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Well done on a great lizard mate......and even more kudos for letting her go.
Hope ur 2012 brings bigger fish your way.
Cheers
Charmo
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Hey Kitto,
bad luck on the lost big fin mate. Maybe you should spend less money on the paint job on your boat and upgrade your tackle a little? Otherwise you could let me know when your going out next and I can give you a few pointers.....
The more the merrier.....
Charmo
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Look like nice size schoolies mate.
Did you use a scoop net or drag net?
Cheers
Charmo
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Nice squid mate. Perfect size for jewie baits too, although i am always tempted to eat them.
Well done.
Charmo
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charmo, are you fishing inside or outside? Outside the green slime comes from the cold water, yes it is a form of algae and generally occurs when the water is turning over, with a cold current. Yes it affects the fishing, fish tend to slow down in it. With the warmer currents the water turns over to the blue and the algae goes. The water maybe 21deg on top but the lower current is cold between 12-15deg.
Fishing inside mate but your probably right with the cold water moving into the warmer. I'm guessing the water temp is also turning over slowly inside and as such may be just a transitional period. I'll keep you updated.
Cheers mate.
Charmo
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Hey Charmo,
I do a lot of fishing in Botany Bay.
We also get a type of mossy weed that is essentially brown but often has some green in it.
It affects the fishing in the same way you're experiencing.
It gets on the line, the sinker, swivel and bait.
Often it weighs so heavy on the mainline that it breaks the line.
The fish probably can't see the bait or are reluctant to eat the bait with the weed on it.
I don't believe it affects the fish's appetite nor gets into its gills.
This phenomenon occurs when spring high tides inundate higher areas upstream in rivers and dislodge the weed.
It gets transported downriver and into the bay.
Most of the bay is affected but there are some areas that doesn't get much of it.
You need to try deeper sections, shallower sections, areas in the main current and areas outside of main current influence.
Find out where its unaffected or least affected.
I believe the weed is mainly freshwater based weed and will die and decompose after a couple of weeks.
So what do you do in those two weeks ?
Use the time to explore areas and take notes where its affected and where not so much.
Next spring, you will be glad you did....
Tony
Hey Tony,
Thanks for your response.
The weed sounds like the same, a browny green tyrpe weed which weighs heavy on the line. I agree, the way the bait is presented as a result probably affects your catch rate more than anything else. Recently the tides have been quite big which probably supports your thoughts on where the weed comes from. In the last couple of days the weed seems to be dispersing a little, especially up the river however it still is hanging around in the lower parts. The deeper water with the main flow seems to have the most and as such (taking in your advice) I have searched for other areas to fish out of the main channel. This has worked well as the weed is less of a problem in the areas with less flow and out of the main channel. Also has pushed me out of my comfort zone and into other areas too which i thought would never produce any fish. How wrong I was!!
Cheers for your help mate.
Charmo
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We have something similar down here that appears every Winter. It sticks to lures and line like snot and makes it impossible to work a lure. We usually find as the water heats up the weed dissipates and then disappears. I'd be interested to know the water temp down there.
Cheers
Hodgey
Hey Hodgey,
The water temp up here at the moment is 21 degrees but feeling it the other day it seems warmer. Hoping your analogy with the water heating up will help it to dissapear soon as my holiday is over in a week.! PS read in a post the other day regarding the carp that you used to live along the Murray/Darling. Im currently living at Wilcannia and the Darling river last summer was firing with all the water we got from up north. They had one of the best yabbie seasons they have had for at least 10-15 years and with that came big catches of Murray cod and the famous yellow belly perch. But like you said, the Carp are now in plague porportions probably the only fish to have done so well from the recent rain. Go figure.
Cheers for the info.
Charmo
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Hi all,
Im not sure if this is the correct section for this question but I'm sure it will be re-placed if its not. I'm currently up in Forster on a fishing holiday and have noticed a large amount of green weed running throughout the water at all depths. The weed feels mossy(soft) and sticks to everything including sinkers, SP's, lures and line and the only way to get it off is to physically pull it off. I have noticed the fishing has been a little slow and the crabbing and prawning which I have also done as proved not existent.
Does anyone know whether this weed slows down fishing, crabbing or prawning and puts them off the bite and how long it hangs around for? One bloke up here reckons it gets in the gills of fish and puts them off the bite. I dont know.
Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Charmo
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Absolutely speechless mate!
Top effort,
and even better for lettin the big girls go......
Cheers
CHARMO
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Well done Nathan, plenty of Dollies everywhere and the best thing of all is the fact that the weather was great and by the sounds of it, it must have been comfortable fishing out there.
Tell me, I've never caught a Dollie, are they any good on the plate?
Cheers
Charmo
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Hi Rod,
I was under assumption that you cant use any traps or nets in the Lake at all. The only way you can legally pick up a feed of blueies is by way of hand line or hand held landing net. Whitches hats are classed as nets from what I believe.
