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This years Onkastomper Fishing Competition is on again at Perrys Bend, Onkaparinga River and Strike Hook is a proud supporter and donor.
A few of us Strike Hook guys will be there again cooking the sausage sizzle with soft drinks available too.
If you're a member of Strike Hook, come over say hi.
Date - Sunday 8th November Time - 7am - 12pm followed by presentations Location - Perrys Bend Onkaparinga River (Noarlunga Downs) Entry Fee - Donation to Childhood Cancer of your choice (Generosity encouraged for this great cause) Registration - Upon Arrival ********MAJOR SUPPORTER - Onkaparinga City Council******** Special Guests - Amelia Mulcahy (Channel 7), Chris Picton MP, Katrine Hildyard MP, Amanda Rishworth MP Rules and Fishable Area - explained upon registration but due to past numbers I am restricting fishing to 1 rod per person as I cannot extend the fishable area as in Onkastompa 12,13 and 14 Everyone who attends and donates receives a ticket into the many random draws for prizes. Categories - Biggest Overall Bream (Onkastompa Champion) Biggest Bream Men Biggest Bream Women Biggest Bream Junior 15< Biggest Mulloway (Open Class) Biggest "Other Fish" Senior Biggest "Other Fish Junior 15< BBQ and Drinks available with every cent going to the cause so please bring your thirst and hunger For Sale Table - Fishing and other goods will be for sale at AMAZING prices, again with every cent going to the cause. Card facilities available Merchandise - Polo and Hoody designs released in a few months A popular side event over the last 3 years has been Animal Relocation and Education bringing his animal matesThis has been poular with kids and adults alike. Tribe FM will be broadcasting live, which adds atmosphere as per the last 2 years. For the FIRST time a coffee van will be on site    

Personally, i'd like to have a camp around Parsons, some crazy landbase reef systems there that would keep you entertained all day. 
Foul Bay, Stomper kgw are caught off the beach during summer time. Even Cray by snorkel 
You could fish the surf beach's around Inne's for Mullys and shark. 
Ardossan has a couple areas you can camp, Rake crabs, squid off the jetty, go floundering at night time on the flats. 
Spoilt for choices.   
 
 

Fishing reefs up north we get a wide variety of small "bycatch" species, as well as undersized "targets" like coral trout and red emperor. Many are "blown", and few can "self-vent" (red emperor are notable for this ability). Much research has been done, with venting trials and cameras in cages, but not a huge amount of campaigning for public awareness exists in Qld at least.
The NT Fisheries has posted a video showing hollow-gutted, feeble, golden snapper (in a cage) on the seabed after venting at the surface using a hollow needle. Their policy discourages catch and release of golden snapper and black jewfish for this reason, and they have no size limit on these fish...just a bag limit. In contrast, WA has legal minimum lengths and fishing stores there stock release weights for undersized dhufish and snapper. It is interesting to note that NSW research found that some small snapper recovered even when the swim-bladder was vented by poking a hole in the inverted stomach poking out the mouth.
I had been using a venting needle made from a large gauge hypodermic needle, but it is a b...... to use properly, and the fish will be negatively buoyant when they reach the seabed.
The Qld Fisheries advice is to poke the needle through the side of the fish up front, but it often blocks with skin or tissue. It is also easy to bend a needle on a big, leathery cod. The divers in the Coral Reef Aquarium Fishery carefully use a hypodermic needle behind the vent of the fish, with the fish in a bin of water (to squeeze the air out). You can see bubbles when you do this. They do fish as small as damsels (less than 10cm). 
Some of the "flower pots" we catch are in the bommie cod family that can live for 45 years, or in the attractive wrasse family, so it is necessary to handle them well. When they "blow", with stomach poking out the mouth, they go stiff with tonic immobility and cannot swim. So spearing them back in does not work in deeper water. The worse the barotrauma the worse the "blow". 
I have had recent success with DIY release weights. Basically an inverted, weighted hook of bent stainless TIG welding rod with a loop bent in the gape. You poke the longer, blunt end of the hook through the gill opening and out the mouth of the fish, then shoot it back down on a handline or clipped onto the swivel on your rig.
The fish either recovers at depth and dashes off the hook, or you can just tug it back out. This way the fish gets back down into reef shelter fast and has its original  buoyancy intact.
The only downside I have had is the fish sliding off before I get it in the water, so a longer hook worked better. That might be an issue with fish that keep thrashing when "blown". You'd probably need a besser block to get a groper back down!
I reckon release of snapper affected by barotrauma will become an issue in deeper SA reefs, now they are off-limits for 3 years, so weights such as these could be worth carrying in deeper areas where "ruggers" are prevalent. Perhaps some sort of clip could be designed too??

These are the ones that I sell. The trick is to use the heaviest weight possible - my heaviest is 1.45 kilos.
A lot of states are getting into these - I'm in the process of sending 250 of them to DPI NSW
I find it easier to have two people to release the fish but still not perfect

Does doobie 440g salmon from the fish factory count as a report?

More of a relationship. Na i already have the pe5 and like it. want the pe4. Samaki's are great rods. Probly better value aswel. 

I'm trying to catch something worth reporting.  

We finally have another fishing report competition! For your chance to win a Bosch C3 Battery Charger from ALL ABOUT BATTERIES and a Strike & Hook fishing pack, login to www.strikehook.com and write up a new fishing report.
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It's under the how's ya tackle brand. Boyd designed it over a few years to perfect it

Bait vendor machine? That's simply awesome ! 

I personally don't support catch and release from deeper water but people do it.  In my discussions with PIRSA, the quicker the fish get to the bottom, the better for the fish. At the moment, my heaviest is a 48oz but I'm hoping to create something around 3 kilos - although I'm not sure people would be happy to pay the price for that type of weight. I would say my most popular size is 24oz unfortunately, as many people just want to meet the regulations, rather than do the best thing for the fish.
David

Added the pattern onto some of them this morning. 
Stencils are the best thing ever to add another dimension to lures... added 3 different stencils to 3 different baits... 
Just needs sealant then clear coat Nd eyes and they are ready to smash PBs 😎😎



The middle one is my favourite out of the lot!

I don't use blades much these days but I have these two in my bream box... Usually catch something on them when I decide to blow the dust of them.



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Pretty cool. Youd hope thats salt water 

I have been catching some impressive gummies around Edithburgh.Try the rips around Saltana Point around dusk.Use squid heads on a running rig.I know its not against the law to catch and keep females but after gutting a good size female a few years ago and finding over 30 pups happily swimming around inside her,i have made it my rule not to keep females.The one I am holding here is a male.

Well it's Official!

 
Got Rezbaits to put these lures up for sale on his Facebook page and they sold within an hour! Super Stoked to sell my first lot of lures!
With all the practice and trial and error I am getting more confident Everyday with my Lure painting skills and makes me keen on selling a few more. I was hesitant it getting them up for sale but glad i did. All the money goes towards more fishing gear so thats a plus!
Keep an eye out on the For Sale thread you might find some coming up for sale

Paradise

shout out to @AquaticResearch1 for the motivation from his previous post. Went up to the hills this morning to find plenty of small trout about. 

Beaut colours on this guy 

A midge hatch around lunch time, must of been why they where so active today 

shout out to @AquaticResearch1 for the motivation from his previous post. Went up to the hills this morning to find plenty of small trout about. 

shout out to @AquaticResearch1 for the motivation from his previous post. Went up to the hills this morning to find plenty of small trout about. 

Beaut colours on this guy 

A midge hatch around lunch time, must of been why they where so active today 

Beaut colours on this guy 

A midge hatch around lunch time, must of been why they where so active today