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  1. AND it was mentioned by Peter what a draw-card it would be for rec anglers to catch KGW's from the Beach as well :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: Glenelg was mentioned too tho' only fleetingly.On the settlement ponds, these are no longer neccesary for the Christies Plant as they use massive centrifuges which separate the sludge which can then be carted away and dumped elsewhere.Interestingly, the old sewage settlement ponds along River road near Port Noarlunga will be converted into a 2 million dollar Bird Sanctuary when the new Railway Bridge is completed, directly over the old ponds, in early 2
  2. Not sure how long the two Christies poo pipe discharges go out to sea, nothing like a kilometre that's for sure, but I do know the discharge end of the pipes are perforated along the last bit so as the poo gets spread out on the sea bed a bit more evenly
  3. Hi All,Just came off one of my Bird Watching sites where the shore birds in the Goolwa area are regularly reported, along with other species.One of the guys on there saw so many Fur Seals in the Mouth and up the Channel that he thought it was worth reporting them on a Bird Watching Site :ohmy: :ohmy: :ohmy:
  4. Good point Kingsley and I always thought the de-Sal. plant was a total knee jerk reaction from the drought, when everyone was screaming doom and gloom with planet warming, rising salt levels, higher water usage, carbon footprints, etc. etc.!Bottom line is that it is almost 100% the NITROGEN loads which are killing the grasses and these come directly from Waste Water plants and Penrice. The push is to reduce, at all costs, these levels even if it is tiny steps at a time
  5. Hi All,At the Metropolitan Fishers Alliance (MFA)Meeting last night, we were inspired by an educational talk, given by one of the top blokes in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), about the extensive work the EPA has been doing over many years to try to reduce storm-water and sewage effluent loads along the Metro Coastline.Peter gave us some frighteningly high statistics of the thousands of tonnes of sediment and chemicals dumped into Adelaide's shoreline on a yearly basis! The waste water treatment plants at Bolivar and Christies Beach being the two worst offenders! However, Penrice So
  6. We had an interesting and educational talk given by the EPA at the monthly MFA Meeting last night and one of the big picture issues that has driven Adelaides "Blue Line" of sea grasses further and further off shore is the nitrogen loads from poo treatment plants along the Metro Coast-line :ohmy: :ohmy: :ohmy:
  7. Yep, "Cookie" at the Kiosk, told me that it's a great source of carp to bait up for Blue Swimmers :ohmy:
  8. Those introduced redfin fillets are even more kick-arse on the dinner table after reading all that stuff Thanks for the heads-up mate, you've even put me off those crab sticks now which I didn't think were so bad to eat (chemically enhanced speaking.)
  9. 'Tis amazing to me that it's banned in the USA and me and the Bride had been eating it for ages and it was only my curiosity to see exactly what species of fish it was that led me to find out :ohmy: :ohmy: :ohmy: It does seem amazing also that the Supermarkets and fish shops are allowed to sell contaminated stuff like this, surely there are Australian Standards to be complied with before importation or is it just that globalisation rules over common sense and the long term health of Australians?Interesting also that now the Supermarkets have to comply with naming standards how much sea food
  10. http://by167w.bay167.mail.live.com/default.aspx?rru=inbox#n=370927907&rru=inbox&fid=1&fav=1&mid=38e69289-caf1-11e1-8720-00237de33618&fv=1
  11. Welcome yer pommy barsteward from another pommy convert (21 years now) Jags is quite right about a temporary membership to SAFWAA's two dozen Dams?Visitors from abroad can take up a monthly permit for about 10 bucks I think?Drop me a PM, I'm one of SAFWAA's Fishery Officers and I'll try and help you catch some fish.Cheers, tonyb.
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    FISHING.

    Redfin: 65 to 700 grams a fortnight ago
  13. DOGS KILLED BY DISCARDED PUFFER FISHDog walkers on Seacliff beach are being warned to keep their dogs away from dead fish and anglersare being asked to bin unwanted puffer fish instead of throwing them back into the sea.At least three dogs have died and two others have had to be rushed to the vets for treatment in thelast six months.Local dog walker Tony Souter told the Guardian Messenger: “We need to get the message across forpeople to be responsible for their actions and that they‟re harming our dogs. “I look for (puffer fish)every morning... and there‟s a group of us that pick them
  14. Yes mate, bream are totally happy in fresh water even with a saline content like those storm-water run off ponds have.I know a few guys (and I think you know one of them also) who keep them in freshwater aquariums at home but I'm not totally sure of the legality of it
  15. Agreed with Jags on that bream in there Very professional vid JJ, great report as well, very entertaining
  16. Big W sell a six pack of rod tips of varying sizes for under ten bucks
  17. Hi All,Just had a heads up from a keen fly fishing/tying mate of mine about this fly.It's obviously American in origin, however my mate picked up that it is very popularin Tasmania and in particular for catching redfin.My thoughts are that it is deer hair construction like the "Muddler minnow" patternsand meant to be ripped quickly through the water as a streamer style Fly.This would mean it would be most effective during the Summer months when the redfin are actively chasing fish fry as redfin are normally bottom dwellers in the cooler months when they shoal up for breeding (in my experience)
  18. To be honest it was always a bit of a worry down there with a lot of illegal dumping, setting fire to stolen cars and break ins!Hopefully the new Development will bring an element of security to the area with people taking more "Ownership" of this section of the Onkaparinga Recreational Park?
  19. Hi All,Just had a heads-up that the Council will be Gating this Road off in two places, prior to building an Old Folks Home on the site of the Railway builders Offices!I have the Plans in a PDF File if any one is interested?Cheers, tonyb.
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    Beaded Spiders

    They look very fishy catchy efforts mate but a small point, and in no way a criticism, the beads generally sit right against the eye of the hook with this particular pattern, but there again, what would a poor dumb trout know about what works or doesn't? I've found that the flies that are in the water the most are always the ones that catch the fish anyway
  21. Call me an old cynic but "google" this fact: Science has never, ever, been able to cure a single viral infection :ohmy: :ohmy: :ohmy: Now then, what is HERPES????Well, dang my silly hide, it's a VIRUS!!AND the "Scientists" have tested it and will release it on an un-suspecting Mother Nature!!LORD GIVE ME STRENGTH :sick: :silly: :side: :S
  22. HMMM, let's see now, Titanic? Thalidomide, RabbitCalicivirus, Myxamatosis, anyone add any more?
  23. There WILL be tears if this control ever takes off in my opinion. Why do humans, who have already totally stuffed the natural Australian Environment up,in less than a few hundred years, think they have a natural right to invent and introduce,yet more horrendous controls than we already have?Our record is totally pathetic in achieving any eradication of any introduced animal, bird, fish or plant in Australia and yet we still continue to do it!.ENOUGH already! Imagine the consequences to Australian native fish species if this bl**dy nasty virus they are playing with goes viral and we don't have
  24. Just a thought and totally my own, will this Group be the new "Driver" for Government Lobbying, on behalf of all recreational fishers every where in Australia?
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