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Gary I can drop my tinnie in for you to use as R&D for your boat to set up the frame work mate remember I'm only up the road on a work day Chris

to me it sounds like it may have a dodgy cell I'm with Geoff have an electrician load test the battery & check the starter motor circuit

Keith and Roberta the Energiser bunnies keep on kicking butt Keith

well Boofhead after another pitiful effort by the Wobballies again the NRL finals must be a light at the end of a very black tunnel both finals look to be quality games even without the mighty Roosters who have collected their trophy (read spoon) they are must watch games Please spare 1 minutes silence for Manly and St George for being knocked out of the finals

Stale fuel goes to the lawnmower here only problem is I have to mow the lawn to use it up Chris

survey done ................ fingers crossed I'm surprised that this hasn't come up before now not just here but at other landbased sites Maybe it's the efforts that Fishraider members put in to try an make areas clean and safe that has helped delay it if it wont open in one link try the others A bit of consideration goes a long way Chris

check the fangs on these a dental nightmare

Good reward for a long cold night nice fish and congratulations on the PB Chris

Sorro and myself will be there on sat

I couldn't believe they found a baby Sailfish and it fitted into the palm of his hand.................. interesting viewing

Looks like good doco's on the Nat Geo channel 612 this weekend so if you have cable TV have a look Sat 7.30 pm Superfish - fastest predator ....... marlin and sailfish Sun 8.30 pm Megafish of the Ama2on ...... fishing for freshwater monsters Chris

Yes landbased only at Oberon Dam Spoke to him today and he fished south east of the dam wall in Kelly Bay just walking the shore line for a few hours in the morning tossing only the pink Tassie devils Good luck to you if you out that way Chris

Boat show is on at the end of the month and google is your friend Chris

Spoke to one of my customers from Oberon today and he said he fished the dam over the weekend (Sat I think he said) for 5 Rainbows from 600g to just under 1 kg Lure that did the damage, the mighty Pink Tassie Devil Water level is very low at about 10% BTW not a Redfin to be seen Sounds like it migh be worth a look, will see if I can get his spot X and some more details of the days outing Chris

mmmmmmmmm Mako steaks yum

Roosterman makes his famous Rooster floats in Red , White & Blue do a search for floats Finally the boys get a win up Steve are you cheering too

Nice fish Penguin , just don't tell me you got the Bluefin on the PPP ........... I know you can catch anything with the mighty Penguin Peeled prawn but

Nice Greg I cracked up over the Nicks Christmas commercial Attack of the Show is a crack up but really I think Olivia Munn interests you more than the gadgets and funny crap

Sorry to hear you feel it an inconveinience to be selected for jury duty, but as it has been noted the justice system relies on a range of the public to be chosen from and it is interesting and can be a laugh listening to the excuses they use to be excused I have been called up about 6 times for Dowling centre local court and once for supreme court, of this I have been dismissed twice and didn't have to show, sat around waiting and then released not required twice, called into the court and not called up once, called up but rejected by the prosecutor once (could have been the bikers leather jacket black tshirt and jeans worn by a big ugly guy with a beard) and empanelled once for a 2 week trial (Romanian drug runners) there are provisions to be excused have a look here jury service Q&A sherriffs office I recommend that you take something to relieve the bordom while you wait Most times you'll be out by lunchtime and then you could go for an afternoon

They can swim but they can't hide. CSIRO scientists have tracked the highly-prized Southern Bluefin tuna to research their long-term feeding habits, for the first time. The work has revealed where and when the tuna feed, at what depth and even the temperature of the water, despite the migratory habits of the fish which can have them covering 8,000 kilometres each year. PhD student Sophie Bestley and her colleagues at the CSIRO's Wealth from Oceans national research group have surgically implanted miniaturised electronic data-storage tags into juvenile tuna off the coast of southern Australia. Already the team has found that tuna feed almost anywhere they can and three days out of every four, even during their annual migrations. The CSIRO believes this information will assist future management of what is currently an overfished and depleted species which supports a global commercial fishery worth more than $US1 billion ($A1.25 billion) a year. "Direct and long-term information on feeding is extremely rare for migratory marine species," Ms Bestley said. "It is available for Bluefin Tuna only as a result of their unique physiology and the long-term electronic tagging programs instituted by the CSIRO. "When the tuna feed, the metabolic energy produced during digestion causes their tummies and surrounding tissues to heat up. "This warming is recorded by internal temperature sensors on the tags." The tagging has revealed the tuna to be supreme hunters, feeding on 76 per cent of all days in waters ranging from five degrees celsius to 23 degrees. They can catch a meal at the surface or as deep as 672 metres. But the sensors also recorded periods of fasting lasting up to 24 days, usually in waters warmer than 15 degrees. The fish in the CSIRO study swam from the Great Australian Bight to winter in the south Indian Ocean, before returning often close to where they were originally tagged the previous summer. Ms Bestley said studying the feeding and migratory habits of the tuna would help determine the future size of a sustainable catch. "My work will help us build a better understanding of where they are at, what time of year and whether they are likely to be harder or easier to catch in different places and times," she said. "This information can then be used in models to provide advice on the status of the stock and what levels of catch are sustainable and will allow the stock to rebuild."

don't forget to check the restricted areas up there the local tackle shop will be able to steer you right marine park link - click here

Nice Reggie they are some good looking Muddies Ahh the joys of sand flies in FNQ after our trip to Cairns last Sept took near 6 weeks to clear up the bites from one afternoon trip to the boat ramp while they ignored me, guess I must taste like crap we were instructed to always unload the tinnie and turn it sideways across the ramp while you kept an eye on the river that way the croc had to get past the boat to get to you and there were a couple of crocs lurking in the area

Always good to get some keepers when you go away for a few days fishing BTW Prawn & Wainoo on your first posts hope you enjoy Fishraiders

It made me laugh hope you enjoy it too

Hi AJB a location would be good as there may be a Raider out there who lives in the area and can lend a hand also is the boat 'glass or alloy ? remember with alloy hull don't earth to the hull as this makes the boat an anode because you electrically charge the hull