eagle ray

IN my experience the last place you want to be when the swell is up is between lion island. Can get very nasty through there. Just saying.

I beleive you. I saw a small black of barrenjoey years ago. Blacks are often found around inshore reefs.

Corromandel mussel barge gets my thumb up as well. Beware the xxxos kingies who have a liking for weighted 9 inch suggos.

Thanks for the reply. The boat i am looking for is a row boat just to get out to the mooring.

My dad says its to hard for him to get into the boat from the kayak. I was wondering if any one could point me in the right direction. Looking for a small rigid dingy. must have wheels as he will need to push it about 60 meters. Must be small enough to fit in the back of an audi a3 hatchback. Must be light enough that one 60 year old man can lift it easily (into the car and down the steps to the beach). Stability a must aswell as good flotation. Should be able to carry 2 85 kg men. Does any one know a dinghy that fits this description. Dan

good work mate. Dan

Great fish. My mum grew up on the banks of the Murrumbidgee in the 50's. My uncle became very proficent at targeting the larger ones (100lb fish) with live rabbits as bait. They would give the fillets away and then use the heads to make terrine. It was supposed to be delish. One day i would love to try but i have to catch the fish first.

Great News. Now they need big marinas on at JBay , Batemans and Bermi. NSW is seriously lacking in big boat facilities. Big boats bring big dollars to local communities.

If any one out there just loves looking at boats they cant afford then head down to super yacht marina at rozelle bay as the 80 foot Garlington "Dreamin On" from USA/Carribean has dropped in after crossing the pacific and fishing the black marlin season in cairns. Spoke to one of the crew and they will be around for a little while longer (new years or so) before heading to Port Stephens and back to Brisbane. They didnt fish on the way down from cairns so no reports of blue marlin.

I saw one jump out of a wave at belongil beach at Byron bay many years ago. Absolutley certain it ws a dolly as it was blue yellow green and was a bull with the big head and i was 10 meters away on my board, good size fish like your one and it freaked me out a bit. They are semi regular catches off the beach in Mexico when people target rooster fish i am led to beleive.

Harbour is dirty. I went down to the boat on sat morning. Looked at the colour of the water and decided i would be better of going later in the week.

Well done mate. Killer dollies. Can you run us through what you used to make it and how you deployed it.

IF you have got the range. Get your self across the bay to Fraser. Then head north. Roonies, Platypus Bay and the fabled break sea spit at the tip. Longtails, trevs, and wait for it baby black marlin on the flats. There have been some small blacks and sails seen on the flats very recently. Hervey bay game fishing club is having there tourny next week end. THere will be a mothership out there at the northen end of fraser .and a lot of guys in trailer boats targeting the inshore blacks and other bigger boats heading offshore for the big blues. Great time of year to be there. Western side of the island is protected in the predominant se wind however you absolutley do not want to be there in a northely or wind with west in it. Hear is a youtube film of light tackle and a baby black.

Definately some deals to be had out there. Definatey cheaper to import than to buy local in terms of quality. There are pros and cons and towing (in NSW) can be problomatic. Warranty is an issue issue however 2 days four strokes are very relaiable. your biggest concern would be quarantine and having the boat held up however a good agent with offices in both oz and us should make sure that your boat is clean before it departs the sates. The biggest issue for me is what to pick, there are so many choices, though not so many with a beam under 250cm.

Cheap international from whitworths. What do you recomend. Also only do 1 coat as i am cheap know i should do 2.

I dived the ribbons during late september 2001 and winessed this. GT would be from about 3 meters off the bottom to 2 meters from the surface. They were out a bit wider and were like a wall. hundereds of them and all big . There were also big snapper looking things mixed in with them but i could never get close enough to them with out spooking them.

go down to any slip where they do anti fouling. They sand it of and paint it back on, no other way to do it. I do mine on the trailer on the street, then splash her 1 day later. I find that anti foul only lasts for 8-9 months. Non issue really as old anti foul no longer works though at the same time it certainly isnt natural.

What were you pulling. Skipping gars doing the damage. Must have been tough on a 54 berty, even tougher to miss 8 in a day. Any more pics so i can drool.

it sucks. Wish sydney attracted fish like port or bermi.

