Chief

Yep I have a drawer full of them ...misses bought them cos they look the part in a country kitchen .
Quite a few have gone missing over the years  ...Great steel that holds an edge ,
Keep a dry towell to wipe off fish fat after every fillet .

Yep I have a drawer full of them ...misses bought them cos they look the part in a country kitchen .
Quite a few have gone missing over the years  ...Great steel that holds an edge ,
Keep a dry towell to wipe off fish fat after every fillet .

As part of an ongoing search for the ideal filleting knife for whiting, gar etc., I haven't been able to find a smaller flexible bladed knife with a rounded tip. So I have resorted to trolling the second hand shops and picked up a few of the old bone handled butter knives that are doing the job nicely. The ones I have are made of quality steel from Sheffield in England they sharpen up really well.
With a bit of garden hose over the handle for extra grip, they set me back about $2 each.

not following footy anymore 

not following footy anymore 

DAY 1

In the first week of school holidays, a Kangaroo Island trip was a great way to settle us in thanks to one of my best mates (John) and his family, who are one of the biggest deaf families in Australia! We arrived on a beautiful day with nothing but blue skies and crystal clear water. As soon as we got off the ferry, we were straight into the fishing! I spotted a few good schools of tommies so I chucked on a small hard body to see if I could tempt a few.. After landing a couple, a tiny squid appeared to be attacking the lure! Hooked up to it but dropped it. The next cast the same thing happened but this time I landed it. It was only small but there were quite a few hanging around it so I quickly chucked on a jig. First cast with jig, it was smacked by a nice squid on the drop. Same with the second, third and forth cast!   I realised how many there were but we were only keeping a few for bait and the rest were released. For the next 1 and a half hours we caught close to 30 squid, sharing around a single rod!    John, his two brothers and mum all landed their first squids which they were stoked about!   




 
It was time to head over to our shack, which was in Hanson Bay. We unpacked and set off for a stroll to the second beach, carrying a couple of rods. We found a very nice gutter and whist John chucked a bait out, I was flicking metals and soon hooked up within the first few casts! After a couple of solid runs, it spat the hook but another one took it closer in! Once again it spat the hook but again, a school chased it into the wave breaks and I saw the hookup through the wave! This one was one of the larger models which took me for a huge run and spat the  hooks again!!!! It was one of the biggest salmon I've hooked and I was spewing!! I even saw it in the wave with another 4 fish following it and clearly, this one was the biggest.   

For the next couple of casts, I had no interest in the lure but once the sun started to go down, plenty of big tommies and small salmon trout were hitting the lure. I landed quite a few big tommies while John only had bites on the baits. It got dark and cold so we decided to call it quits. Fortunately, the alarm was set for an early start the next morning!   
 
DAY 2
 
6am, we got up and had a quick breakfast. Walked to the river in Hanson Bay which I believe is the South-west River? The scenery was beautiful with the early morning fog creating a blanket over the top of the river. At the first accessible spot, I had a practice cast which resulted in a hookup on the Ecogear SX40! It was only a small bream but a good sign!

 
We made our way up the river flicking at every spot we could access. Before it warmed up, I landed another 3 fish with my mate getting donuts, it was his first time using lures which was understandable but I showed him quite a few tricks! 


 We made our way up to the very top of the river where I had plenty of casts in a small pool, on the 10-15th cast, I had a solid hookup! This one felt bigger and almost got me into a snag. After a good fight, I lifted it up to the ledge and boy was this bream healthy!   It measured 30cm and after a few pics it was quickly released. 

 
 
We went back to the second bay after lunch where we landed plenty more tommies, salmon trout and loads of pesky wrass! 

 
We got bored and went back to the shack to get the kayaks ready for a relaxing paddle in the river. But knowing me, I had to bring a rod along.    I followed behind John with the SX40 being trolled behind me. It wasn't long before I got hits, and lots of them! At the first bend in the river, I managed to land around 3 small bream. We made our way all the way up the river where I had no hits at all so we decided to go back down. As soon as we hit the same bend, I had a heap of hits. I hooked up to a few fish which spat the hook. This time I only landed one before sundown which was just legal. A quick photo and release.

