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Yep I regularly buy my sp's from Kmart and bigW due to their pricing.With the Sienna BCF just had them for $69 with a rod included I very rarely buy on line due to most of my purchases being on the spot decisions as I drive past a tackle shop

Yep I regularly buy my sp's from Kmart and bigW due to their pricing.With the Sienna BCF just had them for $69 with a rod included I very rarely buy on line due to most of my purchases being on the spot decisions as I drive past a tackle shop

Yep I regularly buy my sp's from Kmart and bigW due to their pricing.With the Sienna BCF just had them for $69 with a rod included I very rarely buy on line due to most of my purchases being on the spot decisions as I drive past a tackle shop

Yep I regularly buy my sp's from Kmart and bigW due to their pricing.With the Sienna BCF just had them for $69 with a rod included I very rarely buy on line due to most of my purchases being on the spot decisions as I drive past a tackle shop

I did want to fish on Sunday. I had a plan! But the forecast was for a big blow coming through on Sunday. Forecasted to bring with it some hail & thunder in case just strong winds don't put you off your fishing. Hey and lighting too, which makes me scurry. Me the highest object protruding skywards on the sandflats, complete with a graphite super conductor in my hands and feet immersed in water. And golfers thought it was dangerous! So the obvious change of plan saw me go fishing today (Saturday). My plan was to fish the bottom of the tide. Yes! Chasing goldbars at the bottom of the tide. Sundays low tide was a fairly high for a low tide!!! at 1.09mt. You see you can do rather well on the Yellow Fin whiting around the dodge tide. It is then that water sits on some prime feeding ground for extended periods. And no big run in tide to disperse the fish far and wide. Fish are all compliant and concentrated on the feeding ground waiting for you to hook them! (My theories!)I have previously fished this spot, with soft sand full of nipper holes, on a few occasions. I always picked up some good fish there at the bottom of the tide. So the idea was to find an extended period for the "bottom of the tide" Which would be around a dodge. Well Saturday proved to be the next best thing with a 0.85mt low tide.Yes the plan worked! Caught my bag of 20. Sizes are 30 - 40cm. I only released one fish under 30cmThey took some angling. At the bottom of the tide these fish are not voraciously feeding. They are grazing. A nibble here, a peck there, a sniff here and a poke there. They are trying to sniff & poke out a nipper or two on this patch. When the tide is running they tend to grab most worm baits going past. So today they had to be enticed into a bite. I started with a very light single hook rig with a small ball (00) slipped down the trace to the long shank hook. It was not long before I was missing a lot of bites. The fish were biting tentatively and the size 4 Gamakatsu was not connecting up as usual. I went down to a #6 with better results. The tide is not moving your bait or bringing the fish to you. You need to cast and retrieve with a slow steady constant retrieve. You need to attract the fish's attention by moving your bait and you need to cover a lot of ground to find the fish. Retrieve & recast in another direction/area. Pretty soon you will feel the tap, tap, tap, of a tentative YFW bite. Or rather an inquiry. No not their normal THWACK! when the tide is running. To convert a tap into a tug or bite bait placement on the hook is important. Always have a tail of worm of your hook. YFW do not 'Bite" they suck. And they can suck aggressively. Now some role playing. How can you suck in a strand of spaghetti if all you can mouth is the bottom of the spoon. Have a bit dangling of the end so that you can latch onto it and you will suck the lot off the spoon. Like wise allow the YFW to have a suck of the tail to draw the hook into it's mouth. I use a whole worm on a hook and feed it down to create more tail as it is bitten off.The bigger fish are attracted to these feeding spots in these conditions. I lost a few good fish today. Mainly pulled hooks as they are biting tentatively and are mainly lip hooked. An occasional bust off. Big YFW are incredibly powerful fish for their size. In very shallow water they can easily bust a weak trace that does not have any give in it. I did manage a couple at the 40cm "Goldbar Standard"I will be back for those biguns! possibly with some trout hooks and an altered rig. Just to make sure they get swallowed and properly hooked!Cheers, Des

Yep head north my friend

And another one this time mid waterhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uydjCqfqIY

Hey guys found this from WA Fisheries, I just love watching these videos and the different fish.Some interesting fish at interesting depths but how's the school of snapper at the start.Would be very interested to see some research like this by our local Fisherieshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt9awTJJ6UM

Hey guys found this from WA Fisheries, I just love watching these videos and the different fish.Some interesting fish at interesting depths but how's the school of snapper at the start.Would be very interested to see some research like this by our local Fisherieshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt9awTJJ6UM

