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kinezo
Sat Oct 08, 2005, 09:23 AM
hi all....
just wondering if anyone of the forum loves fishing

im a big fan of fishing and do it every chance i get...
cant wait till it warms up a bit more and the snapper come into the bay

if u have any great fishing photos please share... would really love to see them...
i'll start with some BREAM i caught at patterson lakes melb....

cheers

kinezo

nicholas76
Sat Oct 08, 2005, 09:27 AM
hehehe

most people on this forum like there fish alive and swimming mate lol


i might post up a few of my pics mate stay tuned


re post this as "your most impressive catch"

goldenpigeon
Sat Oct 08, 2005, 09:46 AM
lol i love fishing... but never really get to do it. nice pics kinezo

DR.V
Sat Oct 08, 2005, 11:00 AM
Show us the shark pic kinezo ! Hehe

Proteus
Sat Oct 08, 2005, 11:34 AM
nice catch there kinezo

Darth_discus
Sat Oct 08, 2005, 11:56 AM
same with you GP i never get the chance to do it so if there is a chance i pounce oon it like a west tiger HAHA

Merrilyn
Sat Oct 08, 2005, 12:38 PM
Ohhhhhh bream have teeth. :shock:

Have a look at those choppers lol

Ben
Sat Oct 08, 2005, 01:46 PM
Bring on the sushi!

lol

nicholas76
Sat Oct 08, 2005, 03:40 PM
sushi bream style echhhhh

you couldnt could you Ben?


ill stick to the salmon ...


ps anyone know the location of some very big snapper in the bay? , ive been looking but cant find any lol

sammigold
Sun Oct 09, 2005, 01:14 AM
I used to go fishing off the pier in hastings (Vic) and patterson lakes and even St Kilda I loved it. But haven't been for years.
I "stole" one of my dads fishing role with the intention of going fishing... but never seem to get around to getting a license so there goes my fishing.... great fish you've got there. When I was a kid we used to fish in the creek near our house and catch minnows and eels. Being of dutch heritage my dad would cook the eels.. Yum!! :lol:

goldenpigeon
Sun Oct 09, 2005, 01:51 AM
lol sammi,

who is up for some smoked trout or atlantic salmon :D

yummo!

Tryhard
Tue Oct 11, 2005, 11:06 AM
Don't mind chasing a few Breambos myself although it is coming into flathead season.

nicholas76
Tue Oct 11, 2005, 12:41 PM
now thats a nice lizard!!!!!!!


thats a thumper of a bream!

kinezo
Wed Oct 12, 2005, 09:39 AM
holy smokes...

nice flatty matt..
and the bream is super nice also.....


flatty's a scum of the bay.. lol but they sure do taste good ehe

thanks for the pics..

kinezo

nicholas76
Fri Oct 28, 2005, 02:09 PM
Did anyone say snapper?

caught these today

2 fish over 3kg and around 60cm
2 fish over 2.5kg and around 55cm
1 fish around 1.5kg and 44cm
1 pinkie to 32cm

kalebjarrod
Fri Oct 28, 2005, 08:14 PM
i would have to say i have the greatest fishing spot in the world 10 min from my house

IT IS THE MOST AWSOME PLACE EVER

you almost feel as if you could stick your hands in and simply pull out the fish

although i mostly catch freshwater fish, perch, yellowbelly, bass you do also get some great barra

if i duck out today i'll snap a pick (although you'll have to convince me to tell you where it is LOL)

kinezo
Fri Oct 28, 2005, 11:59 PM
god damn! they ar nice size fishes NICK!!

well done mate.. congrats..
now u can go home and sleep well.....

when's the BBQ?
lol
good catch mate.. well done?>
which one was dedicated to me again? the 3kg + one?
lol

kalebjarrod: What the? if u dun tell me where this hot spot of urs is.. im gonna fly up there and beat it outta u!! lol

cheers
kinezo

kalebjarrod
Sat Oct 29, 2005, 12:57 AM
don't hurt me

i give in

:wink:

nicholas76
Sat Oct 29, 2005, 01:53 AM
how about this Dat!

you should have been in the bay yesterday, apparently everyone bagged out .

the water temp rose dramatically and with the incoming tide everything was biting

owell enjoy this pic then ,

nicholas76
Sat Oct 29, 2005, 01:59 AM
edited

Proteus
Sat Oct 29, 2005, 09:11 AM
nice catch

nicholas76
Mon Oct 31, 2005, 08:06 AM
Thanks Ro,


Part 2 - we are trying are luck again tonight and all morning.

Kinezo if you get this in time, see you out there hopefully good luck

kinezo
Mon Oct 31, 2005, 10:49 PM
hey nick...
good luck buddi .. they definately out there dude

yeah ive already come in... i went out monday nite...

what u think. ??....
cheers
talk soon bud....


kinezo

Ben
Mon Oct 31, 2005, 11:28 PM
wow!!!!!!!!

thats awesome kinezo!!

well done

that fish is almost bigger than you mate!!

