newtontoney

46 Cm from memory 

Found a photo of the big girl. She may have seen even better days previously, judging by the size of her head, but what a beast it was. 
 

3 Reddies in a sesh over 40 thats some fine angling there Braids

Mine to this day is 44.5cm
Between two of us we caught easily 70 Reddies......
Got 3 Fish in 3 casts they went 42.5cm, 43.5cm then this one at 44.5cm 
Was an epic day......
 

 

 

Hi all wondering what the biggest Redfin Perch is that has been caught in SA waters.
I managed a Pb pushing 40cms on the weekend, not huge but a cracker fish for a freshwater novice like me.
Whats your biggest?
Cheers LL
 
 

Yeah Land based fishing in Darwin, firstly , watch out for crocs ! 
Mandorah Jetty i would go to if decent tides, they get a mixed bag off there inc Spanish macks , queenies , trevally , sharks.
The wharfs do still fish ok , but the majority of decent trevally etc will smoke you on structure .
If your going to try for Barra landbased, id gather some info first on where is fishing good at the time you plan to go , as alot depends on what baitfish are around etc and of course the sometimes huge tides. The local knowledge of the crew at the darwin fishing and outdoor shop (in darwin city) are great , They will put you in the right direction and you could save yourself some time by speaking with them (they have a FB page too, and are responsive on messenger)  Channel island and buffalo creek are some places to look into , plenty of land based barra get caught there usually under 80cm but good fun, you need to know what your doing barra fishing though with the tides etc, And like i say , fishing safely ! ,knowing what the massive tides are doing constantly , and keeping crocs in mind is absolute #1 

Yeah Land based fishing in Darwin, firstly , watch out for crocs ! 
Mandorah Jetty i would go to if decent tides, they get a mixed bag off there inc Spanish macks , queenies , trevally , sharks.
The wharfs do still fish ok , but the majority of decent trevally etc will smoke you on structure .
If your going to try for Barra landbased, id gather some info first on where is fishing good at the time you plan to go , as alot depends on what baitfish are around etc and of course the sometimes huge tides. The local knowledge of the crew at the darwin fishing and outdoor shop (in darwin city) are great , They will put you in the right direction and you could save yourself some time by speaking with them (they have a FB page too, and are responsive on messenger)  Channel island and buffalo creek are some places to look into , plenty of land based barra get caught there usually under 80cm but good fun, you need to know what your doing barra fishing though with the tides etc, And like i say , fishing safely ! ,knowing what the massive tides are doing constantly , and keeping crocs in mind is absolute #1 

The white paper from the sa fisheries research i read a few years back said a large mulloway congregation off the murray mouth to breed around sept to november (not every year somewhere between every 3-5 years) the ova is then swept up in currents that head out into the southern ocean these then over the following year or 2 grow to a few centimetres long & drift back in on landward based currents the fingerlings take up refuge in estuarys & creeks open to the sea & spend a few years around these areas (coorong is one of the major nurserys & the worms that live in there are one of the major sources of their nourishment) once reaching maturity they leave these nurserys. There is also a minor breeding of mulloway takes place over of the west coast as well from time to time.

The big Mulloway come into the Port to breed in winter and there is plenty of feed for them as well.

Freshwater flows out of the Murray are migration cues for mulloway, they used to be caught up in Milang until the barrages were put in and changed the environment in the lakes

please note- i meant garmin striker plus 7sv not garmin elite! oops.

if you have one of the larger yaks i would go for the garmin elite 7" sidescan etc excellent unit have one on the front of the bream boat & the garmin 9" (touchscreen) echomap on the console. bcf have specials every so often on the 7" of which they are nearly as cheap as u can get online might be worth waiting for? I have used sidescan sounders now for 12 years & these garmin have done their homework & are much better than the older units i used in the past & easy to operate. the photos are from the 9" & are of a wreck a steamer sunk in the murray river but gives you an idea of the clarity & definition you get plus heaps of screen options.
 

My nephews run a Garmin 4" unit on their 12ft tinnie. Excellent clear unit with great detail for the price. I think a lot cheaper than $800?. Anyway, I always say, get the best unit you can afford.

