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Finally completed the mission to land a carp on fly started out here:
http://www.strikehook.com/index.php/topic/25392-the-mission/?do=findComment&comment=271444
 
Headed out this afternoon chasing carp solely with fly gear, my 5/6 weight and 10lb tippet. Headed up to the Torrens around 5:30 and started searching for carp in shallow waters for sight fishing. From a high point I spotted a single decent sized fish mooching and quickly set off stalking it. Waited 5 minutes before casting in front of it and from nowhere a larger carp beat him to my bugger and the line went tight and it was game on.
 
Only a short fight and I netted the beast! A 65cm fish, not a bad first carp on fly and a personal best carp for me:
 

 

 
After this, I found a nice school of larger fish but they were too busy making babies to have interest in my fly. Walked back and spotted another single small fish and had a follow but it shied away at the last moment.
Not a bad effort for only 90 minutes of fishing.

From a pleasant morning on the mudsuckers......"me bashem good"
                                        cheers b

Did a short video on tying a twisted dropper loop. I find it's good for stopping your hook links from tangling around the main line for paternoster rigs.
 
Because its quite stiff if can also be used with the 'drop shotting' technique I wrote up about before, particularly if you put some heat-shrink tube over the twisted dropper-hook connection.
 

Had some family around last night and decided to do the Good Friday fish thing. Barbecued Atlantic Salmon with Greek seasoning and also Sweet Chilli Sauce marinated Flake (as per the article in the latest "Fishing SA" magazine) went down fairly well, but the winner on the night was a Barbecue Salt & Pepper Squid recipe that I had not previously tried. For those who may be interested, you can check out the recipe here:
 
http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/32665/barbecued+salt+and+pepper+squid
 
If you need to find some Szechuan Peppers, most Foodland Stores stock the GFresh brand - just be sure to gently roast them before you use them to get the maximum taste.
 
Cheers
af

While early morning fishing/squidding off the rocks at Memory Cove with my son about 10 years ago we noticed a strange shape buzzing around in the water near our feet, pops its head up and its a Little penguin. Cool to see, but it gets more weird..... It susses us out for a few minutes then scrambles out onto the rocks and stands with us! In fact it stood right between us. "What is it doing Dad?"  Well as I don't do penguin I guessed at it either being ill or it was mightily lost and confused and thought we were big penguins! My 10 year old daughter joined us on the rocks and was so excited to see this beautiful little creature and as all kids like to do she wants to pat it. I said there is no way it will let you and as all kids like to do she proved me wrong! Obviously we didn't want to overly interfere with this creature, and once she had touched it and proved me wrong we left it to own devices and we fished on. It would occasionally have a swim and then get back out and hang with us again. Weird as! We finished up and as soon we left the penguin jumped in and I thought that was that.... Glanced back once, and then twice, and on the second occasion watched in amazement as a sea eagle swooped down from behind where we were standing and plucked our little friend from the water and carried it off to the other side of the cove. Without a word I walked on hoping to god that my daughter wouldn't look back, but of course she did, and then we got "wow Dad look at that big bird"... "oh what's it got, it's carrying something".... "on nooo the penguin Dad, it's got the penguin"!!! That's when you do your best explanation of that's how nature works, blah, blah, blah, but obviously that doesn't help a small person who has just lost her new favourite animal in the world, ever!!!
That year we were unlucky enough to come across many dead emus on the drive in to Memory Cove, a dead seal on the beach and the loss of our little friend. We renamed it Memorial Cove that year!

Listed on Juro oz fishing tackle site as squid bait 057 and as octopus bait 057 aswell under saltwater lures section hope this helps

Ive done mostly wading so its been a matter of what i can realisically work with my light outfit, limiting me to around 45mm. Ive caught them up to around 40cm this way.
 
 70/90mm should be fine but depending on what sort of outfit/action/tip you are using, i dont see why you couldnt go bigger and 'weed out' the bigger specimens. They can be super greedy and i could easily believe a 20cm ST landed on a 90mm popper!
 
When they are 'on' they coudnt care less what colour but go mad for the surface splash & bubbles. I do like something a bit 'shiny' to to sparkle in the water a bit. Putting yourself in the fish's perspective, they are basically looking up at the dark profile against the sky and see all the bubbles & splashes coming from behind.
 
Hardest part is getting the conditions right to work them properly so i regulalry put metals forward over poppers.
 
When the water is calmer and they are in the mood, poppers are awesome fun.....the bow waves of the approching attack, boiling surface & multiple surface strikes. It's a rush.
 
Then they are thck, go to single hooks. Even just 1 on the back.

Ive done mostly wading so its been a matter of what i can realisically work with my light outfit, limiting me to around 45mm. Ive caught them up to around 40cm this way.
 
 70/90mm should be fine but depending on what sort of outfit/action/tip you are using, i dont see why you couldnt go bigger and 'weed out' the bigger specimens. They can be super greedy and i could easily believe a 20cm ST landed on a 90mm popper!
 