Hey Nick The competion is on now buddy!

heheheh

Proteus
Tue Nov 01, 2005, 08:12 AM
Hey Kinezo... dinner, for ummmm... 20?

lol

mcloughlin2
Tue Nov 01, 2005, 09:38 AM
Now that is a fish! :shock: ...lol

I went to forster two weeks ago, caught a shovel nose shark! didnt get a decent pic but...will see if i can get the 2 quick pictures we took and post them up.... :wink:

nicholas76
Tue Nov 01, 2005, 09:43 AM
hehehe nice fish

who caught it ?? lol


we went out today again. post pics soon :wink:

nicholas76
Tue Nov 01, 2005, 10:53 AM
Ever wondered what port phillip bay looks like on a perfectly still summers day?

thought id take a picture !. we were about 20 km out from mornington.

we were visited by a pod of dolphins today whihc was an awsume experience.

we only caught 2 fish for the day.

nicholas76
Tue Nov 01, 2005, 10:56 AM
check.. mate! hehehe

Ben
Tue Nov 01, 2005, 10:59 AM
well done Nick!

is that my dinner the fish on the right?

lol
heheheheh

cheers
Ben

nicholas76
Tue Nov 01, 2005, 11:02 AM
another angle


thanks ben! :)

Benny
Tue Nov 01, 2005, 03:02 PM
Heh Kinezo, that snapper could have made sushi out of you!

Nicholas, nice catch, i also like your boat!!! Is that a suzuki motor on the back? i think i saw the label in one of your earlier posts....

Any sydney fishermen about, that know of any good spots to go fishing? My girlfriends dad has a 20 ft boat with a 125 merc on it, but he knows nothing of fishing, and im a land lubber, so have know idea where to actually go on a boat..

Ive heard the spit bridge is good, and also botany bay...

regards boiz and ladiez

nicholas76
Tue Nov 01, 2005, 09:07 PM
hi benny,


yeah its a suzuki engine 140 hp 4 stroke. The boat is called a Bar Crusher. Mates boat purpose built rough weather fishing boat.

we has it out in 2 meter seas last week for an eight house fishing session, really good strong boat! that can handle the rough stuff.

Proteus
Mon Nov 07, 2005, 07:58 AM
All this looking at fish... think I might have me some Fish & chips for dinner (although someone else will have caught the fish on my behalf)

nicholas76
Mon Nov 07, 2005, 08:21 AM
Ro,


Ill send you a frozen snapper north if you like?


hehe

Proteus
Mon Nov 07, 2005, 08:51 AM
wont get here quick enough, but thanks anyway for the offer...

:P

nicholas76
Thu Dec 29, 2005, 05:40 AM
I wont let this thread end ! lol

a personal achivement!

broke the 5 kg marker with this ripper!!! very happy with it considering , we fished in "new" grounds. we had old crusty service station bait and we did not know what tides we had.

nicholas76
Thu Dec 29, 2005, 05:42 AM
another pic

a little bloody but we blead them straight away to prevent spoilage.

Mulisha
Thu Dec 29, 2005, 11:38 AM
WOW nice catch man :shock:

Did u catch that fish on a floater pilchard? :wink:

DR.V
Thu Dec 29, 2005, 01:41 PM
Whoahhh nice catch !!

nicholas76
Thu Dec 29, 2005, 08:34 PM
not sure what you mean by floater pilchard mulisha.

We used normal western australian pilchard .

the rig comprised of a pea ball sinker 5/0 hook and 30 pound trace.

Mulisha
Sat Dec 31, 2005, 03:59 PM
oh ok kool mate

What a floater pilchard is no sinker then a swivel then a 2.5m trace around the 60lbs mark then a set of gang hooks 4/0 then hook the pilchard up on that so it lays flat and doesn't spin. Then cast it out then feed out a fair bit of slack line out with it so it sinks slowly so it stays around mid to top water.

I do this in QLD and catch alot of the reef fish this way like Tuna, Cobia, Mackeral, Snapper all those surface fish and i have alot of sucess with it i usally use a bait runner reel with alot of line becuase i fish light line only like 20lbs so it i have to fight the fish not just reel it across the top of the water LOL :wink:

Hope that makes sense i sometimes don't make sense LOL :oops: :oops:

nicholas76
Sun Jan 01, 2006, 05:52 AM
yep thats the rig we use too!!!!!

ideal setup

lots a big snapper go for that rig , no pressure on the line,

i had a snapper chew through my 24kg mono like it was butter on that rig last week

nicholas76
Mon Jan 09, 2006, 09:51 AM
Ever wondered what type of fish your flake was???


this little gummy shark was thrown back on our last trip .

cute little sucker, its a shame i dont have a big enough marine tank.

