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Hi fishraiders It is legal, some commercial fishermen are allowed to catch BAIT from the bay, it can be mullet, squid etc. I did call fisheries and the inspector did comfirm it with me. regards ilk

greetings guys remember there are plenty of cancer patients, who do mention that they used to melt lead for sinkers. Be informed that its deadly stuff, all vapours have long lasting effects. regards ilk

Actually I got carried away a bit, I should not have called them scum. I guess they are just trying to maximise their income. But I do blame the fisheries for allowing them to have this situation. They are very efficient as I have hardly seen any mullet in the past few years. ilk.

Apparently fisheries is allowing commercial fishers to net mullet in botany bay this is doing a lot of damage W H Y T H E H E L L are we pay a fishing licence. why the hell are the commercial netters still allowing bait fish to be harvested from botany bay the scum are doing it late at night. regards ilk

greetings fishraiders personally I have a cloth tied to a bit of rope, each time i cut bait etc. it throw the cloth over into the saltwater, wash my hands with it. takes seconds, then have a quick rinse of the hands (just cleaned) in a bucket of fresh water to rinse the salt off them. so easy. however if you cant be bothered doing that, just dip your hands in a bucket of fresh moist chicken manure at the end of the day, that will certainly override and fishy smells. regards ilk

hi go to the corner of where monlineux breakwater meets the beach. there is a small reef there with plenty of kelp and seaweed over it. anchor up and berley , usually there are hundreds of yellowtail there. live yellowtail are great for kingies. I found the smaller the yellowtail the better. I also suggest you go to a well stocked tackle shop and get yourself a good quality 4lb line as well as some medium shanked light size 16 fly hooks. these small light hooks are beyond unbelievable in getting you yakkas when they are finicky. regards ilk

greetings if your are new to botany bay, it is absolutely important that you find out that near bare island there is a bombora which is dangerous and has claimed many boats. so get a navigation chart and familiarise yourself with it. botany bay is a great place to fish. and it has got exceptionally great since the netters were closed off to it. all we need now, is to restrict professionals from operating outside of it. and to stop them getting all of the breeding bream each autumns when they go out of the bay and near the rocks to breed. regards ilk

Greetings fishraiders fillet your striped tuna. sparingly sprinke rock salt around the fillets. leave in fridge for 4 days in a deep covered bowl. then dust off as much salt as you can. cover with fresh water for 1 day. change water, and have it covered for another day. to leach out the salt. then allow it to drain. the fish will taste fantastic as is. regards ilk

Greetings Don't to get your cast net. There are usually lots of prawns to be caught. Even at the marina in cairns. I was getting quite a few prawns about 4 a cast, from that marina. I suggest you buy one at least 10ft wide and with heavy leads. Dont bother with the ultra expensive ones. As they are far too heavy for multiple casting. At yorkeys knob, theres quite a few bream. Best to speak to the local tackle shops. PS, alot of the fishing charters are hit and miss, especially from port douglas, Remember they charge southerners extra, so just say that you are from cairns, regards ilk

I caught those bonito early morning, however I did hear reports of them being caught later that afternoon (but for a better bet, bonito are generally are best early morning, they also respond very well to a constant stream of pilchard pieces)

Greetings fishraiders did a troll for the first time in the new boat on Sunday. Great day. Found bonito on cape banks (northern head of botany bay), around the 1 kilo mark. They were in close, to about 500 metres off the land. Anchored out about 300 metres, berleyed and started to spin on 2 kilo line. Very good action. Use small metals (10 grams). but had the removed the trebbles and in place, put on a single 1/0 long shank hook, with the barbs removed. I had great hook up results, and when I wanted to release the fish i just gave some slack line to the fish, next to the boat, and it released itself. I recommend barbless single long shanked hook on a metal lure for releasing fish. regards

Greetings Fishraiders As a nurse, every day I see lots of people come in with serious illness arising from stress. Life is getting expensive for many families. A simple trip to the national park now costs quite a few dollars. It all adds up. Fishing is getting harder. The common people have less and less. All these restrictions imposed on them from the selfish few have a real toll. I am sure the common people pay council rates as well. Yet they get little in return, as their budget recreation is snubbed. Where is the decency and common sense. ilk.

Greetings fishraiders What on earth is the fisheries thinking of when its allowing the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of tonnes of skipjack (stripies) please has anyone got any information of which government clerk has allowed this. this public employee must be made accountable. I suggest we lobbly against this. If anyone has any idea of progressing this, for instance finding out who to write to, and to constantly question. please share it with us. this type of fish slaughter can no longer continue. ilk.

Hi Fishraiders Has anyone experimented with pointing the transducer of a fishfinder higher, for example 45 degrees up and to the side of the boat, so as to see any fish way out to the side of the boat, it would be handy for trolling for kingfish at the edge of a bombarah etc. possibly something like hummingbirds side imaging sounders, does anyone have any ideas on this. regards ilk

hi fishraiders i am considering buying the lowrance x125 for usage at places such as the 12 mile reef off sydney heads and at the peak off botany. has any one got one of those, if so please I would like to know your opinion of them. i mainly want a good sounder to see kingfish and the shape of the bottom. regards ilk