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  1. Hey Stewie, Great effort - you really know what you are doing when it comes to posting about trips with trung. Oh and you're a good SP fisho as well.... You guys must get along like a house on fire - else you would be pistols-at-dawn.... I did notice that Trung has not posted any rebuttals.... I hope he hasn't choked on the donut... Did he sell the house ? Is he to become your new neighbour because he loves fishing with you so much ? Just kidding Stewie - being out on such a polluted waterway on such an awful cold and windy day and getting stretched like that is testimony to your skill and enthusiasm (as well as Donna's ability to remove you from the house when your face gets too long.....) Also a big Kudos to Trung who seems to be at your beck-and-call, even when he is selling his house. I've yet to meet him ( a few failed attempts though) and I'm sure he would definately be mister nice guy.... Tony
  2. Guys, A long time ago when there was a fishing tackle shop called Bluefin sports, a man called Bill Heaton bought it. He was the first person I ever spoke to who mentioned the hill. Now my memory isn't that great but he may have told me he found it and named it after himself.... ...or maybe he was pulling my gullible leg and the naming was co-incidental.... But I did believe it for a long time - perhaps someone else knows better ? Tony
  3. Hey whitewash, to what is that boat tied ? And how did you get that photo ? Looks interesting though....and a beautiful time of the day.. I always thought that it was quite hard to convince fish to take plastics during the colder months in the bay. But what do I know - I only ever fish bait... In fact it's been a while since I last went out....gotta wet a line soon.... Tony
  4. Mate, welcome to the club. There are some top blackfish fishos here with many years experience. Having the right advice can put you years ahead of the game. So let me see if I got this right. You got up early on a weekday and got gear and bait organised. You went to your spot, burlied and fished hard. You caught a pile of fish that you bled, cleaned and took home to put in the fridge. You would have needed to take a shower after taht effort and get to work.... ...all before 9:00am.... You would have been just a blur..... Tony
  5. Hey Manhands, I fish exclusively for the table so if you have some sort of recipe for the frenchmans stew, I would be all ears... Tony
  6. Hey trung, the only way I can get my wife to come fishing with me is if I put the lip grips on her. By the way, what waterway are you fishing there ? ...and well done to your lovely wife for catching that blackfish on a lure. She must have a lot of fin-nesse with that rod - something I never worked out... Tony
  7. G'day Nursie, The time will come when you start muttering and mumbling about it to yourself.....one eye flinching.... Don't want to get to that point so better stay as light as you dare, but I reckon sit in a little tinny and be prepared to follow the bugger. That way, no spooling. I fish the bay exclusively and for many years never caught anything to rival my 4kg bream gear.... Until one morning I caught a steam train and I felt definite headshakes. I up-anchored and followed. For one hour. Then I saw a dirty great eagle ray - the bugger never sat on the bottom and sulked. Instead he ran all over the world. Now I'm not saying your fish was a ray. I'm saying you'll never find out while unable to chase him - unless you can fool him on heavier line. It's fun for the first couple of times but after that, the one eye will definately begin to twitch...... Tony
  8. G'day Basil, So how many did chris get and how many did you ? Chris is a gun squid fisho - maybe you are too now. I plan to do a bit of squid fishing this winter when the westerly blows the swells flat - I get too seasick these days - I must be getting old... Well done - enjoy the feast mate. Tony
  9. Hi Meg, Yes indeed you're right on the money there. Often, you won't even get the word 'fine', or even any word at all. It is in the facial expression that tells it all and the length of eye contact. If she has eye contact with you for more than 1 second after you ask the question - it's all over red rover. This is the precise reason you need to watch for these signs BEFORE you say "I do". It will prevent anyone being owned henceforth - no-one wants to be owned.
  10. Well done BSJ, That's a great haul. Were you burleying? Did you get any on the chook? I know the chook fires after dark but I don't fish arvos due to the wind, the dark and being away from the family at night. Did you find any whiting there? Were the stingrays a problem?
