Fishing!

**Interjecta** · 05-02-2003, 02:11 PM

errr

stoopid.internet!!%#@

**Nepheline** · 05-02-2003, 02:30 PM

i've never been fishing before!! must do that some day!

**Interjecta** · 05-02-2003, 02:33 PM

Originally posted by Nepheline
i've never been fishing before!! must do that some day!

You can come hold my rod if you like

j/k

**Nepheline** · 05-02-2003, 02:51 PM

now now .. steady on son!!

**Curare** · 05-02-2003, 04:27 PM

Roffle, you walked right into that one Neph!

HML, I've been a fisho for years, it's in my blood.

I used build the rods, (still do anyone up for a custom rod?) I sold the gear, I did the time, it's a hobby, and pretty good one too...

It's nothing to do with being macho....

**4deKz** · 05-02-2003, 04:43 PM

Originally posted by hitmonlee

..... don't anyone get me started on how i hate horseracing too

racehorses, be it thoroughbreds (racing) or standardbreds (trotting/pacing) actually ENJOY what they do, and the people who work with these noble animals treat and care for them with the respect they deserve.

please dont pass judgement or comment on something you know little or fuck-all about

hitmonlee · 05-02-2003, 04:50 PM

what happens to the horse when it can't race anymore?
what about horses who get injured in races?
if they were racing would they have been injured (and ultimately killed)?

**4deKz** · 05-02-2003, 05:13 PM

Originally posted by hitmonlee
what happens to the horse when it can't race anymore?
what about horses who get injured in races?
if they were racing would they have been injured (and ultimately killed)?

when horses cant race anymore:

mares(females) - if they have been successful, they are often serviced (mated) by a stallion (male) in an effort to produce another horse. the care shown by the mother to its new born is something to behold

stallions(males with balls) - they service many mares a season, which id suggest they would enjoy....wouldnt any guy???

geldings(males without balls) & unsuitable mares are either sold or given to people who can use and care for them as they wish. some become police horses, others move onto other less gruelling sports (such as hacking and show-jumping) and some just lead a life of luxury on a farm somewhere

no himtmon they are not just shot in the head after they retire from racing

when a horse is injured in a race:

most injuries that occur while racing are easily fixed with rest and rehabilitation, and most do return to racing.

and in response to ya last comment.....

injuries can occur anywhere, and a horse is only put to rest only if an injury is untreatable.

**4deKz** · 05-02-2003, 05:18 PM

sorry i had to have my say in a thread about fishing, but i cant suffer ignorant people who think racing horses is animal cruelty

............gone fishin

**Curare** · 05-02-2003, 05:21 PM

>me packs rod and a box of flies....

**Dogma** · 06-02-2003, 11:47 AM

HML is the problem you have with male masculinity and the need to hunt (which is in our genes and without it nobody would be here today), or is the problem with animal cruelty.

If its about animal cruelty, you obviously haven't been to an abattoir, or been the person who rams the pole through the cows head.

**Curare** · 06-02-2003, 03:31 PM

Killing animals isn't fun, and to be perfectly blunt, it's a sad by product of hunting. Most people who hunt or fish realise what they are doing and don't actually get much fun out of the killing of an animal. You do whatevers in your power to make sure that the animal doesn't suffer. you do it because especially with bow hunting or fly fishing, you're doing you upmost to dissapear and see the animal in it natural state, and when fishing, fool it into beleiving that the peice of fur and feather you've just chucked at it is a tasty morsel. It's the ultimate con job.

I don't expect you to understand straight, as it's a little bit of an obtuse point.

Catch and release fishing is little more aggrovation than being frisked by the cops, if you do it correctly.

I don't like killing animals, but if I want to eat, I will.

**weez** · 06-02-2003, 09:10 PM

Originally posted by Curare
>me packs rod and a box of flies....

another flyfisherman!!
salt or fresh water?

**Curare** · 07-02-2003, 10:17 AM

Both, depends on what kind of water I'm near...

I dont really get much chance to go whip the water to foam these days, but when I do, it's usually salt...

**weez** · 07-02-2003, 08:53 PM

that sucks, i try to get out there as much as possible.
The only downer is that perth is always so damn windy!
But the good days are fucking bliss. Fish seem much more rewarding on fly.

