Mr Squidy
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I hate eels, get them all the time chasing Jew in the hacking and they are slimy horrible things. Wont typically even bring them in the boat, just cut them off and re-rig. That said I have had some funny experiences with them.
When I was younger I caught one on my dads hand line and mentioned I was going to cut it off. My dad however decided he wasn't going to loose a 50cent hook to some eel so he grabbed it by the back of the head to de-hook it. The eel responded by wrapping tightly around his arm and started to pull its head out of his grip. The only reason it didn't pull out and bite him was the fact that I still had the line tight pulling it back the other way. To get the thing off his arm he basically had to chop its head half off which took about 10min of hacking all the while its hissing and trying to bite him. Tough as a boot. Ended up with slime everywhere.
Fast forward a decade or so and a mate of mine declared his dad loved eating them and that he wanted to keep one and try it. I told him that there was no way I was helping him deal with one and if he wanted to bring one on board he was on his own. Given that I normally help these guys de-hook their bigger fish anyway i didn't like his odds. Next trip out though with four of us on my 4.5m half cab he turns up with a large set of garden shears. I shook my head and reiterated what a terrible idea this was. Anyway, sure enough, half way through the night up comes a bloody big eel. I stand back while in the darkness one mate holds the line up and the other try's to get the shears around the thrashing eels neck. Next thing the shears touch the line under tension and, PING, the thing is snapping away at both their feet. My mate who brought the shears starts dancing on the spot and with the slime everywhere he slips and falls flat on his back, a miracle he didn't hit his head on the gunwale and break his neck. Next thing though he was back on his feet in a flash and all four of us are stuck in the front of my little halfcab with this angry bloody eel slithering all over the shop and him badly bruised and covered in slime. After much stuff abouts they finally maneuvered the thing between the garden shears and tried to cut its head off only to discover how bloody tough those things area. This hacking process took the best part of 15min and resulted in a bent edge to the set of garden shears and an eel that was dead but by no means decapitated. So after 20min of complete chaos I took the opportunity to reiterate that i really didn't think it was a particularly good idea. As for the feedback on eating it I'm told that it was edible but not exactly amazing.
One for the Mods, just realised after posting that this is a post from 2004. For some reason it was showing up top of my topics list on the right hand side of the forums screen where the latest posts usually show up?? Looks like this is happening for a couple of others too by some of the posts going up. Screen grab of what seems to be coming up.
Cheers,
Rich
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Top stuff Ryder, love the old rods but I'd recommend sticking to new keeper nets in future haha. Still a great haul even with a few escapees.
Rich
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That really sucks Jon, very sad to hear story's like that of peoples good nature being totally taken advantage of. I really hope that has bought you some good karma and that the boat brings you many years of happy fishing moving forward.
Rich
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Awesome mate very cool looking rod
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Top stuff Ryder, great looking bag of fish there, very tasty!!!
Rich
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Great work as always Yowie.
On 11/18/2019 at 8:35 PM, Yowie said:The eagle rays certainly go hard. Nearly got spooled by a big one last month. Just hung on and the line busted at the swivel, so only lost the hooks and swivel.
Those rays have spooled me a couple of times on my lighter outfits over the last few years. Horrible feeling seeing the last of the line disappear as in the moment you always wonder if maybe its that 20 kegger jew we all dream of, but with a cool head I know exactly what it is doing it.
Man they have some motors on them once they get a bit bigger.
Cheers
Rich
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Nice work as always Yowie. Great seeing a few keeper Jew about, always a good trip with one of them on board.
Cheers,
Rich
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Nice work as always Yowie, good feed there. Was out on the Hacking on the evening of the 25th and we got our first keeper jew for the season right on 70 plus a nice reddie at 40 and a tailor at 45, so the fish certainly look to be coming back on.
Cheers
Rich
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Top stuff Yowie, cant be long now until the river really starts to pick up again.
Cheers,
Rich
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On 9/27/2019 at 5:36 PM, Yowie said:
Even in the garage freezer, I get complaints about the "smelly bait," from all of the family. Seems they don't want me to keep any bait, however, they are not getting their way.
Yeah, its funny the way they complain about the bait but never the fresh fish as if you can somehow magically separate the two haha.
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On 9/25/2019 at 8:16 PM, Oz98 said:
Allot of fishos think that the fish they use for bait has to be fresh, but in fact the more off the fish the better as it smells more, a fisherman told me this a while back..
Salting preserves the fish so it doesn't go off. I keep it just in the firdge and months latter there is no reall change to the smell. The old adage of fresh is best, live is better still holds for me.
On 9/26/2019 at 7:30 AM, Yowie said:A bit of smell is good. Fish with higher oil content - such as pilchards, mullet, mackerel, tailor, small tuna - all make good baits whether fresh or salted.
Big difference between smelly because the oil content is high and smelly because the bait is old/off.
Cheers,
Rich
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Top report mate. Great reward for plenty of effort, well done!!
Rich
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On 8/14/2019 at 11:15 AM, Mr Squidy said:
Well there you go, guess I'll be more cautious around lizards in future...
