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I must have been a good boy this year
I got a new bait cutting board for the boat
a soft plastics wallet and a couple of packest of soft plastics
still got the relo bash later this arvo so hopefuly more fishing stuff
Merry Christmas
Coollamon
I'll swap you my socks for the bait board!! I'll even pack 'em full of burley for you!
Not holding my breath though..
Have a goodun
Cheers,
Pete.
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Thanks Santa!!
Well, after dropping hints for the last 3 months about the fishing stuff I wanted, I got the usual socks, shirt and aftershave!
Now the question is how to use these gifts while fishing.
I guess I can use the socks as burley bags, the shirt as a fishing shirt and maybe the aftershave
can be my new fish attractant on my bait! Ho Ho Ho.
Happy Christmas to ALL Fishraiders and I hope Santa brought you something useful in your fishing exploits.
(Unlike mine)
Cheers,
Pete.
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Man falls 30m from cliff at golf course
A man is in a serious but stable condition after nearly severing his feet when he fell 30 metres down a cliff near Sydney's Bondi beach, the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service said.
The 35-year-old fell from a cliff at a golf course in Dover Heights, adjacent to north Bondi, on Sunday afternoon.
A paramedic and a doctor had to be winched in to help him because he landed in hard-to-reach area.
Rescue helicopter spokeswoman Amanda Donohue told Macquarie Radio the man nearly severed both feet in the fall and had lost a lot of blood.
"He's suffering with fractures to both legs and feet, suspected spinal injuries, and he's sustained quite a bit of blood loss," Ms Donohue said.
He was flown to Prince of Wales Hospital.
Police said they believed the man may have been trying to get down to the water to do some rock fishing.
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Just for fun...take this Fish Quiz from FaunaNet.gov.au, The Australian Museum's Centre for Biodiversity & Conservation.
http://www.faunanet.gov.au/wos/activities/....cfm?groupid=34
Try the "Smarty Pants" one as the "Beginner" one is just too easy.
Use beat the clock also..
Have fun.
Cheers,
Pete.
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A Merry Christmas to you Craig and to all Fishraiders..
I hope 2007 is a very fishy year for you as well.
Cheers,
Pete
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Thanks Squidgie, you are added to the list.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Here is the video of that big squid caught off Japan yesterday.
Not as big as I first thought, but I'd like to see the kingy that would take it as bait!
http://www.kamera.com/content/anm/Japan_Squid.asx
Cheers,
Pete.
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Nice bag of fish there. Some interesting species up that way. Congrats of the PB as well.
Looks like you picked a good lagoon to chuck a few flies/Sp's into.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Sorry to hear about your tough day Dave, but I have to admit, I was chuckling more and more the further I read.
It was like reading one of those Murphy's Law posters.
Bad luck on not even getting a look at the monster that had you doing calesthenics in the boat.
The flattie was a nice consolation prize though.
Better luck next outing eh?
Cheers,
Pete.
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Australia's deep ocean frontier to be explored
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Marine scientists will for the first time explore Australia's deep sea territories, a pitch-black frontier one kilometer below the surface that is home to giant squid and other mysterious creatures of the deep.
Starting in late 2007, the three-year "Deep Australia" project led by researchers at the University of Queensland will use a pair of two-man submersibles to study marine life and, hopefully, discover new species.
"We only have a very limited idea of what really lives down in the depths around Australia," lead researcher Justin Marshall from the University of Queensland told Reuters.
"The only time we get to look at examples of what lies deep down is when a dead specimen, like a giant squid, floats to the surface or on deep-water trawling expeditions."
More than 80 percent of Australia's sea territory lies below 200 meters (660 feet). Previous explorations have relied on divers who are limited to a depth of 100 meters.
The specially designed submersibles will be able to explore one kilometer below the surface for six hours at a time.
"Deep Australia" will search for the elusive giant squid that can grow to 20 meters, as well as pygmy blue whales and big sharks that are known to live in the deep ocean.
"We expect to see species we've never seen before, that's a certainty," said Marshall.
The submersibles will use mechanical arms to examine samples of marine life and cameras to film the deep ocean creatures. A mother ship will have a cool room to store deep sea creatures at their natural ocean temperature.
The "Deep Australia" project will explore sites on the outer slopes of the Great Barrier Reef, Osprey Reef off the far north coast, deep sea canyons off the south and west coast and sea mountains off the east and southeast coasts.
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Giant squid caught on video
ITS mass of reddish tentacles flailing, a giant squid fought a losing battle to evade capture in a video unveiled by Japanese scientists today.
