Wannabe

AT the risk of sounding completely irreverent, especially with all the shark fishing stuff in the media, couldn't you have chucked the two kayakers back in as livies and seen what you could have hooked up on then?Wannabe

Just read through this whole thread and wondered how a RFL for fresh would impact on SAFWAA, ie would membership increase or decrease? If access to major, stocked, impoundments was given would there still be the interest in small privately owned dams stocked by a club which has expectations of its members behaviour?Having seen the contempt with which the Warren has been treated by some sectors of the fishing community I think any RFL should be at least $50 - $100per person plus an annual fee of the same amount per impoundmnent to cover the cost of security with a very hefty fine and lifetime

Running a small welding business myself at the moment and can only boggle and the amounts some small retailers have to cover for shelf stock. I've got about $15k worth of steel in the rack and that looks like bugger all, a shop full of tackle, forget it on any mortgage I could raise!Not ever forgetting the mantra that "the customer is always right" it is amazing how the modern internet era has made people accustomed to getting what they want, now, and for a really cheap price. Amazing the look on their face when the imported cheap item lives to its design life and needs replacing and you ans

Bloody begginers luck again, congrats on the haul and I hope you enjoyed eating them.

Maybe we should invite them to the carping day on the Torrens, along with a reminder that catch and release is not an option with carp! They get to try out all their normal gear on a fish they are used to, and we get to show them how it's done in the antipodes.