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Chinese Fish get tatoos
In Wu Han China, people have been purchasing tattoo’d fish. Customers can chose from many different Chinese characters such as “Wealth, Dragon, Longevity, Happiness…”
These tropical fish have been very popular as people buy them for Fengshui and they are supposed to bring you good luck.
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What a difference a day makes!
Went down to Narra again today for a session in the same spot Kingy & I went on Monday.
Then the fish were everywhere for me...today..zilch.
Used the same bait, same technique, same eveything for hardly a bite. Managed
just one super small bream (returned obviously).
Switched to plastics, then hardbodies to see if that made any difference and got the same result..a donut.
Funny how a spot can fish like gangbusters one day and be like a desert the next.
That's fishing I guess.
There's always tomorrow.Still a great day to be on the water.
Pete.
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Aussie hunters find rare fossil
It lived more than 100 million years ago, swimming in the southern ocean when Australia was effectively a polar continent.
At two metres long with large blade-like teeth, it was an impressive carnivore, something of a cross between a modern-day barracuda and a swordfish.
Now a pair of South Australian amateur fossil hunters, Tom and Sharon Hurley, say they have uncovered a wonderfully preserved snout of the previously unknown species, which will eventually bear their name.
Their find came on a trip to Queensland last year, when the couple's curiosity was sparked by an odd looking skull inside a large lump of rock.
It was handed over to the South Australian Museum and after many months of work has emerged as a new species of fish.
Museum research fellow Ben Kear said the Hurleys' find was believed to be the ancestor of the previously discovered protosphyraena, a large, predatory carnivorous species found regularly in Europe and North America.
But the new find is believed to be at least 20 million years older than any example of protosphyraena ever uncovered.
"When these animals were alive, Australia was effectively the southern polar continent, so you're talking about animals there living in the polar ocean," Dr Kear said.
"This fish is one of many new species that we've been finding recently and we're hoping to piece together an ancient fauna that is the equivalent of what are leopard seals and penguins.
"We're looking at animals that were living at the south pole 100 million years ago."
Dr Kear said the Hurleys' find also opened up the possibility of more species waiting to be discovered in the Australian outback.
"In Australia, in particular, which is a very big and very empty place, there's a lot of ground to cover," he said.
"So the beauty of this and the tantalising part is that who knows what else is out there.
"This is another piece to the puzzle but the puzzle is enormous and there's a lot of blank spaces."
Dr Kear is in the process of writing a scientific paper on the find which will be published next year.
His paper will give the species its name and while it remains closely guarded until publication, it will honour its finders, the Hurleys.
"We'd like to honour their discovery and honour their keen eyes by naming this fish after them," he said.
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Hi Pete,
I'm guessing that it wasn't an entirely fair test. If you were fishing your usual spot, then bait would probably be the way to go (ie. no structure & schools of bream cruising around). But if you moved to the flats nearby where the flatties lie in numbers then I'd say sps would pull more and more quickly. I landed 6 in 30 minutes the other week on sps. Maybe we go toe to toe one day this summer? And we each get to choose a location
Kit
Hi Kit. You are right in that it wasn't very a very fair test as I knew there were fish where I chose
and the flats almost always produce flatties.
SP's sure work well on the flats as I've seen others haul 'em in constantly.
I'm up for another test this summer at each's chosen location.
Hey, do I hear a FR social in the making LOL
Pete.
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Jellyfish have dogs licked
Box jellyfish make their presence felt.
A potentially lethal box jellyfish at Broome’s Town Beach stung a 12-year-old boy.
He was fishing with a throw-net in waist-deep water when he suddenly felt severe pain on the back of his knee.
The boy's grandfather was able to catch the venomous animal before heading to hospital allowing medical staff to identify exactly what they were dealing with.
Dr Conrad Macrokanis from Broome Hospital says you shouldn't take any risks catching venomous animals that have stung or bitten someone, but having the culprit does make their job easier.
The boy was treated for severe pain and vomiting and made a full recovery.
