like having a 2 speed where I can either get them out of cover quickly or for a tuna to fight them when they're straight up and down. Personally I do fish the Saltiga LD 2 speeds in the larger narrow configurations but I do think there are other options. I fish the Saltiga star drags as well so I happen to be a Daiwa guy but most manufacturers are making jigging configurations these days. I actually really enjoy jigging with the lever drag on bigger fish as the star drags can have a tendency to have the drag loosen up on big fish.
@TeamKingiesFishingCrew yeah awesome hey what's that red shit yas put in your burley and where do ya get it drom.. I have seen you vid where you mention it but can't find it
With good ability star drags can be used for bigger bait casting its pretty fun and is cheaper more like 200 to 500 not 1000+ fin-or lethal comes to mind as one recommended for it the cheapest one is like 160 , tuna fisherman on the aus east coast use them alot 7 ft plus rod and you can toss heavy baits and lures so whole kit could be 300 400
You should never try to swim back to the rock, especially in rough conditions. Try swimming away from the rocks and swim to the closest beach or safer spot. You should determine the best place to swim to by assessing the location before you start fishing
@TeamKingiesFishingCrew yes mate the rod is the zenaq ikari so i have exactly the setup he has shown you i also have the Fokeeto whipy as and spin jig rod with a 8000 certate love both of the rods and reels