Images of the squid – a relatively small female about 3.5m long and weighing 50kg were the ultimate prize for zoologists at the National Science Museum, who have been pursuing one of the ocean's most mysterious creatures for years.
"Nobody has ever seen a live giant squid except fishermen," team leader Tsunemi Kubodera of the museum's zoology department said in an interview today. "We believe these are the first ever moving pictures of a giant squid."
Little was known until recently about the creature thought to have inspired the myth of the "kraken", a tentacled monster that was blamed by sailors for sinking ships off Norway in the 18th century.
Unconfirmed reports say giant squid can grow up to 20m long, but according to scientists they are unlikely to pose a threat to ships because they spend their lives hundreds of metres under the sea.
The Japanese research team tracked giant squid by following their biggest predators – sperm whales – as they gathered to feed near the Ogasawara islands, 1000km south of Tokyo between September and December.
They succeeded in taking the first still photographs of a living giant squid in 2005, observing that it moved around in the water more actively than previously thought, and captured food by entangling prey in its powerful tentacles.
The latest specimen, whose formalin-preserved carcass was displayed at a news conference at the museum in Tokyo, was caught on a baited hook laid 650m under the sea off the Ogasawara islands, on December 4, the scientists said.
A squid about 55cm in length had been attracted by the bait and the giant squid was hooked when it tried to eat the smaller squid, the scientists said.
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Count myself, my father (who has never experienced how a kingy fights
) and a good friend of the family in. Oh yes an we will be on a boat, not ours but our mates as unfortunately I dont have access to our boat that weekend.So 3 guys an a boat
cheers
Dan
PS I will be the Skipper lol,,,, Scarrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyy
Thanks Dan, you and your deckies are added to the list.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Russian Customs Authorities Seize Diamonds Inside Dead Fish[/size]
By Komfie Manalo
All Headline News - Russia
December 7
Russian Customs authorities held a 51-year-old woman at an airport in Polyarny, Russia after her smelly luggage was found to contain a dead fish packed with large uncut diamonds.
Officials said the woman was stopped from boarding a flight to Moscow from Polyarny because of her smelly luggage.
Customs authorities inspected her bag and discovered a three-foot pike with 25 large uncut diamonds inside.
The police had started an investigation to determine the origin of the diamonds which they believed are stolen, and have called on experts to determine the value of the gems.
A spokesman for the police said, "The woman thought the stink from the fish would be enough to put guards off asking too many questions if she was stopped. Luckily, the guards were keen fishermen and didn't mind at all."
Good yarns today Flattieman..thanks...we've missed your Friday Fishy News.
I wonder if the Russian lady could have got hold of a big jewie and claimed they were the fish's natural jewels...she might have got away with it .
A Merry Christmas to you too, and to all Fishraiders. Hope you all get to wet a line at some stage over the holidays.
Cheers,
Pete.
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ill be there for sure .....me & 1 deckie.......PS...ill bring the eggs as i have chooks give me an idea of how many eggs i need to bring
Thanks mr Liaison, you and your deckie have been added.
Robthefisherman will get back to you about the eggs...MMmmmm home grown bum nuts!!
I bet they are the best eggs too. Thank you.
Cheers,
Pete.
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I was given a Pflueger Sea King Model 2288M reel by my late Father In Law quite a few years back
and have never taken it out of the box.
It's has the old star drag (pretty old technology).
Does anyone know how good these reels were?
I was thinking of giving it a run one of these days.
Any info would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Great bag of trevors there.
Pity that the kings didn't want to play though.
The bay seems to be firing again at the moment.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Woohoo!!
I'd hate to be a Kingy with you on their tail Kelvin.
Are you going to name the new craft "Seriolasly Dangerous" ?
Pete.
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Heaven help the kingies next year!!
If I were a kingfish, I'd be heading east now in a big hurry.
Fantastic looking boat there Kelvin.
Cheers,
Pete
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Pete was this from today's SMH ?? I can't find the article.
Could you post the link please. I want to forward it on to someone.
cheers
Here you go:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Fish-o...6290662198.html
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Fish oil gives babies head start: study
Toddlers born to women who consume fish oil during pregnancy know more words and longer phrases than other children, a study has found.
New Australian research also found that these children have better hand-to-eye coordination than their peers, adding more strength to support the use of supplements.
Fish oil is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, special fats found to protect the heart and improve neurological function in adults.
To see whether they can also benefit unborn children, University of Western Australia researchers enlisted about 80 pregnant women and fed half a daily four-gram dose of fish oil in the 20 weeks before birth.
The other half were given olive oil capsules as a dummy substitute.