Although the thimble-sized irukanji jellyfish stings many more people each year in the Kimberley, the box jellyfish at the size of half a football is more dangerous.
To date, two deaths have been recorded following irukanji stings in Australia, compared to 71 deaths from box jellyfish stings.
And the box jelly is better known to science having been closely studied and even fitted with radio trackers.
They are known to live and breed in mangroves, grow quickly living for just one-and-a-half years, sleep at night, have four eyes, no brain, and were around before the dinosaurs.
Dr Macrokanis says it is possible to save the victim of a box jelly sting's life by providing good CPR for 15-30 minutes or until they can breath and have a pulse.
But there is some reassuring news for dogs. Dr Macrokanis says that work in north Queensland has shown man's best friend is only vulnerable to jellyfish stings if they lick the tentacles...which sadly has happened occasionally.
Typically however, there isn't a problem as the dogs fur and thick footpads are impervious to stings.
But for us humans, it's important to be clad in a stinger suit and armed with vinegar if you're going into the sea this wet season.
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When you guys fish with bait like whitebait, do you just cast out and leaving it sitting there or do you twitch it every now and then like a SP?
Personally, I twitch it a lot and keep the bait on the move.
Flatties just love to nail a moving bait as well as big bream.
I usually let it settle for about 30 seconds before any twitch/slow retrieve, just to
let the fish mill around the bait. It seems to work nearly every time for me.
Cheers,
Pete.
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SP's win hands down for me over bait. They catch fish of better quality and size and also don't attract the pickers.
Pete, did Kingy "chop and change" his plastics? Use different colours, profiles and types and techniques etc?
Did he use an SP that was an imitation for a whitebait? Did he use Gulp?
Anyway
and I'm sure either way it was good to be out casting a line. BTW, I still use bait on the odd occasion.
cheers
Hooky
Yeah Hooky, he changed sp's a few times and covered a fair bit of territory and I stayed
where I was with whitebait.
It probably wasn't a very scientific test of bait vs SP's but interesting anyway.
I think everyone has their preference and i'm sure SP's are the gun, especially for flatties and I don't
want this to be an "us versus them" debate, as they both have the runs on the board.
It was just a challenge between the two of us us to see who could catch the most fish in a friendly session.
Anyway, enough of this topic, unless anyone else wants to wade in.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Very interesting, Pete. I did notice that zero flatties were recorded fro each, though. Because that's what I fish for, I'd say that plastics win in most situations... for the flatties that I catch. Controversial topic
.Flattieman.
I did manage one very small flattie on bait but forgot to mention it. Kingy also got a small flattie on his SP.
Otherwise it was all bream and the one tailor.
Pete.
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Kingy (Terry) and myself have been discussing the merits of plastics versus bait and decided to have a little fish-off in Narra Lake today.
We got there about 4pm and the wind came up and blew like nothing on earth for about ten minutes..then subsided thankfully.
Kingy was using plastics and I was using my usual whitebait on gangs.
The score was a little one sided. All I'll' say is bait won hands down.
Kingy put it down to home turf advantage, which might have had something to do with it.
Finished up with one nice bream and one good tailor, after countless small returned bream.
I think I'll be sticking to my tried and true bait fishing for the time being as I never seem to have any luck
with SP's at all in the lake. Maybe it's just me.
Thanks Kingy for a good session and hope we can get amongst the kingys tomorrow in Pittwater. Woohooo!
Cheers,
Pete.
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Crayfish perform 'humping' rituals, study
LIKE dogs mounting one another or rolling onto their backs, crayfish act out elaborate rituals of dominance and submission, US researchers reported on Monday.
They said it was the first time an invertebrate species had been seen to display such "humping" behavior, common in higher animals.
It appears to work, defusing tensions that might otherwise lead to a fight, Fadi Issa and Donald Edwards of Georgia State University, report in this week's issue of the journal Current Biology.
"We found that crayfish display such a complex ritual, when two males engaged in pseudocopulatory behavior to signify their dominance relationship," they wrote.