Tension · 07-01-2004, 08:15 AM

I want to know from all the seasoned fisherpeople out there where do you think is the best spot to catch a decent feed? Preferrably in the metro to mandurah area.

I love fishing, but have become tired of getting all geared up only to catch 3/8 of fuck all. We have a boat in mandurah, not a deep sea job (4.75M), but I've taken it to rotto so its not too bad.

Lately have mostly been fishing around Dawesville/Mandurah, perhaps the most fished out place on the earth. I guess that is the problem.

I understand that good spots need to be kept a secret, so Im not going to run off and tell the whole local fruit and veg market staff about it. Like wise Im not the sort of person to fill up the esky with fish and put a years supply of fillets into the deep freeze.

Anyone know how the cockburn sound area is these days?

**Dogma** · 07-01-2004, 08:22 AM

When I was down south the other week (nornalup), there were black bream on the river like you wouldn't believe. In a week I probably caught 50 odd, but only kept 5 (
all size) for a feed one night.

The rig is a rod or handreel, with a running sinker. smallish hooks, with river prawns as bait, hooked through the head (they strike the head first).

too bloody easy.

**aleks** · 07-01-2004, 08:28 AM

There are a few good spots in rockingham......Long point being one of them......plenty of herrring, some tailor and during summer time Bonito.

Used to get pretty busy down there so we would walk away from the crowds to the tip.......the walk would take about 30 min but the tailor were so much bigger.

**Ego_tripped** · 07-01-2004, 08:44 AM

I went fishing on Sunday night for a wee bit on Kwinana Beach..water was so calm..Im going again this Sunday night..

My family is fishing crazy so I've basically grown up with a rod in my hand..nothing much has changed either..

**SnowWhite** · 07-01-2004, 08:54 AM

Hmm i was talking fishing not so long ago with my new boi...

Many a christmas and easter holiday have been spent in Esperance...best beach fishing and best beaches in the world

Even got my 4wd bogged in the sand at easter time...LOL

Anyway i did get together some gear, not so long ago and had a whirl at fishing one night with a friend..but caught nothing..nudda...zip.

maybe i need to give it another go and actually find out where people fish in the metro area..if not it's back down to rockingham jetty to a place i also know well and love.

As for eating fish....fresh is the only way to go, as i get a small reaction to un fresh fish...eg throat swells and feels like i have a bone stuck in my throat....bizzare tis same as my mum..So yeh

to fresh fish on the barbee with some lemon and black pepper..*drools*

**Ego_tripped** · 07-01-2004, 09:06 AM

Originally posted by SnowWhite
maybe i need to give it another go and actually find out where people fish in the metro area..if not it's back down to rockingham jetty to a place i also know well and love.

*

As a kid I'd spend many nights fishing in Rocko but mostly on the Safety Bay jetty..shit I can even remembering sleeping on that thing once..caught a massive stingray.. Kwinana beach is a good spot for tailor other than that u really need a boat to catch anything worth taking home to cook..

**hArDcOrE rAvEsS** · 07-01-2004, 09:20 AM

Fishing! Whoo hoo! Will be fishing on Peppermint Grove Beach, Capel in a week or so.. with my daddy..

I love it!

But not when I dont catch anything.. booo!

**SnowWhite** · 07-01-2004, 10:09 AM

Originally posted by Ego_tripped
As a kid I'd spend many nights fishing in Rocko but mostly on the Safety Bay jetty..shit I can even remembering sleeping on that thing once..caught a massive stingray.. Kwinana beach is a good spot for tailor other than that u really need a boat to catch anything worth taking home to cook..

Hmm now come to think of it........the rocky jetty is the one infront of the yatch club?? near the board walk thing??

and the safey bay one is further around...it has a little deli on the corner??

The safety bay one is heaps better to fish off...the end bit is concrete??

Hmm must go down there for a visit and refresh the old memory....

**jayney bear** · 07-01-2004, 10:21 AM

When my friend and I were in QLD about 5 years ago she caught an eel.
This was funny because Francine loves the feel of the slippery eel.

**purlin** · 07-01-2004, 10:23 AM

Originally posted by jayney bear
When my friend and I were in QLD about 5 years ago she caught an eel.
This was funny because Francine loves the feel of the slippery eel.

**DeeLee** · 07-01-2004, 10:26 AM

My Pop used to take me and my brother fishing all time - we used to love it.