  11. Hey Scratchie, Those trumpeter whiting a oh soooooo sweet. I fillet and debone them for the kids and they hoover them down. Nice blue swimmer too - I wonder who had the pleasure of eating that one. Well it's obvious who ate squid ink though.... Lol, the poor bloke will remember that one one for a while. ...and NEVER allow himself to be photographed again while wearing ink.... In fact, he will probably try to con others into getting inked then photographing them... Gotta love that... Tony
  12. Yes stamp collecting can be brutal - up all night looking for just the right one on the net....Not too much postmarking, nice clean perforated edges - and oh the colours ! Got to get some from those exostic countries....oh - look at the time, I must have been stamp-gazing for, well, months ! Crikey I forgot I even had a boat. I wonder if the honda starts..... How do I use a fishing rod again ? Seriously I thought you had moved overseas to a country that has not yet invented electricity. You always seem to find a way to go fishing and login to FR to tease, er, I mean to TELL us about it. I see you got crabs - big blue ones...with claws. How many crab traps did I nearly run over in the last week ? Stacks. Some people use clear bottles as the float. Very ingenious so people can't see them to pull them up and steal your crabs. Nor do other people as they nearly run them over in the main channel.... Good to see you back Trung. Just remember, you're a fisherman, not a philatelist. See you 'round the bay... Tony
  13. Jewie legend. Mate I'm sure you could catch a jewie on the nullabor.... Tony
  14. Soooooo, you're a teacher eh Jum ? Don't tell me you yourself will be Jigging school ! OK, for those unaware, the term jigging school is what I used to use when I meant truancy. But in this case Jim, you can't jig school to jig kings coz you're the teacher. Just make sure the student's don't catch you staring out the window, imaginary rod in hand, glancing back at the apple Mac sonar watching for shows on the pinnacles... It gets embarrassing when the students have to shout "SIR" several times to bring you back to the reality of the classroom.... . OK so there is a Surtees barcrusher. Interesting they would choose that name of model. I can see why there is legal stuff going on. Surtees looks like a more up-market form of boat than the barcrusher anyway. Oh well Jim, good luck with the gig and we look forward to your next jig.... Tony
  15. Hey Jim, I don't think you're gonna get ANY work done in NZ because your mind will be on the FUSH ! You know you're in NZ when you have a 22kg fish in your arms - cradled - and you say you want to get some BIG ones instead... Sheesh ! Also I thought Surtees and Barcrusher were two different brands, even though there are some striking similarities to their looks. So which one is it ? Tony
  16. Thankyou all for your kind words. I have not read a novel in 25 years so I'm not sure from where I get my influence. I write reports these days to try to show others a different side of fishing. This is the source of the passion and motivation to go and immerse yourself into the experience we call fishing. Thankyou Wizza, Scratchie, Paikea, Pomey_Git, Reubs and Quochuy for your literary compliments - it's nice to be appreciated. Fisherman666, perhaps if your wife had a read of this she may acquire a glimpse of what we feel. One lady, the wife of one of the guys on the site read one of my posts some years ago and it gave her goosebumps - she said that. That is the sort of compliment that makes my posts all the more worthwhile. Bullshark, the thought did cross my mind but I reckon it would scare the kids and missus if that starfish ate the tree and escaped under the kids bed. Then there really would be a monster under my bed ! Hi Leaonardgid - long time no hear - yes - fishing alone brings these rewards and as for giving gthe fish to my in-laws - er, well, maybe because I aint got no fish in the fridge, I kept this one.... Hi Swamper, mate you really caught that starfish on a lure without even seeing it ? Mate that is a greater accomplishment than mine and it actually does look like a star on a christmas tree... The things we catch just boggles the mind sometimes.. Thankyou Meg126 and Tasksta - I think you both already have a great understanding of where I'm coming from. Tony
  17. The saying goes, "It's been a long time between drinks.". Surely we can't go that long without a drink. So I''m taking one now. The drink goes like this. I got up at Saturday morning at 4:00am, looking for the seabreeze forecast to unfold with precision accuracy. I think I'm still looking. The anemometer readings were showing 19 knots with gusts to 24knots. Dis gusting wind ! Knot going fishing! I went back to bed with images of housework that I'll have to do instead. Bathroom and toilet cleaning coming up. But I was underturd by that prospect, as the awful puns have no end. My mind was now on Sunday...so fast forward to 4:00am Sunday. My alarm went and I was up as if I just sat on a whoopee cushion. I put on my gear and I could hear the rain just starting to come down. But I didn't care - I knew that staying home again was a fate worse than death. I was not even going to think of the prospect that the wife would get me to vacuum the ceilings and wash the mattresses. Fishing or fishing - they were my choices.... Should I chose 50-50 or phone a friend ? Some decisions are so hard to make aren’t they…Well I couldn’t phone a friend. I have a phone but a friend.... The rain stopped just long enough to walk into the cabin and push the throttle into gear. Down the river in the twilight. Just me and all my imaginary friends. Driving under the captain cook bridge, one street drain emptied it's water right onto the windscreen and roof of the alloy hartop. It was a strange sensation. It wasn't long before I anchored up and the rain stopped - long enough to bait up the 4 rods and cast them out. I felt like I was being rewarded for my hard housework the day before. But the gear remained silent as the sun broke through a gap in the heavy steel clouds. I took some photos. I was surrounded by strange colours, like I was not supposed to be here. The world seemed like an alien place. I saw a side of my world that is rarely seen - the colours, the smell, the feeling - the sounds.... The sounds...THE SOUNDS ! That was my reel screaming off. First bite of the morning and it was smoking. I struck but the fish kept going and it pulled the rod down hard. I like that. The fish zig-zagged through the dark water, trying to swim through the weed and snag me up. Lifting the rod high kept the line angle as close to 90 degrees to the water as possible. The fish came to the surface and rolled, still