Charmo
Not to sure if this is the place to ask, but I live and fish around Lake Macquarie (Central Coast) I see reports on Blue Swimmer Crabs and would like to explore the possibilities
In the Lake, crab traps are a NO NO, does this include ''Witches Hats'' I inquired at a local tackle shop where the salesman was only too happy to try and sell me a couple. I would have thought that "Hats" fall under crab traps ??
Can anyone clear this up for me, please ??
Thanks Raiders.
Rod.
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Hey Peter
Great hall mate and to the bloke that pulleed in the 30 odd fish at the ramp. The fishing could be as good as that and better if you stopped the continual droves of trawlers raping the system as they do. But good on you for finding the fish thats left.
Charmo
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Hey Slaka,
Beautiful looking fish there mate. She looks awesome laying in your arms in that shot.
Congrats!
And well done on the release, Id have to agree that feeling of seeing her swim away is as good as catching her in the first place.
Thumbs up mate.
CHARMO
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Great looking boat spence. Cant believe the change you have made to the original........
you gotta be happy with that.
Well done!!!!
Charmo
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Hi Raiders,
As the warmer season is approaching and the crabs start to awake from their winter slumber I thought it would be a good idea to start a topic in regards to what to other raiders find are the best times, techniques and methods they use to catch these tasty crustaceans.
Personally I have found the following.
I find the winter months the blue swimmers I catch are of the larger size and still quite plentiful, however in the warmer months the size drops but the numbers increase.
The baits that seem to work best for me are fresh frames of fish that aren't frozen, chicken necks or carcasses. Frozen fish frames do work however I have found that as soon as you fillet your catch, the sooner its in the water the better results. Bullock heart and obviously mullet are another two baits that I have had success with.
Tides: This seems to be a mystery for me as I havn't been able to work out which is the best tide. I try and keep baits in the water long enough to cover both tides but if I cant I guess its just pot luck.
Does anyone know if the full moon affects crabbing as I have heard that directly after a full moon is the best time???
Rain I have heard seems to put them off the bite and I can honestly say that is the case. I believe that the fresh water sits near the surface causing the crabs to find deep holes in which to hold up in. This is my theory but I could be wrong....if anyone has a theory feel free to post.
Another theory I have heard is that crabs seem to run with the current and then back up again catching a free ride. Is this true? If so then would the bends in rivers be good spots to look for them. Im guessing food that falls to the bottom gets taken by the currents and lodges in areas as it gets pushed up or down stream. Therefore if the current is pushing around I bend would it be practicable to target the crabs on the outer side of the bend as it rushes around????
Or is it just pot luck if they are on or not?
If anyone else has an opinion on this topic, or other questions/ideas about crabbing it would be great to hear what everyone has to say.
Looking forward to chatting with everyone.
Cheers,
CHARMO
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Well done brickman on a great catch. Its awesome when there biting like that, not a place you would rather be.
Cheers
Charmo
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Well done on the catch mate....such a great part of the country up there.
And excellent to see she was back swimming to breed for futurer generations.
Charmo
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Was a great morning out.
I was flicking around the new squidgy pro fish with S factor on.
Got a few good hits from flatties.
Any fellow raiders that want to meet up for a fish to show kirkby and i the ropes will be rgeatly apreciated.
Mike
Hey mate,
There are fish in there mate, its just sometimes they are hard to catch. I went for a bash on Monday and caught a good feed of 50-55 cms flatties on live bait.
It seems to me that the live bait out fishes the plastics there for some reason. Never really had any success with plastics in the lake.
Got them the other day on the south side of the woolies bridge.
Charmo
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Either way, it would not be for you to comment on.
either way its an open forum and free to questions and opinion
just a thought next time you make a comment
charmo
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well done mate on an awesome fish. she looks in great nick too.
never got em to that size before. my best being round the 80 mark so congrats.
and once again its great to see her released to breed and live another day.
top work
charmo
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Well done mate she is a great looking fish as well.
Good to see you let her go to breed for another generation of fishraiders.
Charmo
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bloody beautiful mate. can it get any better?
i think not
charmo
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Nice work on the squid spence. Was that you in the nice looking quinnie in the Harbour the other morning?
Charmo
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Great Jack mate, congrats. Im still waiting for the day that I bring in one of these beauties. Ive had my fair share of losses tho.
And well done on letting her go to fight another day. I've heard their not the fastest breeders and are slow at maturing.
Good one mate.
Charmo
Disappearing Lizards?
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Hey Kel,
Crabs seem to run with the tide, sort of getting a free ride along the bottom. In my experience you will probably find the crabs have just moved on as the tide turned, as they usually move in schools. My bet would be to try the same area at the same tide next time and you will probably have the same result. If the tide is opposite, (as if the tide was coming in) I would try the opposite end of the bay as that is the way they would be moving.
Personally I have never crabbed Botany Bay but I have many other places and this I have found out over many years of trial and error.
Hope that helps.
Cheers,
Charmo