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Unlikely jackets because they dont really run hard, neither would a small chopper. jackets cant bite and move at the same time, as they more or less pick at the bait rather than run with it. Tailor also go for the tail first to stop their prey from moving & even then they dont take small bites out of the head, if it was a tailor going 4 the head then it would've taken the whole thing in at once. A decent squid will take line off a baitrunner easily and they can take chunks out of their prey whilst moving away. And small chunks out of the head area are classic squid feeding patterns.

Bream don't take chunks out of lives, they don't have cutting teeth. It was definitely a squid/cuttle by the sounds of the bite pattern.

You can only keep mullet under 15cm (as live bait) and over 30cm (you can do what you want with them). Obviously an honest mistake though.

That Port Jackson is heavily pregnant.

Can someone clarify whether we can post up reports? I'm confused. EP's

Nice stuff. Could you share what side of the island/approximately where around the island you found the squid? If it was around the island. I saw a yakker today in a hobie - must've been you. I only got one squid all day. I moved around a lot too.

The Georges River has had dumping occur for decades, much like the Parramatta River and the mullet probably came across some particularly nasty water. Pesticides and other dioxins could have been dumped recently in the area as well. I wouldn't eat anything where you find dead fish floating around, not to mention the Botulism that's been found in the Cooks.

I agree, naddy you should know there are health risks associated with eating fish from the Parra due to the dioxin levels. If you want more info PM me.

Took the words right out of my mouth. Iwannajewy who gave you the right to decide who gets to comment or not? (rhetorical question)

A few things: -It was a trawler, the vessel was dumping bycatch and fish that were too small overboard after being netted. Almost everything was dead. One person out there said you could follow the trail of dead fish. -It wasn't just LJ's, you could see baby morwong, whiting and other species amongst them. -This is the kind of stuff that the greenies are feeding on to support their Marine Park. I am disgusted by this act, both because it helps the greenies and it's a disgraceful slaughter of our fish stocks. This will rub off on both commercial and recreational fishing, putting them both in a bad light (although only one deserves it).

Not once did I criticize the catch, it's an impressive capture. That can't be argued. I also don't think my views are inappropriate. Also female gonads look almost identical to testes, the only difference is that testes are bright white whilst female gonads can be a slightly more roe-ish colour. I doubt you were gutting it and instantly went "yep, there's the testes". Also look at the stats, they don't lie. And if I were wrong, and it was a male, then you may have killed the largest (and maybe the only large) male in the system. Let's keep it civil, I enjoy a good debate.

What they have found is that a vast majority of 50-60cm+ flathead are females. Take a look at figure 1.7 in the link below. Practically every flathead they tested that was over 60cm was female. This suggests that male flathead just don't grow that big. Table 1.2 also shows that female flathead were shown to be sexually mature at an average size of 56cm, whilst males mature much earlier. This means every big female is crucial and there's no way that nature would let an animal be sexually active for such a short period of their life. It suggests that female flathead are fertile through out their lives. These tests prove that big flathead are evidently female, and whether they change sex is irrelevant as the whole c&r argument is based around big flathead being female, which is true. That flatty you killed was female. Fisheries Flathead Report

Could you please provide this information? I think that comment is quite false based on my research. I have found that almost every flathead over 60cm is female. Also that the age for sexual maturity is not only 60cm, i.e. at that age around 90cm they become sterile. If you want the link to the information I can give it. It's conducted by NSW Fisheries. My opinion is that any 60cm+ flathead should be released, but that's not the point of this post. I would like to see these tests.

I wouldn't trust them anywhere in the harbour.

Why? It'll happen when it happens. Otherwise don't reply and let the thread just fade away with time.

It takes me 10 minutes to get them in on the 1-3kg outfit.

Bream are very slow growers. A legal fish would be in its teens.

Were there any other blokes fishing the school??? It's common courtesy to NOT drive through the school when everyone's fishing it. If you're alone, fine, but otherwise... Just sayin.

Nice one.

I'm sure their great if you're into eating a fish that is most of the time about 10cm long and literally eats shit. I mean literally, you often see them hanging around sewers in the Parra.

Not much point though it it's about 20cm long. Wrasse aren't that great, had one and thought it was ordinary so won't go around killing fish for an average meal. What's the point? Rather eat something tastier and have not caught it than killing something just so you can say you ate your catch, even if it's ordinary.

Yes they are. They spend a lot of their time in the dirty water ways and eat toxic fish like mullet, whiting and yakkas. I'm not sure of their migratory patterns but I know jews have been found with pretty high levels of dioxins found in them. I now know one person who was a jew nut and ate jew all the time from the Georges River... he told me he ended up getting very sick after a few years. Your body is not used to expelling metals, so after a while the toxins just build up.

For those unaware some of the more common substances found in Sydney Harbour, but more predominant in the Parramatta River are Mercury, Lead, Iron and various other carcinogenic compounds.

They're called pros.

hmmm I always though there was a bag limit of 2 for impoundment bass?