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Bout time sammy lol, its a buz hey! good release to m8. You never forget your first!

Have just come across this from a m8, the most unbelievable interaction you will ever see between a dog and a killer whale! http://www.bragnrelease.com/forum/member_v...ideoID~1236.htm

As MCHALE has said, Everyones focus has to be directed at the Govt not the poor bloke trying to make a living he to has a mortgage and kids to feed.

Mr J Gaffer lol, mmmm interesting. Variables in fishing. This is why we are called fisherman and not catcherman. Are you just looking at corresponding pressures and relationships? or are you trying to put the whole perspective into one reasonable forecast for a good days fishing? The Whole Perspective being and i may miss a few 1 Type Of Species 2 Availability of Species 3 Weather eg cloudy, rainy, sunny, storm, impending storm ( pressure changes as you wish to discuss) 4 Tides, High or Low, before tide or top of tide or after tide, neaps or springs etc 5 Current, direction of or fish in an eddy, what side of current line do i fish. 6 Moon Phase 7 Sun Angle 8 Water Temp at various depths 9 Type of bed or structure you wish to fish etc etc lol. Yes i believe the barometer has a place to fit in there as fish do go off or come on depending on whats happening. Pressure regulates the wind ocean currents etc so i dont see why it wouldnt knock fish about. Take for instance your humble jew and its jewels what do you think the jewels are used for? The answer will help you question. Extreme seasonal changes due to our weather patterns at the moment are causing some havoc, where fish should be they arnt, they are on the way but. Why do the tuna run somedays and not the next. Why do pros have a good season then a couple of bad. These are the variables and jewgaffer it will always be a mystery i can tell you what species will be where of sydney and when, but when we go for them and there not there we start to look at all those above and more. Hope that helps lol.

Gday all, just had the opportunity to view some newely released DPI waterproof plastic sizing and distinguishing charts for marlin and tuna. Thanks to our fishing license monies these charts have been provided at $14.00 for the two. To all of you that fish for these species, i believe these charts to provide invaluable info on species ID, Tagging info etc etc and they seem to be the best info available. The two cahrts are not encumberson by size and can easily be kept very handy when needed. Ring the DPI for info! As for me im on the phone tomorrow morning. Both cards are the same size as a tag card and fit into the same bag as a full tag card bag but not as thick.

Seems very quiet at the moment warmer water is about 60km out to sea

Gday all fished outside the heads yesterday around 60m. Water was 20.3 light ene blowing swell around 1.5. Fishing was extremely slow and for once the jackets wernt around as much. The cold current is still on the bottom. How did i know this, a little tip is to feel how cold the sinker is when you wind up shhh... anyway picked up some nice eastern flatties and that was it till around 1200am the fishing picked up with some nice mowies. Seemed bugga all was happening everywhere. Plenty of banter on the radio but no fish.

This turned into This!

Well headed wide today, not long out of Botany and the water was a beautiful blue but only around 18c. Wind a light ene, swell about 1mtre. Went to the first fad and had to laugh saw a couple of lures hanging of it. Absolutely NO action bird wise so decided to head ne. Saw two albies and some mutton birds doing laps so decided to investigate, Water went funny as some surface action was boiling raised something but only briefly, tried to find the bait ball but it went off. Looked down Sth to see an awesome front forming so we decided to run in quick, took some great photos of it moving up. Thats it nice day on the water!

Was actually only talking to a pro about this 2 wks ago. Yes they maybe bycatch, obvious if observed being done from a trawler, but as mentioned the value at market makes them not worth the effort. With alot of the commercial buyout they are not trapped anymore so obviously they will plague, but as was mentioned as well once their food source is exhausted they die off probably within the next 2 years lol.

Well finally got the beast back on Monday, 4yrs is nearly finished. Just had the exhaust system done, looks pretty smick

LOL. Firstly or Secondly do yourself a favour and go on a charter, you may learn a few basic things before loosing things. Secondly or Firstly depending on where you live, M8 join a Game Fishing Club. The benefits are endless Thirdly Good Luck

Advice and tips, Before you even go, know what the swell and wind are doing, tides etc, before you even step foot on a platform or ledge research the area and watch it for a while, make sure you are wearing cleats, for christs sake fish with someone..... who else is going to get you out if you fall in or fall off. Tell someone where you are going etc.

wise one, recently a petition was going on other websites to keep it open. I am pretty sure that due to lack of resources ( basically money ) the CSIRO will no longer fund the the sst images etc. So thats why it has virtually stopped. I didnt think they would cut it that quick though. Someone else may have more info?

Yeah, well brushed saturday and headed out today. Wasnt to bad outside today, the southerly had been cancelled earlier on radio, but a large squall was way off the coast to the east and we already new by 630am that we wernt going to get hammered. Anyway had to do a charter so we bottom bashed of the Northern Beaches. Not much surface action alot of travellers around although did see a whole heap of birds working wide off freshie. Also a couple of whales hangin around. Plenty of stripies around the hump. Fished in 50 odd metres of water, swell sse at about 1-1.5m and short between the peaks. Wind wasnt that bad maybe 5-10kn from the sth, current began at .1 and by the end of the day around 130pm current was close to .4 from the NEst. Actually held quite well on the drift considering the confusion in swell. Had a good day, kept the punters happy with pig fish, mowong, flatties, snapper and a few other assorted bits. Nearly all the fish were caught on prawns, the others were caught on soft plastics which we have been fishing hard with lately and with fantastic results and actually caught the new Aust record mowong on soft plastic during the week.