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    Night fishing

    in Kayaks and Paddling

    Posted

    From the kayak I got a normal single white navigation light that’s on a 70cm tube that folds down when not In use. 
    also got a few led button lights to light up the deck space when unhooking a fish and 2 4inch flood lights which help bring in squid and baitfish when gathering bait.

    7 hours ago, dirvin21 said:

     

    Night fishing from kayak 

    Decent head torch

    Lights in kayak? You could use a strip LED  I've got kings ones I use for camping that would adapt ok

    Kayaking at night in salt water can be hazardous because of mullet they love to fly out of the dark at lights like slimy stinking missiles 

    The mullet point is indeed very correct, I’ve had them hit the side of the kayak and even inside of it. Quite startling when you’d be relaxing on the river. Dead quite, no jet skis just crickets then you hear a mighty splash meters away. 

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    Bate Bay

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

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    5 hours ago, Yowie said:

    Yes I am happy they are in my possession.

    Last week in the fish shop at Southgate Syvania, boneless and skinless flattie fillets were $75 a kilo !!!

    Still cheaper than ‘Hawkesbury squid’

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    NSW Outlaws Blue Groper Fishing DPI LINK ADDED

    in Fisheries News and Regulations

    Posted

    slowly but surely the clowns who run the country continue to lock down fishing, weather its knee jerk reactions like this, marine & sanctuary parks (& also hunting, national parks and basic enjoyment of the outdoors) Keep us all wrapped up in bubble wrap, confined to the city's ideally in a apartment being as "green" as possible while Politian's & celebs fly around in private jets.

    One small step at a time, how much longer will we allow these "laws" be passed. before you know it you'll not even be able to keep anything for a feed.

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    2 Days At Stockton beach.

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

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    18 hours ago, Yowie said:

    Hiding out again at a beach. Plenty of small jewies about, which is looking good for the future, if no drop-kicks keep them all.

    Should have filleted a tailor and cooked it up on the BBQ, lemon or lime juice spread over the fillet.

    Not a huge fan of tailor, plus you’re only allowed to have gas related fires on the beach for some odd reason. Not like anyone adheres to that rule as I see burnt wood all over the beach. 
    I did give it a thought chucking it out as some strip bait. 
    I have only been doing heaps of squidding in the kayak and on land on various jetty’s in the hacking the last month or so, gathering bait for trips like this 

    5 hours ago, bessell1955 said:

    Wow that storm was something, hope you stayed dry? ⛈️

    Didn’t get a single drop of rain from that storm, so I just had a nice light show to look at and a nice offshore breeze 

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    2 Days At Stockton beach.

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

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    Gday, headed up to Stockton on Thursday with the goal of nice sized mully. arrived on the beach at 1pm. The weather was quite gusty and constant dirzzle.

    After i found some nice structure to fish in, the first casts went untouched but i did find a few cockles and threw a few out for nothing. As the sun set the wind dropped off to complete still and the bite picked up with 2 small tailor in the 40cm range and 2 shovel nose and a endless supply of undersized mullys. They were very persistent with bites just seconds after casting. Stopped fishing by 9pm and even removed burly bag in attempt to get rid of them. threw my line out again at midnight for more undersized jewies so i called it a night. Ended up with 9 mullys in total but alot of lost fish & missed bites. 

    Day 2, i didn't do much fishing at all though out the day. Had my first cast at 3pm as some pretty solid storms rolled by just to the south of me, using some half pilchards which wielded small salmon in the 40cm range and a couple dart, as late arfternoon came around i changed my focus to target some smaller mullys on 1 rod and have the other one out "just in case" theres a bigger one. again much like the previous night there was nonstop action as the sun set with small jewie after jewie, with the odd 50cm tailor and bite offs from said tailor. I had approximately 1-1.5kg of squid left and that was all gone by 11pm. On the second night i ended up with 27 undersized mullys, All of which were 40-60cm, It was all good fun, especially the multiple double hookups i had thorough out the night. 

    The total for the trip was 4 tailor, 2 dart, 36 undersized mulloway & 2 salmon. 

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    Beach worming Sydney's Northern beaches

    in Plan a Fishing Trip

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    11 hours ago, Blackfish said:

    I’m with Noelm, I can get enough for bait and it’s a great way to spend a few hour but really all I can add to this topic is BE CAREFUL OF THE SUN, bending over for a few hours time does fly by, the back of your head and neck is so exposed, plus arms and legs.

    I have been beach worming with people who have had heat stroke and were very sick.

    Good luck.

    The most exposed area for me is the region just above my pants waste line. Never sees the sun and when it dose from bending over and the shirt is lifted up slightly, when that area gets burnt, I’m not sitting down for a few days. 

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    Beach worming Sydney's Northern beaches

    in Plan a Fishing Trip

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    9 hours ago, Blackfish said:

    What I have found is the big thick worms seem to be more at half tide up to full and the thinner ones (Slimeys) more towards the low tide mark.

    NOTE … I’m certainly no expert.

    I pulled one out in SA was like 50cm long and about 7mm thick. Absolute snake. 
     

    9 hours ago, XD351 said:

    My beach worming exploits are pretty simple - I swipe a card over a machine and they magically appear in my bucket - I might walk out of that shop looking happy but I’m dying inside with disgust at myself for not being able to get my own - couldn’t catch a worm if you threw the bludger at me! 🤣🤣🤣

    $3 a worm and you don’t get to choose how big they are unless you’re good friends with the tackle shop and they give you the bigger ones from the batch. Still better then pulling them out yourself and punching the sand every time you fail 

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    Beach worming Sydney's Northern beaches

    in Plan a Fishing Trip

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    I’ve pulled a few out, only after learning alongside a commercial beachwormer by complete chance. The biggest problem for me is timing of the waves. Once they latch onto your bait you want to grab them and pull them out in one quick movement, if you don’t they will pull themselvs back into the hole. I wouldn’t consider myself good enough at beach worming to give out lessons though. Remember, they are blind 

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    Port Hacking

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

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    53 minutes ago, Yowie said:

    The rubbish bin recipe for the gasket.

    I was fishing in the spot where you have seen me before, but nothing doing for a legal fish. Not even a tailor.

    I’ve seen you in quite a few spots haha, ether way, always next time 

    Growing chillies

    in The Kitchen

    Posted

    Provide the plant with some fertiliser especially some with potassium in it which encourages the plant to flower and fruit. Ash is a good source of potassium. You also want the soil to be organically active and healthy, not sandy and ‘dead’, easiest way to resolve this is to actively provide the plant with a little bit of manure/compost ontop of the current soil every 6 months or so. Don’t want to put to much as you’ll burn the base of the plant or even the roots. You can also re pot it in a slightly larger pot which will give the plant some new soil. 
    Most plants do die back abit as they fruit as the plants putting all its energy into fruiting and not so much into growth and maintaining itself, you can limit that by feeding it around fruiting season. 
     

    other factors for limited fruit is aspect, too little sun or even too much sun, if it’s against a brick wall the heat reflecting of the wall my be too much stressing the plant out soil ph and EC could be too high or low, or even a dog pissing on the plant might not be too ideal. Most garden centres can do soil testing.

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