Freams

The new Freams heralds a giant leap forward in reel innovation. In 2010 Daiwa introduced Magseal in its flagship spinning reels – Saltiga and Certate, this incredible innovation introduced the most technically advanced spinning reel design ever. Though this system is superb it is not that economical to introduce into lower price spinning reels. Daiwa recognized this and developed another system that would suit these reels and called it ‘Oil Seal”.
OIL SEAL

Daiwa’s primary design motivation in redeveloping the spinning reel was to exclude water. Given the spinning reels popularity amongst anglers fishing marine waters, sealing was a major goal in taking these reels to the next level. No leakage would mean no corrosion, longer life and better performance.
When saltwater penetrates a reel and dries, it crystallizes, and then erodes gears and bearings. Although waterproof gaskets and “o rings’ prevent water intrusion in most instances, they have the disadvantage of, producing friction and thus winding inertia.
With saltwater fishing, in order to increase the durability of the reel, Daiwa had to make the waterproof structure an absolute priority. Through years of research and development, Daiwa found the solution, we have placed a new high density cellulose seal impregnated with water resistant oil inside the “capsule body”. This has eliminated water and salt intrusion.
Oil Shield not only prevents water intrusion it also provides smoother revolution to the rotor system and increases sensitivity. Anglers will feel more connected to lures, detect more bites and fight fish with ease. Real design and real technological development for ‘reel sensitivity’.
Freams also uses many of Daiwa’s latest innovations in particular Air Rotor and Zaion but also ABS II and UTD (ultimate tournament drag) to name a few.
AIR ROTOR

The functional beauty of Air Rotor is like no other, it is truly a revolution in sensitivity. The new rotor serves several functions. Firstly the main principle of the rotor is support the line roller, line is pulled instantaneously from the spool to the line roller creating stress and flexing to a concentrated section of the lower rotor. The new arch form disperses pressure to the entire lower entire section of the rotor, dramatically decreasing stress and flexing.
Sensitivity is one of the strongest attributes of Air Rotor. The rotor is made from a high sensitive resin that transmits vibration through the reel more efficiently than ever before. By hollowing out the rotor system, a lighter construction is created with more surface area, resulting in increased strength and greater transmission of vibration. With a decrease in weight the balance has been fine tuned, with a lower centre of gravity and precise centre of axis the rotor spins more efficiently with perfect balance. This decrease in weight, increased surface area and new resin construction transmits lure vibration to the angler like never before.
ZAION

“Zaion” is simply explained as a high density carbon resin. Traditionally Daiwa used magnesium to reduce the reels weight that was until Zaion was introduced in 2008 with the Luvias reels, since then it has spread across Daiwa’s range of spinning reels.
Zaion is a new material, composed of carbon resin and long carbon fibres. This high density material is light, strong and resists corrosion, used in many of Daiwa’s reels, it far exceeds the strength of magnesium in strength per unit weight comparison. Zaion transmits vibration through the reel more efficiently than ever before and it is lighter and stronger than a conventional reel made with similar resins or graphite’s.
Daiwa’s Zaion gives you a reel that transmits ‘feel’ like never before…….The world of sensitive lure fishing is brought to you by Zaion.
The new Freams is simply an instrument to fish, it overflows with innovations and signifies the future of the modern spinning reel.
NOTE. Freams will be available mid winter 2011
Features
Real Four
Digigear II
Oil Seal
Silent Oscillation
Zaion body
Engine plate
Air rotor
ABS II
Neo Cross Wrap
Twistbuster II
Airbail
UTD
Real Stopper
Linear Shaft
Capsule Body
Washable

Model Gear Ratio #Ball Bearings Wt. (g) Drag (Kg) Spool Capacity
Freams 2000 4.8 (63 cm) 4+1 215 4 6lb/190m,8lb/150m. PE 1/200m,1.5/150m
Freams 2500 4.8 (71 cm) 4+1 240 7 8lb/200m, 12lb/150m. PE 1.5/200m, 2/150m
Freams 3000 4.7 (79cm) 4+1 280 7 12lb/200m, 16lb/150m. PE 1.2/350m, 2/250m
Freams 4000 4.8 (85cm) 4+1 360 8 16lb/250m, 20lb/200m. PE 2.5/300m, 3/250m, 4/180m