Ben
Mon Jan 09, 2006, 12:29 PM
Did you eat the little beast Nick?

2 cups of SR flour
375 ml beer
pinch salt and white pepper
pinch ground tumeric

Perfect recipe for beer battered flake!

Mulisha
Mon Jan 09, 2006, 12:55 PM
LOL Ben :D

He would look awersome in a tank though :shock:

nicholas76
Mon Jan 09, 2006, 08:40 PM
Hehehe

Ben LONG TIME NO HEAR

Actually we let him go! he was just under the size limit. No point killing a baby , we want his dad! haha.

nicholas76
Sat Jan 14, 2006, 05:33 AM
this is what an 8kg snapper looks like, considerably bigger than mine and kinezos

caught of brighton ( Victoria )this season and not by me :(

owell enjoy

Ben
Sat Jan 14, 2006, 01:21 PM
Sashami for many with that fishy!

nicholas76
Fri Feb 24, 2006, 06:58 AM
this is another snapper caught in the bay.

makes my catch seem small.

nicholas76
Thu Mar 09, 2006, 11:03 AM
YEah


caught this ripper last week


6.2 kg

kinezo
Tue Mar 14, 2006, 10:43 AM
hey all..
went out to mornington this afternoon after work....


nothing massive.. but good enuff to eat.. YUMMY!!!

kinezo

"these make great bait for snapper ey nick?? :) "

Proteus
Tue Mar 14, 2006, 10:46 AM
You guys are making me hungry

nicholas76
Tue Mar 14, 2006, 09:08 PM
too good for bait, hehehe

Ben
Tue Mar 28, 2006, 01:03 PM
Poor little squids kinezo!
look at their sad puffy eyes...

*sniffles*

did you treat them with some salt and pepper?

nicholas76
Tue Apr 25, 2006, 06:59 AM
A mate just got back from fishing in south australia

they classify these as the normal fish ,, not that big


both are just over 11 kg ( frozen and brought back to melbourne in pics)

Tryhard
Fri May 12, 2006, 10:12 AM
You guys should try doing it the hard way ! :shock:

nicholas76
Fri May 12, 2006, 12:49 PM
hehe thats the fun way

very popular way of fishing up north !

especially when the fish is pulling you ! eg spanish mackeral , tunas !!! My mate has this rig in noosa

Mulisha
Fri May 12, 2006, 01:35 PM
hmm Noosa ey that sounds familar LOL that's were i live 8-) 8-)

nicholas76
Fri May 12, 2006, 02:26 PM
http://www.fishingnoosa.com.au/kayaks.htm

or

http://www.fishingnoosa.com.au

but then you probably have this site book marked hehe

:D :D

DiscusMad
Fri May 12, 2006, 04:35 PM
nicholas76
did ya have to club that fish ta catch it lol

nicholas76
Fri May 12, 2006, 09:28 PM
hehe no there not that vicious or anything,, as soon as we get it in the boat we brain spike it, and instantly its dead so its relatively stress free!

makes for better eating that way.

goldenpigeon
Fri May 12, 2006, 11:36 PM
some nice catches by all!

i was up in noosa about just over 2 weeks ago and there were so many people fishing! i hired a boat and went out to see what people where catching and the fish arent bad up there i can tell you!!! lots of stingrays too hehehe. wish i had bought my rod!!

Robdog
Tue May 30, 2006, 05:01 PM
Saw a guy in a kayak similar to the previous photo just outside North Head in Sydney a few months ago when the kingies were on. Then all of a sudden his kayak grew a motor and took off out to sea. 400m later he pulled in a 5ft bronze whaler. :shock:
8-) Now THATS fishing!! 8-)

nicholas76
Tue May 30, 2006, 09:16 PM
went spear fishing this week.

Caught a 5 kg octopus , 2 squid and 25 gar fish!

my fridge is FULL! lol its an awsum sport!

Proteus
Tue May 30, 2006, 10:46 PM
went spear fishing this week.

Caught a 5 kg octopus , 2 squid and 25 gar fish!

my fridge is FULL! lol its an awsum sport!

So when is the BBQ Nick?

I am sure we can orgnise a nice little crowd for you to feed... :P

nicholas76
Wed May 31, 2006, 04:11 AM
hehe funny you should say that Ro,,, we cooked 1 /5th of the octopus and it fed 3 of us.

we have all booked our holidays for next years summer, this time we are hunting for cray fish! yummy!

