Lexi

i stay a lot at shack at barkers knoll for 15 odd years go top agree have seen more people run aground since new ones have gone in than ever before

After reading all of the comments posted lately it seems to me that there's a perception that because things didn't go the way some people wanted them to then RecfishSA didn't fight on their behalf and just rolled over and let PIRSA do what they want. Were you there? Were you in the room during these negotiations? I was in the room at the bag & boat limit discussions and had to sign a confidentiality agreement to be there, as did everybody in the room. All I can say is that RFSA fought their arses off to prevent the KGW bag limit reduction as did I and just about everybody else that was present. PIRSA went ahead and reduced them anyway. 
The Libs have stated that RFSA will be part of the new recreational fishing council, personally, if I were part of RFSA I would be thinking long and hard about whether I wanted the continued grief and hand it all over for someone else to cop it all. 'Coz make no mistake, the new team will cop it just as much as the old team when things don't go our way, and there will be things that go against our collective wishes, that's the nature of the beast. Having just potentially burned my bridges with the above disclosure I may well not be accepted anyway were I to be dumb enough to put my hand up. Why dumb? because I'm too thin skinned to cop the online abuse when things go awry.
No offence to anybody is intended, if any is taken I apologize in advance.
Go for your lives, I won't be back online 'til next Wednesday. 
Cheers
Wahoo

Top tip Underpants but for we old b's replace the jogging with walking the Dog.

THe Coriolis effect works on reels too!!!
 
 
Actually, I have always held my rod/reel in left hand and wound with my right.  winding with my left hand is really awkward.

When it breaks it gets called all sorts of names.....

Here is a shot I took this morning on my way for a morning Hills fish! Loved the colours and cloud formation in the sky. I couldn't help but stop and take it in!
 

Stand to be corrected, but trailer rego options are only 3 or 12 months as things stand? Besides which, not a bad idea to keep the trailer registered anyway...a winter service perchance, etc...   The boat 6 months thing I thought from the start was just blatant electioneering - what does one do, having registered the boat Oct-Apr if there is a pearler of a week in May or Sep? Not to mention the fact that you`d be saving yourself  a phenomenal "up to $26" per year on a tinnie or midsize runabout. Puhhhlleaaase.....whoopie doo...   A la RJ, also just wondering. This wasn`t directed at the jetski brigade primarily ...by any chance?

I think mrballs makes a very good point, we mainly fish C&R in the Coorong so getting the fish back in good shape should be No. 1 priority hence I use a 4-7 Raider. Hopefully we all crush our Barbs as well to prevent tearing when removing the hooks.Cheers

I think mrballs makes a very good point, we mainly fish C&R in the Coorong so getting the fish back in good shape should be No. 1 priority hence I use a 4-7 Raider. Hopefully we all crush our Barbs as well to prevent tearing when removing the hooks.Cheers

I think mrballs makes a very good point, we mainly fish C&R in the Coorong so getting the fish back in good shape should be No. 1 priority hence I use a 4-7 Raider. Hopefully we all crush our Barbs as well to prevent tearing when removing the hooks.Cheers

I think mrballs makes a very good point, we mainly fish C&R in the Coorong so getting the fish back in good shape should be No. 1 priority hence I use a 4-7 Raider. Hopefully we all crush our Barbs as well to prevent tearing when removing the hooks.Cheers

bit of info re Sealions vs Fur seals. Sealions are an Eared Seal, Fur seals are a true seal. Australian Sealions have an 18month gestation period with a 7-10 day rest period before the mother is then on heat again for 24-48hrs. Sea lion pups weight 7kg at birth. bull sea lion in mating season 300-400kg. mating agression is high. this = squashed sea lion pup.often the male sealions do kill babys and this happened on the Jones Island colony this year. we lost quite a few pups just after birth. the colonies are few and far between so this makes genetic inbreeding a possible issue. recent data leads to the figure of 12-13000 Australian sea lion pups between Geraldton western Australia and Victor harbor South Australia. Fur seals gestation period 12 months there for out breeding the sealions almost 2:1. mating aggression not as high. colonies more widespread and greater numbers. population approx 300-350,000 and much wider spread of population. but also inhabits almost all known Australian sealion breeding areas. they do cohabitate in many places. They do interbreed at times but all pups usually die shortly after. Either being underdone or over done due to the 6month gestational difference in cycles. soemthing will need to be done and it wont be pretty. kull/harvesting of the NZ by professional hunters is an option. but not one that will go down in good light to the public and the greenies.

Could also be a Greenie trying to cause trouble.....Anyone can play the name game.

Hi LexiNSW was the first and took place over a two year period some ten years ago now and Victoria followed later using a similar model.AS for NSW it was a combination of political fortunes, they had some Ministers that had balls.However it didn't just happen and over that two year period the community was heavily consulted and if my memory is correct there was a pro support to the tune of 78% and the Government subsequently went ahead with it.If you get onto SARFAC, they have a complete file on all the deliberations in NSW at the time and also some of Victoria I know the person who put it all together and makes compelling reading.Back about 5 years ago SARFAC carried out a similiar poll ( even using the Governments own polling company), and the percentage of support for a licence in SA was almost identical to NSW. The Premier chose to deliberately ignore it ( we weren't friends ).The only reason SA doesn't have a licence today is because of Mike Rannn, but that's another story and I would be very hard pressed to be nice if asked for the full story!!

Shimano Power Spin and Twin Power 4000

The guy on the cover is the late Ken Mann, cracking bloke to fish with and sadly missed.Cheers

This rape and pillage then buy me out thing really gets up my nose. As pointed out, we in the manufacturing industry are thrown on the scrap heap in ever increasing numbers due in some part to the angular challenged level playing field.Just because these guys purchase a license they seem to think the world owes them one after they are often the ones to stuff the thing up.

Does anyone know why the Mangrove Tree near the new Train Crossing on the Onka has been cut down. Feral or not, Mangroves in an Esturary can't be a bad thing for bank stabilisation.