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Gee that's interesting news Mallacoota Pete. Is there any knowledge of a sign that the conditions are starting to suit?
Cheers.
jewgaffer
No clue..I'm just the messenger but it must be a good sign
if they are stopping off on the way back to Antarctica.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Whales reported in Sydney Harbour
HUMPBACK whales have been spotted in Sydney Harbour.
Just after 5.30pm (AEST) today passengers on a boat outside the heads spotted four whales including a mother and calf, a caller to Macquarie Radio said.
The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) confirmed they were notified of the sighting but, when officers went to investigate, could not find the mammals.
"Earlier this afternoon, just on dusk, we had the two whales – the mother and a calf – and two escort whales come in through the heads and about 300 metres inside the harbour to have a play around for a while," a caller identified only as Richard told the radio network.
The sighting was unusual but not impossible, a NPWS spokesman said.
"It would be very unusual for us to have whales in the Sydney Harbour at this time of year. However, on October 13 four years ago, we did have confirmed sightings of whales coming into the harbour," the spokesman said.
It is currently southern migration time, which sees most whales heading to Antarctica, but the spokesman said the journey for most whales was a lot further east off the Australian coast.
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Just a reminder Raiders of The Rules....especially Rule 15:
15. No criticism of legal catches and/or inappropriate imposing of C&R views in fishing reports
While we all have views on what we choose to keep or release, it is still a legal capture and we should respect
anyone's right to keep it.
We don't want to stifle comment, but make sure it falls within the rules.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Excellent report Robbeebee and what a beautiful old girl
that flatie was....Don't they get wide across the shoulders eh?
You guys are braining 'em.
Cheers,
Pete.
Don't forget FOTM.
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Ya braining 'em Stewy. That's one stonker bass.
Good luck on the blackies tomorrow.
Glad the girls had a good day.
Cheers,
Pete.
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That looks great Steve...good for you DIY-ing it and getting the results you did.
I bet the feeling fishing in a boat you modified for your own comfort
will make the sessions a lot more fun.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Marlin slaughter slammed
A RECORD-breaking marlin catch off Townsville has reignited bitter divisions over the killing of the highly prized game fish.
But the man who landed the 4.2m, 503kg specimen – fisherman Mark Hislop from Magnetic Island – yesterday denied claims he was a "trophy hunter", despite plans to make a wall ornament.
The female black marlin was caught 150km off Townsville on Saturday and was the largest recorded in waters south of Cairns.
The public weigh-in of the monster "grander" and the ceremonial towing out to sea of the carcass over the weekend sparked public outcry.
But Australia's top marlin researcher Dr Julian Pepperell and fishing groups yesterday dismissed the uproar as lacking scientific basis.
"It is a gut reaction: we see a big dead marlin and we say, 'What a beautiful fish, why did we kill that?'," said Dr Pepperell.
"But from a biological point of view they are a fast-growing fish and the take is insignificant in terms of sustainability."
Mr Hislop, owner of game fishing boat Rose Red, said he fought back tears when he discovered the monster fish had died in the struggle.
It is thought the marlin died not from exhaustion but from a punctured organ, caused by the hook.
"I'm an environmentalist too. I almost cried," said Mr Hislop.
"We usually kiss everything, tag it and let it go.
I would have loved to see her stay in the sea. We want them there for tomorrow for our kids to tag and release too. I'm a bit sentimental about it."
Skipper of the Rose Red Tom Hatrick, and president of the Townsville Game Fishing Association, said it was "only the second" not to be tagged and released in the region in nine years.
But local Wendy Tubman, writing on a local blog site, asked: "Do you feel big yet? Spin and rationalise as much as you like guys – the fact is that you killed a magnificent animal that was playing a perfectly useful role in the ecological chain for no other purpose than 'fun'."
Australian Marine Conservation Society Craig Bohm agreed, saying the iconic black marlin needed to be treated as a "living treasure". "It is trophy hunting," Mr Bohm said.
