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Hi All
I also work in Healthcare and would like to reiterate everything Kelvin said. It's important to take notice of the daily announcements regarding social distancing and the relevant restrictions. Things are changing daily and sometimes quite rapidly.
Just an example of what's happening in the regions, I received an email this week informing me that Stansbury Caravan Parks are cancelling all of their Easter bookings and closing both parks to all except permanent residents until 31st May. 
Fish locally and sensibly and consider that while you may want to travel, there's a lot of worried people out there who may not want folks from the city (who they may perceive as having a virus) visiting them.
Hunter69, my sympathies at the loss of your mate, one of my dogs passed away 10 days ago. It's never easy when they go.
Stay safe everybody
Wahoo

Hi All
I also work in Healthcare and would like to reiterate everything Kelvin said. It's important to take notice of the daily announcements regarding social distancing and the relevant restrictions. Things are changing daily and sometimes quite rapidly.
Just an example of what's happening in the regions, I received an email this week informing me that Stansbury Caravan Parks are cancelling all of their Easter bookings and closing both parks to all except permanent residents until 31st May. 
Fish locally and sensibly and consider that while you may want to travel, there's a lot of worried people out there who may not want folks from the city (who they may perceive as having a virus) visiting them.
Hunter69, my sympathies at the loss of your mate, one of my dogs passed away 10 days ago. It's never easy when they go.
Stay safe everybody
Wahoo

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I have access to codes for discount quite regular from Inkbird, 

On home brewing fridge controllers as well as bbq controllers.. 

Yell out  if needed again..


Ive seen a few swags rolled badly that they looked like... Dutch cigars... but ive never tried to smoke one.. 😎 

Typical, I paid regular price for the Inkbird ITB 6x  just recently and now it's on sale! Story of my life. I bought the Arrosto gas smoker from BBQ galore, basically a Hark with different badge, just over a year ago, family so impressed with ribs, lamb, goat & brisket they convinced me to get on offset smoker as well. Yet to try the Tommies, got a swag in the freezer waiting for me to get the time.

After reading all of the comments posted lately it seems to me that there's a perception that because things didn't go the way some people wanted them to then RecfishSA didn't fight on their behalf and just rolled over and let PIRSA do what they want. Were you there? Were you in the room during these negotiations? I was in the room at the bag & boat limit discussions and had to sign a confidentiality agreement to be there, as did everybody in the room. All I can say is that RFSA fought their arses off to prevent the KGW bag limit reduction as did I and just about everybody else that was present. PIRSA went ahead and reduced them anyway. 
The Libs have stated that RFSA will be part of the new recreational fishing council, personally, if I were part of RFSA I would be thinking long and hard about whether I wanted the continued grief and hand it all over for someone else to cop it all. 'Coz make no mistake, the new team will cop it just as much as the old team when things don't go our way, and there will be things that go against our collective wishes, that's the nature of the beast. Having just potentially burned my bridges with the above disclosure I may well not be accepted anyway were I to be dumb enough to put my hand up. Why dumb? because I'm too thin skinned to cop the online abuse when things go awry.
No offence to anybody is intended, if any is taken I apologize in advance.
Go for your lives, I won't be back online 'til next Wednesday. 
Cheers
Wahoo

After reading all of the comments posted lately it seems to me that there's a perception that because things didn't go the way some people wanted them to then RecfishSA didn't fight on their behalf and just rolled over and let PIRSA do what they want. Were you there? Were you in the room during these negotiations? I was in the room at the bag & boat limit discussions and had to sign a confidentiality agreement to be there, as did everybody in the room. All I can say is that RFSA fought their arses off to prevent the KGW bag limit reduction as did I and just about everybody else that was present. PIRSA went ahead and reduced them anyway. 
The Libs have stated that RFSA will be part of the new recreational fishing council, personally, if I were part of RFSA I would be thinking long and hard about whether I wanted the continued grief and hand it all over for someone else to cop it all. 'Coz make no mistake, the new team will cop it just as much as the old team when things don't go our way, and there will be things that go against our collective wishes, that's the nature of the beast. Having just potentially burned my bridges with the above disclosure I may well not be accepted anyway were I to be dumb enough to put my hand up. Why dumb? because I'm too thin skinned to cop the online abuse when things go awry.
No offence to anybody is intended, if any is taken I apologize in advance.
Go for your lives, I won't be back online 'til next Wednesday. 
Cheers
Wahoo

