Pickles Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Just returned from heaven (Norfolk Island), what a fishing hotspot - Raiders you’ve got to get there. The charter with David Biggs was awesome. When he said, “well try this spot for 10 or 15 seconds and if we haven’t boated a fish, well move” (as if). But this proved to be the case. As soon as the sinker hit the bottom,BANG, double hookup - one Kingie and a sweet lip (Trumpeter). After 2 hours we’d boated over 80 fish to about 4-5 kg on average. The fish were filleted and distributed to locals - this is an authentic community where people look after each other and barter due to limited and variable supply from the mainland. Now the Covid thing (or has it mutated to Camry or Corolla yet) is having an impact, fish are swapped for car services, vegetables (no need for baby sitting as everyone looks out for each other and kids are adopted by “the village”), nothing is locked and everyone says “whataway” Pitcairn for “goo day”. The island is subject to NSW state fishing regulations, but fishos self regulate; the areas they fish, the size & number released. No-one goes fishes for 2 months until spawning season has finished. A great place to visit and great fish to be caught 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Great fishing. Self regulation appears to be working well. Never been to Norfolk, however, Lord Howe Island was also a great fishing place to visit. When I was young, I gave fish to family friends and neighbours, and received lamb legs and chops, steaks, eggs, fruit, and one lady made me the best chocolate cakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted March 23, 2020 Author Share Posted March 23, 2020 Great to return to these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marks1984 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 well done mate awesome report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyFil Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 43 minutes ago, Yowie said: Lord Howe Island was also a great fishing place to visit. I was due to fly out to Lord Howe last Saturday morning - been looking forward to it for months, had bags packed, fishing charters booked then phone call Friday night saying the island was going into lockdown so trip cancelled.... Ah well others have much bigger problems but we were pretty devastated. Hopefully get out there next year once this craziness has passed. Fil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 Lord Howe is my next off shore destination - might be a while though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Great report and looks like a fantastic trip! It just goes to show how hard we work for our fish in NSW. cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlvbw Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Awesome stuff mate. Norfolk and Lord Howe are on the list no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Super report and some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61 crusher Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Sounds like they have a great sense of community spirit with the sharing, bartering & self regulating. Great report & photos, by the sounds of it one of the few places left that aren’t in the tropics where one can say “ let’s go catching “ instead of fishing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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