Proteus
Wed May 31, 2006, 05:16 AM
Crayfish hey... make sure there is enough to share

nicholas76
Tue Sep 19, 2006, 07:55 AM
a picture of a red emperor I caught many years back

(excuse the face edit im not keen on putting pics of myself online)


Kinezo keep this post alive dude

DR.V
Tue Sep 19, 2006, 08:21 AM
Thats a big catch nick. How did it take you to pull that fish ?

nicholas76
Tue Sep 19, 2006, 08:45 AM
Actually mate it was pretty easy.

I was using a handline with some pretty heavy duty line at that! probably 2-3 minutes tops.

As you can see I was only wearing one glove at the time as it was my first cast of the day. Didnt get time to put the second glove on as this ripper jumped on the hook.

To be honest my intentions were to let it go but the deck hand took it off me and spiked it so quickly i didnt have the option.

I froze it and brought it back to Melbourne. It fed 13 of us.

Lovely fish and great meat if you ever get the chance to try it.

Robdog
Tue Sep 19, 2006, 09:53 AM
My mate and I are possibly the worlds worst fishermen. Whenever we get a day off together its either raining, windy or raining AND windy. When he's not puking overboard (sometimes its good burley) we catch a few fish here and there.
Here's a decent Hawksbury bream that he caught a few months ago. From memory it was the only fish we boated the whole day.

nicholas76
Tue Sep 19, 2006, 10:56 AM
NIce bream!

some nice cutlets out of that one yumm

Xtreme
Tue Sep 19, 2006, 11:06 AM
Lol, where is your head?!

Mulisha
Tue Sep 19, 2006, 11:26 AM
Lol, where is your head?!

on his shoulders :lol:

Were is yours ? :lol:

Robdog
Tue Sep 19, 2006, 11:35 AM
Nah that's my mate and I conveniently took the photo without his head in it. The fish was better looking anyway

Cheyne_Jones
Tue Oct 24, 2006, 05:55 AM
Thought i would post some cod fishin pics....

Not many wild cod left so very proud of them lol...

nicholas76
Tue Oct 24, 2006, 06:16 AM
murray cod?


hope the rumours are true that they are coming back in numbers!

Cuong
Tue Oct 24, 2006, 10:56 AM
From his location and 'wild', I'm thinking Mary River Cod..?

May I ask where this was, Cheyne? I have always wanted to hike to a cod hole.

fish_r
Tue Oct 24, 2006, 05:24 PM
barra from South Alligator N.T.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/KharmaKazi/SouthBarra800x600.jpg

Cheyne_Jones
Wed Oct 25, 2006, 07:58 AM
Yeah they are murray cod...

They are making a huge comeback and hopefully it will stay that way if everyone practices catch and release with em...

As far as location goes lets just say all along the queensland nsw border is thick with them, particularly the western tributaries that are part of the murray darling basin, just have to spend the time looking.

Have spent many days treking miles upon miles searching, coming up with nothing, finally found them but...

Last trip between 3 of us we released 60+ fish in three days so they are around if your prepared to put in the hard yards.

samir
Wed Oct 25, 2006, 08:19 AM
lizard from botany bay

Robdog
Wed Oct 25, 2006, 09:01 AM
How recent is that samir?

samir
Wed Oct 25, 2006, 09:14 AM
about a year ago maybe more, there's usually flathead on foreshore road in the summer about 20-30 meters out.

Robdog
Wed Oct 25, 2006, 09:17 AM
Have you got any on soft plastics?

scott bowler
Wed Oct 25, 2006, 09:26 AM
i have dog and its great soft plastics are the way to go and there is so many out now . it good becouse you are moving all the time its not as boring and it dosent cost as much as frozen bait al the time . I know that every time i used to go fishing it would cost me heaps , i had to have prawns and pillys and squid you name it i got it. this way i just change the colour and shape and keep goin

scotty

Robdog
Wed Oct 25, 2006, 09:31 AM
I've used them a few times but always in really crappy weather with not much success but it's a great feeling when you get a hit. Couple of bream and taylor but never a lizard. And gee the taylor make a mess out of them!

Cuong
Wed Oct 25, 2006, 09:42 AM
Lizards are easy pickings on soft plastics, head out to your local estuary on the dropping tide and cast around on the mudbanks. Nice fish though samir!

scott bowler
Wed Oct 25, 2006, 10:31 AM
good thing about fishing for lizards on plastic you can catch them in a foot or two of water, you can see the bait jumping of the bottom and see the flatys hit its great .

samir
Wed Oct 25, 2006, 11:17 AM
the only thing ive ever caught on plastics is a 5cm bream and that got hooked by the gills :? .

Tryhard
Wed Nov 01, 2006, 09:48 AM
And then I pop up and post something silly :twisted:

scott bowler
Wed Nov 01, 2006, 10:16 AM
thats a great fish matt theres nothing like plastic and flatty thats a good one were did you get it foster ? scott

nicholas76
Wed Nov 01, 2006, 11:09 AM
aaah good to see my favorite thread alive in well.

im off to noosa this weekend , hopefully ill post a ton of pics for you guys!

full intentions in using lures, soft baits, and the marlin rigs we have set up.