**flaunt** · 07-01-2004, 10:32 AM

everyone was impressed at the good sized snapper my dad bought back last time he took his boat out ... then my sister told us later that he bought it from a fish stall at the side of the road on their way home!!

**Interjecta** · 07-01-2004, 11:49 AM

Originally posted by YiPPii
When I was down south the other week (nornalup), there were black bream on the river like you wouldn't believe. In a week I probably caught 50 odd, but only kept 5 (
all size) for a feed one night.

Good old Nornalup inlet ... soon to be banned from Recreational activities of all sorts by our stupid State Government. The reason for doing so would astound the general public, but I'm not going to get into it on here.

Good to hear you put most of your fish back YiPPii, although 5 is over the daily limit

(it's now 4). What sizes were the ones you kept? Just some advice for next time you're down that way, or decide to keep Bream to throw in the pan:

* 27-32cm are the best sizes to keep as far as flesh taste goes (with 25cm being the legal minimum). Why? Because the larger fish are old and their flesh tastes like shit (Black Bream over 30-35cm can be 15-20 years old). Fish of this size and over should be put back by default because Bream don't start breeding until they're that big/old.

Originally posted by YiPPii
The rig is a rod or handreel, with a running sinker. smallish hooks, with river prawns as bait, hooked through the head (they strike the head first).
too bloody easy.

If you want a challenge (and bulk loads more fun) next time you're fishing for Bream, try using hard bodied lures (minnow type). The Bream go off on lures, fight a heap harder, and once you get it all sussed you'll consistently catch bigger fish (which you cna then safely put back )

3 Black Bream in a livewell during a midnight fish in the Swan River. Smallest one is about 27-28cm, middle fish about 35cm and the larger one between 40-42cm. That one went about 1.3kg

**Dogma** · 07-01-2004, 12:59 PM

yeah all the ones I caught were around 27-30 cm, didn't know about the daily limit though, but I was there for a week so that's less than one a day!

Not the best tasting fish in the world regardless, the flesh is a little muddy.

I'll try that lure idea next time I'm down there...

I caught a couple of herring too, even 5km into the inlet, what's a good rig for them?

**independent-sound** · 07-01-2004, 01:23 PM

some of the best tasting fish is redfin. redfin are actually a vermin fish so they're usually only found in dams but they taste well good when bbq'd.

**Slurm** · 07-01-2004, 01:35 PM

Redfin? Please tell me you are kidding!

Westralian Jewfish
Baldchin Groper
Tasmanian Trumpeter
Coral Trout
Mahi Mahi

**Dogma** · 07-01-2004, 02:37 PM

dhufish

**Slurm** · 07-01-2004, 02:45 PM

pffft

political correctness strikes again!

**littlemissloop** · 07-01-2004, 03:15 PM

Originally posted by destrukto

I went to go off carnac this morning niceee and early but was wayy too choppy out on the water so had to come back

Carnac Island....the seals are so cute and fat

i havnt been fishing there in ages, we used to take grandpops boat out before he sold it.
My greatest fishing adventure was in sharks bay...i caught a shark and inside the shark where about 5 whole fish

I like to go fishing at north mole in freo and south mole is alright. Woodmans point is good too. I dont keep the fish i catch, i put them back in the water

The only exception is when there are taylor about, then we use them as live bait

**Interjecta** · 07-01-2004, 03:25 PM

Originally posted by Slurm
Redfin? Please tell me you are kidding!

Nah no shit. If you cook them up in lemon, butter and herbs (or similar) and BBQ in foil or grill them) they are really, really fucking nice. mmm, coral trout .... still to this day the best fish I have ever tasted

YiPPii: Muddy taste... very possible given their food source and surroundings down there. They'll taste differently from Bream from the Swan, or Moore river, etc. Down south they feed more on big mussel racks and small invertebrae, where-as the Swan River, Moore river etc. have more baitfish and juvenile fish (tailor, herring, tarwhine, etc) thus giving them a cleaner taste. I haven't eaten Bream for over a year (can't bring myself to kill them anymore) but when I used to cook them, I just lightly floured them and put them straight into the pan. I leave them in there while I pick off the flesh and eat them with a decent white vinegar and some bread. Don't freeze Bream, you'll nullify the taste completely.

**GoOsH** · 08-01-2004, 05:34 AM

My favourite eating fish has to be red emporer, absolutely divine.