And another one this time mid waterhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uydjCqfqIY

And another one this time mid waterhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uydjCqfqIY

Hey guys found this from WA Fisheries, I just love watching these videos and the different fish.Some interesting fish at interesting depths but how's the school of snapper at the start.Would be very interested to see some research like this by our local Fisherieshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt9awTJJ6UM

And another one this time mid waterhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uydjCqfqIY

Hey guys found this from WA Fisheries, I just love watching these videos and the different fish.Some interesting fish at interesting depths but how's the school of snapper at the start.Would be very interested to see some research like this by our local Fisherieshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt9awTJJ6UM

Nice fish mate and that jig looks the goodsThat boat of your is already racking up a fair tally of good fish

found this on tha S.A police news page Monday, 23 September 2013 3:16pm Catch of the Day: Barossa Police bag law-breaking fishermenThree fishermen have landed themselves in hot water with Barossa Police, after 426 blue swimmer crabs, nearly all of which were undersize, were discovered in their vehicle.Police were assisting Fisheries Officers when they stopped and searched the men’s vehicle at Port Pahram on Friday evening. Two men, aged 50 and 51, were issued with expiation notices totalling $1,500 each and their equipment was seized for exceeding bag limits, and taking undersized crabs.It’s the second time this week that Barossa Police have ‘pinched’ fisherman for flouting PIRSA regulations.At 3pm on Wednesday, police patrolling the foreshore of Thompson Beach witnessed a fisherman, assisted by a woman, loading plastic tubs and crab rakes into a car.Police discovered 27 undersized swimmer crabs in the tubs, which were released back into the water.Police wish to remind the community that persons who conduct illegal fishing activities will forfeit their catch and may have their equipment, including vehicles, seized. Before you hit the water, be sure that you’re familiar with size, bag, boat and possession limits- See more at: http://www.sapolicenews.com.au/component/content/article/19-lsa/17462-catch-of-the-day-barossa-police-bag-law-breaking-fishermen.html#sthash.81NOq2ob.dpufI cant believe how many :c stupid people are out there raping our fishery and doing this sort of shit it makes me :c furious, start tying nooses and hang em I say like Des mentioned in another post to fish in S.A you need to sit a simple test to say you understand our rules and sign off on it I would happily pay a fee to do so cheers a pissed off 4THA

Closing this jetty to recreational fishermen, to prevent or reduce the take of illegal size fish is;THE WRONG SOLUTION, TO A DIFFERENT PROBLEM!This is a prime public asset for our sport that must be preserved and made available to all. The bigger and more accessible our sport is to all the more important it will be to governments and the community at large.This probably needs to be started on a separate thread, But the correct solution to problem of indiscriminate fishing is education and proper policing.We need to start with a recreational fishing licence, with a reasonable fee. This will sort out some of the chaff from the wheat.Now the most critical aspect in my view, is to make sure people know the rules.They must sit for a written test when applying for their licence. Even if they take their size & catch limit pamphlet with them. So they write down and acknowledge the rules for this sport.Now they can no longer claim ignorance! Fish without a licence = ON THE SPOT FINEUndersize fish or over the limit = ON THE SPOT FINE plus a factor depending on the severity of the offence, at a predetermined escalating rate as the over limit quantity increases.This is nothing new. It works every day on our roads!So please I ask for some clear thinking on 2 very separate issues.Cheers, Des

The old boy and I managed a few over the weekend. 3 ruggers and 1 over 60.I have to agree with LAS. I've made 3 trips in the past 3 weeks and managed to bag out with 4 above 60 the first trip, a big fat d0nut the second trip and as mentioned another 4 the third trip.The second trip i anchored where we caught the first lot. Not much was showing on the sounder and the results emulated the sounders reading.The third trip did the same thing, after 30mins of berley and nothing, picked up anchor and sounded around for some activity.After 10mins of berley touching the water, we were on our first Red. They weren't too far away. we had only moved approx 60m in a different direction.Keep at it and they'll come.Savage

Oh f$&@ here we go again

Found this video on a yakking forum, it'd be awesome to see some footage of some local spots.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWVXpmXloCg#t=105

the last few days have been spent putting this video together going through a heap of old pics of the restoration so finally after months of waiting to have a proper computer up and running again here tis hope you enjoy http://youtu.be/aqFNEgjYuTccheers 4THA