oz_brett Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Hi Guys We had trip to South Australia in January & the highlight of the holiday was getting pipis. Now that we are home the wife is at me to go get pipis but where can I get them around Sydney & is there a time of year for them or are they all year round? Ive heard you can get them at Stockton beach is there somewhere closer? Brett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Belmont beach budgewoi beach nth entrance..many beaches have them..chase them on low low tides...a lot of travelling for a small bag limit...rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regan Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 umina beach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob81 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 You better check any warning signs before bringing them home to consume. A fair few places around the coast where you shouldn't eat them (mostly due to algae that is poisonous for human consumption). TBH I am not 100% which beaches are safe to eat from. Also, I have seen reports of some people bringing them home to eat from some of those places you shouldn't and they're still alive today, but I just like to be safe and all since I have young children at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddyT Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Read the NSW Regulations- Pipis are for bait only and may not be removed further than 50 meters from high tide line-thems the rules! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARC H Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 21 hours ago, oz_brett said: Stockton beach stockton is awesome for pipis we got them then chucked straight out on the line great bait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Stockton is a great place for pipis but paddyT is right, they are illegal to remove 50m from the high tide mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oz_brett Posted June 7, 2017 Author Share Posted June 7, 2017 Thanks for the info guys, seems the rules are a lot harder here. When we were in S.A. the rules were max 300 per person with of course a size limit but was still with in reason. We only took 30 between us & didn't spare any for bait they were great eating! Brett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessell1955 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 They are great to eat, but how do you get rid of he sand in them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob81 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Leave them in salt water for while, theyll spit out the sand. Well that's how we used to do it, haven't collected pippis in many years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessell1955 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 I will give this a go, thank you Rob81. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Squidy Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Hard to complain that the rules are too harsh when we have huge stretches of beach in Sydney where they are practically extinct. Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 unfortunately years ago there was so many pipis being pillaged it was crazy...I used to work in the pro industry and dig pipis on Stockton beach every now and then to supplement income..we never took huge amounts and only did it four or five times a year..one day we seen a group of Asian looking gents in three Nissan patrol utes with families all in other vehicles digging pipis down the beach..they had boards up the side of there trays 1200 high and had all the utes nearly full by the time fisheries arrived..i called them..they were handed huge fines and made to spread the entire loads of pipis down along the waterline....they were lucky to keep their trucks......the stocks are good on Stockton now but who knows how many times these people get away with it....rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARC H Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 53 minutes ago, rickmarlin62 said: unfortunately years ago there was so many pipis being pillaged it was crazy...I used to work in the pro industry and dig pipis on Stockton beach every now and then to supplement income..we never took huge amounts and only did it four or five times a year..one day we seen a group of Asian looking gents in three Nissan patrol utes with families all in other vehicles digging pipis down the beach..they had boards up the side of there trays 1200 high and had all the utes nearly full by the time fisheries arrived..i called them..they were handed huge fines and made to spread the entire loads of pipis down along the waterline....they were lucky to keep their trucks......the stocks are good on Stockton now but who knows how many times these people get away with it....rick good onya for reporting them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regan Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 1 hour ago, rickmarlin62 said: three Nissan patrol utes with families all in other vehicles digging pipis down the beach..they had boards up the side of there trays 1200 high and had all the utes nearly full by the time fisheries arrived that is crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foghorn Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 They are still doing it now, a case of ruining a good thing. I remember when I lived at Anna Bay, in the 50's we used to sit in the old planes that were on the dunes the raaf used for target practice, used to get sticks of cordite and light them up, collect old bullets and unscrew the caps to get the tracers , I think they were a yellow chemical, pipis were everwhere, people used to live off them. Add a few decades more and the boat people came and soon discovered a free addition to the cafe menu with pipis, I really do not blame them I think there was not enough protection given to a natural resource but that was the times. It is a shame today that people can still come up and decimate them. I have tried all the methods to get the sand out of them and was talking to an old fisherman who had a pipi license and he reckons put them in an onion sack and tie them up under a wharf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regan Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 4 minutes ago, Foghorn said: put them in an onion sack and tie them up under a wharf. never heard that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foghorn Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Better than putting them in a bucket of fresh water, he reckons he can get double the price when clean, the sand is ejected and they stay fresh in the salt water, mind you , the place would have to be kept in the family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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