RogerG

Try Ulead Photo Impact it has excellent online tutorials and forum. The free version is very powerful and has good help files. My wife has the full version and is a forum member and spends several hours per night on the PI site. She also submits several edited photos per week to Norther SA newspapers, most of which get published.CheersRogerG

Spot on solid317. There is no need to prolong this thread. Anybody can download the legislation if they are prepared to wade through the 900 odd ammendments

RangerYou have, obviously, only read the brief description of the Bill.It means "As well as" Animals used for scientifc purposes. NOT "only for"3 Purposes of Act12 The purposes of this Act are to do the following:13 (a) promote the responsible care and use of animals;14 ( provide standards for the care and use of animals that:15 (i) where it is deemed necessary to capture and kill wildlife,16 only those devices and techniques should be used which17 do not inflict unnecessary cruelty, harm non-target18 animals or damage natural habitat;19 (ii) prohibit the capture and killing of wild animals fo

"The National Animal Welfare Act 2005" Prohibits cruel and inhumane mutilation of live animals."animal is any of the following:8 (a) a live member of a vertebrate animal taxon;"This includes fish. Don't cut off their tails unless they are dead. RogerG

There is a Federal law against mutilating sharks and rays and releasing them alive. It was introduced a couple of years ago to prevent people (Especially Indonesians)From collecting shark fins and releasing the fish alive to die slowly. The same applies to all fish species and SA is NOT exempt.Don,t chop off fishes tails etc. then let them go.

How about I gaff you in the guts and then rip off your fingernails?

Top bait for any freshwater species. If you use as bait try fastening live shrimp to hook with a small elastic band, let the tail flap freely, following the curve of the hookThis will allow the shrimp to happily flap around all day instead of dying within minutes from being pierced by the hook. Fish always prefer their shrimp alive and swimming rather than dead. I also use this method with yabbiesOr let them grow to 35-45mm and they make good shrimp cocktails.I used to catch them by the bucket full on my old Murraylands propertyand cook them up like small prawns. They are easier to peel than p

No salt with the lemon recipe. I prefer to add salt to flavour, afterwards, if it needs it.

A good smoker can be made from an old Weber Kettle. These can often be found at garage sales for around $5-$10 and already have everything needed. All you need is some charcoal in the bottom or chuck in a heap of dry twigs (Mallee is good) and let them burn down to hot coals. Then place a shallow metal tray, (Wife or mothers baking tray) full of sawdust of your choice, directly on top of coals. Then replace grid with your fillets on an replace lid let smoke for around twenty minutes but check every five minutes in case things get too hot.If you happen to have a lemon tree with plenty of fruit

My worst litter experience was a few years ago when I "Volunteered" to clean up the river bank at Morgan Conservation Park after a long weekend. A "Family" had been camping on the bank, about two hundred metres into the park, and, judging by the rubbish, they had at least three kids in nappies. These used, diposable, nappies were left in a heap along with that days rubbish and the families had moved twenty or thirty metres along the bank each day until they had four such heaps of garbage. There were two 44gal drums marked rubbish nearby that were unused and a rubbish skip either end of the par

Here are some of the uses:1) Protects silver from tarnishing. 2) Removes road tar and grime from cars. 3) Cleans and lubricates guitar strings. 4) Gives floors that 'just-waxed' sheen without making it slippery. 5) Keeps flies off cows. 6) Restores and cleans chalkboards. 7) Removes lipstick stains. 8) Loosens stubborn zippers. 9) Untangles jewellery chains. 10) Removes stains from stainless steel sinks. 11) Removes dirt and grime from the barbecue grill. 12) Keeps ceramic/terra cotta garden pots from oxidizing. 13) Removes tomato stains from clothing. 14) Keeps glass shower doors free of wate

I have found that double hooks (That is a one piece double not two hooks)are very effective with metals as well as poppers and othe lures.

