Where did you find them.Quote:
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Where did you find them.Quote:
Originally Posted by gaddy
East of moreton island :)Quote:
Originally Posted by MEGOMONSTER
Damn, wish my boat got me out that far! :(Quote:
Originally Posted by gaddy
Sell ya mine :)Quote:
Originally Posted by NP99
Only if I want a divorce. I'll have to stick with west of Moreton :)Quote:
Originally Posted by gaddy
When I went to Tangalooma last weekend, I noticed this sign on their pier :)
It would have been a lot simpler to just have NO FISHING ALLOWED LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by NP99
Agreed. Or list another rule, no holding the rod or line at anytime :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob
What a Croc.Quote:
Originally Posted by NP99
ALL FISHING PERMITTED, except fish with fins.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-1...bridge/5674960
Recreational anglers are ignoring warnings not to drop a line west of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, where scientists say fish could be contaminated with cancer-causing pollutants.
The first comprehensive study of how Sydney residents use the harbour has identified fishing "hotspots" west of the bridge, an area subject to health warnings.
Luke Hedge, from the Sydney Institute of Marine Science, was part of the team that spent 280 hours monitoring 570 sites across the harbour this year – from the Heads to the Lane Cove River and Homebush Bay.
The study looked into "where they drive their boats, where they fish, where they drop their anchors, how many people go to the beach - all these things that make Sydney such a unique place", Dr Hedge said.
The data, to be published later this year, has so far revealed many people are fishing west of the Harbour Bridge, on boats and from the shore.
PHOTO: Map of hotspots on Sydney Harbour shows people still catch fish west of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Dr Hedge said that "on a perfect Sydney day" up to 20 boatloads of fishermen could be found in each of the hotspots around the Lane Cove River and east of Cockatoo Island, and between 15 and 20 anglers fish from the wharves to the immediate west of the Harbour Bridge.
That was despite multi-lingual signs warning of the threat from dioxins – industrial pollutants washing out from Homebush Bay that can cause cancer.
Professor Emma Johnston from the University of New South Wales said the problem was not new.
"A factory released a large amount of dioxins around the Homebush Bay area for many years. So the sediment is a historical legacy of contamination," she said.
Fish eat creatures in the sediment around the Bay and then move around the harbour, she said.
"It's not going to kill you straight away, but the fish tissue contamination in Sydney Harbour was high enough for us to ban commercial fishing and to severely restrict recreational fishing," Professor Johnston said.
She said there had been significant remediation work in the harbour over the past five years to remove a lot of the toxic sediment.
"But we haven't sampled again to see whether or not that's improved the contamination levels in the fish, and we really need to do that," she said.
Professor Johnston was calling on the Government to fund testing – a process that could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to determine current dioxin levels in both the sediment and fish.
PHOTO: Multi-lingual signs placed around Sydney Harbour warn of the dangers of eating fish caught west of the bridge. (ABC News: Nicole Chettle )
Several anglers the ABC spoke to were not native English speakers and they did not appear to be concerned about the safety of their catch.
"There could be some cultural differences," Dr Hedge said.
"There could be some language differences and this is something the Sydney institute of Marine Science is really interested in pursuing."
Scientists said the pristine-looking waters of Sydney Harbour could be deceptive, and the safest approach was to avoid eating fish caught west of the bridge.
Authorities said the risk to the average consumer was low, but that anyone worried about consuming seafood from the Harbour or Parramatta River should see a doctor.
that a awesome idea where you score that
Our new Club Champion
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For those of you that dont know that is AB's Daughter
Forgot about this thread...lolQuote:
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After she caught her first fish her niece had a meltdown because she didn't catch one. We had to sit there for 4 hours trying to get her a fish but no joy...
Even funnier Mia cracked it because we threw it back in and she said she wanted to eat it...lol
Our little curly top.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob
Here's a better pic
Is that at Goulbourne river? Nice start to a fishing career :)
Great catch, not bad to eat either.Quote:
Originally Posted by AB
Nah it's the creek that runs along the camp sites at murrindindi. Not sure the name but it runs down into the yea river.Quote:
Originally Posted by NP99
That's at the water gauge camp site. Best spot, toilets right near camp and a bridge with a good hole underneath to fish.