**M/\YH3M** · 08-01-2004, 07:08 AM

I went fishing the other day in mosman bay just near blackwall and i got 2 blowies from these 2 backpackers, nah just jokes but not really as i got the blowies but not the chiks neway thats another story...... didnt get much but usually it is a good spot for some tailor there!!!!!!!!!

**aleks** · 09-01-2004, 11:51 AM

Originally posted by SnowWhite
Hmm now come to think of it........the rocky jetty is the one infront of the yatch club?? near the board walk thing??

and the safey bay one is further around...it has a little deli on the corner??

The safety bay one is heaps better to fish off...the end bit is concrete??

Hmm must go down there for a visit and refresh the old memory....

Yaught Club jetty in front of the Yaught Club........The one near the deli is Palm beach Jetty........safety bay jetty is in safety bay uhuh

bout a 5 10 minute drive away from palm beach

**SnowWhite** · 09-01-2004, 11:58 AM

LOL ok me stand corrected...tis palm beach jetty i used to fish at...

Safey Bay is to far to walk from me unit

**aleks** · 09-01-2004, 11:58 AM

My favourite tasting fish would have to be Whitting (sp?)

if u catch the little ones u eat them whole ala white bait styles

Tension · 09-01-2004, 12:03 PM

Hate to be a spelling anal pirate Aleks but its spelled "yacht" might come in handy for the future

also: whiting

**weez** · 09-01-2004, 07:26 PM

Originally posted by M/\YH3M
I went fishing the other day in mosman bay just near blackwall and i got 2 blowies from these 2 backpackers, nah just jokes but not really as i got the blowies but not the chiks neway thats another story...... didnt get much but usually it is a good spot for some tailor there!!!!!!!!!

Tailor are everyhwere apparently!

Blowies suck, especially this time of year. They seem to breed in plague proportions, even when you use lures, the suckers still go for it, they even eat the ends off soft plastics. We stacked about 30 on the Jetty once, after an hour we threw them back (thinking they were dead) and they swam away.

**aleks** · 12-01-2004, 09:49 AM

I like stomping on blowies when they are fully blown......they make a delightfull *POP* sound.

**Ego_tripped** · 12-01-2004, 09:57 AM

Originally posted by aleks
My favourite tasting fish would have to be Whitting (sp?)

if u catch the little ones u eat them whole ala white bait styles

I've eaten alot of fish species, but I must admit nothing compares to King George Whiting Fillets done on the bbq with lemon & herbs..

**Ego_tripped** · 12-01-2004, 10:00 AM

Went fishing last night at one of my regular haunts chasing some Tailor, but unfortunately the fuckers weren't biting at all..

Mind u it was just good to get outta the house and sit on the beach for a few hours.

**Ego_tripped** · 12-01-2004, 11:39 AM

Originally posted by aleks
Yaught Club jetty in front of the Yaught Club........The one near the deli is Palm beach Jetty........safety bay jetty is in safety bay uhuh

bout a 5 10 minute drive away from palm beach

Many years ago before that stoopid sand bar got too big and consumed most of the Safety Bay water near the Yacht Club...that was a wickid little fishing spot..
I use to take a dingy out and set up camp on that sand bar when it was only a baby mountain of sand in the ocean.. I havn't been there for a few years but from my understanding the sand bar has screwed up that entire part of the beach....One night I caught about 10 huge Gardies, 3 large Tailor, 4 massive Skippy & threw back plenty of Herring (didn't want to be too greedy) lol

**independent-sound** · 12-01-2004, 12:00 PM

Originally posted by Slurm
Redfin? Please tell me you are kidding!

Nope, I love redfin! They taste awesome. Whenever I'm down south I make a mean redfin and marron salad. Nothing compares.

**chay** · 12-01-2004, 12:28 PM

independent sound is going to take me fishing YAY

**inanna** · 12-01-2004, 12:33 PM

Originally posted by chay
independent sound is going to take me fishing YAY

can i come?!? i can be the official beer opener

**chay** · 12-01-2004, 12:36 PM

Originally posted by inanna
can i come?!? i can be the official beer opener

why of course, a fishing trip wouldnt be a fishing trip without the official beer opener

i've also decided we are going camping and making a weekend of it bush styles, so there will be plenty of beer that needs opening!

you guys should come!! i'll message you when we've organised it more...i should probably tell paul that we're going, for a start

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