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DECEMBER COMP TIME!!!
Every report posted up in December will give you the chance to win an awesome prize pack put together by AA Mobile Mechanic AKA Kidney Slapper on the site.   Please head over to Kidney Slapper's (Alan's) Facebook page AA Mobile Mechanic - https://www.facebook.com/aamobilemechanic Make sure you hit the like button to get updates from AA Mobile Mechanic, also great to get hold of his contact details when you need a mechanic.     The Prize Pack includes: Daiwa Laguna 3000-5BI Reel
Berkley Gulp Plastics
Berkley MF50 Soft Vibe 2 pack
Zerek Live Shrimp Rigged Plastic   All Strike & Hook members who read this topic in the forum are getting a few days head start to write up a report or start planning a fishing trip. This is also giving me a couple of days to get a video together so you can all see the great prize pack on offer.   At the end of December the site staff will choose the best report. Reports should be posted in any of the forum categories not in the comps category as we can check all new topics posted up in December. 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 ***  GOOD LUCK!!!!!
 
*Please note the comp is only open to fishos located in SA.

yer same here steam up over 40 crabs at a time no probs
 
clean them green 1/2 them and steam only way too do it

i voted NO... so if i was gonna have a threesome it would be with the opposite sex.
boy why am i itchy?....try taking a shower

lol im down for that. ill start drinking and you bring the blindfold 

Firstly Mate would I would have to get you really drunk then blindfold you and then leave a 2am lol. 
But sure l can take you 

wilda if this is so why haven't you taken me there yet lol 

heaps of snook around seacliff area noz.in the afternoon they get quiet big in size. as for snapper out the yak kelvin is the master i have much learning to do when it comes to that

Hi all,
Went down to Goolwa on Sunday to collect some cockles for bait now that the season has reopened. The hot weather and light winds made it a perfect day for frolicking among the crashing waves. What was surprising was the average size of the cockles we were gathering, being well over 3.5 cm across (legal minimum size). Got enough to last a little while but well under our quota. Didn't take long because finding legal ones was so easy which hasn't been the case over the last few years. They're now packed and stored in the freezer ready for summer sessions.
Thought I'd do it early in the season before PIRSA shuts it down yet again. We don't eat them anyway & I don't think fish are to worried so I don't see why bait collecting is stopped even if there is microbe contamination detected. Let's face you can get seriously ill from not cooking your food properly & bureaucrats don't monitor the contents of our fridge, anyway that's another story now we're all living in this post common sense world, nanny state, economic dictatorship!
So those of you who like foraging for your own bait Goolwa beach seems to be providing good cockles this year. Bear in mind please just take what you think you're going to realistically use so there's plenty for all and plenty left over for nature to replenish itself.
Cheers

Amazing footage of what one can do with a bit of imagination... so don't throw out your old thongs...
https://youtu.be/IYq7i4u3XBA?t=34s

thanxs southie i must say it was a great day amongst great people. i was also glad to finally put  faces to alot of these names.
it was great to see a few hookers out there fishing too. overall a perfect day out with a great outcome for a great cause.
most importantly a massive thanxs to bjorn doobie and southie for making me feel like part of the team from the minute i got there.

OnkaStompa 2017 was off to an early start yesterday as it always is. A total of around 238 entrants and approximately 298 in attendance. It was a hot day but people still came out and enjoyed a family day of fishing and fun.
The total raised throughout the year and announced on the day was $24,760 with that number to be topped up a little when every last cent was counted. Well the grand total ended up being an astounding $25,181.60.
The official results...
Champion - Brett Haslett Bream 44.5cm and Mens Title
Women - Lisa Solly Bream 28cm
Junior - Christina Fontanot 39.5cm
Mulloway - Caleb Maunder 61.5cm
Other Fish Senior - Peter Hayesman Mullet 35cm
Other Fish Junior - Beatrice Nash Mullet 24.5cm
The BBQ although a bit quiet compared to other years went well with the Strike Hook crew at the helm. Just look at this bunch of legends!
We have Kidney Slapper, Myself, Southie the Banger, Doobie and The Fishing Guru who was an official on the day. A huge thank you to the guys for helping out with the BBQ and continuing the Strike Hook BBQ tradition.

