Kangaroo_Island_Fisherman

My dad bought a gopro hero 3 for various online webinars or something along those lines, but as soon as I saw it and the waterproof housing in which it came I immediately thought of applying it to fishing. A pole mount has been ordered so I can make Gaffcam and Netcam, but something else came into mind...Berleycam.Many minutes were used pondering how best to mount the camera to the berley pot, the first idea was to just bolt it straight onto it:After a quick test out at the local jetty, it quickly became apparent that there was no way to control the direction of the camera, after all, it needs to be pointing in the direction of the berley trail.This opened up another session of sitting and pondering many ideas on how to do this, perhaps a parachute to catch the tide?? This idea was quickly dismissed as the whole video would just be of a plastic bag.The next idea was to attach a paravane onto the berley bucket in the hope of acting like the parachute but with minimised camera space taken up.This was once again tested at the jetty and just as quickly as it went in the water it was taken out as it was completely useless. Back to the drawing board...Still utilising the paravane, I thought of mounting the camera straight onto the paravane which was bolted to the top of the berley pot, with the fin of the paravane acting like the back fin of a windmill which would ensure the camera points into the berley:This was tested with success down at the jetty, so the next step is to test it out in the boat, where there is actually fish around and a decent tide running. i have tried uploading the video but I think it may be too large (250MB and is an .mp4).Cheers, KIF

Thanks everyone for the replies, It definitely appears to be a juvenile dusky, thanks savage for that one.To rotare,I was originally going to say when I uploaded the video is that the paravane idea is what stops it spinning, the spinning in this video is me twisting the line because I wanted to look under the jetty, when left alone the paravane quickly pulls the pot around such that the camera is looking down the tide.I will hopefully be able to upload some new footage in this thread later on, in deeper water and hopefully with some target species in the frame!Cheers, KIF

Right - After a little research.I would go with a Juvenile Dusky Morwong (also called Strongie)Matches with the Dorsal and tail fin shape as well as distinctive spotting with white tips on the tail fin. Would also be fairly common in that sort of area.

My dad bought a gopro hero 3 for various online webinars or something along those lines, but as soon as I saw it and the waterproof housing in which it came I immediately thought of applying it to fishing. A pole mount has been ordered so I can make Gaffcam and Netcam, but something else came into mind...Berleycam.Many minutes were used pondering how best to mount the camera to the berley pot, the first idea was to just bolt it straight onto it:After a quick test out at the local jetty, it quickly became apparent that there was no way to control the direction of the camera, after all, it needs to be pointing in the direction of the berley trail.This opened up another session of sitting and pondering many ideas on how to do this, perhaps a parachute to catch the tide?? This idea was quickly dismissed as the whole video would just be of a plastic bag.The next idea was to attach a paravane onto the berley bucket in the hope of acting like the parachute but with minimised camera space taken up.This was once again tested at the jetty and just as quickly as it went in the water it was taken out as it was completely useless. Back to the drawing board...Still utilising the paravane, I thought of mounting the camera straight onto the paravane which was bolted to the top of the berley pot, with the fin of the paravane acting like the back fin of a windmill which would ensure the camera points into the berley:This was tested with success down at the jetty, so the next step is to test it out in the boat, where there is actually fish around and a decent tide running. i have tried uploading the video but I think it may be too large (250MB and is an .mp4).Cheers, KIF

My dad bought a gopro hero 3 for various online webinars or something along those lines, but as soon as I saw it and the waterproof housing in which it came I immediately thought of applying it to fishing. A pole mount has been ordered so I can make Gaffcam and Netcam, but something else came into mind...Berleycam.Many minutes were used pondering how best to mount the camera to the berley pot, the first idea was to just bolt it straight onto it:After a quick test out at the local jetty, it quickly became apparent that there was no way to control the direction of the camera, after all, it needs to be pointing in the direction of the berley trail.This opened up another session of sitting and pondering many ideas on how to do this, perhaps a parachute to catch the tide?? This idea was quickly dismissed as the whole video would just be of a plastic bag.The next idea was to attach a paravane onto the berley bucket in the hope of acting like the parachute but with minimised camera space taken up.This was once again tested at the jetty and just as quickly as it went in the water it was taken out as it was completely useless. Back to the drawing board...Still utilising the paravane, I thought of mounting the camera straight onto the paravane which was bolted to the top of the berley pot, with the fin of the paravane acting like the back fin of a windmill which would ensure the camera points into the berley:This was tested with success down at the jetty, so the next step is to test it out in the boat, where there is actually fish around and a decent tide running. i have tried uploading the video but I think it may be too large (250MB and is an .mp4).Cheers, KIF