"This was followed by a reduction in aggression and an increased likelihood of the subordinate's survival."
Lower-ranking crayfish that did not go along with another male's overtures were "killed, dismembered and partially eaten," the researchers wrote.
Crayfish, also commonly known as crawfish or crawdads, are commonly found at the bottoms of rivers, creeks and streams. They resemble small lobsters and are a considered a delicacy in many places.
Issa and Edwards put 20 males together in various pairings and watched their behavior.
The behavior was most common when two strange males first met, and appeared to defuse tensions after a few days.
"These effects are similar to those of copulation between male and female crayfish, and such copulation can also begin with an aggressive encounter and has been seen as an extension of male dominance behavior. Moreover, if the female refuses the male's attempts to mate, she can be killed."
Such behavior is frequently seen in social animals, the researchers noted, including primates - the group to which humans belong.
The researchers said the findings in invertebrates showed such behavior was common in the animal world and may have evolved more than once over time. That suggests the behavior is useful for survival, the researchers wrote.
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Fishy freckle remover inflames Chinese consumers
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has banned TV ads for a freckle remover, touted as being so good it could remove spots from fish, when it not only killed fish but led to rashes, blisters and skin inflammation on the humans who tried it.
Advertisements promoting "Magic Freckle Removing Gel", produced by a Shanghai company, used a celebrity, bogus experts and fish to endorse the cosmetic, but fish exposed to the gel by a research institute later died from poisoning, the Beijing News said.
"(The institute) carried out a test washing the fish's spots in the gel. Two fish died successively on the third and sixth days," the paper said, citing an investigative report on Chinese state television.
Experts later found that three different fish had been used in the advertisement to make the cleanser appear effective, the paper said.
Claims that the cleanser was produced by an American company using "American technology" were also found to be false.
The gel used a plant-based compound often used in traditional Chinese medicine to reduce fever and phlegm, but its claim that it had spot-removing properties was "unscientific", the paper said.
"Not only can it not remove spots, it also has a certain amount of poison," the paper said.
Consumers in Shanghai, Beijing and several Chinese provinces had complained of "rashes, skin inflammation, blistering, coloured spots and other adverse reactions", after using the product, the paper said.
China's trade watchdog, the State Administration of Commerce and Industry, had banned the ad and ordered provincial offices to investigate, the paper said.
The advertisements were no longer on television, but Internet sales were still available, the paper said.
China is attempting to crack down on false and misleading advertising amid rising consumer fury stemming from a spate of recent health scares, but loose administration and approval procedures have resulted in a number of bogus and unsafe products going to market.
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Here ya go Donna...the ultimate accessory for the new rod!!
Just hang it from the tip and boogie!
Pete.
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Well, I broke my rule today about not fishing Narra Lake on weekends.
I was sitting at home looking out and the lake looked oh soooo inviting.
So I weakened and got my gear together, got some more whitebait and headed for the lake.
It was even more crowded than last weekend as there is an outdoor concert on in the park tonight, so
many many families making a day of it.
My "secret" spot was taken by a family who spent all afternoon throwing whatever they could lay their hands on in the water while dad tried to fish. Needless to say he got zilch.
I moved down a bit from them and the same thing happened again. Boats zooming past at full
throttle running over my line, all the time waving and yahooing.
Anyhow, a little handicapped kid in a walking frame about 6 years old came up and was fascinated by my fishing.
I was hooking smallish bream and releasing them, one after another.
He was asking questions all the time of "What fish is that", What are those small fish in my bait bucket"
all sorts of questions which I happily answered,all the while, his family was having a BBQ behind me looking on.
I was running low on bait by this stage, so the next fish I hooked, I handed him the rod and said "you can wind this one in"...His eyes lit up like saucers when I offered him my rod and he, with a little difficulty, managed to wind in a 30cm flounder.
The smile on his face was priceless. He was grinning from ear to ear and giggling.
His family rushed over and gave him a big hug and congratulated him on his first ever fish.
