Chief

TAT,
 
I think Rod is correct here. With no clear context people will wonder what your agenda is. So........ I can accept at the outset, that perhaps your initial approach was a little naive. However, having received all the responses above, to steadfastly maintain the position that people have jumped unnecessarily to conclusions is really naive. You are 'poking the bear' and are surprised when it bites you hand.
 
Your post has got a lot of hits for all the wrong reasons, but it's uncovered some latent wits, Pauline and Unicorns! Love it. She is/was also deluded.
 
For the sake of the intellectual and purely philosophical thoughts I assume your seeking I'll offer the following.
 
It's one of the few places I experience solitude, a rare commodity on a crowded earth, a time when I can reflect on what is really important in life, undistracted by someone trying to sell me something in a consumerist world.
 
It allows me to look at and appreciate nature at it's finest, dolphins, sea eagles, whales, sharks, fish and seabirds. The pastime influences the way I view the world.
 
When we fish, we are targetting table species. There is always a degree of bycatch that is inedible or undesirable. But they are thrown back. Some live and some die, usually from barotrauma. I don't like waste or unnecessary death, but I accept it as part of it. After filleting the fish we take, I always try and put the waste back in the water to become part of the food chain again. I foresee a future when some undesirables become table fare, travel to the mediterranean and you'll see that in action. A guy in an large Athen's fishmarket told me most of his fish was imported from New Zealand.
 
Any fish we keep are eaten and not wasted, unless my adolescent son unplugs the freezer to vacuum his car and doesn't turn it back on!!!!!!
 
With a little forethought and research of this website, you would have found lengthy discussions and 'conflict' of Rec's v Pro's v Govt v Greenies etc in the fishing fraternity. Personally I think the least damaging way to catch fish is with a line and hook and there are some Pro's that fish that way. The industrialisation of fishing is environmentally destructive in a way not possible by recreational fishers. An analogy...... farmer clears trees with an axe v Corporation uses bulldozers and fire to speed up the process and maximise profits.
 
Either way I'll be fishing till I can't get up or get it up. 
 
Whilst we're on philosophy. What about this once proud country becoming a nanny state. Rules and more rules pervading our society to extent that we need signs everywhere we go preventing us from imminent danger. How is that affecting the human gene pool buy robbing morons of their god given right to go kill themselves, sometimes after saying "hey watch this"????
 
What are your thoughts?
 
Bo

Run a busbar for all ya earths or earth it out direct to battery 

I can't "morally justify" it, I just like killing things and the gubernment took my guns away. Last time I stabbed a human the judge didn't see the funny side so fishing it is.

You are not chucking out a bait here yourself, are you?
 
How does one morally justify eating a piece of chicken, a steak or any other meat for that matter. I believe most people eat their catch and can justify fishing because of that.
 
However I do see that in the future it will be frowned upon to be seen posing for a photograph holding a large dead fish as a trophy. Look in the past, at one stage it was a champion effort to shoot a lion or elephant and stand next to it for a photo, and what about sharks, some years back to catch a large shark and hold its jaws open made for a good newspaper story. Try that now and see the reaction, it is viewed as barbaric by many.
 
Anyway, I go fishing and I only kill what I will eat and use, and it tastes good!

I don't buy bait these days, squid catches are separated into hoods for the wife, tentacles & heads for bait.
Whiting heads & frames are kept for a berley grind up day or snapper bait
 
If I can get onto slimies, even better for bait
 
After a day of fishing all thawed out bait goes back in the bait freezer for the berley mix  
 
Every year I end up with about 10 2 ltr buckets of berley 

I got a pair of polarized sunnies from ( OTR ) on the run. The work a treat and were $25 dollars. 

Hi guys ,
I have been talking with Bjorn about getting a Feb photo comp going where the prize is a day out with me on the river chasing callop on lures.
 
The time and date will be mutually agreed upon so lets see you best  pics for your February fishing efforts fresh or salt, Can be sunrise/set pics, big fish, rare catch oddball etc
 
Winner will be chosen by me at the end of the month so lets get the party started!

