fishing

dawa · Guru

fishing

Old Crofter · Senior Member

This is a Tassie site but has lots of info on general fishing. Check out your state regs as well.

www.fishtas.com

cheers

Bob

bill12 · Guru

Come to sunny Qld. No licence needed in Queensland!

Happywanderer · The Master

No licence needed in Vic if you are a pensioner.

DeBe · Guru

No licence here in SA.

Cruising Granny · Guru

No licence in WA either. Gee you're in for a good time. All you have to do now is catch the fish. Easy eh DeBe?

johnq · Guru

Are you thinking of salt water tidal estuaries or inland fresh? Either way have a chat with someone in a half decent tackle and bait shop -where they still exist- to get local knowledge. At the same place buy a simple durable rod, reel and basic tackle that will suit 90% of the fishing you will ever do.

There are many rules covering what, where and how. Fishing inspectors are more common than flies in some areas and that is saying something.
Watch out for fresh water impoundments in Qld. Rules and fees.
http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/28_3034.htm

To catch fish you need to go where they are. Some places you could dangle a line for days and catch nothing useful.

pricey43 · Guru

Don't forget the legal sizes and quantity.!!!

johnq · Guru

pricey43 wrote:
Don't forget the legal sizes and quantity.!!!

Well said.

Another area of life where you now need to be accompanied by a lawyer.

dawa · Guru

Oh my goodness;
Yes i did know about legal size and only want one for dinner.
pity the fish don't put out a sign to tell us where they hang out....LOL
Dawa

Gerty Dancer · Guru

The only thing about red-fin Bill is DONT freeze them! they are nice fresh, but have the same flavour as cardboard if they've been frozen

Dawa the only fish I've ever cought were redfin or carp , we can only improve from here!

-- Edited by Gerty Dancer on Sunday 12th of February 2012 03:19:31 PM

beiffe · Guru

Just remember that with one eye on a rod and one hand holding a beer you need to keep the others for yourself so you don't fall over so all you can do is sit back and relax and forget the rest of the world except the beer in your hand and the end of the fishing rod. AHHH BLISS.

Regards
Brian

blaze · Guru

dawa wrote:
Oh my goodness;
Yes i did know about legal size and only want one for dinner.
pity the fish don't put out a sign to tell us where they hang out....LOL
Dawa

they do put out signs just not in english but they are there for the reading

cheers

blaze

bill12 · Guru

Just come back from Monague is, out from Narroma NSW,in friends boat, and we got 5 kingfish to 6kgs , a tuna about 6kgs, and a flathead. All were filleted and donated to the coastguard, for a big barby they are having.I have enough fish in the waeco for a few feeds. Will probaly give some to the gns at Greens lake.They do catch redfin at greens, and they are nice eating also. Will post some pics when I download them from the camerea. Bill

johnq · Guru

dawa wrote:
Oh my goodness;
Yes i did know about legal size and only want one for dinner.
pity the fish don't put out a sign to tell us where they hang out....LOL
Dawa

I did mention obtaining local knowledge.

When the student is ready the teacher appears.

You still have a lot to learn Grasshopper biggrin

dawa · Guru

what i know will fit on the head of a pin.

any knowledge will be good....LOL

Dawa

dawa · Guru

I have never caught anything.....LOL

Know i need a rod a hook and bait and in my case a lota luck

Dawa

bill12 · Guru

Here,s a pic of a big carp I caught in the Murray nr Yarrawonga. It went 7.8 kgs, and took a shrimp meant for a yellowbelly . Its one of the biggest I have caught andput up quite a fight on 6lbs line. I got 7 for the morning, and no yellowbelly or cod.Is this a sign of the times in the murray. Bill

03_troopy · Guru

Another thing to be aware of is Marine Parks, here in Port Stephens it's a minefield trying to work out just where you can and can't fish. And in some places you can fish, but not when anchored.. or you can fish, but with lures not bait.. and they don't mark the boundaries on the ocean, you have to work it out with a GPS. not easy when some boundaries happen to be curved.

fireheart · Senior Member

Hmmm, the fish and chip shop is looking real good. It really is sad that our lives are becoming so regulated, one can hardly breath anymore without asking permission. Good luck with all of this Dawa. I am sure it really can't be all that bad, I have always had a theray that fishing is a mans way of meditating. My experience of fishing is of being a little girl and having to go to the river with Mum and Dad to go fishing. Only thing was us as kids had to play up away from the landing as we had to be quiet in order not to frighten the fish away. It is only in latter years, I thought that this was Dad's way of getting a little peace and quiet from four rowdy kids.

dawa · Guru

Nothing like steamed fresh fish and a salad.

