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I was just noodling around in the kitchen trying to decide how to cook the two flatties I caught this morning. Getting a bit sick of beer battered ff. Here's what I did and I have to tell you..it is THE BEST tasting flattie dish you will ever try. Ingredients: 4 Skinned and boned flattie fillets 4 tbs virgin olive oil. Half cup of lemon juice. 4 tbs finely chopped onion. 1 crushed garlic clove. 4 tbs finely chopped flatleaf parsley. 1 tbs freshly grated ginger. Half teaspoon of tumeric (sweet hungarian) 1 tbs soy sauce. splash of fish sauce. Half teaspoon of cajun spices. 1 tbs plain flour.(for dusting/dredging) One lemon.(at end) Mix all ingredients in a large bowl and place fillets in mixture and turn well to coat. Cover with gladwrap and place in fridge for half an hour to marinate. On a dry plate..spread plain flour and season well. Make sure the BBQ hotplate is hot, but not too hot that they will burn. Lightly dredge each fillet in the flour..not too much..just a dusting. BBQ for one minute either side, then when they are nice and hot..squeeze a whole lemon over them and they will sizzle and steam..let them sizzle for 20 seconds and they are done. Serve with a green salad and enjoy. I know I did.

I hit Narra again this morning at 0630 and the bar. was at 1001 and it was tough to raise a fish. I managed a pigeon pair of 41cm model lizards, but a long time between bites. I went last night at dusk as well ( bar. at 998 ) for a big donut..not a thing interested in playing. Quite a few others were there this morning ( I wonder why?) and only saw two other fish landed while I was there.:0 Still..two is better than none. Cheers, Pete.

Good to meet you Dave. You did better than me..I didn't get a bite. I just wanted to see how different the same spot fished in the evening as opposed to the morning. Mornings win hands down. Good luck and best wishes for the nuptials. Cheers, Pete.

Oh yeah, forgot that part. I pin them just behind the dorsal. Make sure you don't put the hook too far near the spine or it'll die. Sometimes I pin 'em by the tail if they are larger livies and trim one side of the tail as this makes them really swim hard to escape predators.

It's a simple rig really for me. I use 6lb vanish flouro main line, to a small swivel, then I use 8lb seaguar flourocarbon trace about one metre in length with a very small ball sinker running down to a #5 fine wire wide gape hook. The sinker is just heavy enough to make the livie slowly sink and not let him swim on the surface. The wide gape hook always gets 'em in the corner of the mouth that stops them (mostly) biting you off. Good luck. Hope that helps. Cheers, ' Pete.

No, further around towards Ocean St. bridge. Bergo..I use one of those perspex cylindrical ones, but any old juice bottle with a slot cut in the top works fine. I'll guarantee you'll get enough for a session..they are everywhere over the sand flats. Thanks for the everyone..it's good to get back to fishing again. Cheers, Pete,.

All wading in maximum kneedeep water. Good luck and try just on dusk if you can. Cheers, Pete.

Yesterday was so much fun..I thought I'd give it another lash this morning. Same result..the flatties were hungry again for live poddies and so were the tailor. The tailor were smashing livies as soon as they hit the water and it was hard to get the livie down to to flatties on the bottom. (kept a few back to smile for the camera) The 2 flatties are accompanying me for dinner tonight. Pike put on their aerial display and chewed up my leaders again...bastards! That lake is firing like never before. 2 flatties..biggest 46cm.. 6 tailor..all released. 4 bream..released 3 more stinky pike..gladly released. Cheers, Pete.

Wading Paul..only up to your knees so easy wading over the weedbeds and dropoffs. I use a bait bucket with a belt and just keep refreshing the water every 10 mins or so. Holds enough livies I've found. Yeah guys..it's great to be back on the lake..it sure is looking great down there this year and the flatties are only just warming up. Thinking of doing a repeat session same time tomorrow morning. I saw a bloke pull a 101cm model out there last week. Nice fish. Off to grill some FF now.. Cheers, Pete.

