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Hi fishraiders It is legal, some commercial fishermen are allowed to catch BAIT from the bay, it can be mullet, squid etc. I did call fisheries and the inspector did comfirm it with me. regards ilk

greetings guys remember there are plenty of cancer patients, who do mention that they used to melt lead for sinkers. Be informed that its deadly stuff, all vapours have long lasting effects. regards ilk

Actually I got carried away a bit, I should not have called them scum. I guess they are just trying to maximise their income. But I do blame the fisheries for allowing them to have this situation. They are very efficient as I have hardly seen any mullet in the past few years. ilk.

Apparently fisheries is allowing commercial fishers to net mullet in botany bay this is doing a lot of damage W H Y T H E H E L L are we pay a fishing licence. why the hell are the commercial netters still allowing bait fish to be harvested from botany bay the scum are doing it late at night. regards ilk

greetings fishraiders personally I have a cloth tied to a bit of rope, each time i cut bait etc. it throw the cloth over into the saltwater, wash my hands with it. takes seconds, then have a quick rinse of the hands (just cleaned) in a bucket of fresh water to rinse the salt off them. so easy. however if you cant be bothered doing that, just dip your hands in a bucket of fresh moist chicken manure at the end of the day, that will certainly override and fishy smells. regards ilk

hi go to the corner of where monlineux breakwater meets the beach. there is a small reef there with plenty of kelp and seaweed over it. anchor up and berley , usually there are hundreds of yellowtail there. live yellowtail are great for kingies. I found the smaller the yellowtail the better. I also suggest you go to a well stocked tackle shop and get yourself a good quality 4lb line as well as some medium shanked light size 16 fly hooks. these small light hooks are beyond unbelievable in getting you yakkas when they are finicky. regards ilk

greetings if your are new to botany bay, it is absolutely important that you find out that near bare island there is a bombora which is dangerous and has claimed many boats. so get a navigation chart and familiarise yourself with it. botany bay is a great place to fish. and it has got exceptionally great since the netters were closed off to it. all we need now, is to restrict professionals from operating outside of it. and to stop them getting all of the breeding bream each autumns when they go out of the bay and near the rocks to breed. regards ilk

Greetings fishraiders fillet your striped tuna. sparingly sprinke rock salt around the fillets. leave in fridge for 4 days in a deep covered bowl. then dust off as much salt as you can. cover with fresh water for 1 day. change water, and have it covered for another day. to leach out the salt. then allow it to drain. the fish will taste fantastic as is. regards ilk

Greetings Don't to get your cast net. There are usually lots of prawns to be caught. Even at the marina in cairns. I was getting quite a few prawns about 4 a cast, from that marina. I suggest you buy one at least 10ft wide and with heavy leads. Dont bother with the ultra expensive ones. As they are far too heavy for multiple casting. At yorkeys knob, theres quite a few bream. Best to speak to the local tackle shops. PS, alot of the fishing charters are hit and miss, especially from port douglas, Remember they charge southerners extra, so just say that you are from cairns, regards ilk

I caught those bonito early morning, however I did hear reports of them being caught later that afternoon (but for a better bet, bonito are generally are best early morning, they also respond very well to a constant stream of pilchard pieces)

Greetings fishraiders did a troll for the first time in the new boat on Sunday. Great day. Found bonito on cape banks (northern head of botany bay), around the 1 kilo mark. They were in close, to about 500 metres off the land. Anchored out about 300 metres, berleyed and started to spin on 2 kilo line. Very good action. Use small metals (10 grams). but had the removed the trebbles and in place, put on a single 1/0 long shank hook, with the barbs removed. I had great hook up results, and when I wanted to release the fish i just gave some slack line to the fish, next to the boat, and it released itself. I recommend barbless single long shanked hook on a metal lure for releasing fish. regards

Greetings Fishraiders As a nurse, every day I see lots of people come in with serious illness arising from stress. Life is getting expensive for many families. A simple trip to the national park now costs quite a few dollars. It all adds up. Fishing is getting harder. The common people have less and less. All these restrictions imposed on them from the selfish few have a real toll. I am sure the common people pay council rates as well. Yet they get little in return, as their budget recreation is snubbed. Where is the decency and common sense. ilk.

Greetings fishraiders What on earth is the fisheries thinking of when its allowing the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of tonnes of skipjack (stripies) please has anyone got any information of which government clerk has allowed this. this public employee must be made accountable. I suggest we lobbly against this. If anyone has any idea of progressing this, for instance finding out who to write to, and to constantly question. please share it with us. this type of fish slaughter can no longer continue. ilk.

