leonardgid

sure makes sense , but fish like king and bonnies have been caught all the way up the river , a fair size king fish could be feeding on any number of different fish , for example silver biddies small bream , whiting etc , that same king at some stage can and does spend time inshore/offshore? , people fishing there could be under the impression that fish are safe to eat in large quantities because they are not from the harbour , again i feel the public has a right to know where their fish has been etc , this is a growing city cost should not be an issue when it comes to public health .

thanks for your reply

thanks for sharing , had a quick look through the studies came across something that makes the east versus west of the bridge theory not accurate in my opinion.

agree ,however everyone that wets a line has the right to know if the fish they catch anywhere is safe to eat in large quantities, and while there is a cost with any study , cost should not be an issue when it has to do with public health, specially when the amount of people that fish keeps on growing and they share their catch with other family and friends, as i pointed out on one of the studies that a raider posted here . there is evidence that the east of the bridge versus the west of the bridge does not appear to be accurate , fish can and will travel , so the unsuspecting individual that has been catching whiting of the surf recently could be actually catching fish that have been west of the bridge for a long time ,

i agree with everything you have said so far Dave, thank you for your reply mate , cost or no cost i feel a real test /tracking of fish is way over due , the east west thing was good at the time , but it does not answer all of the questions today for some of us , we should be able to know if the kingfish caught offshore , or the bream and whiting caught of the surf has been in the harbour and or how much dioxin is in it , far too many of us fish and far more will in the future , Hi Dave , i agree with you , at the moment with what i know nothing will stop me from keeping a feed of bream or whiting or any other fish if it all looks good and healthy to me east or west of the bridge, however it would be good to know where fish have been and for how long , thank you for your reply.

Hmmm interesting quick read , if im not making a mistake they caught bream at Clifton gardens that had higher levels of dioxins then bream that were caught at breakfast point , so ahmm... the whole dont eat fish west of the bridge because fish have higher levels then fish from the east side is wrong according tot he report

Hello raiders , im sure all of us know what we should and should not eat that is caught in the harbour , the question is have they ever done any tracking on any fish other then sharks in the harbour ? just about everyone that consumes fish from the west side of the bridge will argue that fish can and will move all over the harbour so it makes no difference where they are caught , also after all the rain a lot of fish must be moving about etc , if they have not done any studies isn't it about time that they do research on this matter so that people know better? , way too many people are catching and eating fish from the piers these days , food for thought.

thats right , the bones is the problem with those things , if you know your way with a sharp filleting knife then they are worth keeping

good catch

LEGEND

ohhh yeah ! be up there soon

????? crabs on lures ! ... very nice catch for the bay

who Andersons?

very nice catch

what is amazing about this one is the condition that it was in , maybe there are enough baitfish in there to keep them going through the hot months.

good report thank you for sharing

nice catch , keep them coming

family time is priceless , the choice feed at the end as good as it gets here

lucky you . enjoy ,

60cm!!!!! thats amazing for the harbour , very few large ones get caught its year

mate at least i am grateful for your family recipe, if you do have more family recipes that most of us will never get to taste because we are from different ethnic backgrounds please share them with us in the future , once again thank you for sharing stay well .

another good bag of choice fish ,

years ago you could buy them from fish shops in sydney cold smoked , we would shallow fry them in a little oil and have them with fresh bread , amazing ! if you can or do smoke anything at home give them and slimmies a go on the smoker , once you work out how to do them to your taste you will not be throwing all of them back .

agree , try eating a tailor from the harbour versus a tailor from the surf , the harbour ones taste kind of oily ,

wow! now thats a nice bag of fish