Cal

Thats normally a sign that something very un nice is abaout to happen.

Not as weird as it may sound regarding lighting/static electricity, there is a guy i know that madly fished when an electrical storm was on,didnt pack up and leave,but when 30 metres of line he had out ,completely lifted out the water and gravitated  6 foot off the surface decided to wind in like hell and get the heck outta there...true story.

Cheers plankton,worked 80 hours last week and thought stuff it ,get what I want..... little gold at the end of the rainbow. 

Wasn't fishing, but in the boat in  the north arm port river when i was doing some research for my PhD. Just motoring along at a fairly slow place when i hear this weird sound, 'cheee ewe' kinda laser sound, or a bit like when you flick the wire on a long tight fence and it makes that kinda laser gun star wars sound (very hard to describe) Any way i turned around to see a splash about a meter behind the boat that looked like it originated under the water but it was a very vertical stream of water about 4ft high and maybe 20-30cm diameter. My first thought was sh!t ive popped a dolphin!!!! ha ha Dont ask me why but it was a weird sound and i had no idea what it was. Thinking about it and i can only come up with two explanations 1) it was a lightning strike but it wasnt really stormy weather, or 2) something relatively small hit the water at an intense speed like it was dropped from a plane or space or i dont know. Still freaks me out that i could have been obliterated by random thing falling from the sky. Anyone have any ideas?
 
Also weird thing i saw the other day while skimming rocks into the warren res.... a 10 cm soft plastic rigged on a wire trace.???????????? Is  there a warren ness monster i've not heard about?
 
Also, pretty weird that circle hooks are totally ineffective on toadies lol. why do the dirty buggers always have to swallow the hook lol

Weirdest thing I have seen in my relatively short fishing experience was at Glenelg jetty a few months back. I was squidding while my mate was going for fish, and he hooked up a small snapper of around 30cm. As he was reeling it in, we noticed it was being stalked by a squid - that was no bigger than the snapper!! I managed to tempt the overly-ambitious squid onto a jig and my friend finished reeling in and releasing the snapper. It was pretty cool seeing a squid in action like that -  pulsating waves of colour as it approached the fish - just couldn't believe it thought it stood a chance of catching a fish bigger than it!

Many years ago now, my brother & I were fishing in the semi reef area (when there were plenty of KG Whiting around).  We caught our bag of fish & started heading back late afternoon when my brother said "whats that water shooting upwards over there" about 1km away. On closer inspection it was a whale with its calf. We hung around for an hour or so at a safe distance watching them & no other boats around. Even rang one of the TV stations to send a helicopter but they said they were too busy with other news!!.
 
Anyway it was an amazing sight for our local waters so close in & in shallow water. Did not have a camera & the mobile phones then did not have a camera function so no photos unfortunately. I will always remember this.

Brankin i was on the water that day it was a few years ago ay?? i was sitting out on the deeper silt grounds area and my decky said too me what the hell is that..it was a wall of water coming at us prob only about 2m high but it put the creeps up me as didnt know what was gonna follow  only time its ever happend and definatly wasnt wash or wake

One awesome  thing I saw  was up near Burra Gorge fishing a big pool for trout ,and there were swallows flying around taking insects off the surface.Was quietly doing my thing having a fish in this middle of nowhere spot.
Out of nowhere from behind there was a swoooosh as a big black falcon  belted past my shoulder and  took one of the swallows clean out of the air right in front of me.
The sheer speed and power of it was amazing,was a briiliant thing to see .
Out of all the birds it could target,ie galahs,honeyeaters ect.... easy prey,this thing cleaned  up probably the fastest,elusive bird[swallow] to catch,almost like it  was  enjoying the challenge and testing its hunting skills.

What are some of the weirdest things you've seen out fishing?
 
 

I got 1 for you mate!
Fishing off the beach near Glenelg, high tide, in summer. ...
Next minute the water retreated the length of westbeach breakwater within about 15-20 seconds causing almost Rapids from so much movement, then all rushed back in?? Like miniature synami??
No one else I've asked seems to ever have seen it apart from another South african fisherman I know, who can't find any explanation from anyone either? No ships coming past, only slight breeze...
If there was a person swimming, they would have been sucked out a fair way with no hope of swimming against it.
Only seen it once, but as I say... No locals seem to ever have? (Not that I know many people)

Maybe there was a small fissure deep underwater, like a small underwater earthquake. Caused the water to pour into the fissure hence the water rushing outwards.
Anyways that is quite unique, must've been recorded somewhere on BOM.
 
For me, a weird (or more-so rare) thing was watching 80cm plus snapper swim past my feet three times.  Once at NH rocks, once in the old Port Reach, and once in WL. All happened last year.  They were quite inquisitive and swam past me a few times before losing interest.

That is a cool story PP!! having a couple squids I can relate big time LOL
 
Ive heard similar stories of pelicans swooping down and taking pet dogs of the minitaure variety, never witnessed personally tho.
 
