Oil in Bris River Now

[planetfonz]

no surprise really but it leaked again, so far is contained so lets see how it goes

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[thisisthelastusernameleft@hotmail.com]

Hiya,

I want to go fishing tonight and we have access to a boat or just jetty fishing. Can you give me some tips on where the best place to go is to ultimately catch fish but to avoid the oil spills.

Cheers

[planetfonz]

u cannot be serious .. but i heard theres lotsa golden trevally and tarpon in the upper reaches of the river - just beware of hoop snakes and the bundamba bunyip - good luck

[Angus]

thisisthelastusernameleft@hotmail.com wrote:

Hiya,

I want to go fishing tonight and we have access to a boat or just jetty fishing. Can you give me some tips on where the best place to go is to ultimately catch fish but to avoid the oil spills.

Cheers

As this has just happened I dont think anyone could give an accurate answer to that. Have a read of the news article and see what you can decipher.

Anywhere a bit further up river though would be better I would imagine though.

Angus

[superstryda]

This is a joke, they better pay big time! It sounds like a huge percentage of our waterways are being drastically affected by this, who knows what sort of long term damage they have done, and we're the ones that pay for it. :ohmy:

[Yoodles82]

How far north is the oil slick??? Does it go to noosa...double island???

What a shocka!!!

[wesfish]

bloody hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! when will the epa get some balls and take on the industry which is destroying our waters instead of punishing fishermen!!!!! and taking away fishing grounds!!!!!!!!!! i dont like how 5 ton of oil is now 100 000 litres !!!! what a start to the easter holidays , with moreton closed beach side and all them turtles affected on the sunshine coast... port authority should be punished and have their ability to rule our waterways taken away!!!!!like good idea lets put the ship in moreton bay , then move it in the river for more spills to happen!!!!!! sorry just a lil peved ....

[goldnugget]

From the news snippet they reckon it was a small spill which is contained...but then again they reckon the first spill was small, and I think they said in the article some 100,000 litres diesel and heavy fuel oil leaked out in total.....scary.

[Angus]

No need to apologise wesfish I think everyone here is a bit pissed by the whole affect. I like Feral's comments in another post about testing some of the local politicians regarding what they are doing about it. Its easy to say a lot when your on your high horse and condemn the obviouis (fishermen) but they dont plan on having something very nasty of real like this fall in their lap do they.

Angus

[thisisthelastusernameleft@hotmail.com]

I decipher that yes it's an oil spill, i also decipher that this is a fishing website and I'm asking for advice on fishing spots, but cheers for your opinion Angus

[Angus]

thisisthelastusernameleft@hotmail.com wrote:

I decipher that yes it's an oil spill, i also decipher that this is a fishing website and I'm asking for advice on fishing spots, but cheers for your opinion Angus

You specifically requested fishing spot unaffected by oil, not just fishing spots. My point was that this would be difficult to assess as this oil in the river is breaking news.

If you have a look in the reports section "all brisbane rivers and creeks" there is a large ammount of locations in and around the river discussed at length.

Good luck!

Angus

[Malcolm]

apparently there a slick 1 km long in the river I heard this on ABC radio from some polly that flew over in a helicopter

[ellicat]

Is it true that I can now back my trailer in at Colmslie and get

a free anti-corrosion coating ? Will this work on my wheel

bearings as well ?

Does every cloud have a silver lining, or is possibly just an oily shimmer ?

Has this event occurred because I just got my boat back on the water after 3 months in hospital ?

Why do we let governments handle important things ?

[shortie]

look out if any gets on Robs Jetti

Heads will roll.

[Malexander]

GET IT OUT OF AUSTRALIAN WATERS!!!

[Malexander]

It looks like it's at the common user berth, At Pinkenba!!!

We aren't allowed to fish there.It's allowed to leak diesel there!

[shortie]

Malexander wrote:

GET IT FRIGGING OUT OF AUSTRALIAN WATERS!!!

Yeah send it out while its still leaking for it to destroy more stuff on the way out. Smart move.

At least it can be seen where it is and contained.

You mightnt like it there but its currently the best place for it until it can be guaranteed no more leaks.