Had an order for a feed of flatties from the relos, so went to at Narrabeen Lagoon early this morning and they were on the chew bigtime. Just used live poddies and hit the dropoffs opposite the caravan park and managed 6 flatties..kept (biggest 54), 4 keeper bream..all released, 2 tailor, also let go, one flounder (kept) and four whopping stinky pike! They sure go well on light gear but shred your leader something awful. The biggest today was just over a metre. They are growing at an alarming rate! I left 'em biting at 1030 , then got back to the car to find I'd locked the keys in my car Grrr. I love 2 1/2 hour sessions like that Cheers, Pete.

Fishing-ban petition of 16,000-plus 23 Oct 09 @ 02:40pm by JOHN MORCOMBE MORE than 16,000 people have signed a petition against the expansion of marine parks along the NSW coast. The petition was circulated by the Warringah Anglers Club after the National Parks Association (NPA) proposed three marine reserves along the peninsula coastline - at Long Reef, Bangalley Head and Barrenjoey Head - which would have closed them to recreational fishermen. The reserves would form part of a proposed Sydney Marine Park although only in the marine reserves would fishing be banned. However, Long Reef, Bangalley Head and Barrenjoey Head are among the most popular fishing spots on the peninsula coastline. In a clear reflection of the passions raised by the proposed ban, the number of people who took part in an online poll conducted at the time by The Manly Daily was three times more than in any previous online poll. Of the 4672 people who voted, 3728 respondents - or 80 per cent - said fishing should not be banned at those locations. NPA spokeswoman Nicky Hammond said the proposal was still actively considered by the Marine Parks Authority.

Many thanks Raiders for the kind wishes. Will be scaring a few flatties soon in the lake. Cheers, Pete.

Rock fishing safety study MORE rock fishing deaths could be avoided as a result of new research being conducted at a Manly Vale lab. Research engineer Tom Shand said stage one of the study for a warning system and safety program for rock fishers was complete. Mr Shand worked with Dr Bill Peirson, director of the Water Research Laboratory, one of the University of New South Wales research centres. After being approached by the Department of Primary Industries, NSW and the NSW Recreational Fishing Alliance, Mr Shand undertook the study. He is now hoping for more funding for the second and final stage to verify the predictive model. For the researchers, studying the environment was a risk. “We had to identify the dangerous areas and survey the sites,” Mr Shand said. “It was a bit hairy at times since it is a high energy environment but we went out when conditions were calmer and kept our eye on the ocean at all times,” he said. The research would allow fisherman to use a hazard-prediction forecast, which could be incorporated into daily weather forecasts. Wave and water level conditions were identified as contributors to significant and potentially hazardous waves over rock platforms that are used by fishermen. The forecasts would be site specific, using local platform measurements. A number of high-use and high- risk platforms around Sydney - including Avalon, North Curl Curl, Harbord and Blue Fish Point on the northern beaches - were used in the study. It’s an area where at least 24 rock fishermen, including at least seven at Whale Beach and North Avalon, have perished since 1990. The NSW Coroner has identified rock fishing as having one of the highest fatality rates of any sport in NSW. On average, eight people per year lose their lives. A video documentary can be viewed online HERE

Don't know how the dust will affect the fishing, but maybe these lucky blokes might know"" Fishermen found in the dust Better not follow their example. AAP September 23, 2009 05:52pm TWO fisherman who became disorientated and lost in a dust storm around Stradbroke Island have been found. The two men were fishing in their tinnie in the Swan Bay area when they drifted off shore and became lost, police said. They used a mobile phone to call for help about 1.30pm (AEST) today, reporting visibility was down to 100 metres and they did not know where they were. Gold Coast Water Police found the men by using drift calculations from a description of sea conditions provided by the men. They were found around 8km east of Jumpinpin Bar suffering from dehydration and sea sickness late this afternoon.

Boys reel in $100,000 on fishing trip September 19, 2009 - 1:36PM It's the ultimate case of the one that got away. Two teenage boys on Friday handed police almost $100,000 cash they found earlier this month during a fishing trip at Tuntable Creek, north of Lismore on the NSW north coast. They recently told a carer about their ultimate catch and after seeking legal advice, decided to alert police. Officers searched the area where the boys say they found the cash but failed to find anything to help inquiries. Police are now looking for the lawful owner of the money. Anyone with information is urged to contact Lismore police station. AAP

Yes, finally under way with those works at Long Reef Here's a thread from earlier this year. Cheers, Pete.