Wierdest thing Ive ever seen whilst out fishing was what we can only assume was a UFO??.
 
Im no tin foil guy or the like, but for at least 15mins a group of us watched a fast moving object high above us one night whilst fishing second valley jetty in the wee hrs.
Be 15 years ago now, and this object just zipped around eratically high in the sky directly above.
Typical UFO sitting I guess, quick movementsin no particulaur direction, was around for a while and for no reason we could see, finaly went away after 10 mins or so.
No one was doing drugs that night or   and we all seen it, to this day it comes up in conversation and everybody recalls the same thing.
 
side note: Il admit, I find UFO sittings intresting, but either the Aliens have got smarter or people just dont care anymore and dont create fraudulant evidence.
You would would think in the modern age where everybody has a camera in their pockets 90% of the time, reported sitings would be common, yet its the  opposite.

While early morning fishing/squidding off the rocks at Memory Cove with my son about 10 years ago we noticed a strange shape buzzing around in the water near our feet, pops its head up and its a Little penguin. Cool to see, but it gets more weird..... It susses us out for a few minutes then scrambles out onto the rocks and stands with us! In fact it stood right between us. "What is it doing Dad?"  Well as I don't do penguin I guessed at it either being ill or it was mightily lost and confused and thought we were big penguins! My 10 year old daughter joined us on the rocks and was so excited to see this beautiful little creature and as all kids like to do she wants to pat it. I said there is no way it will let you and as all kids like to do she proved me wrong! Obviously we didn't want to overly interfere with this creature, and once she had touched it and proved me wrong we left it to own devices and we fished on. It would occasionally have a swim and then get back out and hang with us again. Weird as! We finished up and as soon we left the penguin jumped in and I thought that was that.... Glanced back once, and then twice, and on the second occasion watched in amazement as a sea eagle swooped down from behind where we were standing and plucked our little friend from the water and carried it off to the other side of the cove. Without a word I walked on hoping to god that my daughter wouldn't look back, but of course she did, and then we got "wow Dad look at that big bird"... "oh what's it got, it's carrying something".... "on nooo the penguin Dad, it's got the penguin"!!! That's when you do your best explanation of that's how nature works, blah, blah, blah, but obviously that doesn't help a small person who has just lost her new favourite animal in the world, ever!!!
That year we were unlucky enough to come across many dead emus on the drive in to Memory Cove, a dead seal on the beach and the loss of our little friend. We renamed it Memorial Cove that year!

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/like/181672855640?limghlpsr=true&hlpv=2&ops=true&viphx=1&hlpht=true&lpid=107&chn=ps
 
Prices don't look too bad

Got a bit of $ in paypal account, might order some and give it a go.

Apologise if there has been a thread on this,but this new line coming out of Germany has created  big interest in europe,its a single strand line that handles like braid incredibly thin with no stretch,looks like mono, apparently they are only just keeping up with demand.
Dont confuse it with that ghastly Nanofil  stuff,this is another thing altogether.Interesting. Long term it may turn out to be total garbage, type it in on Google and there is heaps on it,looks interesting.

I got a 662 Aird combo the othr week 1-3kg and 2000 size reel. I love the thing. Very smooth and easy for throwing lures

Its all how they feel when compared with reels etc but i always went a bit shorter in the fresh unless its duel purpose?The Trions do feel good
                                                                                   cheers b

Pflueger Trion is about that price and is better than those two rods combined.

I have never used the Raider or Aird models, but I would go with the Daiwa. I personally have never liked any rod built by Shimano and I have tried several. I don't like the feel of the blanks, and they use the crapiest hardware (guides, seats, etc.).
 
On the other hand I own heaps of Daiwa rods and I love them all.
 
The one sort-of Shimano rod I do own and enjoy is the Dynamix Estuary, a line sold by Ray and Annes. They are built on Shimano blanks (although this particular one has been discontinued in Shimano's own line-up), and they build them right with good Fuji components too.

BRINGS BACK SOME GREAT MEMORIES. HOURS OF BOREDOM LOOKING FOR TUNA THEN HOURS OF SHEER ACHES AND PAIN POLING TUNA. THE WORST WAS WHEN THE TUNA WERE TOO BIG TO SINGLE POLE AND TOO SMALL TO DOUBLE POLE. THE SKIPPER OF COURSE WOULD WANT US TO SINGLE POLE. TUNA FISHED IN THE EARLY 70'S. RECOGNISE SOME OF THE BLOKES IN THE VIDEO. ALDO WAS THE SKIPPER IN THIS ONE. MILLIONAIRES ONE WEEK . PAUPERS THE NEXT.

those were the days when men were men and the boys could go home.......i reckon i'd be on the way home.
                                                                cheers nereus

G"day lads,came across this,totally compelling,if anyone thinks they have a tough job,check this out.

G"day lads,came across this,totally compelling,if anyone thinks they have a tough job,check this out.

G"day lads,came across this,totally compelling,if anyone thinks they have a tough job,check this out.