After reading all of the comments posted lately it seems to me that there's a perception that because things didn't go the way some people wanted them to then RecfishSA didn't fight on their behalf and just rolled over and let PIRSA do what they want. Were you there? Were you in the room during these negotiations? I was in the room at the bag & boat limit discussions and had to sign a confidentiality agreement to be there, as did everybody in the room. All I can say is that RFSA fought their arses off to prevent the KGW bag limit reduction as did I and just about everybody else that was present. PIRSA went ahead and reduced them anyway. 
The Libs have stated that RFSA will be part of the new recreational fishing council, personally, if I were part of RFSA I would be thinking long and hard about whether I wanted the continued grief and hand it all over for someone else to cop it all. 'Coz make no mistake, the new team will cop it just as much as the old team when things don't go our way, and there will be things that go against our collective wishes, that's the nature of the beast. Having just potentially burned my bridges with the above disclosure I may well not be accepted anyway were I to be dumb enough to put my hand up. Why dumb? because I'm too thin skinned to cop the online abuse when things go awry.
No offence to anybody is intended, if any is taken I apologize in advance.
Go for your lives, I won't be back online 'til next Wednesday. 
Cheers
Wahoo

As Hugo said. Corroboree billabong and Shady Camp freshwater side both good day trip options (read leave Darwin around 0400 stop for bacon & egg rolls at Corroboree hotel). Just to whet your appetite this one went 86cm from Shady Camp freshwater in September 2010.
 
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As Hugo said. Corroboree billabong and Shady Camp freshwater side both good day trip options (read leave Darwin around 0400 stop for bacon & egg rolls at Corroboree hotel). Just to whet your appetite this one went 86cm from Shady Camp freshwater in September 2010.
 
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As Hugo said. Corroboree billabong and Shady Camp freshwater side both good day trip options (read leave Darwin around 0400 stop for bacon & egg rolls at Corroboree hotel). Just to whet your appetite this one went 86cm from Shady Camp freshwater in September 2010.
 
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Dug up a bit of old footage - enjoy!

I'm with Moggy. Squid tubes for food, heads for bait. Any Tommies that evade the smoker or being turned into roll mops go in the bait freezer, butterflied Tommy is great bait and if it gets thawed then into the burley. We have a dedicated chest freezer for bait/burley

Certainly helps if the wife fishes. A few years back mine convinced me that I should spend $300 on a new whiting rig, it's more than paid for itself over the years and the reel is now needing some TLC. If you buy Pfleuger make sure it's salt water and braid compatible, mine now needs a new spool, lucky it came with a spare carbon fibre one which is about to be pressed into service.
 
Of course by convincing me that I needed an expensive combo then shortly after, SHE needed one as well,.
 
Now, I think she needs to convince me to get a new Snapper outfit!!!!!!!!

Certainly helps if the wife fishes. A few years back mine convinced me that I should spend $300 on a new whiting rig, it's more than paid for itself over the years and the reel is now needing some TLC. If you buy Pfleuger make sure it's salt water and braid compatible, mine now needs a new spool, lucky it came with a spare carbon fibre one which is about to be pressed into service.
 
Of course by convincing me that I needed an expensive combo then shortly after, SHE needed one as well,.
 
Now, I think she needs to convince me to get a new Snapper outfit!!!!!!!!

Certainly helps if the wife fishes. A few years back mine convinced me that I should spend $300 on a new whiting rig, it's more than paid for itself over the years and the reel is now needing some TLC. If you buy Pfleuger make sure it's salt water and braid compatible, mine now needs a new spool, lucky it came with a spare carbon fibre one which is about to be pressed into service.
 
Of course by convincing me that I needed an expensive combo then shortly after, SHE needed one as well,.
 
Now, I think she needs to convince me to get a new Snapper outfit!!!!!!!!

As others have mentioned, chook pellets from local fodder store.
 
2 * 1.5litre water bottles frozen for use in esky with salt water, chills down effectively & doesn't dilute the salt water.
 
We have a small chest freezer dedicated to storage of bait & burley so:
 
Squid, tubes get eaten, heads & wings (if not used for food) go into the bait, guts into burley
 
Any Tommies that don't make it to the plate or the smoker go into the bait bag.
 
Guts, frames, heads, minced and into burley bag.
 
Any bait not used goes into the burley bag, chopped up fine, mixed with Tuna oil and frozen into logs to fit the burley pot.
 
I keep a tub of chook pellets soaking in Tuna oil, great Gar burley.
 
Household loose change goes into a pot and pays for Cockles & Gents and sometimes rammp fees.
 
By the time we go away for a week or so at Stansbury, all we have to buy is fuel.

As others have mentioned, chook pellets from local fodder store.
 
2 * 1.5litre water bottles frozen for use in esky with salt water, chills down effectively & doesn't dilute the salt water.
 
We have a small chest freezer dedicated to storage of bait & burley so:
 
Squid, tubes get eaten, heads & wings (if not used for food) go into the bait, guts into burley
 
Any Tommies that don't make it to the plate or the smoker go into the bait bag.
 
Guts, frames, heads, minced and into burley bag.
 
Any bait not used goes into the burley bag, chopped up fine, mixed with Tuna oil and frozen into logs to fit the burley pot.
 
I keep a tub of chook pellets soaking in Tuna oil, great Gar burley.
 