Noosaville-based expert Dr Pepperell said the fish was likely to be a female, up to 10 years old and would have produced tens of millions of eggs over four or five breeding seasons.
"The average snapper you buy in the fish shop is most likely older than that marlin."
He said the biggest threat was from commercial fishing by long-liners in the southwestern Pacific which kills 10,000 black marlin a year, compared to about 3000 a year (with 99 per cent tagged and released) taken by the game fishing industry.
The Australian record for a black marlin is 654kg caught off Cairns in 1973. The world record is 708kg taken off Peru in 1953.
NOT trophy hunters . . . Tom Hatrick with Mark Hislop and the 503kg (1109lb) black marlin they caught at Myrmidon Reef off Townsville. Picture: The Magnetic Times
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Well done Rob on a new species and a PB.
A nice catch and a definite starter for the FOTM as well as a FR Record I'd suspect.
You are a keen fisho who never gives up until your target is met. That's dedication.
Cheers,
Pete.
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A nine-nation operation to curb lucrative illegal fishing in the Pacific Ocean has detained two Taiwanese tuna fishing boats.
The detention of the vessels capped a 10-day, $US15-million surveillance effort, Operation Big Eye.
Big Eye included the use of patrol boats from Palau, the Marshall Islands, Kiribati and Papua New Guinea, the air forces of Australia and New Zealand, US Coast Guard planes and ships, and a French Navy frigate.
The operation covered an estimated 5.2 million square kilometres of the central and western Pacific Ocean.
Patrol boat crews boarded 38 fishing vessels and low-flying planes checked 185 boats.
The Eastern Star was fined $US200,000 and later released after it was found illegally fishing in the Federated States of Micronesia and a second Taiwanese vessel, the Ching Feng, was detained in the capital Pohnpei.
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Congratulations to Johnno for topping the Fishraider
Footy Tipping Comp.
Here's the final results:
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Fellas.
Hope you all have a great day.
Cheers
Pete.
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A huge
to Donna on your 50th. And
to all Raiders on this day.Cheers,
Pete.
Oddly enough...The Quote of the Day on Onthisday.com for today, Sept. 30 is:
Heav'n hath no rage like love to hatred turn'd, Nor Hell a fury, like a woman scorn'd.
- William Congreve
NOW I'm scared!!!
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Well done Hutcho.
That is one mighty lady at 76cm..I wonder how many times she's been caught
and released in her long life.
A great session and it's days like those that stay in the memory bank forever.
Enter that grand old dame in the FOTM comp.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Guinness -- weird, wonderful and wacky abound
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Australian John Allwood smashed 40 watermelons with his head in just one minute. Using only one hand, Germany's Thomas Vogel unfastened 56 bras in 60 seconds.
When it comes to the world's weirdest achievers, nothing beats the ultimate accolade -- a place in Guinness World Records for demonstrating bizarre skills.
Nothing is too wacky.
Can you catch 77 grapes in your mouth in under a minute, keep nine yo-yo's spinning at the same time, hold your breath for more than 14 minutes or throw a washing machine?
Then Guinness has a spot for you.
The annual compendium, whose latest edition is published on Friday, even has a section entitled Trivial Pursuits.
Few would argue with the title as Guinness lists the globe's finest practitioners at putting the cover on a duvet, kicking yourself in the head and throwing paper aircraft into a bucket.
Italian Michele Santana wins an entry for typing 57 books backwards.
Indian yoga instructor G.P Vijayakumar snorted eight fish up through his mouth and out of his nostrils in a minute.
American Jackie Bibby shared his bath with 75 live western diamondback rattlesnakes.
The latest edition also has a four-page pullout of the world's grossest records.
China's Wei Shengchu gains notoriety for most acupuncture needles in the head and face.
Frenchman Michel Lotito claimed the weirdest diet -- over the years he consumed 128 bicycles and 15 supermarket trolleys which he washed down with six chandeliers, two beds and a pair of skis.
