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just a note- the species we catch is the lesser salmon tailed catfish and not the blue. much of a muchness but still an interesting point. there is another species as well with a really flat head that i've seen a few photos of. just to confuse things a little more there is an estuarine eel tailed catfish as well.

i used to use dog roll- the dog food in the meat section that looks like a big salami. they loved it. also chicken breast

there are a few guys on the site who are quite young and it's hard to tell how old people are from the forum so there's probably more people than you think who may be at risk. it's definitely a concern, but at the same time i stick my head in everyone's bucket when i see them fishing. hard to know for sure but i sure got a weird vibe.

he's not as random as you'd think- when i was there two men came over in the space of about half an hour. both elderly and creepy- one asked me where i went to school. being of quite youthful appearance i wasn't too offended even though i am 25! but he definitely reeked of kiddie-botherer. i'm not one to cast (hey- get the pun!) aspersions but he was pretty creepy.

from brekky creek- go across the bridge like you are headed to the airport. it's the small park across the road from the bp right after you go across the bridge- it's got great rock formations and some stairs that lead down to a nice beach and rock platform. there are boat moorings a little further down, into the stretch that leads into breakfast creek.

yesterday afternoon took my 7\"penn powerstick and a little shimanoo 2000 spinning reel and chucked a couple of dead prawns , unweighted, on a size one long shank for an hour or so. was rewarded with three bream, two below 10cm that reaffirmed my faith in my ability to hook fish and a bigger 30cm model. caught on 10lb fireline with 12lb mono leader. these are the first fish i've caught there and i'm happy to say that i'm starting to learn when to fish it and also how.

i think that it would probably be prudent to only take what you need- they're sensative to things like environmental pressure and polution but i'm not sure about over-fishing. never tried them like that but had school prawns deep fried in their shells and they were very tasty, if a bit gritty.

you could do them like soft shell crabs, in a little tempura. their shell would be soft enough to eat when cooked, like a teppanyaki prawn head! yum!