HOt fishing mate. The south east qld blue marlin grounds must be the most underateed in the world. 10 shots for 2 at 300kg. Bugger vanuatu, st thomas, bom bom, madeira, ascession, kona and bermuda. We got it here, wont be long until a grander comes to the gantry, maybee at the fraser comp in a few weeks.

I failed miserably the last time i tried. Basically never have squidless days. I think a few people are having a tough go of it at the moment. Not to worry they always come back on.

My eagle ray is also called eagle ray! Shes a rough rider and i love her.

I assumed this until i read shadowing the ghost of the estuary. There is a photo of a male jew caught in the haweksbury that would weigh around 35kg and was 23 years old (page 20). By not allowing the smaller fish to reach sexual maturity we are trully shooting ourselvevs in the foot.

With regards to the rec take figures. Those figures are nothing more than a guess and i would take them with a very large pinch of salt. The sample was quite small. The pro catch however was weighed. Here is a little info on breeding of jewies in NSW. In my opinion even 75 cm is 2 small. 80 or even 85 cm and we will see a massive increase in catch. A synopsis of biological, fisheries and aquaculture-related information on mulloway Argyrosomus japonicus (Pisces: Sciaenidae), with particular reference to Australia. Silberschneider V and Gray CA (2008) A synopsis of biological, fisheries and aquaculture-related information on mulloway Argyrosomus japonicus (Pisces: Sciaenidae), with particular reference to Australia. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 24: 7–17. Summary For some time there has been concern over the population of mulloway (Argyrosomus japonicus) in NSW. This concern has been driven by continuing declines over the past two decades in reported commercial catches, recreational fishers reporting reduced catches and fewer large fish, and large numbers of juveniles being discarded as by-catch from estuarine and coastal prawn trawlers. Mulloway are distributed in estuarine and nearshore Pacific and Indian Ocean waters surrounding Australia, Africa, India, Pakistan, China, Korea and Japan. They are commercially and recreationally fished throughout their distribution and form the basis of a growing aquaculture industry in Australia. A review of the published scientific literature on mulloway indicated a dearth of information concerning their biology and fisheries, except for southern Africa where the biology of mulloway is relatively well studied. In South Africa, mulloway is a fast-growing fish that can live to a relatively old age (42+ years) and large size (> 175 cm TL). In South Africa, mulloway is considered recruitment overfished. This current study in NSW identified that, like in South Africa, mulloway grow fast, reaching, on average, nearly 40 cm TL in 1 year and 95 cm TL in 5 years. Mulloway in NSW reach sexual maturity at a size of approximately 68 and 51 cm TL for females and males respectively and at an age of 2+ to 3+ years. These lengths and ages are significantly smaller and younger than for mulloway in South Africa, highlighting the need for local data to fully understand the biological characteristics of a species for management considerations. Mulloway appear to predominantly spawn in ocean waters between November and March in NSW. In NSW, mulloway are primarily caught using mesh (gill) nets in estuaries and by line in ocean waters. Analyses of the statistics of commercial fisheries of mulloway in NSW showed that reported catches have been declining in both the oceanic and estuarine sectors. However, reported fishing effort has also declined which may explain observed declines in total landings. Sampling of catches for length and age composition showed that most (approximately 80%) mulloway were within 15 cm of the minimum legal length (MLL = 45 cm TL) and that very few large (> 70 cm TL) fish contributed to commercial catches. Furthermore, commercial catches were dominated (> 70%) by fish aged 2 years. These data are of concern given that these fish can potentially grow to > 175 cm TL and reach ages of 40+ years. Estimates of total mortality based on catch-curve-analyses were relatively high (0.45 – 0.7) and yield-per-recruit analyses identified that the minimum legal length of mulloway should be increased greatly (to at least 70 cm TL) for optimal harvesting of the species. The data presented are indicative of a species that is growth-overfished. Changes in the management arrangements for mulloway in NSW are required for their effective conservation and sustainable harvesting. Greater protection to the spawning population and to juveniles in estuaries from capture in prawn trawl fisheries is also required. Implementation of by-catch reduction devices in the estuarine prawn trawl fleet should help with the latter, but a significant increase in minimum legal length and possible seasonal and spatial closures to fishing may be required to protect the spawning population. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...7.00913.x/full full report

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