Saltiga Reels

The 2001 Saltiga introduced unrivalled ground breaking technology…. until now with the introduction of the new Saltiga.
The Saltiga heralds a giant leap forward in design, revolving around magnetic fluid. Developed by NASA to magnetically deliver fuel to space ships, this revolutionary innovation has now been developed for Saltiga.
Mixing a liquid with iron isn’t easy, but Daiwa has mastered it in the Saltiga range. When dispersed evenly through liquid, the iron oxide (magnetite) has a diameter of 1/100,000mm, so small that the surface area of the ferromagnetic particle is around 1/10th of a single influenza virus.
This new metallic grease/oil takes on a new effect, placed by itself it forms a typical liquid helical shape with the introduction of a magnetic force it changes shape similar to the android in Terminator II, attaching itself to any other metal to form a seal. So strong is this magnetic liquid that if placed in a container with a magnetic surface it would retain its shape even if the bottom was removed. Being magnetized this lubrication system avoids any friction and prevents dust intrusion, eliminating oil spray and significantly improving reel life expectancy. The challenge for Daiwa was to utilise the inherent benefits of magnetic liquid in reel design. Instead of it being used to dustproof, we needed something that was waterproof. Innovative design combined new CRBB bearings with a magnetic oil membrane and making it possible. Water intrusion is now a thing of the past.
Not content just with Magseal, Saltiga also introduces Zaion Air Rotor. Zaion material was first seen in the Luvias series, this super strong light material is like no other – a new revolution in strength and sensitivity. This design disperses pressure to the entire lower section of the rotor, dramatically decreasing stress and flexing. Working in conjunction with the Mag Seal the Air Rotor has been hollowed out to create airflow through the whole rotor system. This prevents foreign material such as water, salt, sand and dust collecting inside the reel, the added air flow eliminates moist build up in the reel preventing corrosion issues.
With other designs innovations like Real Four, Hyper Digigear, UTD, Airbail etc as standard the Saltiga sets the standard as the best heavy duty reel available.
Features
Real Four
Mag Sealed
Zaion Air Rotor
UTD – Ultimate Tournament Drag
Hyper Digigear
Twistbuster II
Tough Air Bail
Minimum Offset Gearing
ABS II
Super Metal Housing (body and sideplate)
New CRBB system
Hybrid carbon/forged aluminium spool
Silent Oscillation
Rotor Break
Manual Bail Return
Wide Open roller for heavy shock leader
2BB line roller with rubber seal
2BB oscillating slider
Linear Rotation
Metal drag knob cap
2 piece light weight aluminium round knob
Perfectly matched with
Saltiga Coastal Rods
Saltiga Dorado Rods
More about the Saltiga 2010 Spinning Reels
Fishing World’s, Sami Omari and the Saltiga 2010
New Gear Earns its Stripes

Model Gear Ratio #Ball Bearings Wt. (g) Drag (Kg) Spool Capacity
Saltiga 4000 4.9 14+1RB 440 10 PE 2/450m, 3/300m
Saltiga 4000H 5.7 14+1RB 440 10 PE 2/450m, 3/300m
Saltiga 4500 4.9 14+1RB 585 15 PE 3/400m, 4/300m
Saltiga 4500H 5.7 14+1RB 585 15 PE 3/400m, 4/300m
Saltiga 5000 4.4 14+1RB 600 15 PE 4/400m, 5/300m
Saltiga 5000H 5.7 14+1RB 600 15 PE 4/400m, 5/300m
Saltiga 6500 4.3 14+1RB 820 30 PE 5/500m, 6/400m
Saltiga 6500H 5.7 14+1RB 820 30 PE 5/500m, 6/400m

OFFSHORE – Still a little patchy on some reefs and again some fishos not catching anything, to a few here and there, to the lucky ones who bag out. parrot, sweetlip and squire on the inner gneerings.  pearl perch around the 40-45cm mark on murphys. cobia and amberjack out on caloundra 12 mile. snapper, red throat out on the banks. few spotties around old woman and caloundra 5 mile. sweetlip, moses perch and pearl perch on sunshine reef.

ESTUARY – Blackfish along the calonudra boardwalk. trevally between chambers island and the cod hole. tailor around the motorway bridge on high tide. tailor at the mouths of the rivers around the 40cm mark. school jew and a few bream around bli bli bridge. along the beaches the tailor have showed up in the deeper gutters again around that 40cm mark. also dart and bream.

