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  4. Seal populations

    in General Fishing

    Posted

    G'day Col

    Don't know about outer harbour but a local fisho at cape jervis told me the population of seals at Rapid Head has gone from a few to "too many to count" over recent years.   I think they have gone south to bread at the moment?

    Anecdotal evidence suggests to me that the seals really cleaned out Victor Harbour before they moved on, apart from the tuna sounds like fish stocks will take a while to recover, hopefully 

    Cheers

    Rod

  5. Home made sausage rolls

    in In The Kitchen

    Posted

    Ta da

    I ate too many but it was just perfect.  Close to Bob's recipe for the beef but she added some premium mince with it and a couple other things

    Also bought some pork and apple sausages and made some with that, only used the sweet chilli in these

    Cheers

    Rod

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  6. Home made sausage rolls

    in In The Kitchen

    Posted

    OK OK Bob, I've been drooling over your sausage roll exploits for a very long time.  Well now I have done my best puppy dog eyes and the mrs has agreed to make some for me.  What a pity a can't find a bakery that makes them like this, instead they add all the bread and what ever else to end up with horrible mush.  Years since I've had a home made sausage roll, can't wait, thanks Bob

    Cheers

    Rod

  10. Tides - no wonder we get confused.

    in General Fishing

    Posted

     

    Why would you bother to go to any other site rather than the BOM for tides?

     

     

    I find it much easier when the info is displayed graphically.  I can look through a months worth of tides and get a good idea of whats happening in about a minute.  BOM only provides (as far as I know) pages of numbers and would be almost impossible.  .  Here's just 2 days of each as an example.

    Each to their own though

    Cheers

    Rod

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  11. which Sunglasses to buy?

    in General Fishing

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    G'day

    Maui Jim's were recommended to us by national pharmacies optical.  Mrs got them first as she goes there for glasses, when I needed a new pair of sunnies 3 years ago she convinced me to have a look.  Got about $50 off as I'm a member ended up around $210 which I thought was a great price for such quality.  Best (and most expensive) sunnies I've bought.  Only thing I don't like about glass lenses is the fogging up on cold damp mornings.  Must find  a solution for that one day

    Cheers

    Rod

  15. Rod and reel suggestions

    in Bait & Tackle

    Posted

     

     

    I've got a couple of overhead combos including a tld25 from ray and annes. I find them annoying though, the handles are on the wrong side :o;):)

    Cheers

    Rod

    Hey Rod,

     

    Which one of those 2 combos should I get?

     

    Dunno, they look pretty similar going by the write up?

    Cheers

    Rod

  16. Rod and reel suggestions

    in Bait & Tackle

    Posted

    I've got a couple of overhead combos including a tld25 from ray and annes.  I find them annoying though, the handles are on the wrong side :o  ;)  :)

    Cheers

    Rod

  18. Rod and reel suggestions

    in Bait & Tackle

    Posted

    G'day Puds

    Yeah you probably need something longer off the beach than will be practical in the boat.  I don't fish the beaches anymore when trolling for tuna off victor etc I don't think you need anything flash, mind you we've only caught up to 20kg.  Anyway, when trolling for tuna I use a variety of rods including the 7ft Penn 10-15 kg with 850 ssm from Ray and Annes for $109.  If you want to go to port mac etc for barrels well that's gunna require something a lot better.

    If you want to go trawling for tuna you're going to need one of these   :)  ;)

    Cheers

    Rod

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  20. Dear PIRSA Fisheries

    in General Fishing

    Posted

    G'day

    I enjoy hearing about people involved in illegal fishing activities who get caught and pay a hefty penalty for it.  Go for it I say, take their boat and their car if it is being used to fish illegally for profit.

    However, as a recreational fisher I don't like the fact that these low lifes who rape and pillage our seas, get called 'recreational fishers'

    To my mind, once they cross the line from accidentally having an extra fish, to seriously abusing the limits, they become criminals and should be named as such, not called recreational fishers.

    eg If someone is jogging along taking handbags would you call them a jogger or a bag snatcher?

    If someone is driving a car that they have stolen, would you call them a 'motorist' or a car thief?

    If someone goes in to a store and removes goods without paying for them, would you call them a 'shopper' or a shop lifter?

    etc

    So why punch us law abiding recreational fishers in the nose by calling these marine poacher scumbags 'recreational fishers'

    I find it very offensive, please use an appropriate term

    Cheers

    Rod

  21. GPS way points

    in How to guides and DIY projects

    Posted

    G'day

    You can download a free program called gps babel that will convert gps files if necessary.

    There's a standard format that can be transferred across all the brands called GPX.  If you get the files in this format you should be able to upload them direct to the lowrance

    If not convert them to a lowrance format USR from memory which I think is now up to version USR3 but any that your unit has the software version for should be ok

    Cheers

    Rod

  23. Show us your fishing gear storage and organisation

    in How to guides and DIY projects

    Posted

    G'day

    I can't post a pic right now but will try to get one over the next week

    I've got an old laminex kitchen table in the shed where I pre tie rigs.  I used to keep all the terminal tackle in plastic boxes, some spare stuff still is but I recently stumbled on a great find.  Outside my local supermarket I noticed a cadbury display rack which looked like it was left for disposal.  I asked if I could have it and the manager said YES!   It's very strong and in excellent condition, it's on wheels and has about  8 adjustable shelves (4 each side) roughly 500 x 200mm with little rails around each one.   So I've stacked it with all the leader and hooks etc in species categories and used other shelves for random other stuff.  It's great

    Keep your eyes peeled  :)

    Cheers

    Rod

  24. BIG Tuna in the South-East

    in General Fishing

    Posted

    G'day

    One thing I heard a couple of years ago is that the Japanese got caught in an Al Capone style forensic accounting sting taking 500% of their tuna quota.  Approximately 7 years ago international inspectors were placed on each ship in the fleet.  Since then the biomass passing through SA, as measured by the Port Lincoln tuna farmers has increased dramatically every year

    Cheers

    Rod

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