full of fight. He zipped under the boat, around the motor leg and I dropped the rod into the water, following his every dash for freedom. He did the rounds until he came up, exhausted. The net collects him from the water and lays him onto the checker plate floor. I admired the fish and his eye moved left and right as he looked at me. I wonder what the fish was seeing ? The lovely bronze colours on his flanks contrast the silver alloy floor. I reached for the camera and hold his form skywards, against the clouds. The shape of the fish created a silhouette - the outline of one of the things in life for which I have so much admiration, so much respect. This is why I outlay my hard-earned money with nary a word. I rise early with no complaint, regardless of season in warmth or in cold. To catch a glimpse of this magical creature in the twilight. And there it was in my outstretched hand. For some people, a fish is a fish and a spot is a spot. To me a spot is a place that holds many secrets beneath the veil of the surface. A fish that you can see or catch from beneath this veil is like a secret that has just been discovered. When the sea is calm, the water is crystal clear and the sun is rising, the veil on the surface is transformed into a window. The window into the amazing world below. I was lucky enough to have this window wide open this morning and I saw something I had not seen before. The anchor was close to the boat and near the anchor, I noticed something. A strange shape – a starfish, but something was wrong. It appeared to be bigger than the anchor… I had a thought that it was going to climb the anchor rope and into the boat, to punish me for taking one of the fish in his neighbourhood. I put a pilchard piece on a rod and lowered it near the beast. It crawled over the bait so I lifted the rod. HOOKUP ! I loosened the drag in case it took off at blistering speed. You never know with these mega starfish. I think it didn’t even know it was hooked because it didn’t fight. I netted the thing and put it onto the gunwale for a photo session. I was in awe at the size of it. It measured 50cm from leg to leg or is it arm to arm or arm to leg. I was afraid to touch it and yet I have wrestled many an octopus… In all seriousness, our environment is full of wonder when we peer through the surface. Last year I tangled a turtle in my line and photographed it before release. Everyone has a story to tell and this one is mine. For those of you who just want a report – the water is warming up but the fishing is still slow. Getting a feed is all I’m after and how much sweeter it is when we are treated to these awesome things. Tony
  18. Mate, looks like your friends tried to set you up with the Ex Girlfriend.... I would be looking at them VERY suspiciously next time they invite you to a BBQ. But.... on the plus side, looks like the ex GF brought you luck on the soft plastics. You may have to drag her around on your fishing trips.... Also you didn't mention if you came back to your BBQ group boasting about your catch.... Did you ? Or did you do the runner and go home ? In any case, you are a better man than me because I tried SP fishing and didn't do so well - and went back to bait fishing.... Tony
  19. Hey Dave, Mate what a sight. I would frame that photo. You know whales communicate via sonar. I wonder what they were thinking when they passed into the cone field of the Furuno sonar and had a listen. Would they be laughing their cetacean heads off or would they be grooving to the beat ? The mind boggles... Tony
  20. When things get a bit tricky like this, what I used to do was get a stainless steel hook and tie a fly with some silver tinsel. A lit of silver and red, bound with some plain white cotton and a dab of super glue. Then troll it on a 2m 20lb trace begind a mirror-float. You know the kind of floats I'm talking about ? Hard plastic with mirrors on it. The splash and flash of the float draws attention and the fly gets hit 2m behind the float. The whole rig can also be cast as the float provides the weight but it is a bit bulky and can't be cast into the wind without tangles. Guys fishing the ocean rocks use this technique very well. Hope this works for you.. Tony
  21. Well done Rev, The lord does work in strange ways and often has a great sense of humour ! So now all you have to do is explain to the missus how you were able to either: 1. Turn Bream into Barramundi or 2. Buy the barramundi without parting with any cash You'll have to do some fast talking there... ...unless Tony did the bolt with BOTH barra leaving you with the rest of the catch... ..but I doubt he would do that bcos you would then dob him into the entire concregation next Sunday... With your luck mate, next weekend they will be doing a photoshoot on lobsters.... Tony
  22. Thanks Linc and Fishingphase. I love to learn about this stuff. I would have thought the stinger would impede it's swimming motion - but we live and learn. I wonder if the species I have seen and caught were a bit different to this one because they didn't have the 'stinger'... Apart from that, they appeared to be the same fish.
  23. The flute-mouth is an amazing fish. I believe it stealth attacks it's prey by swimming in the motion of swaying seaweed. I have seen them in water as shallow as 2m (Port Stephens off the wharf at the shops). I have also caught them on the peak on liveys but never on a jig. You must have paused to give your jigging arm a break and gave it a chance to strke, else you would never have hooked it. I have never noticed the stinger on it's tail. I have never seen it. I thought it might have been some slime dripping off the body when the fish was held vertically. If anyone can verify it's existence and function, I would love to hear it.... Next on your agenda - slow jig a big SP and look for a JD...They are there in the cooler months. Tony
  24. Well done Thris, You never disappoint. Calamari entree and flattie fillets main course. All you gotta do now is work out how to catch ice cream on the reefs and you can provide the complete meal ! Tony
  25. Hey filthmonger. Very interesting find. It's just that it seems that you are using food-fish to catch baitfish, rather than the other way around. Still it's interesting to know. I wonder if using the same concept, if sweep eat sweep fillets ? If not, then you're on a winner... But I like your what-if thinking... I thrive on it.... Like what if I bought some really expensive fishing gear for myself and didn't tell the wife ? Well OK - I gotta draw the 'what-if' line somewhere....else what-if she decides to trade ME in for a working model..... OK maybe I'll leave the expensive gear alone.... Tony
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