Here's an addictive little GAME to while away the hours. Called Boomshine. High score so far for me is 323

When you said bush rocks..... I thought you meant this type of Bush rocks... Any wonder you got no takers Tan Come on Raiders...someone must want some bushrock..good weekend project when the fishing is crook.

The extraordinary life and suspicious death of Benson the giant carp Alas poor Benson. Born around 1984 and at times England's largest freshwater fish, this awe-inspiring carp has been found dead at his home at Bluebell Lakes near Peterborough. The facts of Benson's life are well known for he was the UK's most famous fish. Stocked into the Bluebell at around 10 years of age, Benson was already well over 10kg (22lb), on his way to super-stardom. At his peak, he was caught at over 25kg (60lb), though more recently he had slimmed down to around 50lb – still a leviathan. He gained his name because of a small hole in his dorsal fin that looked exactly like a cigarette burn. But what made Benson so special, so beloved, was his generosity. It's estimated he graced the landing nets of more than 60 anglers, dusting them all with immortality. Under normal circumstances, we would simply lament Benson's passing but there is anger today and a sense of suspicion. Carps can live to 60 or 70; Benson was cut down in his prime. Raw tiger nuts have been found on the banks at Bluebell. Unless these nuts are cooked and expertly prepared they can prove toxic to carp and the fear is that Benson could have been poisoned by one of his pursuers. Carp anglers love their carp and this smacks of a monstrous betrayal. I never met Benson. I don't know what he was like as a fish. But through the 1980s, I pursued a carp called Eric in his Norfolk lake home. (I say Eric but Erica is more apt! When she died, she was full of eggs.) During all that time, I swear Erica got to know me as well as I did her. She was happy to flaunt herself, to tease and to tantalise. I often wondered who was trying to fool who. I realise we shouldn't credit fish with intelligence but Erica and Benson and fish like them possess an awareness that is undeniable when you get to know them. When Erica died, I mourned the passing of a friend rather than a target I would never be able to achieve. In the history of carp angling, Benson and Erica are not new. There have been other great fish like Sally and Heather the Leather – so called for her complete lack of scales. It is impossible not to realise that carp like these are the airbrushed supermodels of angling, unattainable to 99% of the fishing fraternity. Most of us simply dream, quite content with the smaller fish that give so much pleasure and are so lovingly returned – who knows, perhaps one day to replace our lost friend? Benson, carp, born 1984, died 2009. Leaves behind numerous widows, thousands of offspring and 60-odd lovelorn captors. Here's a Video of the old fella.

Anyone fancy a worming session here? Journalist hunts for acid-spitting Mongolian death worm ARMED with explosives, two men are heading to Mongolia's desert to find the fabled acid-spitting and lightning-throwing Mongolian death worm. The worm- allegedly found in the country's Gobi Desert- has never been documented but locals strongly believe it exists. The worm- about 1.5m long- apparently jumps out of the sand and kills people by spitting concentrated acid or shooting lightning from its rectum over long distances. New Zealand resident and journalist David Farrier will spend two weeks trying to verify the worm's existence. He and cameraman Christie Douglas will make a documentary about their adventure. Farrier said it was also one of the mythical creatures that had a better chance of being real. He said he was interested in the death worm because it was one of the most outrageous creatures that were rumoured to exist. Rumours could inflate the reputation of things such as the Loch Ness monster and Bigfoot, but sparsely populated Mongolia was not a place where rumours were going to propagate, Farrier said. "If a Mongolian says they have seen a big worm-like creature out in the desert they haven't really got any reason to lie," he said. A number of experts have dismissed the worm's existence, putting it down as a rumour. "I think it won't be a worm, obviously a worm can't survive in a desert. I'd say it would be some sort of snake that's not meant to be there. It's very out of place and a bit new,'' Farrier said. Farrier said there been up to four unsuccessful expeditions searching for the death worm in the last 100 years, which had used night vision goggles to look for the worm. However, the New Zealand team planned to bring the worm to the surface with explosives, as it is said to be attracted to tremors. Farrier put his chances of finding the worm at between 5 and 15 per cent. "They are high for a ridiculous creature like the death worm but the area I am going to is a very specific place in the southern Gobi where all the sightings have been," he said. "I have no intention of grabbing it, capturing it, stuffing it, or anything like that. I just want to prove its existence and if I can get it on film, that's all I need to do."