Household loose change goes into a pot and pays for Cockles & Gents and sometimes rammp fees.
 
By the time we go away for a week or so at Stansbury, all we have to buy is fuel.

As others have mentioned, chook pellets from local fodder store.
 
2 * 1.5litre water bottles frozen for use in esky with salt water, chills down effectively & doesn't dilute the salt water.
 
We have a small chest freezer dedicated to storage of bait & burley so:
 
Squid, tubes get eaten, heads & wings (if not used for food) go into the bait, guts into burley
 
Any Tommies that don't make it to the plate or the smoker go into the bait bag.
 
Guts, frames, heads, minced and into burley bag.
 
Any bait not used goes into the burley bag, chopped up fine, mixed with Tuna oil and frozen into logs to fit the burley pot.
 
I keep a tub of chook pellets soaking in Tuna oil, great Gar burley.
 
Household loose change goes into a pot and pays for Cockles & Gents and sometimes rammp fees.
 
By the time we go away for a week or so at Stansbury, all we have to buy is fuel.

As others have mentioned, chook pellets from local fodder store.
 
2 * 1.5litre water bottles frozen for use in esky with salt water, chills down effectively & doesn't dilute the salt water.
 
We have a small chest freezer dedicated to storage of bait & burley so:
 
Squid, tubes get eaten, heads & wings (if not used for food) go into the bait, guts into burley
 
Any Tommies that don't make it to the plate or the smoker go into the bait bag.
 
Guts, frames, heads, minced and into burley bag.
 
Any bait not used goes into the burley bag, chopped up fine, mixed with Tuna oil and frozen into logs to fit the burley pot.
 
I keep a tub of chook pellets soaking in Tuna oil, great Gar burley.
 
Household loose change goes into a pot and pays for Cockles & Gents and sometimes rammp fees.
 
By the time we go away for a week or so at Stansbury, all we have to buy is fuel.

As others have mentioned, chook pellets from local fodder store.
 
2 * 1.5litre water bottles frozen for use in esky with salt water, chills down effectively & doesn't dilute the salt water.
 
We have a small chest freezer dedicated to storage of bait & burley so:
 
Squid, tubes get eaten, heads & wings (if not used for food) go into the bait, guts into burley
 
Any Tommies that don't make it to the plate or the smoker go into the bait bag.
 
Guts, frames, heads, minced and into burley bag.
 
Any bait not used goes into the burley bag, chopped up fine, mixed with Tuna oil and frozen into logs to fit the burley pot.
 
I keep a tub of chook pellets soaking in Tuna oil, great Gar burley.
 
Household loose change goes into a pot and pays for Cockles & Gents and sometimes rammp fees.
 
By the time we go away for a week or so at Stansbury, all we have to buy is fuel.

a cheaper 1 piece rod just might have a nicer action than a dearer 2 or more piece
 
save all smaller scales from gar, tommies, etc., mix in your berley - shimmer as they disperse
adds sight attractant, as well as scent

As others have mentioned, chook pellets from local fodder store.
 
2 * 1.5litre water bottles frozen for use in esky with salt water, chills down effectively & doesn't dilute the salt water.
 
We have a small chest freezer dedicated to storage of bait & burley so:
 
Squid, tubes get eaten, heads & wings (if not used for food) go into the bait, guts into burley
 
Any Tommies that don't make it to the plate or the smoker go into the bait bag.
 
Guts, frames, heads, minced and into burley bag.
 
Any bait not used goes into the burley bag, chopped up fine, mixed with Tuna oil and frozen into logs to fit the burley pot.
 
I keep a tub of chook pellets soaking in Tuna oil, great Gar burley.
 
Household loose change goes into a pot and pays for Cockles & Gents and sometimes rammp fees.
 
By the time we go away for a week or so at Stansbury, all we have to buy is fuel.

As others have mentioned, chook pellets from local fodder store.
 
2 * 1.5litre water bottles frozen for use in esky with salt water, chills down effectively & doesn't dilute the salt water.
 
We have a small chest freezer dedicated to storage of bait & burley so:
 
Squid, tubes get eaten, heads & wings (if not used for food) go into the bait, guts into burley
 
Any Tommies that don't make it to the plate or the smoker go into the bait bag.
 
Guts, frames, heads, minced and into burley bag.
 
Any bait not used goes into the burley bag, chopped up fine, mixed with Tuna oil and frozen into logs to fit the burley pot.
 
I keep a tub of chook pellets soaking in Tuna oil, great Gar burley.
 
Household loose change goes into a pot and pays for Cockles & Gents and sometimes rammp fees.
 
By the time we go away for a week or so at Stansbury, all we have to buy is fuel.

Saw the pics on Adelaide Now but didn't read the story, big suckers those European (Wels?) Catfish. Seen Jeremy Wade trying to get one that big but not succeeding in the episodes I've see.