Tryhard
Sat Nov 04, 2006, 08:08 AM
Yeah Scott thats my PB from Forster - hoping to crack the meter mark this year (and yes she was released)

kinezo
Sat Nov 18, 2006, 11:41 PM
hi all...
glad to see this post is alive and doing well....

as for an update...
i started my snapper season this weekend...

was a great start... a bit quiet.. until there was first light...

hope to get out there again soon

biggest fish today was approx 5kg

keep the pics coming..

NIck.. where are ur marlin pics!?

cheers
kinezo

nicholas76
Sun Nov 19, 2006, 01:16 AM
hey dat

nice fish mate,, some of those are wearing nappies still :P

mate we were fishing for pearl pearch when about 50 meteres to the rear of the boat sail fish start jumping out of the water like doplhins

amazing experience!!

anyway we didnt take many photos, too busy catching fish,, ill post some nice pictures soon

biggie1985
Fri Nov 24, 2006, 08:48 AM
Just got back from a little trip in Metung.

Hired a boat and went out for a couple of hours.

Had heaps of fun and managed to catch my first soft plastic lizard.

Cheers

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o172/BiGGiE021/IMG_1401.jpg

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o172/BiGGiE021/IMG_1403.jpg

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o172/BiGGiE021/IMG_1402.jpg

scott bowler
Fri Nov 24, 2006, 01:12 PM
hi biggi arent flatty great fun on the soft plastic there is no other way to catch them that is so much fun they go offff

Robdog
Fri Nov 24, 2006, 02:12 PM
That's a helluva good feed you got there!

biggie1985
Fri Nov 24, 2006, 10:50 PM
I was wrapped mate.

It's an even better feed when you go away with your sister that's a head chef.

Just fantastic.

So how's the snapper season going?

Heading down to mornington tonight to chase them

Cheers

Robdog
Sat Nov 25, 2006, 01:45 AM
It's an even better feed when you go away with your sister

:shock: :shock:

Ahhh geez, I've missed my calling in life. I should've been a journalist and misquoted people for a living! :lol: :lol: :lol:

samir
Sat Nov 25, 2006, 03:27 AM
:lol: :lol: you're a funny one

kinezo
Sat Nov 25, 2006, 08:02 AM
Just fantastic.

So how's the snapper season going?

Heading down to mornington tonight to chase them

Cheers

hey biggies...

nice catch of whiting mate... would've been heaps of fun!!

as for the snapper! they are going nuts out in mornington.. i went out this morning.. and did well... i fished in about 20m! see you out there bro! AWSOME!

NICK:.. bro.. u dun have a spare fridge do u!? :lol: gotta get another fridge! its getting full hehe

good luck all... go go go get out there!!! its been a great season!

scott bowler
Sat Nov 25, 2006, 08:15 AM
thats a good dayout here in sidney we have to travel north or south to catch good fish their is not many fish local all fished out ,but that is half the fun goin fishing traveling to get the bigg one .

Robdog
Sat Nov 25, 2006, 02:08 PM
I think you've been going to the wrong spots scotty!
Balmoral is full of good sized lizards when the weather is good. The swell marker near Old Mans Hat always has kingies in season, not to mention using deep divers outside Nth Head.

scott bowler
Sat Nov 25, 2006, 02:30 PM
yeah ill have to get my self a boat real soon and get out to some of those places thanks ill keep them in mind scott

nicholas76
Sun Nov 26, 2006, 12:07 AM
awsum haul mate nice flat heads and king george whiting !

Robdog
Sun Nov 26, 2006, 02:16 AM
Scott, you can walk to Old mans hat and down the cliffs at nth head. Only for the adventurous but very worth it for the experience. Make sure you've got some spikes or cleats once you get there tho, very slippery. Not the kind of place to go in big seas either.

Robdog
Sun Dec 24, 2006, 06:24 AM
Has anyone ever fished down at Fishermans Paradise, Lake Cunjola way?

scott bowler
Mon Jan 01, 2007, 02:55 PM
no dog youll have to let us know how you go or went onr or the other hope you had a good one mate and stayed safe

kinezo
Tue Jan 02, 2007, 07:05 AM
hey all...

i went camping in LAkes entrace just for the new years!!...
for those that dun know lakes.. its about 3 hours east of melbounrne... along the coast!!

anways... i fishes a few days...

apprently its better fishing in the winter! but we managed to get a few fish!

the best par ttho.. is u dunno what ur gonna get.. its holds such a variety of differnt fish!

we got breams, king george whiting, flathead, salmon, ludrick, wrasses, leather jackets... and some mullet pinky's also.. (but they are like really really small.. small as ur hand! lol

i didnt find a massive flathead.. they get big that way...
but a friend got one 5.2 kilos about 5 months ago,....


well for a general fishing report! it was great fun!!.....

alot of lil fish also.. but fish big baits.. and u'll get the big ones...


theres also heaps and heaps of mussels in lakes.. if ur into eating them...

i just used it for bait!!