have a nice weekend

ben

SOMERSET DAM – Well, there is some great news coming from this dam with big fish and consistent catches becoming more the norm rather than the exception. On the weekend just gone 30 teams competed in the bass bounty tournament where plenty of fish were being landed. Reports were that up to 50 and 60 fish a session were being bagged with many of them being over 2kg.  The remarkable catch was a 3.45kg monster. The fish are now heading down the dam with a few spots proving to be worth a look. Queen Street is still holding fish but they are now starting to scatter, pelican point has some patches of fish that are showing but it is now more the far end of the dam that is producing the more and better quality of fish.  The Spit and Poly Pipe point saw many fish landed and the bigger specimens came from these areas as well. The usual suspects did the damage such as blades, plastics and jackals, however with the fish condensing a little the ice jigs have begun to come into their own. Red and green colours along with blue have proven to be lethal especially in the smaller sizes (6g). The fish are not thick in any area at present but there are patches that are large enough to target.  The interesting thing is that when you find a small patch of fish on the sounder it is not uncommon to see the fish rise from the bottom of the dam to take the lure. These fish might not be initially visible on the screen but if you locate some fish just off the bottom there is a high likelihood that there are some others hiding beneath.

BORUMBA DAM – Borumba has been fishing a little quite but there are some signs of a change around the corner. Over the past fortnight the fish have begun to school up in their favourite haunts around the 2 yellow marker buoys.  They are predominately in the deeper water however they can be somewhat reluctant to take an offering. Locals have been casting to the edges in these areas where the water is warmer and the fish are feeding more actively.  The success rate has been quite good with some 50 cm models being landed and some yellow belly also. Use jackals, blades and spinnerbaits as they are great lures for locating fish and are generally well received in this dam.

LAKE MACDONALD – There are a few areas to target in this dam at present with good results coming from all of them. Firstly the weed beds in bass bay have been fishing well using jackals and blades through the weeds and the spaces in between. The botanical gardens have some smaller schools and some good fish within them. A mate went there on Monday and landed some fish in the area with the largest being 47cm. The other place to have a look is on the edge of the weed beds off of the runway.  There is a nice little school but they can be finicky and difficult to tempt at times.

BAROON POCKET DAM – Recently I have written about the intentions of the Ewen Maddock Dam stocking group and how they want to focus on Baroon to get it back to the great little fishery that it once was.  Well things are in the pipelines.  The pleasing thing is that some bait fishos went out on the dam recently and landed 8 healthy mid 40’s fish in between some siestas. Well done lads.

Hope this helps,

Brendan

OFFSHORE – this time last week i said that this week was supposed to great weather wise. that all changed but it wasnt ideal offshore but some fishos still bared a bit of chop and wind and caught some reasonable fish. some boys said fishing wasnt all easy going and many had to move around a bit to get some fish. this coming week looks like what it said last week so well see what happens. still some good reports of snapper and cobia out on caloundra 12 mile. red throat, snapper, cobia and a few pearlies from the top of the banks. cod and sweetlip from murphys. few spotty mackeral on currimundi with the odd squire too. further north on coolum reef theres been snapper, sweetlip, moses perch caught.

ESTUARY – Bli bli bridge and surrounding area have been producing good flathead on plastics. around the corner in the cod hole young super angler joe letcher has been nailing trevally most mornings using soft plastics. few bream and flathead off cotton tree and down at the mouth on the top of the tide theres been tailor and trevally. mooloolah river is still annoying anglers with the hairtail in the system but around the rocks at point cartwright a few bream have been hooked but there usually there all the time along with some chopper tailor at night.

good luck if you flick a line in over the weekend.

talk to you next week….. ben

OFFSHORE – The fishing has started to come good again after a few lean weeks. fish were off the bite and you had to work hard for your feed and battle the wind aswell. sunday is looking the day to head offshore over the weekend. some good reports of snapper again on arkwright shoal. good snapper on caloundra 9 mile and snapper, cobia and sweetlip on the 12 mile reefs. on the outer gneerings some good parrot, sweetlip and snapper have been caught.  good yellowtail kings around the blinker and they have showed up on murphys along with snapper, cobia, sweetlip and some big old cod. out on the barwon banks some good red throat, snapper and pearl perch have hit the decks.

ESTUARY – Chopper tailor, bream, trevally and flathead at the mouth of marrochy river. back at chambers island some good bream and the odd whiting have been caught. on the run out tide in the cod hole and around the motorway bridge good trevally action on poppers and plastics with chopper tailor in amongst them. some school jew have been caught on plastics in the area aswell. up in the bli bli reach flathead have also been caught mainly on plastics. in mooloolah river again on the run out tide.. some good flathead around the lower reaches and off the rocks chopper tailor and some good bream.