Yeah, it looked like the area of the Goulbourne near Nagambie, it has a similar metal bridge infrastructure.
Must be the same fabricators. There's two of these along that stretch that were put in after black Saturday.Quote:
Originally Posted by NP99
Well built actually...lol
A stones throw from my place!Quote:
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Last time I was in that loc was about 1978 :)
Maybe not the same blokes then...lolQuote:
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Finally booked my accommodation for the Cod Classic for the first weekend in December.
After I had booked a 3bedroom house in June as I had several people wanting to come up with me, have now change there minds, and I don't want to pay for the house on my own (me and my brother) lucky the unit I always get every year, still had my name on it from last year, even though they knew I had booked the 3 bed house, go figure.
As there are only two weekends left in the Murray Cod Season I am going up to Christies Beach (Near Echuca) this weekend.
Friday through Sunday.
If anybody is interested give me a PM
I am probably going craying tomorrow and Friday (overnight). We camp on private property on the Goulburn. Might be room for a couple more people if anyone is keen.
I had to tough it out today on the Goulburn...........
7 crays between us we will cook them up tomorrow night.
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Acouple of carp but no other fish.
Great catch, river looks high too.
I love the anticipation when lifting a net, has it got one or not, then you see 3 and scream woohoo. Lol
I spoke thoroughly to NSW Fisheries today in regards to the Cod regulation being spoken about.
I have now found out, after months of discussion regarding the Murray Cod NSW fisheries and now talking about a 60-80cm size limit and a one fish catch limit.
However, I also heard that DPI Vic are still talking about a 50-70cm size limit, which is pretty silly both departments not co operating together to get a national limit on Australia's largest fresh water fish.
If the two states do have two different size limits there will certainly many problems arising.
One that comes to mind is the Bundalong boat ramp is on the entrance of the Ovens river (Victorian waters) and only a short trip to the Murray river proper (NSW waters)
So now your fishing on the Murray in NSW waters, and you have caught a 79cm cod which is a legal size for Nsw fisheries, you now come back to the Bundalong boat ramp on the Ovens (Vic waters) with Vic fisheries at the ramp checking catches.
Your 79cm Murray cod is now an illegally kept fish cos you are now on Victorian waters on the Ovens.
Ridiculous.
Perhaps they should then make the size limit bound by which state license you hold?
And the fisheries realise this and would be very hard to police.Quote:
Originally Posted by Family4x4
They (NSW Fisheries) also told me, that they also have in discussions to allow Bow fishing on the Murray and perhaps full protection on Murray Crays.
Are the crays now vulnerable as a species?
Supposedly extremely low in numbers and locations.Quote:
Originally Posted by NP99
I am not sure what healthy numbers would look like. With roughly a week left in the cray season we pulled up approx 30-40 crays in a 500m stretch of river. We kept 7 between 4 people, we could have taken another and we had opportunity to but didn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by MEGOMONSTER
I know I was the same when craying but they did say it was only being discussed. They must be talking about other tributaries other than the Murray, cos he was saying that the Crays were unable to live in the black water after the bush fires and cannot survive on land alone.Quote:
Originally Posted by Family4x4
Managed to pop my cherry and bagged out on squid this arvo with my son
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I'm jealous. What a glorious day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Drew
Oh yeah.Quote:
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Nice catch. Location. Lure choice.
Campbell's cove 3m water (nearly crapped myself when we went over a bit of reef and the depth alarm went off, didn't realise we went that shallow lol)Quote:
Originally Posted by MEGOMONSTER
They went orange, brown and a blue. The orange was the most successful though.
Oh well Cod Season finishes in a couple of Days.
Went away last weekend and did not even get a nibble.
Rods were in the Water from Friday Lunch Time to Sunday Lunch time (24 Hours a day ) so not for lack of trying.
Tried most baits without success . First time ever not even a Carp.
River was very low