Natasha Veruschka won Guinness immortality by swallowing 13 swords at the Third Annual Sideshow Gathering and Sword Swallowers Convention in Pennsylvania.
Few could equal the bizarre feat of China's Dong Changsheng -- he pulled a 1.5 tonne car using ropes hooked onto his lower eyelids.
In the mass participation category, 3,541 Philippine women in Manila shared the record for the most women ever to have breastfed their babies simultaneously.
The top prize for survival has to go to American park ranger Roy C.Sullivan -- he was struck by lightning seven times.
Each strike took its toll -- he lost eyebrows and a toe nail as well as suffering singed hair and chest burns.
He died in 1993 -- not killed by lightning but by his own hand after reportedly being rejected in love.
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Great stuff Grant.
The scenery looks superb too.
Some nice bass and hope you nail that 50 soon.
Cheers,
Pete.
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to the site Fishfillet.
There's plenty of info and tips here and feel free to add your own.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Well done lads. Very nice session on sp's.
Nice whiting Stewy...Yummm.
Maybe we should have called you P1 & P2 as in Bananas in Pyjamas.
An old mate of mine was so superstitious about bananas on the boat
that he wouldn't even let a bag of those lolly bananas aboard.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Fishing for a better bit of batter
Good news for lovers of fish and chips, Japanese scientists have come up with the perfect recipe to make a crispy batter which is also lower in fat, reports Joanna Harries in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI.
Dr Thanatuksorn and his team at Tokyo University of Technology studied how the structure of the batter molecules changes during the frying process.
By altering the water content and frying time they were able to suggest the perfect conditions to create batter with the best lasting crispiness, as well as helping to reduce the fat content (Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture DOI 10.1002/jsfa.3027).
During the deep-frying process a rigid microstructure of pores is formed in the batter, and this microstructure is responsible for the textural properties of the food, as well as determining how much oil is absorbed during the frying. The amount of water in the batter before and after frying is critical. Water evaporates during cooking creating the pores responsible for crispiness, but residual moisture remaining after causes the batter to go soggy.
According to Thanatuksorn’s research, larger pores trap less oil during cooking so will reduce the amount of fat in the cooked food. By using a batter with a moisture content of 60% and frying for 5 minutes a highly crisp lower-fat batter is formed. The scientists say the residual moisture should be less than 5%.
Thanatuksorn says this method can be extended to other food types, so next on the menu could be perfect chips.
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Seazar, you make a good point.
If you can rustle up a European recipe or two for Carp and place them
into The Kitchen, then perhaps a few Raiders can give it a try and who knows....
...They might actually like it!!
Remember...rabbits were (and still are) considered a pest but they taste
great in a stew. (Still working on a cane toad recipe
)Cheers,
Pete.
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For all the new members of fishraider, we have a friendly daily trivia challenge
just for Raiders called MrsSwordfisherman's Trivia Challenge..
It's a load of fun and quite addictive with a changing subject each day..
There are approx. 25 Raiders who play each day, so why not join us
and pit your wits against your fellow fisho.
By the way....it's timed..so the faster the more points scored.
http://my.funtrivia.com/tournament/MRSSWOR...ENGE-48356.html
Cheers,
Pete.
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to the site Lordcut.
Hope you find all the info you need to make
your fishing experience complete.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Congrats James on your addicted level.
Hope to read many many more,
Cheers,
Pete.
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Just took a look at them to see what they look like.
I wonder if they are related to snapper....Sure have the
for it.Pete.
Frontosa Cichlids live in the deep water down among the piles rocks in Lake Tanganyika in East Africa where the female Frontosa Cichlids mouth brood their eggs and young fry.
to the site Fishfillet.
Whales Reported In Sydney Harbour
in The Library
Posted
It could be Stevo, although seeing they eat krill...I doubt it's a food thing that's attracting them in.
I suspect it's just their inquisitive nature to explore new environments and the harbour seemed
like a good place to explore.
Maybe there are more whale savvy raiders that can shed some light on this.
Cheers,
Pete.