I will have a go at this at every chance I get .....hoping that enough practice will help in the long run.

It will all be part of the fun and adventure tho.

Dawa

Esmeralda · Guru

Dawa I'm on this lookout for something like "fishing for dummies" and of course "what fish is that" - but of course they probably don't exist. I am going to try fishing next time I am out - I've got the rod/reel, lures, something to put the rod into until a fish comes along and a net - oh and a fishing glove to hold the slippery little suckers. All I need to know to get started is how to kill and gut the fish after I've caught it. Hopefully I will find this out before I get to catch one but as this may be some time, I've plenty of time to find out biggrin biggrin

dawa · Guru

it is the killing it bit i don't like.

I know how to scale and gut etc

dawa

PeterS · Senior Member

Esmeralda, I had a book given to me for Xmas, Australian Fish Guide, writen by Frank Prokop it has pictures of most australian fish, where they are found, what rig to use and also what bait is best. It also has symbols to tell you what fish are poisonous and which ones may cause ciguatera poisoning (what ever that is). I have only had a quick look at it so far but looks very informative.

Peter

dawa · Guru

too technical for me

KISS guide to fishing would bre more my style

dawa

Esmeralda · Guru

PeterS wrote:
Esmeralda, I had a book given to me for Xmas, Australian Fish Guide, writen by Frank Prokop it has pictures of most australian fish, where they are found, what rig to use and also what bait is best. It also has symbols to tell you what fish are poisonous and which ones may cause ciguatera poisoning (what ever that is). I have only had a quick look at it so far but looks very informative.

Peter

Thanks Peter - I will keep an eye out. Helen

Ole_Grizzly · Senior Member

Lucky........is 3 copies available on eBay

03_troopy · Guru

Ciguatera poisoning is caused by a build up of toxin from eating fish that eat smaller fish that have injested a certain type of algea that grows on coral reefs. Fish like larger barracuda, mackerel, red bass and other predator fish. It seems to be common in certain fish species and at certain locations. Quite a few years back I had something that the docs diagnosed as this after eating Spanish Mackerel that the brother in law had brought back from up north. I started out with the usual stomache complaints ( I won't go into messy details) then progressed to a burning sensation when i washed my face and hands in cold water, large burning itching welts all over my body and passing out every time I stood up. After a couple of shots at the hospital and a bottle of pills, they wheeled me out to the car and told the mrs I should be OK.. well at least i wasn't passing out every 5 mins by then. Took me about a week to be back to normal again, but apparently it can last for months or even years. Apparently in areas where this is a possibility the recommendation is to only eat smaller fish of the species as it builds up over the life of the fish.

-- Edited by 03_troopy on Sunday 26th of February 2012 12:13:54 PM

PeterS · Senior Member

Sounds nasty troopy, think I better read this book a bit more before going into unknown areas and eating the fish !

Cruising Granny · Guru

bill12 wrote:
Here,s a pic of a big carp I caught in the Murray nr Yarrawonga. It went 7.8 kgs, and took a shrimp meant for a yellowbelly . Its one of the biggest I have caught andput up quite a fight on 6lbs line. I got 7 for the morning, and no yellowbelly or cod.Is this a sign of the times in the murray. Bill

Wow Peter! That certainly is a huge carp. The mongrel pests seem to be prolific in the Murray. I chatted to a couple of lads at Avoca Dell, Muray Bridge, and they caught about 10 between them in a very short time.

I have never seen a Murray Cod, but it would be great to catch one.

Those redfin at Greens Lake have a great time jumping to catch the low flying bugs. When the lake is glassy calm it's quite entertaining in a peaceful, placed kind of way.

The biggest fish I've caught was a long-tail tuna off Broome, and then a threadfin salmon off Cable Beach on a hand line.