Panga

I don't make pellets just crab, prawn, yabbies and oyster shells, that I introduce to "Mr ANGRY" A long neck Rover muncher that makes a joke of the above left overs and is choice for all types of fish you are chasing. I can make 10 litres in about 20 seconds (sounds like a 747 starting up) Google it at trading place or Gumtree.


 
Great playing the destructor with this "toy"

I don't make pellets just crab, prawn, yabbies and oyster shells, that I introduce to "Mr ANGRY" A long neck Rover muncher that makes a joke of the above left overs and is choice for all types of fish you are chasing. I can make 10 litres in about 20 seconds (sounds like a 747 starting up) Google it at trading place or Gumtree.


 
Great playing the destructor with this "toy"

A picture of some of the yabbies released
 
A picture of the dam from early march.
 
Hopefully soon I will do another update with the release of the rainbows, can't wait for that!!! yah yah

I knew you would make it happen mate. :clap:Well done Craig

The rainbows should take off. Doesn't sound too heavily stocked so those that survive may end up absolute stonkers
 
They'll grow like bombs once they chow down on those tasty crustaceans

So very hard to release these back

Good numbers

A quick update on the dam.
 
On taking up habitat4fish offer, part of the plan was to set some operahouse nets to see if the yabbies were doing ok.
 
I think the pictures tell the story best
 

 
 
 
One of the biggest

Well....Just got back from FIJI, what an awesome fishing holiday! Oh I mean honeymoon We were staying on the denarau island resorts, which is nice and very social but not your typical white sand blue water area, but a nice place to stay and on previous trips, also a good place to fish in between pool trips and general touring.Last time I was there I got busted up hard by rampaging GTs so I went prepared with 10kg worth of fishing tackle, and took a 7# and a 9# fly rod and also my 10-20kg xrap rapala popper rod teamed with a diawa heartland 4000 with 50lb braid on it, heavy enough to handle any gt...... Yeah right! Under gunned again.The first few days saw me fishing locally in the early morning and late arvo/ evening. The days were balmy 30deg+ and the late arvo it rained most days, but it was nice rain and very welcome to wash off the sweat from hard fishing lol. The very first arvo I was flicking some fly’s around with not much luck so did the dirty and picked up the lure rod, 3rd cast of a metal and BANG ZZZZZZZ and more ZZZZZZZ and slack. Lost a monster gt. But that’s ok, 80 cast later I hooked another which turned out to be a smaller model of about 3kg, but as it was bleeding a bit and I didn’t want to dirty my lovely clean boardies I released in the water. Had a few more follows and missed takes and then tried another spot with allot of current. Tried everything in the box and also tried the fly again and managed to christen the new GT painted Abel reel with a minniGT. Just as the light was fading I was day dreaming and retrieving a lure and BOOOF right at my feet a nice 3kg GT took the lure, scared the S@&t out of me lol.Over the next few days I caught another few fish on fly and had a few misses and follows by gts. Got plenty of mangrove jacks too, man they fight dirty! They were a dime a dozen.... I got 6 of them lol.then one night I was casting away doing my daily work out and a local boat came past and we did the customary “BULA” and a wave and right then got monstered by a cuda which put on a very Ariel display for the locals. After trying to get a nice self photo which didn’t work too well another small local boat came past, I waved them over and they were kind enough to take a few pics for me. And were even more ecstatic to be given a cuda for dinner.I tried to organise a charter to go trolling but a 590FJD for just me, I wasn’t too keen. So I put my name down for a share charter which didn’t eventuate.In my frustration I was chatting to a very nice local guy who was the gardener at the resort who then arranged a local guy to take me out for the evening in a 6m glass dinghy with a 40hp yamma on the back. It was fishing FIJI styles and only cost me 100$ FJD for 2-3 hours. There were GTs busting up everywhere that night and also tuna too, missed a few GTs and managed to hook and then pull hooks on a small tuna est. 4-5kg. So fishless for that night,I had arranged to go out with them again the next morning but after having an extremely good night at the bar I decided the porcelain lady in the bathroom was a much better option for the morning.The next morning I arranged to go back out again on the boat for 3-4 hours found some nice reef systems with steep edges and bait balls everywhere, and I was in for an exciting but tackle hungry few hours!Crystal clear waters I could see Spaniards chancing my poppers and meter plus long toms fly from nowhere and smash the lures. I had XOX GTs bust me up and also follow lures right to the boat.I lost all my poppers and managed to lose 5-6 gt’s two of which made my rod feel like a twig before popping my leader-braid knot. I dropped dozens and dozens of big long toms that managed to free the trebles. I had 2 Spaniards on that bit through. I had an 8kg plus coral trout straighten my hooks and bend out the clips I was using, which I stopped using after that. It was insane!I managed to boat 2 good long toms, 3 reasonable Gts; one might have been a gold spot trev.And when I told the guy that the fish were all his, he said I had to come and have lunch on their family’s private island. We had a fire cooked GT with lemons and mango and some spices and a good 3 hours of chatting with the villagers and enjoying a traditional Fijian lunch and swimming the crystal beaches. It was the best finale. Will go back for sure.Oh if anyone is going back and wants some pointers contacts ect. Send me a PM.Enjoy the pics.John.