His Mum told me later he has always wanted to go fishing, but his intellectual handicap they thought was
too much for him to do it.
So to say I was glad I went down today is an understatement.. I hope he now asks his parents if they can take him fishing more often now and who knows..perhaps a future Fishraider.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Good luck to you Orangeguy...they are certainly in there.
Hope you get hold of one or two of those old mummas.
Cheers,
Pete
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Deep-sea shrimp trip light fantastic
SCIENTISTS and fishermen have known for years that many mammals, fish and bacteria, living in the depths of the world's oceans, have the ability to glow in the dark.
An estimated 90 per cent of marine life uses a chemical reaction known as bioluminescence to emit light from their bodies.
Now a team of marine scientists, led by Scottish-based researchers, have captured for the first time on film spectacular light shows, created by tiny creatures in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. They include football-sized balls of light being made by animals squirting luminescence into the water.
Scientists believe that the creatures responsible for the amazing displays are tiny shrimp, no larger than 4mm in length, and that they are creating the balls of light to scare off predators, alert other shrimps to food stocks or even advertising for sex.
Some of the balls of light are a vivid blue and others a mixture of green and red. And the researchers have already identified two "hotspots" of deep sea bioluminescence in the Atlantic - one at 3,200 metres off the coast of tropical West Africa and the second much closer to home, off the west coast of Ireland near a cold-water coral reef known as the Belgica Mounds.
The dramatic images were captured on film using an unmanned camera in a research project involving Aberdeen University's Oceanlab, the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton and Bristol University.
Professor Monty Priede, the director of Oceanlab, said yesterday: "This is the first time anyone has recorded spontaneous light emissions by bottom-living animals on the deep sea floor.
"These are important findings and I find it incredible that you can discover something completely new like this in an area where fishing vessels regularly go. It was amazing to discover something so spectacular so close to home in waters we thought we knew very well.
"There has been trawling in the area by Scottish and Irish trawlers for years. Some deep sea fish will flash in distress at having been caught. But nobody has realised there are these bright light displays on the sea floor below them."
He stressed the team had only begun to try to unravel the mystery. But they are convinced that a tiny shrimp is at least responsible for the light shows off the Irish coast.
"They are obviously having some kind of a conversation between themselves through the medium of flashing and squirting lights," said Prof Priede.
"We think some of the light displays are the shrimps trying to tell the bigger fish to keep away - they are scaring off predators. The squirting could be defence mechanism. While the predators are blinded or distracted by the ball of light, the shrimp makes its escape.
"But they may also be using the light to advertise that there is food to their friends. And they may be using it to advertise the fact that they are ready to mate and start laying eggs.
"So far we have only discovered two hotspots of deep sea light. But we are convinced there is much more to be discovered."
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Signalling at sea
Everyone will be familiar with Nelson’s famous signal made as the opposing fleets slowly closed in light winds.
He decided to fill in time by telling his men what was expected of them by sending the signal “Nelson expects that every man will do his duty”. But his signal offi cer, Lt Pasco, pointed out that “Nelson” would have to be spelt out in full and suggested it be replaced with “England” which only required a single flag, a proposal to which Nelson agreed.
During the age of sail signalling at sea was an uncertain and ambiguous business and frequently resulted in confusion and misunderstandings.
This was especially the case during naval actions when the dense smoke from cannon fire completely obscured signal flags for lengthy periods. It was not until the 20th century, with the development of wireless telegraphy and its successor technologies, that unambiguous messages could be conveyed over long distances between ships and between ships and shore stations.
Astonishingly, the British Admiralty maintained an archive of every signal sent by a warship or naval shore station. In 1955 Capt J.M. Broome published a selection from the archive in his book ‘Make a Signal’ and a further selection from his book of some of my favourites follows.
* A cruiser made a good approach to mooring trot lines watched by an admiral in the harbour signal tower. After the ship successfully secured to the bow mooring the admiral sent “Good”. The strong tide then swung the ship well away from the mooring buoys and the admiral sent “Add to my previous signal ‘God’”.
