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We will see today whether or not the SA Democrats made any ground with their proposals. South Australia has a State election today and the result of that will tell all.
The SA democrats lost 1 seat.......they have zilch in the SA parliament now.
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Sunrise over Brampton Island, Whitsundays.
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G'day mate, chances are that the barra and big murray cod are well fed with the numerous bait-balls that abound in the impoundments. Undoubtedly, some big fish prey on smaller cousins.
A photo of a large bait-ball, bottom left and barra above and behind the bait-ball. From Kinchant dam, Mackay. Reasonable to say that the barra are in the 40-60 lb class.
As a bit of an interest, this is the size of lures we use for the impoundment barra, 12+ ft and 20+ft.
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Could these giant perch, murray cod and the l/m bass that Newt spoke of be similar to ferox trout? i.e. genetically identical fish that take to eating their brethren early in life and end up growing to huge sizes for their species.
G'day mate, chances are that the barra and big murray cod are well fed with the numerous bait-balls that abound in the impoundments. Undoubtedly, some big fish prey on smaller cousins.
A photo of a large bait-ball, bottom left and barra above and behind the bait-ball. From Kinchant dam, Mackay. Reasonable to say that the barra are in the 40-60 lb class.
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Commando Memorial .. Situated in the highlands of Scotland.
Excellent, mate. Just ordinary blokes doing an extraordinary job.
A hobby of mine, growing tropical orchids; this is cattleya "Slim Warner"
The thumbnail is a dendrobium "Shannon"
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No, it is a sliding snood for variable live/dead baits when fishing for snapper (Chrysophrys aurata) in Australia.
Will post another pic later to show the proper hook set-up.
Here you go...........had to use the fishing table as a background. Hope the smell doesn't put you off.
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Here is another "snood"
No, it is a sliding snood for variable live/dead baits when fishing for snapper (Chrysophrys aurata) in Australia.
Will post another pic later to show the proper hook set-up.
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hi newt - depends, visibility can change dramatically from day to day but on a really good day maybe 15 - 20 feet deep
wow bob what an amazing photo! how cool would it be to have rainbow lorikeets in ya back yard..
Some whitling ducks came to tea, along with the lorikeets.
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Not always.
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Here is another "snood"
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A few of the local residents (rainbow lorikeets)
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A couple from Australia.
Sunset over Peter Faust dam, Qld.
A Northern Territory Sunset.
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'Juvenile barramundi are highly dependent on estuarine and freshwater habitats. They move from the estuarine areas up into the freshwater habitats to grow ...
Not quite right. In natural conditions, they do need salty/brackish water to BREED. However, 1" fingerlings are stocked into about 12 dams in Australia, mainly Qld., and do very well indeed; so much so that there are thriving guiding businesses going where the barra dams are.
Our local dams, Kinchant, Teemburra and Eungella, hold many thousands of barra and are restocked each year, on a put-and-take system.
The warmer, the better for growth rates. For instance, Kinchant dam (100 ft above sea level) was first stocked with barra in 2000 and now, the barra are in the 50-60 lb bracket.
This one is 56 lbs and 1.13 metres long and was returned to fight another day.
Teemburra dam is 1000 ft higher up the valley and was first stocked in 1995 and the barra average 25 lbs and 97 cm.
Another thing is that there is so much food in the dams that the baitfish flourish as well.
So, it is possible to have a viable barra industry in England.....providing there is warm water all year round.
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It's a different ball game down there:
G'day mate, if you want to emigrate, go to Queensland. The Vics and New South Welshmen are coming to Qld at the rate of 1000/week. Vic has just about shut out all sea fishing with marine parks (labour gov.)
NSW is doing a similar thing and buying back the trawler licences....then selling them to other commercial fishos. We have that fabulous stretch of Great Barrier Reef, the weather is always perfect (shut up, chevin
)Fishing in dams costs about 14 quid a year to fish in any of 29 dams, no licence for fishing in rivers, or sea.
The southern end of the Whitsunday Islands.
Vrfish has a very poor reputation for the fishos and the SA democrats are really a toothless tiger; indeed, there was a questionnaire put out by a fishing mag where each political party was asked the same questions, and the democrats and greens were the least interested in fishing.
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G'day mate, indeed, some native freshwater fish grow to more than 22 lbs. We have the murray cod that grows to 100 kg, the yellowbelly grows to 24 kg, the salmon tailed catfish grows to about 35kg and the mighty barramundi grow to over 40 kg
Personally, I believe the reddie size was a bit of an overstatement.
