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You were one lucky fisho Grant.
That's surely one for the books.
Cheers,
Pete.
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yeah put me down for the social too.
Hopefully i'll be in sydney for the dates, work can be a bit unpredictable.
You have been added to the list.
better bring some rum for hot toddies...gonna be a chilly one I feel.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Top flattie that one
and to get her on a 6lb handline...awesome!!!Must have been a fun tussle to see who'd win that fight. Glad it was you.
Was the hook baited or were you using a sabiki type yakka rig with tiny hooks?
Just shows you what gutses flatties are at times.
Certainly one to tell a few yarns about over the odd beer.
Great work.
Cheers,
Pete.
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I posted the story in the library this morning Josh with a pic of the poor dead noah.
It was front page in today's Manly Daily.
Cheers,
Pete
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Fads
in Fishing Chat
How do FADS work though? What attracts the fish?
Just the buoy and the chain that attaches it to the bottom, where weeds and barnacles grow
on both over time and fish are attracted to it as it's structure in an open ocean.
It's a bit like you often find dollies lurking under floating debris like a floating log or timber as fish
will gather under it and small fish attract bigger fish and so on.
They don't have any electronic devices in them as far as I know...just a large buoy.
It's also why you often get fish around fish trap buoys...it's "structure" again.
Anyone else able to expand on this???
Cheers,
Pete.
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Great Bite Pointer
ONE of the most feared ocean creatures, the great white shark was caught off both Freshwater and Queenscliff beaches yesterday as swimmers enjoyed the last of the warm weather.
The close to 2m long shark was first spotted off Freshwater around lunch time where lifeguards attempted to wrangle the disorientated juvenile.
Lifeguards pulled it right up on to the beach before trying unsuccessfully to walk the shark - which was originally thought to be a mako - out to deeper water.
The Freshwater lifeguards tried twice before using the jet ski to tow the shark out from the beach.
The shark then reappeared around 3.30pm at Queenscliff where it washed up on the rocks. Lifeguards then pulled it up into the rock pools. While he was still alive at the time, the obviously sick fish, an endangered species later died.
The incident occurred only a few days after the whole of Manly beach had to be cleared after a person thought they saw a shark on Sunday.
The sighting was never confirmed but schools of whitebait behaving erratically was also reported on Sunday - a sign of shark feeding activity.
Manly Vale resident Michael McGrath was taking pictures off Freshwater headland yesterday when the shark first swam into Freshwater.
``It didn't look very well. It was really disorientated and it kept washing back in,'' he said.
``The lifeguards I though were very brave. They went right in there to rescue it and one guy got really close.''
Queenscliff lifeguard David Piper said he went looking for the shark after Freshwater radioed it in. Mr Piper said he pulled the shark in to protect swimmers and had notified NSW Department of Fisheries who wanted to use the shark for research. The shark later died at Queenscliff.
Mr Piper told the Daily he has seen sharks close up before but this was definitely the closest.
Senior Aquarist at Manly's Oceanworld Victoria Brims confirmed the shark's identity and said while rare, the Great White is in the northern beaches' waters.
``They are out there. I don't know where the adults are but there are juveniles,'' she said. ``We do get them, especially with changing water temperature and currents, because they follow the food.''
The endangered shark is most well known for attacks on humans.
Ms Brim who estimates the 1.5-2m long shark was only a few years old said a Great White could start to pose a risk when it grows to 3m.
``It is a protected species so it is a shame that no one put it back or called us because it could have had a chance. It is just a waste of that poor shark.''
Great white sharks are the world's largest known predatory fish and can reach lengths of more than 6 m and weighing up to 2,250 kg.
Lifeguard David Piper gets up close and personal with the Great White Shark yesterday.
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Great shot HookedUp....Must be the last thing a baitfish sees before becoming a flatties breakfast.
Nice work.
Cheers,
Pete.