Nigel another legend who has helped at the Bunnings BBQs couldn't make it but still managed to drop in and drop off a very well received frozen drink for us.

While in the BBQ area most of the time, I tried to get out and take a few pics of what else was going on during the day. A few of natures freakiest creatures made an appearance and one of the locals decided it was too boring and just slept all day.





It was great to be part of and so good to put the feet up afterwards.

Seven & a half minutes of mayhem

Hi Team. Came across this critter at Largs this morning while walking our dogs. I thought it was a very lost Morton Bay Bug! Apparently it is a Balmain Bug (Ibacus peronii). Never seen one before. Common? The dogs were not happy we let it go!
Cheers,
Greg.

YUMMO when's  dinner time , I will not be late lol. 

Took this at 5:40 am this morning just before the moon set, grabbed the little fishing camera.. didn't have time to get the good camera out.
The bigger & better camera would have taken a better photo, frosty night & morning forecast so hopefully I can be ready for tomorrow morning when it sets..
cheers
Adrian

Yesterday while heading up to Liena (Mersey River) for a spin session I came across a fresh water Lobster in the middle of the road. It had climbed up a steep bank so it could reach the on the other side of the road. This was because the poor thing couldn't reach a concrete pipe that ran under the road that the creek water flowed through.. It is now in the creek that it was trying to reach.. I was a little worried it may have been run over by a quarry truck that wasn't all that far behind me when I spotted it, lucky for it the truck missed it.. Then today as I was heading back to the car I spotted a Platypus next to the river bank so took a photo of that too.. here's a couple of pic's of some of Tasmania's wild life..  
 
cheers
Adrian

Fresh water lobster, a protected species that comes with a $10,000 fine for each one that is found in a persons possession..

And here we have the little Tasmanian Platypus that is quite common in most rivers around the state.. always nice to see them in the rivers..

Take your blade and sand to get rid of any surface rust  wire brush etc, heat blade over an oven burner will do , only till it is warm ,type hot, but just till steel darkens , as to much temperature will  take the temper out of the steel, then dip in linseed oil .........commonly  used  for preserving old blacksmithing tools ....no rust .

Take your blade and sand to get rid of any surface rust  wire brush etc, heat blade over an oven burner will do , only till it is warm ,type hot, but just till steel darkens , as to much temperature will  take the temper out of the steel, then dip in linseed oil .........commonly  used  for preserving old blacksmithing tools ....no rust .

Great shots Adrian , I must get the camera out more often , love yah photos .

Took these couple of photos yesterday not long after sunrise, was a little late getting the camera out and the sun burnt the mist off quicker than I could get out in the back yard.. 
Any way decided I'll use these as a test photo on the new upgrade....  Wow !! it's a quick upload which is great and much easier to use...
 
cheers
Adrian

Ban netting and long lines in the gulf full stop ................................PIRSA is doing nothing ...............HOW HARD IS IT TO GET A FISH THESE DAYS ...........................................................if you are lucky .............sad times ......for SA FISHOS .........its not all about the salmon getting dumped ......its the control ...........and NONE ........for the locals ,who would like to take the family ,and catch some fish ,The SA ........fishing gurus .....money hungry .......END.
 
Think of the FUTURE PIRSA .............................?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Ban netting and long lines in the gulf full stop ................................PIRSA is doing nothing ...............HOW HARD IS IT TO GET A FISH THESE DAYS ...........................................................if you are lucky .............sad times ......for SA FISHOS .........its not all about the salmon getting dumped ......its the control ...........and NONE ........for the locals ,who would like to take the family ,and catch some fish ,The SA ........fishing gurus .....money hungry .......END.
 
Think of the FUTURE PIRSA .............................?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

id stick them on the pro netters cars😂😂

Hey BarneyB have those stickers been around a while?