Hi Fishraiders Has anyone experimented with pointing the transducer of a fishfinder higher, for example 45 degrees up and to the side of the boat, so as to see any fish way out to the side of the boat, it would be handy for trolling for kingfish at the edge of a bombarah etc. possibly something like hummingbirds side imaging sounders, does anyone have any ideas on this. regards ilk

hi fishraiders i am considering buying the lowrance x125 for usage at places such as the 12 mile reef off sydney heads and at the peak off botany. has any one got one of those, if so please I would like to know your opinion of them. i mainly want a good sounder to see kingfish and the shape of the bottom. regards ilk

greetings guys went to double bay after my late afternoon shift. started to fish on the warf at 2200 hrs. simply threw in a large peeled prawn on a two hook rig ( 1/0 black magic hooks) on 6lb line (unweighted) got 8 legal sized bream. ps it does take quite a few hours, and the bream bite extremely softly. I also caught a few catfish about 2 to 3 kilos each. are they any good to eat, and do you have to cut off the spines, etc etc. ???? ???? regards ilk

Greetings Nectic and fishraiders I was also thinking of getting a tekota 800, but not for gamefish such as marlin or tuna, but for deep water fish on 10kg line. such as gemfish , blue eye etc etc, most likely at browns mountain. the reason i am going for the tekota is the level wind. The line i will be using is .40mm thick (I picked up a massive bulk spool of it) (incidently the weights i will be using to get to the bottom on browns mountain will be sacrificial), they will be homemade concrete balls, attached to the rig on 6lb line, so they will break off on retrieval) so do you think that the tekota will be decent for my application, and what do you reckon the real line capacity would be if your using .40mm thick monofilament. regards ilk PS thanks guys for replying to my pen 950ss question, earlier.

Fish raiders I am looking for a good spin real to catch yellowfin tuna in the range of 40kg, would you think that the pen 950 ss reel will be good, or do you have any other suggestions, ps budget is under $400 thanks ilk

Greetings all Sensible conservation is rqquired as you may all agree. There is a lot of hearsay that mentions that dolphin fish, are extremely active fish, and unfortunately will bleed to death after being released. I do feel that this could be highly true. wouldnt it be more sensible to have a strict bag limit, rather than size restrictions for dolphin fish. Otherwise howmany dolphin fish would be released to die soon after. lets not be ignorant. in south australia they have a well managed snapper fishery. charter boats there will not tolerate catch and release , as they definitely know the death rates. regards, ilk

its a pity when location and details are missed in these fishing reports. Myself and many others are starting out, few helpful hints would always be appreciated. regards ilk

Greetings all I have absolute sucess in these sitautions, by using a very small silver fly, on 8lb trace. basically go to the area where the salmon are, and drift there or anchor, (its ok, as you will realise that the salmon will swim away and constantly come back in the same area) drift out your unweighted line, and the fly which is basically a few light strands of dull silver tinsel (3 millimetres thick and 1.5 cm long on a size 12 fly hook), the salmon will soon see it (20metres behind the boat), and you will have an instant hook up. ilk

Greetins all I have an eight foot zodiac inflatable, and I am considering using an electric motor. my main question is how long do these things go for. please all info will be appreciated. thanks ilk

Greeting Guys I spent a few months working in weipa, I fished rocky point boat ramp every morning before work and every afternoon after work. to be honest, i was hitting 30kg barra. but not on lures. large dead or live mullet did the trick. I saw countless guys come over with lures for only average results. However if I was to use lures, it would be very large rubber fish, say at least 15cm. without the weighted jig head. just cast it out and let it flop on the surface, with an erratic retrieve. regards ilk.

Greatings does any one have any information or opinions of the lowrance lms 300 thanks

Good effort guys, Its fantastic to have ##### on the beach. Unless I am mistaken, I feel that salmon have made a comeback. Could it be because of the closure of the the Eden cannary ???? Nevertheless lets protect this new fishery. if any one has any info of any possible dangers to this new sport fishery, please inform all, I read reports (uncofirmed) that a study is going to be made by new south wales fisheries, to determine if the salmon are causing havoc with beach bait supplies. All i know is that I smell a rat, I just hope that they dont try to rubbish our salmon, and give a licence to some foriegn trawler to turn them into fertiliser. regards ilk