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    Rock fishing with a dog

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted · Edited by SquibblyDibbly

    Hey Raiders,

     

    Looking for a way to take my dog with me rock fishing and I've been putting my brain's energy towards MacGyvering a way to tether him securely while I'm fishing.

     

    So far the best option I've come up with is a rock climbing "friend" which is basically a tether point you can insert in a rock crack which will expand to lock in the crack. Only drama here is the price as they start at over $100 and I'd assume they wouldn't be designed to stand up to salt water.

     

    Does anyone out there have a suggestion?

     

    Thanks,

     

    SD

    Feeding fish to your dog

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    Hey raiders,

    I remember as a young boy seeing my great-grandfather feed his dog fish frames. The dog would devour bream and whiting frames (guts removed) and loved them. One time he had a rock cod die on the hook so he gutted it and Barry ate the entire fish. Apparently pop had been doing this his whole life with every dog he ever had.

    I always assumed this was a terrible idea and the bones could potentially get stuck in the dogs throat but it never did Barry any harm.

    Does anyone out there know if feeding fish to dogs is dangerous?

    SD

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    Constant weed on sp retrievals - swapping to weedless hooks

    in Tackle Talk

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    It's all part of the lure game challenge mate. Sometimes you can move to somewhere better, sometimes a more aggressive action will keep it away from the bottom and the weed beds, sometimes there is just so much weed floating around that fishing lures is near impossible.

    You can persist and still catch fish but its harder. You can usually feel when you've hooked some weed, just quickly wind in and try again.

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    Waders

    in Tackle Talk

    Posted

    Hey Raiders,

    I'm on the hunt for some waders that can take a fair bit of punishment and not cost a fortune.

    They need to be steel/safety toe and be tough, ideally ripstop or similar.

    Struggling to find a suitable option.

    If anyone has any suggestions I'd appreciate it!

    SD

    Flathead!!!

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    Flatties hit the plastics when you lift you rod, lifting the lure up from the bottom.

    Bream hit the plastics whilst they are sinking. Bream want the plastic to look like its naturally floating around / slowly sinking.

    Bream like a bit of structure like oyster leases, moored boats, wharfs, mangroves.

    For flatties I use heavier jigheads (1/4) with a big hook and a 3" plastics.

    For bream I use the lightest practical jighead (1/16 or 1/20) with a small hook and a smaller plastic. I use my 6lb setup for bream.

    Both like a plastic with a good wriggly tail action.

    Technique for both the same. Cast, let plastic sink to the bottom, lift rod, lower rod, wind up slack, allow to sink, repeat.

    For bream I keep my finger on my braid so I can feel the bites/know when it hits the bottom.

    Hard to go past the nuclear chicken grub tail plastics.

    Good luck.

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    Murrays beach ramp

    in Fishing Chat

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    19 hours ago, toboggi said:

    Hi all

    Does anyone know if Murrays beach ramp wharf is a decent spot to take my 5 year old for a fish?

    Just looking for a safe spot in the jervis bay area for my little one drop a line and get a bit of action . From the photos on google maps it looked kind of shallow but i dont mind if its lots of little fish for the kids to have a bit of fun.

    THanks

     

    There have been plenty of fish around the beaches of Jervis Bay of late. If you don't want to head all the way out to Murrays ramp any of the beaches would be worth a try.

    Callala or Culburra are usually very kid friendly.

    Rain, flooding, Bass etc

    in Freshwater Fishing Chat

    Posted

    2 hours ago, kingie chaser said:

    Imo we need to be able to pump water from one dam to another when the water levels are to high in one & low in another.

    We actually already have some capacity in that regard. Kangaroo River, Tallowa Dam, Fitzroy Falls & Wingecarribee Reservoir are all connected (pipelines and channels) and water can be pumped between these reservoirs, ran through the hydro at Bendeela, and/or released into Warragamba dam or the Nepean, Shoalhaven or Wingecarribee rivers. It's quite a feat of engineering.

    Big problem being that usually when one is full they all are full.

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    Drinking on a boat

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    Same as cars, if they think you might have the intention of operating the boat you can be tested and fined; at anchor, jetty mored. Probably depends a bit on the cop as to how that is enforced.

    Ill have one or two while im out fishing but they dont replace water, easy to go over the limit cooking in the sun on a boat.

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