Hi guys,

I'm interested to hear how many of you have used, or are making use of our SMSFish service.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with it, SMSFish is the mobile text service we set up last year to provide rec fisheres with another way of accessing the up-to-date fishing rules and regulations in place in South Australia.

Simply by sending a text message to the SMSFish number 0427 767 995 with the species name that you are targeting, you will then receive an immediate return message with the minimum legal size, bag and boat limit, along with any information on closed seasons that relate to that particular species.

Also, I'm very interested to get your views on how useful our other Fisheries communications materials are such as the Rec Fishing guide and the Fisheries website.

We want to make sure we are providing rec fishers with the information they require in the format they want it. So if you have any suggestions on other ways Fisheries can communicate with Rec Fishers that we are not yet doing, I'd be very keen to hear them.

Cheers,

Dave Primer
Communications Officer

Nope!
But thats not to say I would hesitate to to use it if ever the need arose.
Personally, I like the idea

Dave that is a great service ,,,tried it out and works killer! now to just go fish one day soon.

i just asked the question " BAG AND SIZE LIMIT FOR AUSTRALIAN SALMON"
and got the reply....

"THANKS FOR CALLING SMSFISH-THIS SPECIES IS NOT IN OUR DATABASE, PLEASE CHECK THE SPELLING OR CALL FISHWATCH ON 1800065522(24 HOUR HOTLINE...)

maybe they are not called australian salmon perhaps?

i get that message 4 port jackson shark and shark... are they protected in our waters?

what about carpet sharks (wobbeygong)?


rocknev just put in salmon m8

rocknev wrote:


The way the system works is by simply sending the fish name alone - nothing else. Try again by simply putting: Australian Salmon - you should get an appropriate response.

Each text is free too by the way.

Dave Primer
Communications Officer

chuckemback wrote:


Thanks for the heads up about Port Jackson Shark. I've now added it to the SMSFish database, however no size, bag or boat limits apply to this species. But at least next time someone will get the appropriate response.

Cheers,

Dave

PIRSA Fisheries wrote:
[quote]rocknev wrote:



Now yoooo speeka my language!

I have used it a couple of times so far and reckon that it's a great idea.

thanks for bringing it up, because I had not stored it in my new phone.

what a top idea
numbers in my phone now

this is great i will use it for sure!

all good.. typed in salmon and the answer came straight back to me.

ive used it a few times and so have some of my mates just to check bag limits good service Tp

have used it while out fishing with a forum member. also called up to check bag limits and size limits on a certain fish i had seen posted on here. we were getting into them at a fast rate and wanted to check if the info on here was correct..

was a good day on the water made better knowing we were doing the right thing!

Yep I love it and have used it a few times when I have been unsure!