HAPPY NEW YEARS everyone!!

happy fishing..

kinezo

piranha-discus
Sat Jan 13, 2007, 12:14 PM
humm kinezo
where in mornington did u get those fish,
i only got a few from ansett marking out from mt eliza,
i need more my freezer is empty lol, and who u went fishing with?
my boat is always ready for snapper lol, just gota find them
cheers ben, ps i wenr to eden for new years, we got 2 king fish!

brew3
Wed Jan 17, 2007, 04:45 AM
Missed a few and landed a couple of rainbow trout.
Mario

:D :D :D

Cheyne_Jones
Mon Feb 12, 2007, 06:10 AM
Just got back from a bit of an exploritory trip to the new england and grafton areas to find new bass and trout water.

Couldnt find any bass but got 19 eastern cod in a session (incidental captures, all released unharmed)

Then fished the new england area and found some really high quality rainbow trout in waters we hadn't fished before, ended up with 38 fish, all released unharmed.

Cuong
Thu Feb 15, 2007, 09:22 AM
Sounds like you've found yourself another good cod and trout hole :shock: How many days hike was it?

Cheyne_Jones
Thu Feb 15, 2007, 10:02 PM
The cod were a few hours swim with all the gear as it is so remote there are no walking tracks and it is way easier to swim.

The trout are very easy to find most of them were caught within an hours walk of the road/track. It was the first time i have fished for them in summer and they seem to be way more aggressive and alot better size around. It was new territory aswell so maybe we just found better streams.

bun
Fri Feb 16, 2007, 02:25 PM
Loving that cod :shock: Awesome colour and pattern.

Little snapper (frozen in pic) I caught at our beachouse on york peninsula.
http://www.users.on.net/~richard.norrish/snapper.jpg

Robdog
Fri Feb 16, 2007, 03:31 PM
That's a cracker Bun!

scott bowler
Fri Feb 16, 2007, 10:48 PM
nice catch bun great fish how big was it

kinezo
Fri Feb 16, 2007, 10:50 PM
nice fish bun...

shoulda give u a decent feed! lol

Cheyne jones: nice murray cod...

ive never explored fresh water fishing much.. only did it once in the murray up swan hill way...

first cod i ever got.. i had to go in and get it out...

the prick snagged me about 2m from the bank! lol so i said.. stuff it.. first fish!!... i wanna see it! lol so in i went.. and out she came

it was pretty nice fish.. prob jus ton 50cm but had to throw it back. cuz it was closed season.. (we were targeting yellow bellys)

happy fishing guy/grils.. keep the pics coming..

cheers
kinezo

fish_r
Sat Feb 17, 2007, 07:50 AM
here's a pick of my last ruggers catch off the rocks
Pt Riley S.A.
also a pic of some of my handy work, blank is a sabre 196-8 trimmed down a little.

scott bowler
Sat Feb 17, 2007, 08:14 AM
very nice fish_r i like your work too ill just have to get out fishing very soon for some pics to show keep them comeing

fish_r
Sat Feb 17, 2007, 11:54 AM
thx Scott, used to love rod building but there's no money in it for the effort put in :(

scott bowler
Sat Feb 17, 2007, 12:00 PM
may be you should make specal rods with names and things like that , what would one cost for a boat rod for spinning gear. in penrith colours a sydney footy team with my name on it ? one piece about 6ft haha

kinezo
Sun Feb 18, 2007, 01:08 AM
hey fish_r...

nice catch mate.. thats awesome to catch them off the rocks...
but ur in SA.. thats cheating lol .. here in melb.. u gotta pick the rite days to get close to half of that! thast on a good day.. (land base)

and i do like ur rod designs also...

it is hard to compete in the rod market.... if urs are hand crafted and pplz are just buying machines mad facotry rods..
just make them for urself or freinds...
at the end of the day.. at least u know urs a quality rods...

thanks for the pics..


cheers
kinezo

Merrilyn
Sun Feb 18, 2007, 02:51 AM
Mate, that rod is a work of art :P

fish_r
Sun Feb 18, 2007, 07:30 AM
Hey Scott ud'e probably be looking around $220, but havnt done one for a while so would have to get costs ?
really depends on the quality of blank/guides etc u want to use ?
thx kinezo, believe me it's pretty rare off the rocks to get that good a catch here in S.A. too :) i stumbled across a hole i think ?
the rods i do are truely are handcrafted, cause even the custom built ones u buy from a fishing shop are done on a power driven lathe.
i use no power at all it's all done by turning the blank by hand on a hand made unpowered rod lathe, except the epoxy finish where i use a bbq roticery motor :)