till next week… ben

SOMERSET DAM – Somerset has been producing some quality fish of late but the numbers have dropped throughout the dam.  Fish can be found in many places in the dam but the concentration in each spot can be varied.  Queen Street is still holding a nice little school in close to the bank (6m of water) with other patches of fish being found in the vicinity in deeper water (10 – 11m of water).  On the weekend just gone the fish were very fussy and with a small window to fish before the wind became unbearable it became a hit and run mission. After trying many of the well-known bass lures that have worked in the area over the last month or so it was the tried and true jackal in gill colours that proved to be the most successful. For a 3 hour session there were 8 fish landed with the biggest just under the magical 50cm mark and in very good knick. Slow rolling close to the bottom was working well. Bay 13 also had some good shows of fish, however, the wind made this area difficult to fish but it is worth ducking in there for a sound or troll in the next week or so.  Pelican Point was the end of the voyage and there are some fish there but they are not very concentrated which makes them hard to target. Trolling along the old river bed is a good option until you find some solid shows of fish and then you can begin to cast and jig.

LAKE BORUMBA – The fish in this dam have been very hard to work out of late with locations changing readily and the day they fire seems to be few and far between.  There have been few reports from this dam but a well-known bass guru went there within the week and got six fish, none of which were massive.  The junction of the creeks in the timber was the place to be with most of the fish coming on ice jigs in this area. If you go to this dam keep looking at the junction, the yellow marker buoys and across from the boat ramp as these are regular haunts for the bass at this time of year.

Hope this helps,

Brendan

SOMERSET DAM – Well the fish are starting to make their way further down the dam as the cooler weather hits full stride. It does however seem to be taking a little longer than other years for them to make their way to the regular haunts such as Pelican Point and the Spit. A recent trip up there found that Pelican and the Spit had very little fish activity at all with only the odd arch or arches showing on the sounder.  After a few hours of searching around the bottom end of the dam the decision was made to head back up the dam towards the camping ground and work our way down. This strategy worked a treat with fish being landed almost immediately.  The most productive area was from Queen Street back toward Kirkleagh. Our tactic was to cast to the banks with spinnerbaits and jackals and slowly hop them down the face of the drop-offs of these banks.  We were finding that they were in small bunches in certain areas and they were smashing the lure on the drop. These fish were all between 40 and 45cm and all in excellent condition. This bank proved productive for a few hours before they dispersed and changed location.  Up in Queen Street it-self was our next area to attack and this was where we found a nice school of fish.  The juncture where the sticks meet the bank was where they were hanging out in about 5 – 6 metres of water. The go to lures were jackals and the river to sea glassie vibe jigging and slow rolling. These fish were quite tight to the bank so casting up in the shallows and slowly winding back with a few pauses and hops was working well. There were only 2 undersize fish taken in this area with other fish getting well over the 2kg mark, nice healthy fish.  The fish will continue to make their way down the dam as part of the spawning process during winter, so if you don’t find them at Queen Street then try Dead Tree Point and Bay 13 before looking at Pelican and the Spit. The fish are there so sound around or troll and you will eventually find what you are after.

BORUMBA DAM – What a tricky dam to work out!  The fish in Borumba are moving everywhere.  Reports over the last fortnight have them in a few different locations and moving constantly.  Recently they had been at the 1^st and 2^nd yellow marker buoys but seasoned anglers have hits these spots in the last week with little reward. A very large school was found at the mouth of Borumba creek and some large fish were taken but a couple of days later they are no longer there. I mentioned in the last report that the junction of the Yabba and Kingham might come good and this has come true with a session there landing 25 fish using ice jigs. The key features to look for were weed beds or islands located near flats with some deeper water nearby. As the winter weather continues keep looking for fish around the junction, the yellow marker buoys, the first point on the left from the boat ramp and down across from the boat ramp as the fish make their way to the dam wall.

LAKE MACDONALD – There have been very few reports on this dam and I was disappointed that I didn’t make it there on the school holidays. However, from the little information that I could get there were some nice fish caught up in the Borer creek casting to the weed edges with lipless crankbaits and plastics. My advice is that at this time of year there is a big chance that the fish will be in the main basin areas like the botanical gardens, the bubble trail and close in near the scout den boat ramp on the other side of the dam.