A photo of a goodoo weighing in at 70 lbs from Copeton Dam, northern NSW
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'Fishos' is a brilliant word. For me, said with an aussie accent, it combines warmth, acceptance and is also a bit 'sporty'. Said with an English accent it just wouldn't work. I have to admit that the Aussie language is superior in some ways. Do others agree?
Strewth, mate, too bloody right.
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Another link http://www.sportsfish.net.au/fishing/fish-...er/red-fin.html has "to at least 9 kg" and "All redfin caught should be killed, as they are regarded as something of a pest in our waters. On no account should live redfin be transported from one area to another." Perhaps the Aussies need a "how to kill a perch humanely" thread
!G'day mate, that piece of info was originally aimed at the carp in Australia, which is a declared noxious fish in some states.
http://www.carpbusters.com.au/carpinfo.html
only a very small percentage of Australian fishos dislike the redfin. However, about 97% of the fishos detest the carp; so much so, that there are annual carp eradication competitions. The proceeds, (carp) go to the fertiliser factory and the money made from the comps, goes into the stocking of native fish.
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Thanks mate.I see it lists the Australian record at just over 100lbs.I take it that treble figure fish arnt that common?
Here is a link for the murray cod:
http://www.murrayriver.com.au/fishing/cod.htm
Unfortunately, when the early settlers discovered the eating qualities of the MC, they took virtually every fish they caught. It is still the norm to take the fish today
Incidentally, the modern trend is to call the murray cod "goodoo", it's aboriginal name, or, greenfish.
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I can't get over hearing, in connection with the recent UK perch record, a comment on another site that the Oz perch record is over 10 kilos (22lbs)! Do other fish grow big there? If not, what's it about perch? If yes, why is it? Is it all the lager that eventually finds its way into the rivers? And is there hope for here?
G'day mate, indeed, some native freshwater fish grow to more than 22 lbs. We have the murray cod that grows to 100 kg, the yellowbelly grows to 24 kg, the salmon tailed catfish grows to about 35kg and the mighty barramundi grow to over 40 kg
Personally, I believe the reddie size was a bit of an overstatement.
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Hello mate,
That bit of mono just makes the braid a touch more forgiving, thats all, I use It But being a creature of Habit that is how I was taught
G'day mate, braid is overtaking mono at a great rate of knots
in Australia. We tend to put at least 20 metres of backing on the reel, with a topshot of tightly wound braid, followed by at least 1 metre of mono at the terminal end. The terminal mono is usually (for sea) twice the strength. I have 7 ABU reels all with braid and only 1 with mono. The limp type tends to give better "feel" than fireline.Where I live, the locals tend to use 20-30 lb mono backing, 20 lb braid and 40-50 lb mono leader to compensate for the coral reefs.
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Just looked up the map of Glen Innes - so your mate had those 6lb fish just west of the divide - ie in the Murray Darling system? Do you know if the river is fairly clear water up there? - I assume the stretch is above Pindari Dam ?
6 lb is a fantastic perch, but still a long way from 10kg
Keep diggin'
G'day mate, yes, my friend's place is well above Pindari dam and, I would expect some very big redfin will be in Pindari. On a personal basis, I have only ever heard of 1 redfin at 10 lbs but none in the 20 lb class.
In the Beardy Waters, where I used to fish, it was quite common to catch 3-4 lb reddies and, when the big summer thunderheads were in the west, to catch anything up to 10 3-4 lb fish with the odd one at 5 lbs.
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G'day all, just introducing myself, Bobj, from Mackay, Qld and would like to wade into this bunfight.
Good to see Newt and Vagabond again.
You still living in north, south, east, west central Carolina, Newt?
Right, chevin put me on to this forum; he stayed with me for 2 weeks.....and brought the rain with him, which was much appreciated.
Now, in Australia, the perca are called redfin and, according to Dr Gerald R Allen, grow to 10.4 kg. I have caught several over 5 lbs, a young friend of mine has caught a few over 6 lbs and lost one to a murray cod that he believed was upward of 9 lbs. The cod was in the 40 lb class. These fish were from his property near Glen Innes, NSW on the Severn River.
To dogfish, when you come to Australia, move up to northern NSW; it has bass, redfin, yellowbelly, murray cod, trout, silver perch (bidyanus bidyanus), carp, and a few hours drive to barramundi waters. There are also big snapper off shore.
Nasty weather hitting OZ
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We missed it by that much......
The nearest land to the big cloud formation is the Whitsundays.
Got 20 knot winds right now and just a few drops of rain.
Newt, some American experts were comparing "Larry" to "Katrina" that devestated New Orleans, saying that it was worse.
Wati is sitting 650 km off shore at the moment. If it keeps moving on its original course, it will hit Townsville.