 
DAY 3
 
The next day, we went to Kingscote jetty. It was pretty windy and cold. We had plenty of tiny bites on the baits but no hookups, it was really slow. After an hour, John hooked up to something huge on my rod! It took a rather large squid tentacle and screamed off straight under the jetty. After a quick 20 seconds, it busted him off on the pylon..    We reckon it was a big salmon, small kingy or possibly a snapper. I tied on another rig which had no interest other than the odd small nibbles. In the last few minutes, I decided to try for squid. It was hard casting with the wind but I managed to land 2 small squid before we left. 

 
Just after dark, we made our way to Vivonne Bay jetty. it looked very promising with tommies swarming the lights. First couple of casts, we landed a couple of tommies on plastics! They were solid tommies going 28-30cm. After landing around 20, I hooked onto something that peeled line!  After a decent fight, I lifted it up and to my surprise, it was a nice Silver Trevally! A couple more tommies were caught and then I hooked up to another slightly bigger Silver Trevally! We were getting loads of tommies and before we were about to leave, I hooked another Silver Trevally which looked a lot bigger! It fought extremely hard and spat the hook before it broke the surface. Oh well, we landed a nice feed all up! 


 
DAY 4
 
After a long night, we woke up tired but we didn't want to leave the place without landing a big salmon, so we walked all the way to the third beach, both casting metals into the surf along the way. We both managed to land a few salmon trout each, nothing big and were released. We made it to the third beach which didn't look as good as I thought, the gutters were really shallow and we didn't get a single hit. On the way back, we flicked metals at the end of the second bay, next to the rocks. First cast we both had hits. We hooked up to some good fighting salmon trout but we both persisted through the smaller ones. After I had a talk with John about why persistence is crucial in fishing, we both hooked up to a big salmon each, at the same time!!!   Mine was doing plenty of heart stopping jumps but they both stayed on! We were so excited and shared an amazing experience together. Both salmon were our personal bests with mine going 55cm and John's going 51cm. 


 
We threw them onto the sand and our lures went straight back in, hoping for another 'real' salmon. This school moved way to quickly and we didn't hookup to anymore solid fish.. After another couple of hours flicking lures and catching salmon trout after salmon trout, we called it a day and what a day it was!!! 

 
After hard work scaling and filleting the fish, they made a lovely meal! This was when I realised how good they tasted fresh from the surf! 

 
DAY 5
 
It was an early start for me as I had to leave. Lots of hand shakes and hugs went around as I left. I arrived at Penneshaw jetty a few hours early which gave me time to fish! It was windier than the first day but it didn't stop the squid from biting! First cast I hooked up to a nice squid, followed by more.

 
I ended up catching and releasing around 20 and decided to try catch something else. I chucked on a Zman 2.5" grub to see what was hungry. Casting into the reefy shallows, I had a solid hit, quickly retrieving the lure in, it was followed in by a wrass which smashed it! They actually fight hard which was a surprise.  After a pic it was released. 

 
And of course! Here's the video!! My longest video yet, please enjoy  

 
What an amazing experience I had! MASSIVE thanks goes to John and his family for the awesome time. 
I would also like to thank a few Strike and Hook members that helped me get familiar with Hanson Bay! 
 
Cheers guys. 
Alex. 

So I don't usually keep Bream, but a nice sea run specimen makes for a very tasty meal. This one was caught on Saturday morning, marinated in lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, chilli, oregano, salt and pepper during the day and then cooked over charcoals that evening. Was absolutely beautiful. Outdoor cooking... with beer in hand... oh yes.
 

the photo and fish is impressive,the girl is about 12.
cheers b

You not having a crack then tinks ...

GAME ON MOLES.

I'm in. It's been so long since I have cared about football that it is in my old user name.

Of course!!!
 