40 years from now there will not be anybody left on this planet that will worry about it. Following current trends we will have wiped each other out or be so tightly governed that we will be eating our own recycled garbage/sewage/bodies/chemicals = Soylent Green and living in "Ant-hills" Like in Japan Reading some of these posts, it is obvious that most people are talking about THEM and THEY!!! I will repeat here the words that I wrote in another post_" I you are catching so many crabs that you have to freeze them then you are catching TOO MANY! Lay off and leave some for others" This applies

The bag limits are the number of a species that you may catch within a twentyfour hour period. It does not matter if you are on a boat or not.If you think that it is legal to have 15 fish over the limit and chuck the smallest back after they have died then you will be breaking the law and deserve to be punished to the full extent of the law because that is just wanton vandalism and GREED!RogerG

The bag limit refers to the amount of fish "Taken". Even if a fish is swimming around in a holding tank it is deemed to have been "Taken" Even if you intend to return the fish to the sea it is deemed to have been "Taken" until such a time as you return it. Conclusion:- You shall not have more than the bag limit ON BOARD at any time, dead or alive. There is NO ambiguity and NO grey areas. If you exceed the bag limit expect to pay the fine or worse.RogerG

If pork bungs are pigs rectums what is the stuff made of that they eat in Victoria called Bung Fritz?RogerG

If you have so many crabs that you have to freeze them then you are taking TOO MANY!!!! Lay off and leave some for other people.RogerG

A whale got caught up in a shark net on the Gold Coast over the week end and had to be cut free. Should we take ALL the whales out for stuffing up shark nets? Any MORON that takes his family out into open waters in a 12ft tinny deserves to become part of the food chain. I vote that we take out all D/heads who do not have the ability to think beyond their own agenda. Leave the GWs alone.RogerG

The yield of meat from a 60-70cm Port jackson would be around 200 grams. the rest is cartilage and skin and guts. I could not get past the stench let alone eat one.If I hook one then I cut the line at its mouth and drop it back in before it has chance to contaminate my boat.As for Tope, I used to catch them in UK from Weymouth beach.Fish averaged around 100lb each and gave a good fight. We had to run along the beach for about half a mile, back and forth about half a dozen times before they were worn out enough to land them. They are very good eating and similar to schoolies.But doggies, no way

FishnutsYou seem to be confusing cheapness with inferiority, the point that I and several others are trying to make is that there are rip-off merchants out there who will sell the gullible a $50 rod for $299.95 just because it has a sticker on it or a name on it that sounds important when it isn't. You can walk into a "Specialist" shop in Adelaide suburbs and find fly-fishing tackle with price tags up to seven or eight times the price of the same gear, at another "General" tackle seller down the road. People actually pay his prices because they joined the same club and are told that this is t

If you picked up a good collection of quality flies, overseas, you would have to declare them at Customs but would have the opportunity to have them fumigated etc at a nominal cost. They should have given you that option Tony! If they did'nt then the officer responsible is a rotten, useless, git!I own eight assorted fly reels, the most expensive was a Shakespear Phlueger Medalist 2783 with spare spool. This was new/old stock from a dealer in Pt Pirie. I cleaned out all his fly fishing gear, including half a dozen lines and several boxes of hooks, for $100.00. The reel was marked 1/2 price at $

Good to see you here Snapps.Mean looking flies Fishnuts, should go well on big samboes!RogerG

I tied my first fly at 7 years and remember the frowns from the neighbours of the Scottish uncle that I was staying with during my summer holidays. " We dinna use WET flies arooned here laddie." Being the "Hunter gatherer" type, I DO use "WET" flies almost exclusively. When I go fishing, I go to catch a feed and so have learned to tie flies that almost guarantee me at least a taste. These "Frowner" Types were usually fairly well off and could afford to pay ridiculous prices for exotic feathers and furs to tie their flies and would not dream of fishing with a rod that cost less than a "Working

Looks like a good site, unfortunately their registration activation methods don't appear to be working so I am limited to abot one tenth of it at the moment. I did manage to see that "tacklerat" is making a similar lure.

That was the main reason that I posted the pics of it but I reckon that Brenton is pretty close when he said the 60's. The blade is good quality stainless and the body is lead, cast in one piece including the eyes. I suspect that the blade was included into the mould rather than being soldered in afterwards. The hook has been inserted as a double with the extra prong soldered on afterwards. It appears to be hand painted. I am making up a board of old and interesting lures to display my new shed and I reckon that this one will be on it for sure. I would like to know its origins since there are