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Nice looking prize Dave.
Hope you catch plenty of fish with it all 

Hi guys,
 
I got my prize pack today...
 

 
Thanks again to Alan (AKA Kidney Slapper) AA Mobile Mechanic and Bjorn, you even put in my favourite soft plastics colour, Nuclear Chicken, well done.
The prawn sp looks great too, I can't wait to try it on some snappers.
Dave

Congratulations AussieDave on a great report.
Thanks also to Kidney Slapper for putting up such a great prize for our members.
Thanks also to everyone that put up a report during December and even though there could only be 1 winner there will be more opportunities with future competitions for all to enter.
 

wow, it's like a huge bush fire reflection onto the clouds - very impressive.

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..

Nice to get down there UP and the kids to muck around too on the beach.
Yep in front of the main car park is pretty thin for cockles as you say, but still fun for all without having manouvre between all the 4x4's further down the beach.  Just go down there when a more serious collect is needed

Took the young fella and my old lady down for a swim & cockling session today. Wanted to try Adrian's suggested but went Goolwa's main beach instead - to do the right thing & swim between the flags .
Arrived ~10am carpark was full, easily 50+ 4x4s parked up the beach towards the mouth. Beach pretty popular with families, grommets ect and a few other groups of 'cocklers' out.
Given  we were pretty close to the main carpark, things were a bit thin, as expected! Still managed 100 or so in a casual hr. Only measured a few and probably discarded a 1/3. I'm pretty good eye-balling sizes and also recon "if i have to measure, it's too small and can go back".
Son was more interested in in digging holes, making sand castles and mucking around at his first true surf beach (apposed to West or Semaphore). Nevertheless i had him chasing some in the wash as i did the 'shuffle'.
Also managed to get a blister on the end of a big toe which split and filled with sand
Left after 2.5hrs of hot sunshine. Almost mandatory d**khead bogged on the 4x4 beach access. (im no car person) looked like a Territory. Wonder if he thought he had a 4x4 but was only the 2x4 model?  Was impressed that i saw one (but only 1 ) bloke dropping his tyre pressures.

Thanks guys,
I'm stoked!
And a special thanks to AA Mobile Mechanic AKA Alan (Kidney Slapper)  for sponsoring the comp.

as bjorn stated above aussie dave desrved that prize pack on "straight up ballsyness"...i love my yak fishing but you wouldn't get me in a yak out off encounter bay☺
welldone on a great report/adventure and once again thanxs for sharing😎

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

Congratulations AussieDave on a great report.
Thanks also to Kidney Slapper for putting up such a great prize for our members.
Thanks also to everyone that put up a report during December and even though there could only be 1 winner there will be more opportunities with future competitions for all to enter.
 

Congratulations AussieDave on a great report.
Thanks also to Kidney Slapper for putting up such a great prize for our members.
Thanks also to everyone that put up a report during December and even though there could only be 1 winner there will be more opportunities with future competitions for all to enter.
 

Hi guys,
The December Fishing competition has now closed and a winner has been selected. Firstly We would like to say a big thank you to AA Mobile Mechanic AKA Alan (Kidney Slapper) for sponsoring the December comp with an awesome prize pack.
Please head over to the AA Mobile Mechanic Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/aamobilemechanic and show our appreciation for supporting Strike & Hook by hitting the like button and following the FB page. You will also see a banner pop up at the top of the site that can take you straight to the FB page.
Now onto the winner... Unanimously selected as the best report due to the effort and straight up ballsyness of the fishing session was AuusieDave With his Encounter Bay 9/12/2017 Report. You can read the report here if you haven't already
 
An absolutely fantastic effort mate, thanks for sharing it with us and well done on winning the prize pack! Please send me a PM with your details so I can get the pack send off to you.
Thank you to all who wrote up a report in December, we hope to see more of your reports and insane adventures in this new year.

Hey Guys.
As many of you are aware, I am really trying to ramp up the videos of late. One of the things that is really bugging me lately is seeing people not necessarily doing the right thing when it comes to size and bag limits so this is our way of trying to promote the correct behaviors throughout the fishing community. I know that obviously most (if not all) of you guys will not necessarily fall into that category but thought I'd upload this one for those that may wish to use it as a how to guide to make some cool little measures up for yourselves
 
The measures actually come up really well and look pretty cool too

 
If any of you would like the template to print, you can find it here:
Cockle Measure Template - THE FISHING GURU.pdf
 
Cheers for your time Hookers.
 

What? . . . I have a gym set?? 
 

Hey Guys.
As many of you are aware, I am really trying to ramp up the videos of late. One of the things that is really bugging me lately is seeing people not necessarily doing the right thing when it comes to size and bag limits so this is our way of trying to promote the correct behaviors throughout the fishing community. I know that obviously most (if not all) of you guys will not necessarily fall into that category but thought I'd upload this one for those that may wish to use it as a how to guide to make some cool little measures up for yourselves
 
 
The measures actually come up really well and look pretty cool too

 
If any of you would like the template to print, you can find it here:
Blue Swimmer Crab Measure Template - THE FISHING GURU.pdf
 
Cheers for your time Hookers.

Most recipes are not complicated, doobs...
Big W at Seaford still had a few copies left as of this afternoon
Cheers
af
MJ - there are 400 pages, but one picture per recipe, therefore 200 recipes - sorry if I was a little imprecise 
 

Another good video mate and hopefully educates a few that don't know the rules.

It's kind of my passive aggressive way of having an indirect crack at all of those who don't do the right thing 😉
 
Also hoping it helps those unscholared in the art of bait collection to learn a valuable lesson towards their future angling adventures 🖒

Thanks Dan.
 
A lot of people out there need one of these.. Or need to pull there fkn head out of the sand atleast!

Here we have a really quick tutorial on how to measure Goolwa Cockles / Pipis when collecting for food/bait.
Please note that the current size limit in this area (Goolwa SA, December 2017) is 3.5cm minimum and the bag limits are as follows 
- 300 per person
- 900 per vehicle (4 or more people)
- 1200 possession (total allowed in storage/freezer)
Keep an eye out for a new video coming shortly on how to make a basic cockle measurer out of an icecream container lid
Don't forget to hit the "Subscribe" button to catch our new videos as they are uploaded and feel free to check us out on facebook:
www.facebook.com/TheFishingGuru
Thanks for watching 😁
 
 
 

Firstly, MERRY CHRISTMAS to all of our fellow Hookers 😉
Thought I would share my attempt at a festive themed video lol.
Here we try something a little different. Obviously we love our fishing/camping/4WD but in this video I try and get my craft on with our other passion . . . Beer
The idea for these baubles came from a random ebay purchase whilst under the influence of said passion lol.
Feel free to hit the "Subscribe" button to catch our videos as they are uploaded
Enjoy.
 
 

apparently it was on the 3rd or 4th, so you may have got a shot of it and not realised

Nice shot Adrian - was that the "Beaver Moon' night ? (a super moon but not a proper super moon)

A good video for those wanting or learning on how to catch those crabs.
And never get your fingers near those claws ...... never