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think thats a honeycomb cod
I think you are right flybandit:
http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/ThumbnailsSummary.php?ID=4923
Good spotting (pardon the pun)
Cheers,
Pete
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Ahhhh...good to know they are still there and biting placcies too.
Nice sets of lizards there and some big old mummas too.
Was it late arvo/evening when you targeted them?
Pete.
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Knife right between the eyes and just a bit back towards the tail where the brain is.
Works every time.
Looks like you tried to sever the spine with your knife shots...It won't kill them straight away, just paralyze
them.
(or you could try giving them a ciggy and smoking them to death
)Hope this helps.
Pete.
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Have you forgotten to bait up again Pete..................................You have to keep taking those tablets mate !
Cheers,
Stumpy
Bugger that..I've been using the tablets AS the bait and eating the whitebait myself..
Maybe that's where it's all gone kaput!
We've missed your pearls of wisdom Stumpy
Cheers,
Pete.
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I too haven't landed a flattie for over three weeks in the lake.
Even at the usual haunts they just aint there or aren't hungry enough to bite.
The whiting have made up for my fishing fix though on the flats.
Strange about those flatties though.
Pete.
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Fads
in Fishing Chat
Yes Dave...they are placed there for rec. fishos to use.
Here's a synopsis from the DPI site:
The NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) deploys a series of Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) each year along the NSW coast between the months of September and June. The FADs are funded by the Recreational Fishing Saltwater Trust and are installed to provide better fishing for recreational sport and game anglers by creating an alternative to traditional fishing grounds.
The NSW DPI FADs have become a popular target fishing location for many recreational fishers, possibly relieving fishing pressure on popular demersal fish species and locations by drawing seasonal pelagic fish from warm water delivered to the NSW coast by the East Australian Current (EAC).
Cheers,
Pete.
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I hear they fight a bit like a wet noodle though.
Pete.
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Very nice lizard Robbee
And a few nice table fish to boot.Give me a nice flattie over a shark any day. Those ladies must be Victorians LOL
Good work.
Cheers,
Pete.
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headed to the wollies bridge after work expecting to hook my first land based flatty on sp's hit the water at 5:45pm and fished 4" gulps in newclear chicken only to loose 2 to either toads or little striped jackets that followed the remains to the surface.thought i'd try the 4" molt minow and landed this little flatty measuring 27cm.finally gave up at 7:20pm
a little dissapointed i didn't get a keeper to take home and show the
theres always next time
Bad luck Hanz. Bear in mind that Woolies bridge gets pretty heavily fished,
especially on weekends and yes, those pesky toads are pretty thick in the lake at present.
You perhaps should try some of the other locations in the lake, especially up the back
as the toads don't seem to bother you as much.
Don't give up on the lake as there are some fine specimens to be had and it's just a matter of perseverence I'm afraid.
better luck next outing.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Does anyone know the results from the Shoalhaven Open last weekend?
Check KeepinTabs post HERE
Cheers,
Pete
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And I bet he was caught using Nica-Bait
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Went out for a troll on Saturday noticed that the Botany Bay wide FAD is missing.
Should we be telling someone?
Check out This thread from today.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Hi raiders
I was wondering if anyone can give me tips and spots on fishing narrabeen lakes with soft plastics as I'm working in the area tomorrow and would like to releive some stress after work
G'day Hanz and
to the forums.First stop should be to familiarise yourself with the lake (in case you haven't already)]
Have a read through one of the many articles on the site, especially THIS ONE
You could try the flats opposite the caravan park for some nice whiting... might be tough if just using plastics though as they seem to turn their noses up at anything apart from worms or nippers at the moment.
For flatties...try Pipeclay Point. or the Woolies bridge.
The cricket nets beside the oval often produces some nice lizards.
The end of Robertson St is also a good bet for flatties and bream.
Jamieson Reserve off the Wakehurst Pkwy is also a good spot, especially if a northerly wind is blowing as it's well protected.
Wimbledon Ave is also a pretty consistant spot for both bream & flatties...either side of the kid's playground.