Man missing after boat capsizes 08:44 AEST Sun Aug 2 2009 A search has resumed for a man who has gone missing after a boat capsized on the NSW south coast. Two men set out in a small aluminium boat from a ramp at Sanctuary Point, Shoalhaven about 1.30pm (AEST) on Saturday. Four and a half hours later the boat overturned at St Georges Basin and the two men were thrown over board, police say. A 22-year-old man managed to swim to safety, however a 26-year-old man is still missing. Local police, Polair, the Rural Fire Service and an ambulance rescue helicopter are among those looking for him. The 22-year-old man was taken to Shoalhaven Hospital suffering from hypothermia and is in a stable condition. Police will investigate the cause of the boat to overturn, a police spokeswoman told AAP.

Couple die after boat capsizes off Sydney beach AAP July 25, 2009 06:40pm A NIGHT-TIME fishing trip turned to tragedy for a couple who drowned when the boat they were on board capsized off a Sydney beach. Two men and a woman left the Port Hacking boat ramp at Cronulla about 2.30am on Saturday to go fishing, police said. It is thought a freak wave struck the runabout, throwing all three people into the water. The boat's owner, a 32-year-old man from Randwick, swam about a kilometre to shore to raise the alarm. The bodies of the man and woman were not recovered until about three hours later at 7.15am by police. The victims have been identified by media outlets as Norman Baeger, 38, and mother-of-four Sue Brown from Liverpool. The couple have a four-month-old baby who the victim's sister Theresa Brown said was Ms Brown's "priority". A report into the deaths will be prepared for the coroner, including whether the people in the boat had been drinking alcohol, Detective Inspector Rohan Cramsie said. The surviving man who was taken to hospital for treatment after reaching shore, will be spoken to as part of investigations. The surviving man is "obviously very cold, suffering from minor hypothermia, but also very distressed about the two other occupants who he believed were still in the water," Insp Cramsie said. It is believed he was released from hospital late on Saturday. Family and friends were in shock on Saturday after hearing of the deaths. "He worked hard, he was a decent man," Adolph Baeger told Network Ten of his son, Norman. The six-metre aluminium fishing boat has been recovered by water police and will undergo forensic examination. People who regularly fish in the area say the waters are known to be unpredictable with a sandbar not far from shore. "There are a number of reefs that are a bit difficult to navigate, especially at the time of day that they were out there," Sutherland Council spokesman Brad Whittaker told the Nine Network.

Man swims to safety after two drown AAP July 25, 2009 10:38am A MAN swam for up to a kilometre to reach safety when his fishing boat capsized near a south Sydney beach in the early hours of Saturday morning. But two other people he was with drowned. Two men and a woman left the Port Hacking boat ramp at Cronulla about 2.30am (AEST) today to go fishing, Detective Inspector Rohan Cramsie from Miranda police said. They came into difficulty about 10 minutes later when a freak wave apparently struck their boat, throwing all onboard into the water. "That is a possibility, we certainly wouldn't be ruling anything out," Det Insp Cramsie said. A 32-year old man from Randwick, in Sydney's eastern suburbs, managed to swim for about a kilometre to Wanda Beach. About 3.30am he raised the alarm at a nearby house. A search involving a rescue helicopter, water and local police as well as local surf lifesavers ended when two bodies were found 500m off Wanda Beach at 7.15am. At this stage the identities of those involved are unknown and their relatives have not been notified. Det Insp Cramsie could not say if the deceased man and woman were strong or weak swimmers. Nor could he say if those on board had been drinking alcohol before the incident. The six-metre aluminium fishing boat the three people were in has been taken to Sans Souci water police for forensic examination. The matter has also been referred to the coroner.

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G'day Tan, I have been using these sinkers lately and they keep your line from twisting very well if using an Alvey. Great little invention indeed. Chers, Pete.