Fishing

[snapper]

Got a few myself.
Lasted well through the years.
Definitely are dust proof.

 

[Hudo]

I used to drink with an old shimano service guy at Mortdale years ago, and he told us that the hose is your enemy with reels if your blasting them. Just a quick mist and a wipe, if you blast them you pish the salt I to them

 

[Indy]

Yeah, would never blast them with water, just gently run the water over them to dilute the salt and wash any sand away, leave them outside for a day to dry before packing them away again. But I do usually pull down each reel every year (or more if required) to check them over and lubricate again.

Worst situation I've seen was in Darwin Harbour. A $1000 shimano Calcutta baitcaster that had been sitting in the bottom of a tinny for over a week, with a salt and sandy slurry get washed all in and around it.

shakes head

 

[HGO]

wanna come beach fishing ? youll be safe

 

[Hudo]

wanna come beach fishing ? youll be safe

When I lived in Darwin a mate came up from Sydney for a fishing weekend. Every time I turned around the fucker was knee deep. I had to keep yelling at him. Wasn't untill we seen one he finally worked it out

 

[HGO]

I wouldnt get within 50 metres of the water anywhere up north its the ones you dont see that get ya

 

[Mellow oldfark]

Been camping here ,croc came considerable distance up the beach to attack at night.
Actually saw croc footprints on the beach.
Lots of places in top end not safe for tent camping!
This is a very isolated area.

 

[SAW]

I spent two weeks in a tent at Cape Don, about 50m from the water. I learnt to pee out through the zipper slightly opened after the 4+m croc meandered through the camp site one night. Or…
After some beers and goon went body surfing on the Tiwis at midnight. I came close to physically vomiting a few days later when a 6+m croc was swimming in the same bit of surf.
They’re a scary animal.

 

[Old fox]

We were fighting a striped marlin offshore a few years ago, estimated around 70kgs. It got chomped clean in half by a shark. Swansea NSW is usually an ordinary fishing destination, except for sharks on the continental shelf. 500 to 600kg units are commonly caught there on wire traces.

 

[Sun Ra]

We were fighting a striped marlin offshore a few years ago, estimated around 70kgs. It got chomped clean in half by a shark. Swansea NSW is usually an ordinary fishing destination, except for sharks on the continental shelf. 500 to 600kg units are commonly caught there on wire traces.

Christmas Island is a nightmare for sharks taking your fish - on a bad day they'll get every second yellowfin tuna or wahoo.
Bloody frustrating. Mostly 2 to 3m bronzies. The bastards will also take a trolled minnow, which is fun the first time it happens but not so much after that. A backbreaking exercise just to get your line and lure back.

 

[Old fox]

Christmas Island is a nightmare for sharks taking your fish - on a bad day they'll get every second yellowfin tuna or wahoo.
Bloody frustrating. Mostly 2 to 3m bronzies. The bastards will also take a trolled minnow, which is fun the first time it happens but not so much after that. A backbreaking exercise just to get your line and lure back.

I've fished Swains reef a few times. Soon as you get a few fish from any location, the sharks take over

 

[afghan bob]

Have u guys seen that doco on commercial Spanish mackerel fishing up north where they send up drone and for as far as u can see, all u see is Noahs attacking both hooked fish and empty lures
For every whole fish they brought in they’d bring in 3 halves or worse
Makes u wonder if viable

 

[Mellow oldfark]

Aggressive fish invading waterways on popular Queensland tourist island

A noxious pest from Africa has found its way onto the world's largest sand island, K’gari. Experts are calling for the invasive fish to be eradicated to stop it from threatening native species.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Goonie Goat]

Aggressive fish invading waterways on popular Queensland tourist island

A noxious pest from Africa has found its way onto the world's largest sand island, K’gari. Experts are calling for the invasive fish to be eradicated to stop it from threatening native species.

www.abc.net.au

They are pretty good eating apparently

 

[Mellow oldfark]

Yeah they look pretty meaty.🍽

 

[snapper]

They are pretty good eating apparently

I would not eat them ever with the farming methods that are used in some countries.

 

[Mellow oldfark]

 

[Goonie Goat]

I would not eat them ever with the farming methods that are used in some countries.

Yeah I wouldn't touch the ones overseas. they'd be good for aquaponics here too.. it's a shame they've been introduced to the waterways, same deal with snakeheads in America, they are decimating the native fish there https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-n...9db-433b-9e59-de340951718e?ocid=Social-9NewsB

 

[Sun Ra]

Eat this .......

 

[afghan bob]

Eat this .......

Fark that.....john holmes in a shell