Hope you get amongst 'em and don't forget t post up the results..even of you score a donut....It's good hear how it's fishing. Also don't forget to take a camera if you have one as we all like seeing your catch.
Good luck,
Cheers,
Pete.
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Also Caine..Just check you are viewing the forums in standard mode, not outline mode.
Look at "options" in this thread at the right hand top...the dropdown menu has "standard" and "outline"
Make sure it's on "standard"
You get outline mode if you access fr via google and you get a few posts, then a list of other posts headings only underneath..
Hope this helps.
Otherwise...stay tuned for new posts.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Fantastic day on the water fellas.
It's days like that that keep the spirits up.
Hope it's just as good a news for you soon PK as you managed today.
Good work.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Shark fin hunters raid coast
FISHERMEN caught more than 300 tonnes of shark meat in NSW last year - five times the usual amount, according to confidential government papers obtained by The Daily Telegraph.
Rapidly rising demand across Asia for for the delicacy shark fin soup is believed to be behind the leap.
A confidential Department of Primary Industries document shows the total shark take in the NSW Ocean Trap and Line Fishery up from 60 tonnes. The DPI wants to set a lower yearly limit, but has failed to agree on a quota of 90 tonnes.
Although most fins from sharks in NSW are sold overseas, many Sydney restaurants have shark fin soup on the menu.
Star City's Lotus Pond Chinese restaurant, Kam Fook Seafood Restaurant at Bondi Junction and one of the Gold Coast's Conrad Jupiter restaurants, Zen, all advertise shark fin soup. Prices range from $126.80 to $181.60 per person.
Less than half a kilogram of dried shark fin can fetch more than $300, and a single fin from a basking shark - the second-largest fish species in the world - can sell for $62,000.
It is illegal in Australia to catch and kill sharks simply for their fins - their bodies must be used and can end up as fertiliser on farms or in fish and chip meals.
The Nature Conservation Council of NSW, which spearheads a campaign to develop a sustainable seafood industry, said more than half of the sharks caught in NSW were not identified.
This means threatened species such as hammerheads, makos, wobbegongs and school sharks are being caught.
"The consequences of such a severe increase in shark fishing will be devastating for all marine life if something is not done soon to strictly limit the amount caught," NCC marine conservation officer Giselle Firme said.
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WEIRD BUT TRUE
March 28, 2008 -- You can lead a horse to water, but can you get a fish to catch itself?
Scientists are trying to train fish to swim into a net when they hear a tone signaling feeding time.
"It sounds crazy, but it's real," said Simon Miner, a researcher at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass.
If it works, it would allow bass to be released into the ocean to grow to market size and then have them return to be harvested.
We've heard of dumb crooks, but here's one that leaves us dumbfounded.
A thief walked into a Chicago muffler shop and when he was told the safe was locked and no one had the combination, he left his cellphone number and asked them to call him when their boss returned with the code.
So they did, but when Ruben Carate returned, cops were waiting.
A British couple whose $2 million house got flooded have been unable to repair the damage and return home because endangered newts may have taken up residence.
This has left owners John and Margie Histed dumbfounded.
"I know it's the law, but it's very frustrating and bordering on the ridiculous that the fate of newts takes precedence over humans," Margie said.
It was like the 2000 presidential election all over again - except in Australia they don't need the Supreme Court to settle things.
Residents of the Outback town of Winton chose its new mayor by drawing a name from a trash can after the vote ended in a 423-to-423 tie.
In the end, Ed Warren beat out Butch Lenton. Provincial law allows for such ties to be broken by drawing a name or flipping a coin.
In other electoral shenanigans, Zimbabwe showed once again why free elections are really the way to go.
Goons aligned with President Robert Mugabe's political party forced opposition supporters to tear down posters for their candidates and eat them.
Mugabe has ruled the moribund country thuggishly for nearly three decades.
and to get her on a 6lb handline...awesome!!!
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White Pointer At Freshwater?
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Here's another pic of the shark from the Australian today
Cheers,
Pete.