[Malexander]

I know that. Considering that I understand how to be a wharfie.

And Epa requirements (some anyway )

Just misunderstood it. Mate, no pun intended or stupidity. Just a saying.

[mills]

do u think kokkabarra park will be effected

[Malexander]

Nothing is safe by the looks of this.

[mills]

im so pissted

[shortie]

Malexander wrote:

I know that- Considering my family is a CEO of shipping industry company....

And his business is within 1km of where it is docked...

I have been on that wharf before. And some blutty big fish underneath it aye?

Huge. Chuck a line off the wharf - You'd be off at a million miles.

seriously whats this dribble really got to do with your previous statement.

[mills]

i know its just s**t

[Malexander]

When an oil slick happens you don't wanna spread it. That's why you gotta go to the EPA.

I just think you took my previous statement seriously. The brain power.

Get it out of australian waters- elaborate what you think.

I meant get it out. As in get rid of it's Affects in brisbane / Moreton.

[maxi]

just facts about this debacle would be good to read

[Malexander]

The facts -

I believe the public wouldn't know all the facts. And the government doesn't even know all the facts by the sound of it. They were "lied" to about the oil / diesel leaked.

[maxi]

whats the tide doin tonite in the river

[Malexander]

Low 5:13am 0.39m

High 11:06am 2.24m

Low 5:28pm 0.35m

High 11:35pm 2.29m

That's at pinkenba

[maxi]

so any escaping oil will be working its way up eh......bloody hell i hope they have some good measures in place to contain it in the river....

[Malexander]

Yeh, That's what has caused all this. I suppose we can't all have a rant, because without them we wouldn't have ample fishing gear. It all has to arrive here some how. Sometimes shipped, sometimes cargoed via a plane.

...we're all suffering in brisbane

[noname]

Malexander wrote:

Yeh, That's what has caused all this. I suppose we can't all have a rant, because without them we wouldn't have ample fishing gear. It all has to arrive here some how. Sometimes shipped, sometimes cargoed via a plane.

...we're all suffering in brisbane

tell me your kiddin

[Smiderman]

mills wrote:

do u think kokkabarra park will be effected

I doubt it will travel that far the implications are to the fish that travel and environment at the mouth where tidal flow will carry all the crap.

[Malexander]

They've got it wrong how many times now?

1st - The amount leaked.

2nd - The amount leaked....

just a bit of a blunder to be quite honest =\

[shortie]

Malexander wrote:

Yeh, That's what has caused all this. I suppose we can't all have a rant, because without them we wouldn't have ample fishing gear. It all has to arrive here some how. Sometimes shipped, sometimes cargoed via a plane.

...we're all suffering in brisbane

ROFL LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Thats the funniest piece of dribble ive read in a while.

[Malexander]

Were you get your fishing gear?

Bcf? where they get theres?

Over seas? how does it get here? the fairies?

I think your pulling yaself mate. honest opinion.

[Malexander]

I am not a big fisher boy.

I am in import / export.

And i know that not everything is made in australia. Which means I'm a rocket scientist.

I'm not going to be a keyboard warrior. I'll end it at this:

This is catastrophic.

Import / Export does involving fishing gear.

[Malexander]

Often referred to as a keyboard Warrior. Or cyberbullying

I have contacted both of the fellas and spoken to em, so no hard feelings between us.

Let's get back to the topic.

2 Pages on.

[maxi]

so has anyone been down to have look at what the tides doing to the spill ??? im aware the river is huge and im not to sure what the winds doin there, but any more USEFULL info would be fantastic ....

cheers Maxi

[Malexander]

I recon maxi.

Apparently it's pretty bad. Always would be. there's just sludge on the sand. So no white nice sand, black oil. Put it in ya boat engine

atleast we haven't had a ship snapped in half!!! Go to google images and you can see some ships that snapped in half. They didn't correctly laden it. Or load it.

But a maritime accident, is a maritime accident.

[sam@2bentrods.com.au]

Hi Guys

Does any body know how far down the river it has come? I have read conflicting reports.

We have 2 programs at the Colmslie boat ramp this weekend. I need to know whether or not to postpone them.

Thanks

Sam