There's beauty in the tidal reaches if you care to look
 
 

gday all been messing around with recipes for awhile now and have finaly nailed it
 
give these a whirl u will be impressed
 
major key is too buy ur favorite snag instead of plain sausage meat
 
700g sausages de-skun
2 carrots
1 onion
2 tb s sweet chilli sause
1tb s tomatoe sauce
1tb s crushed garlic
1 tb s wostishire sauce
1 tea peper and 1 tea spoon salt
4 pampus puff pastry sheets
 
Prep...
mix chopped onion and gratted carrot into sausage meat
mix all other ingredince together in small bowl add  sausage meat and mix in well
 
now to get ingredince even divide mixture into 1/4s one for each sheet
 
once made egg wash with 1 egg and 2 table spoons of milk (roughly)
 
cook on 220f for 30-40mins or until golden brown
 
Enjoy as i know u will

Teamed up with Tristman and Jetman ,and went out for a squid session at point riley this morning launched the bertram with a strong easterly blowing but flat seas which put a smile on my dial.perfect for squidding .
 
 
 
arrived at the squid hole/ledge with only 3 pro's on it no verbles exchanged which was good .sounder was showing a lot of squid not bulling but thick.
 
 
 
jigs hit the water working in close around the 10 ft mark and drift out , bang ! instant action  with 6 biggies on board ,time for another drift,on the second drift i noticed that a lot of squid was on the follow and the pro's were going quite so we managed to pull the squid of them, as they were all anchored on the bull  ,anchored up and they left,had the bull to ourselves now, 6 drifts over the bull and ...
 
 
 
and one quote of good sized squids, 
 
 
 
prepare your squid ,i like mine tenderised as it takes on the flavours better and easy to chew on.
 
 
 
i only cook in salt water  from the sea ,so best to grab some mineral salt water. sterilise your jars ,you can use tablets but boiling water will do.
 
 
 
gather your spices i like to change it up in every jar.
 
 
 
only boil your squid in salt water .do not rinse with fresh just strain and let it cool so you can handle it
 
 
 
vineger and salt water only in the mix ,and if you pack the jars while the meat is warm it gives the jars that air tight pop when you open them to feast like a king ...https://youtu.be/BmMz3ift--Q cheers JAYMAN.

Alvey reel when beach fishing... you know from 100ft away when it real starts singing.. you have a fish on... and makes enough noise to wake the dead! Love my Alvey for beach work!

Hi guys, got a designated corner of my shed with rod clips so rigged outfits can be placed ready for action and also got a lockable cabinet for highend gear. Keeps the custom game gear a bit safer and is in the coolest part of the shed. Also run one of them massive cargo tubs for miscellaneous gear. Makes planning on each indvidual mission at hand easier.I personally do quite a varied form of fishing from bluewater boat fishing to landbased. Takes years to build up your gear so better to look after and it won't let you down. Also pays to keep reels protected in reel bags.keeps dust and other nasties taking their toll.cheers
 

Lure storage !
 

Heres a start for a friend of mine
I did the rod rack and drawers along the base...

He then put his lockable roller shutters around the whole set up
Lure rack is an aluminium extrusion screwed to a back panel
 
Cheers

I could do with a guy like you...the skill I see ...man you need a sea...no River change...give up tha power schite ...get back to nature and fish with me in tha river

Heres a start for a friend of mine
I did the rod rack and drawers along the base...

He then put his lockable roller shutters around the whole set up
Lure rack is an aluminium extrusion screwed to a back panel
 
Cheers

What a load of crock, when I went down to victor in January there were Tuna everywhere. Then when I went back in June there wasn't any .

Heres a start for a friend of mine
I did the rod rack and drawers along the base...

He then put his lockable roller shutters around the whole set up
Lure rack is an aluminium extrusion screwed to a back panel
 
Cheers

Heres a start for a friend of mine
I did the rod rack and drawers along the base...

He then put his lockable roller shutters around the whole set up
Lure rack is an aluminium extrusion screwed to a back panel
 
Cheers

Nice one chief,pretty awesome set up mate.

Chief that is bloody crazy, I love it!
 
Poppa that is a bit more realistic at my place, nice work!

Heres a start for a friend of mine
I did the rod rack and drawers along the base...

He then put his lockable roller shutters around the whole set up
Lure rack is an aluminium extrusion screwed to a back panel
 
Cheers

Heres a start for a friend of mine
I did the rod rack and drawers along the base...

He then put his lockable roller shutters around the whole set up
Lure rack is an aluminium extrusion screwed to a back panel
 
Cheers