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  1. Anyone keen for a paddle out from Long Reef boat ramp? Im keen to head to some of the close reefs/wrecks on the north side of longy, might be a bit safer not doing it solo! 

    If anyone is keen let me know, i can do weekend mornings early and sometimes during the week.

    Best pick a day with no wind to start with and a building nor easter to make the paddle back easier.

    Cheers,

    Sam

     

  2. Gday Raiders,

    Had a good day out yesterday with a nice handful of flatties on sp's from the kayak. Something a bit weird happened though - as I was handling one of the bigger ones i got a solid electric shock. Not a little sharp zap like static electricity but a deeper thump that ran up my arm.

    I was standing shin deep in water (so was well and truly earthed) and was grabbing the fish off the ruler on the deck of the kayak with wet gloved hand around its belly... bit of firm pressure to lift it then whack!!

    No batteries or power on the kayak so cross that off the list of causes.

    Any ideas what was going on here? I know there are some rays and species that generate a shock but didnt think flatties were amongst them!

  3. While we are on drying stuff out - if you ever get packets of dessicants in your fishing gear or anything else, throw them in to your fishing bag/bakcpack. I've got about 10 rattling round in the compartments of my fishing bag and it stops that skanky smell building up. Since I started doing that I never even air the bag out and its fine...

  4. Mud.

    Think you have to access from the island, even then you would sink waist deep in mud.

    Saw a bloke stuck there in his boat one morning. Water still covering the bar. Must have been planing then stopped and got stuck. He was high and dry still 7 hrs later when I drove back the other way poor bugger.

     

  5. Yeah it must be breeding season or something this time of year. Big baits anywhere off the rocks or beach they are all over it between August to November . Usually swallow whole baits and hooks which is no good. 1 port think about packing up, 2 ports go home before you lose any more hooks! Beautiful creatures though the heterodontus. They can survive a long time out of the water.

  6. Pretty lucky that sounds way too close for comfort. A tourist watching the sun rise just there died not so long ago when the rock he was standing on slipped over the edge. His mate scrambled off as it was falling. 

    Yeah i would have thought rain and big seas would cause rock falls but its been really dry for months now. Sandstone is pretty weak and soft as far as rock goes. 

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