fishingnut

Nice one Dino. Skimming them over weeds reminds me of fishing lake k years ago. Find any lures ?

Sambar in the Alpine NP Wonnangatta 
There is always room for more buddy 🦌🦌 

Hope you have a safe and quick recovery, fishingnut. 
Cheers Hamish

I had back pain for a long time to the point of having trouble standing straight or walking and kept going to the chiro,  which helped a little bit but didn't cure it, then I got messaged and that worked wonders, so unless you have some sort of physical injury to your spine or twisted vertebra it might be of benefit to you to get a couple of massages. Tell them what your main problems are and they will concentrate on those areas.

Laid up with back pain. Still no good 

Sorry to hear that. Hopefully it heals very quickly so you can get back out there.

Laid up with back pain. Still no good 

Laid up with back pain. Still no good 

Lovely fish Dino very jealous.

Pots not raided, just lack of shrimps lately. well it was good to find out they are back to taking spinnerbaits, my favourite fishing.
 

I only got a quick look at the screen, its amazing what people will spend to outfish you.😜

Head out with @dhess again on Monday, hunting to bag out on some bigger specimens than last week.  We headed out and grabbed some Live Bait in close which were biting hard with some toothy critters amongst them.  
We then punched out to the FAD to try and get amongst some Dollies. With plans to put 10 in the boat and our expectations were high, we were quickly deflated.  We found a school of good-sized 1.1 to 1.2m Dollies, but for the life of me, we could not get them excited. They were at the back of the boat, we where cubing, dropping livies on their nose, throwing poppers, plastics, cubed pillies, and everything in the tackle bag with only a brief follow on a popper.  Very disappointed as the size would have been superb. 
We fished some marks nearby, and this is where I started my day "stuck in the nursery", pulling up the smallest Pearlies I have ever seen. If they where legal I would have bagged five times over as they were biting hard.  Needing a change, we head in a little closer, and then I started catching undersized bloody Snapper instead. 😞  We tried this for an hour and then headed out wider.  
I decided to hit the mark on its own on the way, and 10 seconds later wack DHess was on, secretly I was not happy and wished I had got my pillie in 10 seconds earlier.  I solid fight ensued, and Dom and I were calling it for a good-sized AJ however it comes up Red. 90cm of beautiful Snapper.   OMFG, Dhess was lucky. I grab his net after taking mine out in the morning, I net the fish, and it fails just when Dom grabs the frame luckily.  The Beast is on board only to have him bite through the 100lb leader on the snell. It could have been a very different outcome. 
Dom managed some nice sized Bonito here; I caught a Gold Spot which we later reidentified as a Fox fish, either way, it was delicious.  However, once again, I was destined to catch undersized pearlies and Snapper.  In a desperate attempt to catch something legal, we made the call to head out deeper, and this is where we made a fatal mistake. We should have sounded around that depth and tried to catch some more quality fish, but we left fish to find fish. hmmmm 
We got out deep, and the current died, we were drifting at .2knots to nothing and could not raise a fish, and there were absolutely no shows. Worked this line and our marks for another 6 km but still nothing.  So we head to the 33s near the bar until sundown. However, the current was hauling and even with the drogue we where drifting at 1.5knots making float lining pretty much impossible. 
A great day out and we went home with something to eat thanks to Dhess. 
## also eomthign to note the Bonito cared for correctly and trimmed was superb grilled. 
On another note. 
i do not like to waste anything from an animal I kill to eat.  I will recover as much meat as I can, this time removing the wings and cheeks on the large snapper. I turn the frames and heads into stock and freeze it to use in cooking.  We pressure cook what is left and feed it to the chooks safely. The bones end up soft like in a Salmon can.  
Images 
Fish Stock in smaller sizes 
Dhess the bastard
the esky half way through the day 
Bonito sashimi 
The Whales that came to visit 
the chook lovin the bones and meat 
Me quick gutting fish in prep for the stock pot. 



 


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Hi all,
Bit of a random, non-fishing and non-smart arse post but bear with me.
Earlier this year, my step-father was diagnosed with an advanced form of prostate cancer. After going through the many lows associated with this diagnosis and subsequent treatment with my family, my partner, baby Dorothy and I decided to get involved with “The Long Run” to support The Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia.
 
