[quote name='glen' post='8093' date='Jan 31 2007, 10:55 PM']hi 460cixy, are there any big redfin to be caught? when i was up there i don't think i got anything bigger than maybe 25 cm.
If I have three men in me boat but have less than the maximum rods allowed in the water (4pp in salt and 2pp in fresh) do we all need fishing licenses or is it enough that I alone have a licence and only use the number of rods allowed for one person?
Fresh air, tight lines, scales, slime and fins, 'tis the salty sea dog life for me. Arrrgh!
02-02-2007, 08:29 PM (This post was last modified: 02-02-2007, 08:32 PM by glen.)
good question. you could try to argue that you were the only one fishing but fisheries might not believe you. i guess it depends how convincing you are!
Quote:528. Use of rods and lines
(1) A person must not in marine waters use more than
4 lines or a line with more than 2 hooks or baits
attached.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) A person must not in inland waters use more than
2 lines or a line with more than 2 hooks or baits
attached.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(3) Sub-regulations (1) and (2) do not apply to a
person who is the holder of an access licence and
who is using a fishing line in accordance with the
Act and these Regulations.
(4) A person must not leave any fishing line
unattended in inland waters, the Gippsland Lakes,
Lake Tyers, the Lower Lake at Mallacoota Inlet or
Wingan Inlet.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(5) Despite sub-regulation (2), when yabby fishing, a
person may use not more than 10 baited lines with
no hooks attached in inland waters.
Note: 1 penalty unit is currently equal to $107.43 but that changes every financial year.
as long as none of the other guys in the boat ever touch a rod, tackle, fish, etc, you should be fine.
by the rules, your not fishing unless you are caught with a rod in your hand. but if two rods go at once, and one of your mates picks it up, even to move it, they are officially fishing.
for the cost of a license ($20 a year) you may as well have everyone licensed
here be a question I be havin'; last Australia day when I went out at Werribee, a couple o' the flatties began 'gruntin' once they were on deck, made a man feel a bit sorry fer' 'em before I put the knife through their brain.
Has anyone else had this happen to them or know why it happens?
Fresh air, tight lines, scales, slime and fins, 'tis the salty sea dog life for me. Arrrgh!
Hi Mike, quite a few fish grunt after capture, trevally are a notable one, also mulloway and gurnards are known for it (and maybe garfish too from memory?). I can't remember ever hearing it from flatties though.
Fishing in Canberra is going well, although only on the redfin front (still haven't caught a native yet). I caught my PB redfin of 41cm during the week, while trolling my faithful pink/black stumpjumper <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':th' />
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thats prety big i havent had anything over about 10cm i might try one of these stump jumpers i had some joy under the bridge near duntroon the one you cross to go to fyshwik
that is a real thumper! well done jazman! <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':th' />
Haha, cheers Glen, but I wish it was a native. Since the natives seem to have shunned me, I've got my sights set on a redfin over 50cm (a friend caught 2 over 50 last year, with the biggest a whopping 54cm <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':o' /> )
Hope the fishing in Melbourne is treating you guys well, I'm off to Lake Conjola on the NSW South Coast this weekend to try and bag some flathead, bream and whiting on soft plastics <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />
[quote name='flounderpirate' post='8150' date='Feb 13 2007, 08:25 AM']Whatever happened to the 'Garfish on softplastics' endeavor?[/quote]
I was lucky enough to catch 3 gars on SP during my last session in Melbourne before moving up here. I had caught a few on bait earlier in the day, and decided to try the plastic again - and they couldn't get enough of it. My hookup rate was very poor though, I reckon only about 1 in 4 gars that grabbed the SP actually hooked up, and not all of those stayed hooked. I was using a 1/42 oz #8 jighead (even though it was tiny, it was probably still too big!), and a cut down Berkley 1 inch Power nymph <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':o' />
Hi Glen, I think that the power nymph as designed for trout fishing - it looks just like a freshwater nymph (like you'd imitate with a nymph wet fly) - small body with legs on the side and claw thingoes and long feelers out the front (see attached picture). I wasn't giving the plastic much action, just a very slow retrieve <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':o' /> I also sprayed it with some of that Ultrabite catch scent, not sure whether that made any difference.
Hey it never ceases to amaze me how many styles of SP's there are. What do you think of GULP SP's in a squid style? They would keep so much better than the frozen stuff and feel and look like the real deal.
Fresh air, tight lines, scales, slime and fins, 'tis the salty sea dog life for me. Arrrgh!
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