When they are 'on' they coudnt care less what colour but go mad for the surface splash & bubbles. I do like something a bit 'shiny' to to sparkle in the water a bit. Putting yourself in the fish's perspective, they are basically looking up at the dark profile against the sky and see all the bubbles & splashes coming from behind.
 
Hardest part is getting the conditions right to work them properly so i regulalry put metals forward over poppers.
 
When the water is calmer and they are in the mood, poppers are awesome fun.....the bow waves of the approching attack, boiling surface & multiple surface strikes. It's a rush.
 
Then they are thck, go to single hooks. Even just 1 on the back.

And i just found it!
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKAxpI5rd_k
 
Damn i loved that show!

Very nicely done. Looking forward to that salmon season!

Another older clip . . . This is the best way that we have found to fillet these fish with minimal mess and waste. Hope it helps
 

Wading Franklin Harbour, Cowell. 21/02/15.
 
First on HB and smashed my PB. Fun on the 1-3kg outfit, going fully airborne twice. Was pretty worried about the 8lb leader.
 
Took 2 nets to land, head & tail simultaneously.
 

 

Wading Franklin Harbour, Cowell. 21/02/15.
 
First on HB and smashed my PB. Fun on the 1-3kg outfit, going fully airborne twice. Was pretty worried about the 8lb leader.
 
Took 2 nets to land, head & tail simultaneously.
 

 

Wading Franklin Harbour, Cowell. 21/02/15.
 
First on HB and smashed my PB. Fun on the 1-3kg outfit, going fully airborne twice. Was pretty worried about the 8lb leader.
 
Took 2 nets to land, head & tail simultaneously.
 

 

Wading Franklin Harbour, Cowell. 21/02/15.
 
First on HB and smashed my PB. Fun on the 1-3kg outfit, going fully airborne twice. Was pretty worried about the 8lb leader.
 
Took 2 nets to land, head & tail simultaneously.
 

 

Great idea Bjorn. Willl see what i can put together .

Ok guys n girls something a little different this month. Time to get creative!
 
Over the years this has been brought up a few times and now it has happened we have a new section of the forum How to guides and DIY projects.
 
It's pretty self explanatory what goes in here but a few ideas... How you built your fishing cart/caddy, how you tie certain rigs or knots, your great idea for a rod holder, how to use soft plastics/hard bodies, even recommendations on how to read your sounder.
 
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You're old enough to remember the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior.........?

Damn those freshly cooked food pics. Drooling again!
If i had fresh tuna id definitly do similar but use it coarsly minced rather than cooked. Form up a bit smaller, coat in breadcrumbs and deep fry.   
Alas dont have the dilemma of an over supply of fresh tuna. .

An interesting read on the topic: http://www.ifs.tas.gov.au/publications/carp-baits-trial-1

hell, downright rude to post that this time of the day!  Now I'm drooling too...... got a little pannie in the freezer who'll take that treatment very nicely.
Hmmmmm curry & .Yummo .

hell, downright rude to post that this time of the day!  Now I'm drooling too...... got a little pannie in the freezer who'll take that treatment very nicely.
Hmmmmm curry & .Yummo .

Well yesterday when I was floating around in the middle of the gulf without any food on the boat my mind was thinking about food 99% of the time and fishing 1 % of the time. I caught a nice rugger and visualized it turning into a delicious crispy skinned Thai dish. I almost had to turn the bilge pump on I was salivating so much.  Anyways I looked up a few recipes which were all confusing and normally required loads of different ingredients.  So here is my simple Crispy skinned red curry - Free range snapper.
 
Ingredients - See photo
-  Valcom authentic Thai red curry paste
- 1 lime
- 1 Red onion
- 1 Tomato
- Packet of coriander
- Chilli flakes
- 1 can of coconut milk
- 1 Small snapper  ( You can leave head and tail on if you desire )
- Plain flour.
 
Method
 
- Chop onion into slices and tomato into rough cubes and fry in a small saucepan until onion is lightly brown.  Once the onion is brown add the tin of coconut and about half the jar of red curry paste. ( More or less dependant on your taste.) Squeeze half a lime and then let simmer while you attend to the fish. ( That is the sauce done. )
 
- Slice the fish down its side three times ( evenly spaced for appearance sake . Put some flour into a dish and press the fish onto the flour covering both sides evenly.
 
- Place oil in a frying pan to the level that you would normally do when shallow frying.  To check oil temp put a cube of bread into the oil, if it browns in 10 seconds its ready.
 
- Add your fish to the hot oil and cook for about 4 minutes on each side. I like to spoon some hot oil into the gut cavity to ensure it cooks properly.
 
 
Presentation
 
Once the fish is cooked place it onto a plate that has a bit of depth. You will be adding sauce so you don't want a flat plate.  Pour your sauce and place the cooked onion and tomato evenly over the fish.   Chop your coriander and chilli and sprinkle it over the top stand back and admire hell even call your wife over and get her to pat you on the back
 
Eating
 
Put a napkin over your shirt, get a cold beer and devour it in front of the cricket.

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

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