Mate, that rod is a work of art
thx Merrilyn :P
also turned the butt end up on a lathe and done some thread work on it too
and heres a pic of an eye "all underbound etc...

fish_r
Sun Feb 18, 2007, 07:36 AM
and this is what i used to make em on "also made by me" :)

scott bowler
Sun Feb 18, 2007, 09:44 AM
that sound fare so do some cost and if you have time and you would like i would love one mate your work looks good , ill get back to you with how long and colour s shortly up to you mate only if you have time

fish_r
Mon Feb 19, 2007, 01:09 PM
Hey Scott, had a bit of a think and dont really think i have the time @ the moment, maybe later though.
will et u know.
sorry m8...

scott bowler
Mon Feb 19, 2007, 01:16 PM
thats cool just thought i would give you a go , let me know if you change your mind mate

bun
Sun Feb 03, 2008, 06:49 AM
Cheyne_Jones: Love those cod pics, I'd love to catch one, one day, but I don't think I could ever keep it after havin a pet one for quite a while :P

nicholas76: That gummy shark is a ripper! how long did that take to get in?

Bubbles
Tue Feb 05, 2008, 09:50 AM
Hey all,

We are the fishing/Camping family here in Melbourne & love to take the punt out for a family fishing day, mostly go to Echuca in the Murray or in the Goulburn.

Here is a pic of my husband & his Murray Cod (49cm) & Golden Perch (42cm) caught just last week at Echuca in the Murray.

Bubbles
Tue Feb 05, 2008, 10:18 AM
Hey all,

We are the fishing/Camping family here in Melbourne & love to take the punt out for a family fishing day, mostly go to Echuca in the Murray or in the Goulburn.

Here is a pic of my husband & his Murray Cod (49cm) & Golden Perch (42cm) caught just last week at Echuca in the Murray.

Ok........so I'm a bit late at responding to this thread, all pics in this thread are most impressive, it's a great sport & it is most relaxing with the fishing chair & a cold beer :lol:...hehe.

Bubbles
Tue Feb 05, 2008, 10:21 AM
Just one last thing.......KEEP THIS THREAD ALIVE - come on "it's summer" where are the pics everybody???????

fish_r
Tue Feb 05, 2008, 11:51 AM
here's another cpl from me when i was living in Darwin.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/KharmaKazi/DarwinJew.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/KharmaKazi/HugeGTSundayTerritorian.jpg

scott bowler
Tue Feb 05, 2008, 11:56 AM
rob now your just showing off lol

ozarowana
Tue Feb 05, 2008, 12:35 PM
Bubbles the bottom pic looks like a silver perch.

fish_r
Tue Feb 05, 2008, 12:36 PM
rob now your just showing off lol
i have bigger lol !

Bubbles
Thu Feb 07, 2008, 11:50 PM
Now that's impressive Rob & what's more impressive is the 12kg Trevally you caught at Channel Island you brought in on a hand line - amazing.

Ozarowana - my mistake, I beleive it to be a Silver Perch :oops: not Yellow Belly........good call.

I have a pic of my son holding a big cray on my mobile phone, just need to download it so I can post it in this thread.

It's great to see so many people getting into fishing :wink:

fish_r
Fri Feb 08, 2008, 06:42 AM
thx Bubbles, it was a 300lb handline though lol :lol: "more like rope"

samir
Fri Feb 08, 2008, 12:39 PM
rob now your just showing off lol

ditto :P :lol: :lol:

fish_r
Sat Feb 09, 2008, 10:26 AM
http://emcsmileys.com/s/251.gif

Bubbles
Sun Feb 10, 2008, 02:02 AM
:boohoo Samir & scott, jealousy comes in many forms :lol:

Andy123
Fri Mar 21, 2008, 07:46 AM
last weekend i went to post stephans with dad, some of his mates and their sons my brother(we are 15) and entred into a fishing comp... cought the following fish:
110cm dolphin fish
90cm dolphin fish,
heaps of flateheads range from 20cm(didnt keep) to 60cm,
40cm leaterjacket
plus a few others bream etc...
also had a 2m long(approx) on the line but didnt get it in the boat

pics...

marlin i had on the line:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p60/fishkid951/marlin.jpg

110cm dolphin fish andrew(brother cought). me and him in pic
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p60/fishkid951/dolphinfish.jpg

the group and the boat in backround

did anyone else go in the comp? wot did u catch?

fishkid

Andy123
Fri Mar 21, 2008, 07:48 AM
last weekend i went to post stephans with dad, some of his mates and their sons my brother(we are 15) and entred into a fishing comp... cought the following fish:
110cm dolphin fish
90cm dolphin fish,
heaps of flateheads range from 20cm(didnt keep) to 60cm,
40cm leaterjacket
plus a few others bream etc...
also had a 2m long(approx) on the line but didnt get it in the boat

pics...