Hope this helps,

Brendan

SOMERSET DAM – Well Somerset has begun to return to some normal fishing patterns and the water is becoming much more clear and with this cold weather it should speed the process along a little. An example of some of the clarity is up in the sticks in the shallows you can actually see the fish swimming something my young son thought was amazing.  It was also interesting and pleasing to see the number of dead and dying Talapia there were on the banks, floating and some of them on their last legs in the water. Our little expedition yielded little on the day we went for a trip into the timbered area of the dam. We were not there for that long and the weather was awful so we didn’t fish that hard. There are fish still up in the sticks, however, the numbers and size have shrunk somewhat from the previous 3 weeks. If you do venture up into this part of the dam use spinner baits and jackals and cast them as close as you can to the very edge and slowly wind your lure back so that you are keeping it as close to the bottom as you can.  Also, try and fish banks that are slow slopping and are near some deeper water.  There are many areas in the sticks where the banks drop off into the old river bed and these areas will hold some fish. With the fish thinning out in the timbered area they are beginning to make their way down to the main basin and dam wall areas trying to get to the brackish to spawn (which they cannot do in impoundments).  With this in mind look for schools in the areas of Pelican point, the Spit, Bay 13 and even Poly point.  These schools are only small at present and can be difficult to find so sound around or troll until you see some arches on the sounder.   In the coming weeks you will find that these schools will thicken and become quite large with some absolute monsters in them.  I find that August and September is best as the schools are formed and they are ready to feed again.  Use blades, ice jigs, soft jackals and plastics on 1/8 oz jigheads for good results. The best report from the past fortnight is around Queens Street where a couple of fellas caught 8 Bass with the smallest being 55cm to the fork.  That’s a good days fishing!

BORUMBA DAM – This dam is beginning to really frustrate anglers with the hit and miss nature of the fishing.  A mate of mine was there last weekend and caught over 50 fish for around 6 hours fishing over the 2 days.  There were some models landed that were over the 50 cm milestone. I went up there during the week and was able to get only one fish with a couple of missed bites. I thought it might be me but I have since spoken to another experienced fishermen who also said that for their expedition they only landed 3 fish. A little disappointing!  There are some schools now forming in the main basin with good numbers of fish so it will depend on the day you go and the attitude of the fish on that day.  The areas to concentrate your search are at both the yellow marker buoys (9-12m) and the boat ramp side of the weed bed off the first main point (5m).  Ice Jigs, blades and soft plastics have been the pick of the weapons to use. It would also pay to keep an eye on the junction area as the fish come from the creeks down to the main basin you mind find that they will hold in the timbered area where the 2 creeks meet. There are some fish there but they are suspended and difficult to target, but check there if the crowds begin to target the schools in the basin.

LAKE MACDONALD – There are some good reports coming from this dam at present with some big numbers and solid fish being landed.  The bubble trail and botanical gardens have schooling fish and Bass bay and the three ways have fish tight to the weed. The fish in and near the weed are the better quality fish and are more fun to catch as you will have to cast into the weed, rip it out and wait for the strike.  Once they have the lure it is a heap of fun trying to extract them from the weed. The schooling fish love soft plastics, blades and ice jigs whereas the weed dwellers are going for lipless crankbaits and blades. I am heading up there early next week so I will let you all know how I go.

EWEN MADDOCK – Few people are fishing the dam at present but one lucky young man managed to snag himself a mid 50’s bass out of the dam recently on a blade. The main boat ramp is closed now for health and safety reasons but you can still access the dam through the picnic area.  In my last report on this dam I mentioned that there is some work being done around restocking Baroon Pocket dam. I have since spoken to the group behind this and they have said that everything is going ahead well and they are lodging some paperwork to ensure that everything will run smoothly.

Hope this helps,

Brendan

Snapper changes to start September 1

Changes to rules for catching snapper in Queensland will come into force on September 1, Fisheries Minister Craig Wallace said today.

From September 1, recreational bag limits on snapper will be reduced from five to four.

This move means the sustainability of the species can be protected with no future bans on catching snapper in Queensland.

“As a keen angler myself, I personally oversaw the consultation process to ensure community views were heard at the highest levels of government before these changes were made,” Mr Wallace said.

“In close consultation with fishers we have come up with sensible changes that protect some of the most popular commercial and recreational fish species in Queensland,” he said.

Mr Wallace said main changes to the snapper fishery included:

·No further bans on snapper fishing. A six-week ban earlier this year on catching snapper would not be repeated.

·Reducing the recreational bag limit for snapper from five to four, with a maximum of one fish with a total length over 70cm allowed. The minimum size limit for snapper will remain at 35cm. This will apply to all recreational anglers, including fishing from charter boats;

·There is no proposed change for the size and bag limits for pearl perch and teraglin;

·An online monitoring program will be introduced for recreational fishers to log snapper catch data, to ensure up-to-date and accurate information is available for future reviews. The program will be launched later this year;

·There also will be an education program to reduce snapper deaths through incorrect catch and release;

·Another review of fisheries management, including an updated snapper assessment, will be held in 2014.