I run a Garmin Echomap 45DV on mine and it’s an awesome little unit. I paid close to $500 for mine and I highly recommend checking it out for its highly detailed maps, sonar plus down/structure scan. 
For your rough budget of $800 you can definitely get a good sounder for that. 
The Hook 2 4X is a basic unit that still gives you sonar and maps. But it’s at the lower end of the features scale. I would invest money in a slightly higher class of sounder than the Hook 2 as it’ll mean higher quality target separation and a more accurate representation of what you’re seeing on the display screen.
 For a comparable price point to the Hook 4x, another sounder to look at is the Garmin Striker 4 Plus; it has maps and sonar but higher quality for a fraction more in price.

Why bother with the leader?
If I was running light mono I would go straight to lure
Just another weakness in the line only 2lb extra anyway
knots in light line can be trouble 

Not allowed to use pillies or snook and whiting heads for crab bait? <confused>
as usual...

I think "imported to SA" crabs is the issue - lots of concern in recent times about White Spot.
BUT having said that, something to note from the attached pdf;
If catching your own prawn or crab bait in South Australia, use it only in the water from where it came. You could be fined if caught depositing species not native to the area you are fishing in. "not native to the area" meaning the immediate vicinity presumably? So stuff caught in GSV can`t subsequently be used for berley at Turton is the inference?
They really are getting concerned about any possible spread vectors, it would appear.
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Fact_Sheet_-_White_Spot_Disease_information_for_recreational_fishing_-_Jan_2018_.pdf

I was pretty confident about the Fish offal / blood etc. cheers for that Kon.
However, this is a new one that i haven't read before....
Never use leftover or uncooked seafood sold for human consumption, such as prawns, abalone, crabs, oysters, as bait or berley as it has the potential to spread aquatic diseases. It should be noted that these types of aquatic diseases have no impact on humans. I must admit, i've bought prawn shells and heads on the boat before for berley.
I'm a little dumb founded with this one to be honest. i would have thought once the prawns have been boiled that any diseases would be 'cooked off' so to speak.
Well, now i know and will be dumping the left overs in the bin.
But thinking about it, whats with the crabs also??
You think the fish (whether its a snapper, squid, octopus etc) ask if the crabs or prawns have any diseases before they attack them??
Seriously!! What a load of rubbish. 

I'm pretty certain that fish and fish offal are OK, else crabbing would be banned using nets.
I've never heard of blood being used to mix with tuna oil, at least not as a commercial product.

Straight from the PIRSA website. For the purposes of this thread it seems a fish is not an animal.
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"If you're berleying, don't forget that there are rules around where and what you can use. You must not use any part of the body of an animal (other than a fish, worm or insect) as berley within 2 nautical miles of the mainland or any island or reef that is part of South Australia and exposed at the low water mark."


http://www.pir.sa.gov.au/fishing/recreational_fishing#toc1
 

Many of the tuna oils available are a mix of tuna oil and 'something else', to thin it out and reduce the cost (read... increase the profit...)
Check the packaging info for the % of tuna oil

From my understanding, as long as its all FISH products, you can put as much blood, guts, flesh in the water as you want.
In terms of the oil process, i'd imagine it'll be a similar process to crushing olives for olive oil. 
They'll get all the fish offal (because i doubt it'll all be 'tuna'), crush it and then squeeze the juice out of it.
depending on what type of fish they put, will depend on the colour.
Like the olive oil, there is all types of colours yellow, greens etc
My 2 cents about it anyway

Good to see older wolves helping the cubs.    
Hope it helps find heaps of fish for you K man.
Technically it's a Decor' Tellfresh container not Tuperware       hate someone from Decor' to go all legal on you.

Some nice looking SPs there. I love using the Squidgy Fish and Whipbaits for Flatties. Bream and Trouties will smash them too... even in the 100mm size.😉
 

Also, have a look around online, I know that pro bass guys in the US often fish pretty light with baitcast setups. Not something I've ever done, but I've seen video and it's fairly impressive. If memory serves they use pretty whippy rods and a fast, snapping cast technique.