marlin i had on the line:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p60/fishkid951/marlin.jpg

110cm dolphin fish andrew(brother cought). me and him in pic
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p60/fishkid951/dolphinfish.jpg

the group and the boat in backround
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p60/fishkid951/dolphinfish.jpg

did anyone else go in the comp? wot did u catch?

fishkid

Andy123
Fri Mar 21, 2008, 07:49 AM
ooops double posted...can delet one if wanted...
and i added the same pic twice...here is the group and boat[
IMG]http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p60/fishkid951/directors.jpg[/IMG]

scott bowler
Wed Mar 24, 2010, 10:14 AM
As some of you know my family and i moved up the central coast 6 months ago , at that time i got rid of most of my fish apart from 1 tank that i have in my office , so i need some thing to keep me out off trouble :lol: so i have been doing losts of fishing i mean lots every weekend and some night s after work . tonight was a great night i have caught heaps of fish but tonight i got a good one hope you like . :lol:

ILLUSN
Wed Mar 24, 2010, 12:49 PM
hmmm.......
kinda looks like a giant version of my LG6's i think you need a good 8 foot salt water tank for that puppy lol.

Hollowman
Wed Mar 24, 2010, 03:40 PM
Wow!! thats a huge Flathead isn't it Scott? Good eating I believe or so Rex Hunt says

Nice one buddy

Here is one of mine from last weekend in sub zero temperatures on the Chesil Beach in English Channel
The fish is a Channel Whiting, good to eat when they are about 20x the size of this one.

rex82
Wed Mar 24, 2010, 09:33 PM
when it comes to fishing i chase Mangrove Jacks, didn't get much done this season. but here is a pic from last year

Hollowman
Wed Mar 24, 2010, 10:19 PM
You guys are just spoilt for good fishing. I'm going green here :lol:

rex82
Thu Mar 25, 2010, 11:36 AM
goin on a deep sea charter out from mooloolaba on the 6th of april with the missus who is 4 months preg with twins, will post some pics

Robdog
Thu Mar 25, 2010, 12:20 PM
Beautiful big lizard Scotty. Baits or plastics?

swampy1972
Thu Mar 25, 2010, 03:12 PM
I think it was live bait...the whiting that HW caught! ....:laff4

Hollowman
Thu Mar 25, 2010, 04:14 PM
I think it was live bait...the whiting that HW caught! ....:laff4
:shock: :shock:
I was doing my best!! :cry: But you are probably right :lol:

swampy1972
Thu Mar 25, 2010, 05:46 PM
Sorry H,

I couldn't resist. :)

Hollowman
Thu Mar 25, 2010, 08:38 PM
no problem, you made me lol :lol:

The worrying fact is, that this is the state of fishing around the Uk. it is getting worse all the time. Mind you, it is winter here and pretty cold. :wink:

scott bowler
Mon Apr 05, 2010, 12:27 AM
hey there Rob this one was on bait , will have to get some more pics up soon have been getting some good fish on plastics and chromes , the salmon have just started and the friget mackrel are comeing in all great fun on 2kg line ,

scott bowler
Fri Apr 09, 2010, 11:22 AM
got another good fish this afternoon this bream is just on 2kg . only fished for 1 hour for this guy love my life

scott bowler
Sun Apr 11, 2010, 09:03 AM
just a lazzy sunday morning on the beach , 1friget mackrel and a pair of tailer not bad for a few hours lol

Hollowman
Sun Apr 11, 2010, 09:16 AM
Lovely looking Mackeral. We have a similar looking Mackeral too but with different markings.
Nice catch Scott :)

scott bowler
Sun Apr 11, 2010, 09:26 AM
thanks stevo you have to come down here mate and get some fishing in lol, i had jothy and his family here today , but we didnt get out for a fish but it was good to see them .

Hollowman
Sun Apr 11, 2010, 10:26 AM
Would love to one day Scott. I am off to the Philippines on Wednesday to see my girlfriend, so close, yet so far :cry: :lol:

I love to see your catches though Scott, keep up the good work my friend :)

AEF
Thu Jun 24, 2010, 11:32 AM
Hi Guys, Just new to Discus Forums but have been keeping fish for just over 30 years. I live in Brisbane and do a little bit of fishing. Here is a sample of what we get here. Enjoy

http://i692.photobucket.com/albums/vv282/transporter_fish/Stuscobia2.jpg (alt+p)

Hollowman
Thu Jun 24, 2010, 04:55 PM
Wow!!!! what is that? Nice catch :D

AEF
Mon Jun 28, 2010, 01:35 AM
Its a Cobia. We get lots of them around here.