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Meppstas

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  1. The Doggies or the Power for me....
  2. Spot on doobie, that's what I always do.. if & when they don't work then try something different..
  3. Came across this Fungi while bush bashing my way out of the river this morning.. a little bit of Autumn Fungi as the nights get cooler down here now.. These were around the one tree, not a sign of any other fungi at all.. need some rain to kick start it.. cheers Adrian
  4. Rod, it is small (10 cms x 5.5 cms) and it's also powerful too and it fits perfectly inside my waterproof chest waders pocket.. I do have a Canon EOS 700D but that is a large & expensive camera, one I wont take in a river fishing... cheers Adrian No I don't go for the water resistant cameras, actually never really gave that a though either.. I've stuck with the Canon cameras as I've always had a very good untroubled run with them.. You can buy waterproof bags for them which I have for my camera.. I have my camera attached to a lanyard as well.. cheers
  5. Have just received my new camera for my fishing trips, I have upgraded from the Canon SX150IS camera which was still a great camera, I upgraded to a Canon SX620HS which is much smaller but has a bit more in reserve,, 20.2 megapixels & 25 times optical zoom and a host of different settings which I'm yet to tr, at the moment I'm using Auto mode. Just took a few in the river yesterday and a few at sunrise , bumble bee on Banksia flower and sunset tonight. cheers Adrian Misty start to the spin session with a couple of friends from a Victorian Fishing site.. Have a memb
  6. While fishing the upper Mersey River yesterday I came across a Grey Goshawk (endangered species here in Tassie), a Bumble Bee on a flowering plant & this morning a green bug (Grass hopper).. the three "B's" The Goshawk was some 60 feet away from where I was standing in the river.. even though it's white it's called Grey.. cheers Adrian The endangered Grey Goshawk.. Bumble Bee.. The green bug.. ( a Grass hopper of some sort)
  7. Meppstas

    Photo Theft

    Feel free to copy any of mine if you want to.. Even those in the photo gallery if you wish to do so.. cheers Adrian
  8. Meppstas

    Photo Theft

    There's three of mine there, as Banga say's anyone can go on Google images and copy them off Facebook too.. If you go on Google type in brown trout images etc it will bring up heaps, the same of you type in my name too.. A lot of various site photos are on Google images.. doesn't bother me all that much.. thanks for the update on that too Booma.. cheers Adrian
  9. They don't bother me, had a smaller one near the front door this morning.. just let it crawl onto my hand then put it on the rose bush.. Pam wouldn't go any where near it though..
  10. Came across this six inch Praying Mantis while dead heading the standard roses yesterday, came across three of them during the morning.. Good to see them too as they help clean up the aphids.. cheers Adrian
  11. I've heard the same thing too and that was from a pro fisher at Elliston some 35 yrs ago years ago when I was fishing there, he had some very large whiting which he called black whiting because they were so dark on their back. Those fish were around 3-4 pound each and were caught in deep water off Flinders Island.. He said they would only fetch half the price of what he got for 12-14 inch KGW's.. cheers Adrian
  12. Here's a photo of a 1.6 kg KGW caught here in Tassie last week, with a legal size of 35 cms and a bag limit of 5 fish per person now in place here a few around that size would be plenty any way.. There's also a limit of only 10 KGW allowed per household as well.. With more KGW being caught down here they Fisheries thought it wise to bring in these regulations because there weren't any on them before. KGW are becoming a common catch across the North & the East Coast of Tassie in the St Helens area and fish in the 50 cm - 60 cm range are quite common. cheers Adrian
  13. Rushed out at the last minute with my fishing camera and grabbed a few photos of a very fiery sunset as the weather moves in.. Didn't have time to grab my good camera.. cheers Adrian..
  14. Well done & congratulations to AussieDave, great report & photos to go with it.... Also a big thank you the "Kidney Slapper" for his generosity in putting up a ripper of a prize pack one I'm sure will be put to good use.... cheers Adrian
  15. Here's a few early morning photos of what it's like to be on a river very early this time of year here in Tasmania.... cheers Adrian Beautiful calm and cool conditions and fresh crisp air.. Then there's the odd day when the skies open up on one.... Torrential rain with no where to hide..
  16. Well, I 'll be keeping away from the popular areas on the rivers and just sticking to a few that I know others rarely fish.. Still a lot of people do stay and camp in theHighland Lakes areas, but the rivers do get a hammering over the holiday period.. worst time of the year for me with the rivers... cheers Adrian
  17. The wearing of life jackets has been in Tasmania for several years now and there's to be an upgrade of them in 2020.. You can buy them now and they're quite flat and are very light, a lot has changed with the design of them from what they used to be.. great investment and a must in small open boats in my opinion.. http://www.mast.tas.gov.au/recreational/boating/life-jackets/ cheers Adrian
  18. The lobster I don't see all that often, when I do it's usually in a small stream or creek.. The Platypus I see on just about every trip to a river..
  19. Well done to all concerned, all for great cause and a record amount raised and well supported.. Great video clip of the event too Chuck.. cheers Adrian
  20. I don't know where you guys go for your cockles but here's where I used to get mine from at Goolwa.. cheers Adrian
  21. Well done to all concerned, all for a great cause too.. With $25,181.60 raised over the past year is a top effort that's for sure. Good to see several site members there getting involved with the fund raiser & helping out, so well done to you guys and a big pat on the back to you all. cheers Adrian
  22. 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
  23. That's spot on too archerffish, it's a Whitespotted Anglerfish.. I think I need to update my old Marine & Freshwater Fishes of Sth Aust. book that I've had since 1974.. it may be a little out dated by know and maybe they have one in colour now.. White Spotted Angler fish..
  24. Just received some new Atomic Hardz shad 40 & 50 hard body lures that I ordered last week that I picked up for $11-95 ea (normally $17-95).. haven't tried this design out on the trout yet so I'm hoping they'll suck in a trout or two.. I do have them in the Ghost gill brown (shad 40 & 50) & Muddy prawn (shad 40) models and they have worked okay.. so here's hoping these will too.. cheers Adrian 5 new Atomic Shadz 40 & 50 mid diving hard body lures.. Shad 50 Muddy Prawn (top lure) and the Shad 50 Tristos Eagles (bottom lure) Shad 4
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