My dad bought a gopro hero 3 for various online webinars or something along those lines, but as soon as I saw it and the waterproof housing in which it came I immediately thought of applying it to fishing. A pole mount has been ordered so I can make Gaffcam and Netcam, but something else came into mind...Berleycam.Many minutes were used pondering how best to mount the camera to the berley pot, the first idea was to just bolt it straight onto it:After a quick test out at the local jetty, it quickly became apparent that there was no way to control the direction of the camera, after all, it needs to be pointing in the direction of the berley trail.This opened up another session of sitting and pondering many ideas on how to do this, perhaps a parachute to catch the tide?? This idea was quickly dismissed as the whole video would just be of a plastic bag.The next idea was to attach a paravane onto the berley bucket in the hope of acting like the parachute but with minimised camera space taken up.This was once again tested at the jetty and just as quickly as it went in the water it was taken out as it was completely useless. Back to the drawing board...Still utilising the paravane, I thought of mounting the camera straight onto the paravane which was bolted to the top of the berley pot, with the fin of the paravane acting like the back fin of a windmill which would ensure the camera points into the berley:This was tested with success down at the jetty, so the next step is to test it out in the boat, where there is actually fish around and a decent tide running. i have tried uploading the video but I think it may be too large (250MB and is an .mp4).Cheers, KIF

I couldn't upload the video for some unknown reason, but here is a snippet of the fish, this is the best view I got!!! If anyone could tell me what it is that would be helpful.

Quality for money i would go the atomic k9 walkers. Caught plenty of salmon and whiting on those lately.Bassday Sugapens are also good but you can get two atomics for every one bassday.

Berkley Scum Dogs, or if you're after something smaller (and deeper, if you wish), Sub Dogshttp://www.purefishing.com.au/baits/3b-crank-baits/scumdog/http://www.purefishing.com.au/baits/3b-crank-baits/subdog/Cheersaf

I've mostly tried Popper type lures like zipbaits skinnypops70,bassday sugarpen70 and ecogear px45 and caught fish on all of them.You can walk the sugarpens and px's which also come in 55mm.Atomic make some good true walkers along with a few other brands and most are modelled on the luckcraft sammy or the zipbaits Fakie.The jackson t pivot is another favorite of many.The retrieves for whiting and bream are totally different though with whiting its an almost constant shaking retrieve with no pauses and bream need heaps of pauses a much slower retrieve and a very subtle approach,i also tend to pop more for whiting and slide and pause for bream cheers brenton

Hey mate,Great time to choose to go fishing on KI, your have heaps of options at hand. There will be big whiting around at that time in good numbers and you can catch them by Drifting on the broken bottoms with cockles. You will pick up a lot of Flathead doing this as well. There are snapper out deeper but you will need to sound around a lot to try and find them balling up above the bottom. Nannygai are close to the cliff edges anywhere along the north coast. You should be able to see them under your boat and catch them using squid baits. You can catch the odd whiting off of the rocks if you can cast out to the sand. Trevally will also be here. Just a few tips there hope you have some success. Check out this as well: http://www.strikehook.com/forum/22-saltwater-fishing/232298-marron-fishing#232330If you really want to have some fun then book a charter will Gavin solly of kangaroo island fishing adventures. I can Garuntee that you will not come back empty handed and you will have an awesome time. Cheers.

Hey mate,I am in the finishing stages of my research project that I also did on fishing, rather I wrote a fishing guide for Kangaroo Island. In hindsight I should have chosen one fish species as I could have done a whole guide on that. Make sure if your focus question is where to catch them then try and limit it to that specifically. One place where I went wrong is that I didn't know when to stop as you can research deeper and deeper into each fish. One example is that when researching a rod for each fish, it can be broken into the material/length/different eyes/reel seat etc. and very quickly you are overwhelmed of when to stop. Also, with your lures/baits, make sure you just find what ones work because again you can go into knots, leader, trace line, breaking strain etc. Hope that helps.Also,Don't overlook Kangaroo Island as this is a good spot for salmon especially in shoal bay My best lures are the 140mm squidgy flick bait in pilly with a 9gm ball or painted fish head. This is my go to lure if the salmon are a bit shy or timid but if they are on the bite I use a Halco 60gm Twisty. The reason they come in here is to breed and grow in the estuary system each year in the warmer water that holds plenty of baby squid and masses of bait fish.Cheers.

last year i landed my pb 80cm flattie on live mullet at end of train bridge.

from my understanding the onk, by rule of thumb, is 2 hours behind the beach tide. I suppose that would be subjective to the distance up the river you are, but when im at work there, we work on 2 hours!

Bait and soft plastics work well for flatties in the onk! my favourite spots are anywhere from the footbridge over the onk near southport slsc back to behind port noarlunga footy oval, reason being the bottom is still sandy here with plenty of weed and ledges/drop offs for the flathead to sit and wait then ambush their prey, best time is on incoming and outgoing tides when the baitfish will be moving with the flow and the flatties will be sitting with their heads facing toward the flow! remember this if using lures or sp's. best baits i found are worms sand or blood, or unweighted pillies/ prawns or whitebait! if your using worms or prawns dont be surprised to pick up some decent yellowfin whiting from this area as well! The best soft plastics are paddletail fish or gulp worms!good luck! ps Mulloway are in the onk all year round

Might be pretty self explanatory down there, but watch out for the snakes, they'll be out and about now for sure

I have seen people, on the slowing of the tide, use soft plactics under commercial bridge, and they got mulloway there, can get bream to!

This is a good spot that i have fishedGo onto google maps and paste this in.........Sauerbiers Road, Seaford Meadows, South AustraliaYou will see the intersection where Sauerbiers Road and Jared road meet just keep going on until you reach the river.I haven’t been there for a while so i don’t know what that new railway line is doing for axcess.You should be able to get some mulloway there,but i wouldn’t be trying there till December when the water is warmer.