Will be organising something soon

The rec survey data is an absolute joke only 3 people out of the 150 at the glenelg meeting had ever done a survey in the last 25 years then PIRSA extrapolate this data X 236,000 anglers to reach the tonnage we catch.Now if thats not a pathetic way to quantify our catches i'll go he for chasey.......unless of course it suits them perfectly to achieve their evil plans.
cheers b

" an absolute joke ",......" a pathetic way " ................." to achieve their evil plans "         I think you summed it up, nicely brenton.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-28/yacht-fire-distress-call-saint-kilda-adelaide/7206162
 
 Print  Email  Facebook  Twitter  More Skipper of yacht destroyed by fire north of Adelaide says other boats sailed by without offering helpUpdated 24 minutes ago
PHOTO: The 36-foot yacht was engulfed by flames in Barker Inlet, but seven people on board made it to safety.(Photo courtesy of Brianna Egberts) MAP: St Kilda 5110 A retired Navy officer whose $100,000 uninsured yacht was destroyed by fire says those onboard were left to fend for themselves as flames engulfed the vessel, with other boats sailing past without offering to help.
Graham Marr, 64, was out on a cruise along the Port River with family friends when the 36-foot yacht caught fire in the Barker Inlet near the St Kilda channel just north of Adelaide.
The coastguard received a distress call about lunchtime that a yacht was on fire and the Metropolitan Fire Service (MFS) sent its patrol boat Gallantry to tackle the blaze.
"Timber caught alight in the engine room and a young lady onboard, a little girl, she noticed it and rushed in and gave us warning that there was smoke," Mr Marr said.
PHOTO: Graham Marr said the yacht was his "pride and joy" but is now "just a big weight in the ocean". (ABC News) "We shut the engines down, went straight to anchor, got everybody off.
"There was nothing we could do, we set off all the fire extinguishers we had on board."
Mr Marr said all seven people who were on the yacht evacuated onto a tinny and then waited for the coast guard to pull them ashore.
"There was nothing further we could do except wait for the water police to arrive with the fire boat," he said.
Emergency services earlier said other vessels had gone to the group's aid, but Mr Marr said they received no assistance.
"Interestingly, a large number of boats went past us, saw smoke coming out and kept going," he said.
"It was my pride and joy. I'm retired, and that [boat] was my outlook on life.
"It's down to the water line, it's a shipping hazard now. It's just a big weight in the ocean."
The ambulance service said no-one was injured during the emergency.
Those rescued were taken back to shore, to the Garden Island Yacht Club.
Marine authorities put a control boom around what was left of the yacht in an effort to prevent any oil spill reaching a dolphin sanctuary and mangroves in the area.
PHOTO: All that remains of the yacht after the devastating onboard fire. (Photo courtesy of Brianna Egberts)

The beauty of marine insurance of an inboard powered vessel that a marine mechanic or shipwright has to do a condition report for the insurance company every 3 - 4 yrs. Any problems or incorrect workmanship has be repaired or rectified.
 
I'd say the timber may have had diesel soaked into it.  

Following on from seeseacol's thread, there is more than 1 way to skin a cat (or eat a crab) 
 
traditional

 
stir fried - tomato/bbq sauce, white wine sweet chilli

 
salt, pepper, chilli and now diluted vinegar. 1 apple cider 1 white, gunna try malt next.

 
our first try at crab cakes - sensational, potato, mayo, s&p, lemon juice, home grown spinach & spring onion. dipped in egg & Panko.

 

hell yeah, Aust Post ok?

Crab cakes look great
Swap you gor a yabbie sammo.
Also nother way I love it
Stuffed in a small squid tube....

How do you like it? Hope you enjoy!

I can see it's a real passion for ya, keep up the good work & havin a lot of fun

As with every competition Strike & Hook runs, a detailed report is required to win the monthly prize. A picture here or there in a single thread alone isnt what we are after, we want lots of people sharing their adventures in some adventure Whether you caught fish or not, what tips you could give to novice, a few pictures as well. The aim of these comps is to get people out fishing and make the forum tick over with reports full of information to fill the site with more knowledge
 
Also we are very thankful for Weavers generosity, a session aboard his boat is not one to missed given his angling prowess.

Glad there is a hoop size not a "Hoopsy" size limit     
sorry, had to do it 

I actually rang fisheries on this as a mate told me my yabbie nets made of Hessian were illegal.
They told me mesh size is not a factor just opening sizes and overall sizes .