Ode to my cast net

[adri4n]

Recently got my castnet well and truly snagged and managed to rip it well and truly in half. Might fix it if i ever get the time but she will never be the same again, she gave me plenty of good memories, but there was a scare with a stonefish caught once. I also caught a mysterious fish in the cast net and need some help identifying the fish. all pictures taken with my phone camera so they are all crap. the old cast net has probably caught me enough bait over the last 2 years to pay back the cost of it originally.

Some nice prawns from the river

Is this a stonefish? whatever it is I'm glad I saw it early enough not to touch it

caught a couple of these in the cast net, couldn't figure out what they were

One night I managed to catch close to 20of these little buggers in the net, took ages to free from the net but all returned safely. I'll be back to the spot after about 5 years or so...

And lastly another mystery fish? I think its a luderick? was a nice healthy size but I'm still not sure what it was so it went back in the drink

[Cowfish13]

Dunno about the Stonefish thing:S Bit hard to tell from that angle. Did it have a green mouth?

The last fish is some sort of Morwong. Can't remember which exactly, but it's not a Luderick. Pretty different body shape.

Dunno what the others are:S

Good prawns though:cheer:

[adri4n]

Yep i wasn't sure if it was a stone fish, but it looked like a rock when I first brought it up and I certainly wasn't going to try to touch it. I think the fish above the suspected morwong were all tiny estuary cod.

[James W]

the little silver one looks like a striped/bastard trumpeter

[Death Ray]

Yip,

I agreed in part with the above posts.

Stonefish (hope you killed it),

Baby Grunter Bream,

Baby Estuary Cod, and

Black Morwong (caught one myself behind TSS in the Nerang River on a prawn when I was a kid).

Shame to see a good net die, but that's the way it is (bloody shopping trolleys).

Cheers

Andrew

[flatty_catcher]

yep well ive lost about 4 cast net so far, bicycles, shopping trollys, oyster reefs, large rocks in the middle of nowhere..

yep no way I would be touching that stonefish thing it would be pain guaranteed.

Cheers

[adri4n]

yup, I've been quite lucky with snags in the river so far, had to happen some time, I just read some information about the stonefish, their venom can kill if not attended to.

"The Stonefish is the most venomous fish in the world. Its dorsal area is lined with 13 spines that release venom from two sacs attached to each spine. Its venom causes severe pain with possible shock, paralysis, and tissue death depending on the depth of the penetration. This level can be fatal to humans if not given medical attention within a couple of hours. Immediate first aid treatment requires immersion of the affected limb in hot water, ensuring that it is not so hot that skin damage may occur. The immobilisation of venom at penetration site by tourniquet or firm constrictive bandaging is no longer recommended"

that just sent shivers down my spine...

[adri4n]

oh and I didn't kill the stonefish, didn't seem right to kill something just cause its venomous, I released it in an area where no one fishes/swims

[Terry H]

Top effort adri4n

[mangler]

Sorry to hear about the cstnet mate, here's to hoping the new one will bring about as many memories, and plenty of bait!

On the stonefish issue, it's been 2 months since I stood on the stonefish at Bribie. Up until a week or so ago it was still red & still experienced pain when walking. Then the skin started peeling over the puncture site, about 4 layers have peeled away so far, and the puncture site is looking a lot healthier now, still feel some pain when pressing on the wound but. So I definitely don't recommend touching one! :laugh:

Even though it was probably the most painful thing I've experienced by a long way, I never felt like killing it or anything, as I respected the fact that I was in it's territory & it had the right to defend itself. BUT if one suddenly grew legs & walked into my house looking to spike me, well I'm not so sure if I'd be so nice about the situation... :laugh: :silly: :laugh:

[jeff f]

jimmybob wrote:

the little silver one looks like a striped/bastard trumpeter

i'm with jimmybob here they are trumpeters

i got a heap of them in my net saturday night

not bad liveys especially for flathead

and i dont think the little striped ones are cod

they look like a weaver of some sort