Tests at two-and-a-half years old found that toddlers in the fish oil group scored more highly on measures of comprehension, average phrase length and vocabulary.
And children whose mothers had taken fish oil supplements scored significantly higher in hand-eye coordination than those whose mothers had taken the olive oil supplements.
This finding held true even after taking into account other potentially influential factors, such as the mother's age and duration of breast feeding.
Previous research has shown that infants with high levels of omega-3 in their umbilical cord blood have better visual abilities.
But this research, published in the British journal Archives of Disease in Childhood, is the first to prove the benefits go further.
"These preliminary data indicate that supplementation with a relatively high-dose fish oil during the last 20 weeks of pregnancy is not only safe but also seems to have potential beneficial effects that need to be explored further," the authors wrote.
Omega-3 fats are found naturally in oily fish like salmon and mackerel.
But the authors say concerns about mercury content in certain types of seafood has prompted more people to consume the oil in supplement form.
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Budget sinks caulerpa kill
21Dec06
AFTER spending nearly $150,000 trying to control the invasive and rapidly proliferating marine noxious weed Caulerpa taxifolia in Pittwater, the Primary Industries Department has withdrawn all funding for the eradication program and will now only spend $2300 educating boat owners.
Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald said the presence of sensitive seagrasses in the area made the eradication from Pittwater impractical.
But according to a document obtained under Freedom of Information by the State Opposition, the department spent nearly $150,000 on eradicating caulerpa from 2001-2006 then axed the funding in 2006-2007, apart from a few thousand dollars for public education.
A briefing note to the department's director-general says applying salt to the weed beds ``may reduce the density of caulerpa and its spread . . . but caulerpa beds have also reduced or disappeared from areas where no salt has ever been applied''.
The briefing note recommends cutting back or stopping salt application in Pittwater (and other infestation sites in NSW) to save $47,550 and instead spending $2300 in public education.
Opposition environment spokesman Mike Richardson said the Government ``has given up the fight against caulerpa just to save a few dollars''.
``It's ridiculous the Government can't find $47,550 to maintain the fight against one of the most destructive marine pests ever to enter NSW marine waters,'' he said.
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Spider bite fisherman's chopper rescue
A man has been flown to hospital after being bitten by a spider in bushland near a river on which he was fishing in Sydney's south-west overnight.
The 24-year-old was attempting to get help after he and a mate became stranded in the Georges River in the middle of the night.
The two men had been fishing on the river, in Georges Hall, when the motor on their small boat failed to restart.
The Fairfield man decided to seek help and swum to shore leaving his fishing partner behind.
He then attempted to negotiate dense bushland in an area about two kilometres from Bankstown Airport, but was bitten by what was thought to be a spider.
"It's a strange story," said NRMA Careflight spokesman Ian Badham.
"While he's walking through the bush he's got bitten on the left hand by - he didn't know if it was a snake or a spider or what - but he was in severe pain, hyperventilating and all sorts of distress."
The 24-year-old called triple-0 on his mobile phone and emergency officers came to his rescue.
However, they found getting the man out of the area on a stretcher was bit more than they could handle, and called a Careflight helicopter at about 1am, which landed in a nearby clearing.
"The cops and ambos have had to carry him [to the helicopter]," Mr Badham said.
"One cop was up to his chest in mud at one stage, trying to carry this guy on a stretcher."
The man was flown to Westmead Hospital at about 2.45am and was released after being treated for the spider bite.
Police rescued the other fisherman from the stranded boat.
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Good work Jethro,
It will be interesting to get to the bottom of what's ailing the flatties up your way.
Keep us all posted.
Cheers,
Pete.
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One and all to the site.
Hope your time on here is educational and helpful.
Don't be afraid to ask questions of the members, as they gladly give their knowledge
and help with any fishing related questions.
Cheers,
Pete.
What Fish Is This?
in The Aquarium
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Big mysterious fish beached in Tasmania, Australia [
A family fom Bruny Island, south of Hobart, is waiting for the CSIRO to officially identify a strange fish which has washed up on a local beach.
Jenny Martyn’s daughter was with a group of people who found a large dead fish floating in shallow water at Adventure Bay yesterday.
The fish is around two metres in length, shaped like an eel, with a blunt face, huge eye and a dorsal fin that runs the length of its body from head to tail.
Mrs Martyn believes it is a rare crested band fish which lives around 1,000 metres underwater, but she has put it in the freezer until scientists can have a look.
“We’re waiting for them to get in contact with us to go from there,” she said.
“We’d like to find out a bit more about the fish, where its actually originally found and possibly why it’s come into Adventure Bay.”