* From Captain D, Plymouth, to C-in-C: “Intend putting ‘Fisher Girl’ out of action for seven days for scraping of bottom.”
* Following a wild storm in the Atlantic a destroyer encountered a dismasted colleague and sent “How come?” The other replied, “Scraping under very low cloud”.
* From a very fussy destroyer fl otilla captain to a destroyer leaving harbour for exercises: “How long do you expect to be after leaving harbour?” Reply: “310 feet as usual.”
* From minesweeper to coastguard station: “There is a white buoy ahead of me with a black band around it. What is it?” Reply: “The Kentucky Minstrels.”
* A battleship returning to Portsmouth Harbour sent: “Who do you recommend for Admiral’s woman?” Puzzled by this request the signal tower asked for the signal to be repeated and received: “Reference my signal please insert washer between Admiral and woman.”
* After conducting a successful action in the Mediterranean Admiral Sir James Somerville was awarded a higher order of chivalry whereupon he received the following signal from a fellow admiral: “Dear me, twice a knight at your age.”
Finally my pick for all time favourite.
During the winter of 1940 there was a severe shortage of material to make naval uniforms and members of the Women’s Royal Naval Service were buying up all available supplies of serge in order to kit themselves out. The Admiralty sent the following signal to all shore establishments:
“Wrens clothing is to be held up until the needs of seagoing personnel have been satisfied.”
John Powell,
Berowra Heights.
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Pete,
Not sure how much the fine is but he said he would send either a caution or a fine in the mail. I didnt want to ask how much it might be as didnt want to jinx myself. I think he was going to look up my details to see if i had been cautioned B4. Cheers.
Hope you score just a caution...the fine would ruin an otherwise good day on the water.
Cheers,
Pete
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Good session by the sounds of it..Wow..a wobby in the harbour..didn't think they liked estuaries much.
Nice flattie too.
Too bad about being pinged..what's the fine for speeding?
Pete.
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Hey Pete,
Those monster flatties are out there. We did OK today and had similar experience with a pelican and a terminaly hooked pinkie. Pelican made fast work of him. Also i agree on whitebait being a top gun bait for flatties. I sometimes use a gang rig when drifting and a whitebait performs very well in this manner. Speak to you soon about a mid week flattie session in mid Harbour.
Thanks Zenman..Yeah...looking forward to MH and perhaps a kingy or two.
Those pesky pelicans sure have it down pat and quick as a wink snaffling anything
within 3 metres of where they are.
Was going to Narra again today for another sesh. but just drove past and too many weekend warriors down
there today for my liking. Mid week and it's deserted, just how I like it.
Pete.
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What size hook do you use? By the way, how big are your whitebait? I think the ones I buy are terribly undersized (around 5cm?) and would not fit on a 3 gang hook setup.
Thanks.
I was using size 2/0 yesterday, but I usually tailor my hooks to the size of the baits.
Whitebait are usually about 7cm long, some smaller, but they fit a 3 gang rig nicely.
You can readily get gangs in most sizes, so a selection in your tackle box is always
a good idea and use whatever suits the bait.
Incidently, in the whitebait I purchased yesterday, there were mixed in, quite a few bluebaits which
the bream went for. I have never seen bluebaits in NSW before and wonder if the bait was
sourced from Victoria where I normally see bluebaits. They were all the same size as the whitebaits
but seemed to work well.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Pete
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Hey Pete,
Do you mind telling me how you rig your whitebait? Mine keeps coming off the hook when I cast as they seem very mushy.
Thanks.
Gang hooks (3) today. I have been using singles but had the same trouble.
Gangs sure did the trick nicely.
Pete.
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What does it mean if I manage to lick my elbow
It means you should be a porno star
Pete.
There's always tomorrow.
and I'm sure either way it was good to be out casting a line. 
Chinese Fish Get Tatoos
in The Library
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I just wonder how the hell you tattoo a fish!
And can I get one with "Muvver" on it!
Pete.