I certainly have underestimated our Lizards it seems...
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10 hours ago, nbdshroom said:
Thanks Rich, I love using the light gear and getting surprised by something far more capable than bream.
Yeah, something so much more satisfying in a capture when you know you are under gunned and really have to use your angling techniques to there fullest. Top stuff.
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15 hours ago, frankS said:
Rich. I originally made that buggie for a friend who lives in the North East England and is a member here John" Snatcher " and he is a massive fan of Newcastle so I thought it might be a nice touch for him . He comes here usually each year in summer and does a lot of shore based fishing so I made it for him to make things easier.
Frank
Yeah with Newcastle's performance over the last few years it makes sense he's doing regular trips to escape the English winter haha. Top effort building something so involved to help out a mate, a very cool BUGGY indeed...
Cheers,
Rich
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Top stuff on such light gear, very well done. Great vid too.
Cheers,
Rich
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Yeah curious to hear. For me I only ever buy Yamashita if i'm spending over $10 these days as they are just so consistently good. Do buy cheapies at times with varying success. Worth noting that its often worthwhile with the cheaper ones trimming the weight down yourself to get the sink rate/angle you are happy with as 90% of the time they are over weighted for my liking.
cheers
Rich
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Redbait, they are pretty common down in Tassie, Tuna love them.
https://www.afma.gov.au/fisheries-management/species/redbait
Cheers,
Rich
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On 8/14/2019 at 12:22 PM, frankS said:
Here's my version of a tackle buggie, holds slide in/out tackle shelves plenty of room for esky and bucket etc has rod holders and sand spike holders 12 volt forward and reverse go forward if you want the buggie in front of you or reverse for buggie following you could get larger balloon tyres for soft sand. 12 volt 20 amp hour battery lasts all day.
Was going to make remote control versions but nobody showed any interest so didn't bother.
Awesome looking sled there Frank, very nice handiwork. Have to wonder why you would go and ruin it at the end with that sticker on the side though?
Cheers,
Rich
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Top work guys, beats a day at school...
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19 hours ago, James Clain said:
Well the shark nets do not fully cover the beach, only the top 4 metres or so and not the entire length of the beach. It's a shame to hear even more about species like black marlin being killed in the nets.
The best way to deal with sharks in my opinion which is also being implemented by fisheries is to have tag sounders alert when a tagged shark enters the bay of a beach. As I understand fisheries sharks smart already does this with bull sharks and also notifies when a visual of a shark is marked. This is a great system so to have a higher amount of tagged sharks would improve this even further. It is obvious that we cant tagg every shark but think about how low the chance it is to have a shark come into the beach your swimming, then to have one that so happens to be a dangerous species have a go at you, and the likely hood to be severely injured. The chances are minute so to have at least a small percentage of sharks tagged and set an alarm when the come near the beach would decrease the danger.
Only problem with tagging is that where it has been implemented heavily on the north and mid north coast it pretty much seems to show that large sharks are always around. Its a fun game to log on and see what the biggest gap you can find on some of these beaches is in between big sharks. It really is virtually daily readings in some areas and when you consider this only covers the % of sharks that are actually tagged then you see how common they actually are.
Cheers
Rich
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On 8/10/2019 at 6:17 AM, rickmarlin62 said:
Gila lizards are highly poisonous and people mistake them for other breeds
Well there you go, guess I'll be more cautious around lizards in future...
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17 minutes ago, kingfishbig said:
Well it was a government survey (as reported in Fishing World Magazine). Dismissing it out of hand is not exactly showing rigor.
I'd certainly think twice about going to a town which hosted a marine park when there are others to choose from. The problem is knowing where these so called green zones are without a GPS chartplotter and a map insert showing the zoning. And I go fishing to relax and not to worry about being nabbed and facing heavy fines.
PS: Sydney fishing is fine - any improvement would just be icing on the cake and could be done just using fisheries management.
Depends on what you fish for around Sydney. Some species are doing well for sure. As someone who spends plenty of time chasing and catching Jewies, their stocks and average size are in a very poor state.
Rich
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23 minutes ago, kingfishbig said:
There was a government survey that showed an 80% drop in fishing participation in the Jervis Bay area after the park was declared. Also if 'anything that helps fish stock is a good thing' then what about better fisheries management which can be done at very little cost?
Yep, resourcing of the management of our existing systems is a huge problem, totally agree.
As for an 80% drop off in participation that sounds pretty ridiculous to me. As a tourist from Sydney I certainly dont look at the place and think "I wont go there because of the marine parks". Look at the % of the place that is actually a sanctuary zone. End of the day if locking off a small portion fishing locations in Sydney to improve stocks resulted in 80% less people fishing then I guess I'd just have to live with having a lot more space to myself out on the water as one of the remaining 20%. Sadly i don't think I'l be that lucky somehow...
Rich
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Bucket List Species Finally Captured!
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True dedication to manage a catch like that these days, nothing but respect. A lot of the younger guys simply can't believe the stories from the old timers of what an easy catch these used to be.
Rich