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A couple of years ago was fishing for leatherjackets around Palm Beach. When I cleaned one there was this really big, ugly thing inside. It was outside the gut system of the fish, but inside the body cavity. It was almost 5cm long, oval, and an off-white colour. The body appeared to be overlapping plates. It had 6 or 8 small jointed legs, and its front legs ended in these big claw-things. (Sorry cant post a pic, the jar got broken when I moved and was discarded by my new non-fishing partner) Any ideas on what it may be?

Wow zenman, a *very* close call. The Fishing Partner and myself have also had some near misses in Middle Harbour, must be something in the air.... Once we were LB fishing at Windang Lake near the boatshed,and had got there nice and early about 6.30ish. When there I usually wear waders and go out a couple of meters into the water to better access the channel. At about 10.30 2 yob guys and their GFs rock up and the oldest guy stands right behind me and casts into me. After about 2 mins of this I very politely asked him if he could possibly move further along the sand, as you could see I was standing here when you started. He reply? "well I'm here now, and I want to fish here, so you can #$*% off cos I think if you were here before me then you've obviously been here long enough." At this point several other people fishing alongside us got stuck into him, including my FP, and since he was no longer dealing with 1 lone woman but 7 irate men (and one p'd woman ) he retreated up under the bridge. To top it off I then caught a nice 40cm flattie from my spot

Hello all, been lurking for a bit and thought I'd register. I'm a 37 year old with a love of fishing and motorbikes. Share the use of a 4.5m Mercury with my fishing partner, who just happens to be my ex. Did I mention I was Female? And get seasick in big waves? We fish mainly around Sydney, looking for flatties bream and the odd leatherjacket,and around the lake down at Windang, but dont seem to be able to get out very much lately. Would love to catch a hairtail or dolphinfish one day. Cheers all, Kat

Ours is "B-Fer".