Well done Adrian, well deserved without reservation IMO. Fantastic contributor and adds good input to the site.
 
Congrats mate you earned this. You know me I hope to follow in your shoes and do some of my "like old posts"
 
Well done mate. Your a celeb now.     Love your work

Well done Adrian, well deserved without reservation IMO. Fantastic contributor and adds good input to the site.
 
Congrats mate you earned this. You know me I hope to follow in your shoes and do some of my "like old posts"
 
Well done mate. Your a celeb now.     Love your work

The staff have had a look at a whole bunch of reports and we are quite impressed with the amount of reports and the quality of report content.
 
Consistently posting up great reports full of pictures and interesting information we decided the winner of this months fishing report competition winning a cool SPOTTERS prize pack is.....
 
Meppstas with our favourite report being A few more trout caught this morning...
 
Congratulations mate! A very well deserved winner of the SPOTTERS prize pack!
 
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How much are they and are they the galvanised ones. I ask this because 1. have heaps of large razor fish in one area over near the shack and 2. I am in the fishing comp at Hughes and will be going past the shop at Moonta which I always call into.

We have some in stock at Compleat Angler Moonta.

They're beautiful eating that's for sure.. lovely pickled.. a bloke used to come into the Royal Arms Hotel selling them by the jar for $5-00, I'm going back quite a few years now though..
 
I had a set of long handled tongs and used them when out in the boat, very useful item that's for sure.
 
cheers
Adrian

The tackle shop here at Ards has them. They are heavy duty and....... $80

The tackle shop here at Ards has them. They are heavy duty and....... $80

depending on were you are, i could works something out for ya 

Thanks guys very helpful deff stay clear of the rivets, thanks Lindsay.
 Im in the Clare valley so makes things little hard without traveling long way.

I will call you mate DO NOT RIVET

May I once again say I did not post this to start a fight between us fishos. please play nice.
The author of the video has more to watch both older and newer but I will not be posting links to these for obvious reasons.
I also do not know him personally it was just something I found while cruising fishing stories on the interweb

It's about time we had another Strike Hook Comp!!!
 
Every report posted up in March will give you the chance to win a SPOTTERS prize pack.
 
 
Spotters prize pack includes: very cool cap, sun shade, sunglasses strap and a pair of awesome SPOTTERS FURY (Gloss Black) with Halide lens.
 
Check out the Spotters website www.spotters.com.au for their full range of sunnies and merchandise.
 

 
At the end of the month the site staff will choose the best report of the month. Reports should be posted in any of the forum categories not in the comps category as we can check all posts in the month and will take note of our favourite posts during the month.
 
You can target any fish, crab, cephalopod, saltwater or fresh, boat or land based, if you catch heaps or none at all. All reports are up for the prize as long as it's legal and clean. We will be looking for a quality report, get us immersed in your fishing adventures, photos always help tell the story, videos can really add an exciting edge too.
 
 
 

The comp starts NOW March 1st 2017 and ends on March 31st 2017.

 

 

 

*** As we have a few members in other states, this comp will be open to all states of Australia! ***

 

 

Good luck everyone  

The direction for a rec fish council has been given RJ. Funding to facilitate needs via the 3rd round of grants etc. Thats the advice.
 
I read the trade ministers releases. Maximising recreational fishing isnt on his or the govs radar its all about maximising, maintaining interstate and overseas exports.
 
You say there's rec fishers who are capable and shouldn't be underestimated. Summons them together and go and do it just accept that those your up against are a part of a global industry with endless funds and influence over state policy.

Bratko, are you aware of the groups that are fighting for our interests? SAFA and RecFishCentral? Many of us that are responding in this thread are associated with them. You seem to be trying to raise a new group, I would rather see more people involved with what we have, a couple of groups with a lot of members can have more influence than multiple groups of small numbers. As you are keen to say, "let's get together and make something happen". Also, are you aware of our "peak body" RecFishSA and what they have been up to the last few years?

Hi Panga. Sorry but I wasn't at any protest in Adelaide. I have often attended public consultation sessions but never protests.
 
I have always believed in following consultation processes to achieve desired outcomes. If the outcomes from those processes fail the public then that's the governments problem to deal with/be held accountable for not mine.
 
I dont see my position on fisheries as anti commercial or anti government. I just have different views on how to manage the resource sustainably. Quite simply we can't continue to use the gulfs scalefish stocks to supply the world or even interstate markets under current management mechanisms and maintain a sustainable local community fishery as well.
 
I have discussed fisheries management issues over the years with scientists and industry consultants around the country. One common response I get is "you raise issues which deserve far more attention than they get in Australia".
 
Fish stocks imho are relatively easy to manage Panga, its the politics which makes sustainability untenable.
 
I am well aware of the current costs you mention and see the future only too well. That's why I no longer go fishing and spend my days coaching/playing soccer and tennis.