Man caught with 600 times legal fish limit

[Glenn S]

Hows this guy!

/>http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/man-caught-with-600-times-legal-fish-limit/story-e6frfku0-1226337009875

Whats everyones thoughts?

[shortie]

poor bastard.

8 week trip.

bag limit should be what is caught on the day not what you have in total

[JarrydA]

I agree shortie that it should be averaged to daily. But even then, this guy was waaaay over the limit. 3000 fillets divided by 2 = 1500, divided by 60 (total days) is 25. Meaning he was still 5 times the bag limit per day!

[Jords]

poor bastard.

8 week trip.

bag limit should be what is caught on the day not what you have in total

8 weeks x 7 days = 56 days.... Not 600 - still means he would have had to catch 10x the limit every day!

[Jords]

I agree shortie that it should be averaged to daily. But even then, this guy was waaaay over the limit. 3000 fillets divided by 2 = 1500, divided by 60 (total days) is 25. Meaning he was still 5 times the bag limit per day!

Beat me to it. Different maths, but still hahaah

[JarrydA]

[Bennno]

I reckon he's bloody lucky with just that as a fine. 8 weeks, sure buddy, we believe you!

[Bommie]

he'll have to go out and catch more fish to sell to pay his fine

[shortie]

introduce him to Moses, he knows where to sell em

[shortie]

also wonder is he had other people with him at the time of the trip. Ie wife or mates.

There are many factors to consider.

[Carter]

HAr HAr, greedy bugger deserves the fine

[madmullet]

I now need new glasses cause my eyes just broke them... Wtf.... I dont know where to start with this

[nabs]

introduce him to Moses, he knows where to sell em

I hear Khoi knows where to sell em too.

[rosstralia46]

This makes me so mad regardless how long he was fishing for and if the bag limits are per day why do you need that much fish to eat 5 flathead is plenty for a meal

[squeak6969]

serves him right allthough i would love to know his flathead spot if he caught that many lol

[robin]

What happened to Moses, have not heard from him for a very long time.

[Runty66]

Something smells like...... MOSES!

[Hfisho77]

Wow its people like these we dont need. Apparently, at the rate we are going, the worlds fish supplies will be virtually zero in 50 years time :whistle:

[EZY]

deserves it!!! should have given him the full fine that would be an example. 100000 grand would have kept him from fishing he'd be working to much. haha

[crazywalrus]

good to see. Rules are Rules - that was a conscious decision to do that. What the hell would you do with that much fish????

[Surfingant]

What the hell would you do with that much fish????

So I know of this shop at Inala right :whistle:

[woody1]

I caught 3 flatties the other day and almost gave up filleting half way through, filleting 1500 of the buggers... this bloke deserves a medal!

[Gcarj]

I caught 3 flatties the other day and almost gave up filleting half way through, filleting 1500 of the buggers... this bloke deserves a medal!

Id be curious how the hell he managed to catch that many flatties. Maybe they just jumped in his boat?

[woody1]

Yep, hard to believe they were all from one area. I rekon a net probably had something to do with it

[tiotony]

Surely he had to have had at least one or maybe several gill nets to have caught that much.

[TheLazyboy]

poor bastard.

8 week trip.

bag limit should be what is caught on the day not what you have in total

I gotta disagree with you for this one shortie. Because there is no need to have more then the total bag limit sitting in your freezer because it would just be a waste, it better off having them fresh or your better of buying it from the shops.

[Baptism]

thats a lot of fish...

I also agree it should be averaged out per day but he would still be over the bag limit.

some people just freeze their catch, I dont like that its the same as getting it in shops.

a fresh feed is a thousand times better!

[Homer4duff]

With numbers like that he had to have some thoughts of comercial gain.

[Greenmachine]

If I ever get to have an 8 week fishing trip in my lifetime (except when I retire which will be a never ending fishing trip ) I would take only what I would eat that day/night for the people I was dining with and maybe towards the end of the trip keep a few special fish for a special meal when I got back.

Surely aquiring that many fish to start with has been done illegally (gill nets etc) and the purpose of taking that many for commercial gain. $10000 sounds good to me.

[beckenry]

WTF! What is his secret of catching flathead, i usually only catch one per day, two would be the day of my week!!

[Do$tylz]

does anyone know what the EPA (or whatever/whoever the officers were that found him) would have done with those fillets once confiscated?

[shortie]

does anyone know what the EPA (or whatever/whoever the officers were that found him) would have done with those fillets once confiscated?

They had a huge BBQ for all their family and friends.

Why?

Because the EPA sucks.

[cboy69]

Pretty much the same info on the fisheries facebook page.
/>http://www.facebook.com/notes/fisheries-queensland/big-fine-to-protect-fish-sustainability/372341736150802

I have re-uploaded their pic here also, for those curious what some of the 2915 pieces of flathead fillets look like .