During September, Dorothy (with some help from Mum and Dad) will be walking 72km on behalf of her Granddad to raise awareness and much needed funds for this important men’s health cause.
On the job this morning to celebrate father’s day!

I was amazed to learn that every 25 minutes an Australian man is diagnosed with prostate cancer. The 72km we will be walking represents the 72% of men who experience serious mental health deterioration post diagnosis who don’t seek treatment.
 
if you are able to support our cause through a small (tax deductible) donation, please see the link below, if not, please look after yourselves and get checked out recently.
 
https://www.thelongrun.org.au/fundraisers/dorothyebelt/the-long-run
 
thank you
cheers,
benno <‘><

Nice one mate, any schools or just the odd show on the sounder ?

Funny what a difference there is. 7 shrimp and 1 fish would have made me very happy at Glenlyon. haha

Donut, but it was good to have a camp with Mitch - the first time in 9 years !
A major fail occurred packing up on Thursday night when I found the 100 shrimp I'd bought were all dead as someone nearing senility had accidentally turned off the aerator, ironically when checking on their condition in the afternoon. Yes, it was me.
So we headed off early Friday morning and were at GL at 10.30 passing through some foggy patches.

Setup camp and had a chat to Brian and Debbie who manage the park. No 'catchable' shrimp in the dam yet. Bummer. Brian said they were catching some yellas on blades. We didn't have any blades but he said spinnerbaits might work. I also mentioned my Tenterfield Dart lure that I bought off them in 1994 for $15. He said they were now fetching $150 - $300+ and Debbie was one of the collectors. I have now removed it from use and transferred ownership to my superannuation fund. haha

 
Apparently there were a few 120cm cod at the dam wall worth having a look at to tease the fisheremen/women.

Had an afternoon fish and into the night. The plan was to head as far up as we could laying a track on the chartplotter and then meander back. Well that went by the wayside as a few stands of trees were too inviting to pass by. A lot of the stands were already being fished by a boat so we played the etiquette game and left them to it. We eventually came to a vacant stand and sounded up some yellowbelly. After half a dozen passes for a couple of hits that didn't stick we headed up as far as we could, which wasn't as far as expected because the dam is only at 14%. We then followed the track back to the spot where we'd had a good show and tied up to a tree so we could have a cast at these fellas. It was about 7pm now and was pitch black.
The weather forecast wasn't great and just after we tied up the wind went strong on us. I'm guessing above 30 knots. Our loose tie came undone and we were set adrift amongst the trees. With both of us trying unsuccessfully to pull on the rope to get us back to the tie-off tree I decided to cut the rope and start making our way back to camp.
This is where the mistake of not following the plan to lay a track came back to bite us as we had to meander our way back through the trees. It took us about an hour to get back. I was glad we hadn't been able to make it the 22km all the way up the dam otherwise we would have been out there until sunrise Saturday. We made i t back and prepared a late dinner of Porterhouse, chips and avocado before turning in for the night.

It rained all night and the forecast for Saturday was for more rain all day. It was cloudy with patches of blue when I got up. Brian said there would be a storm in the afternoon. So today's plan was to head out to the creek on the road to Tenterfield and try for some shrimp there under the bridge and a little further upstream under advice from Brian and use what we caught to bob for yellas in the afternoon before the storm. We let the traps rest for 45 minutes and pulled them in with a hundred little gudgeons and a couple of tiny unusable shrimp. So we reset them and headed back to camp before returning an hour or so later where we found the traps filled with gudgeons but no shrimp.

Assessing the sky in the afternoon we thought the storm was off the cards so planned to again fish into the night. As we put in we had a chat at the 'ramp' with a regular cod catcher. He said they had gone days without a touch. They said they had also been using chicken strips for bait that had been pickered without a proper take. I suspect spangled perch were the culprits. He told us his spot that has previously been fruitful for him. We tried there and many other places that arvo/evening for nothing. Only lost one lure to a snag that even the tackleback couldn't save. the storm never eventuated , so at least we got one call right.



Back at camp we fired up the camp oven with some garlic chicken breast and sweet and normal potatoes to fill our holes. Before heading to bed we made the plan to get up at 5 and head out for a final session using some raw chicken breast strips we had saved from dinner.
At 5am it was cold. I woke Mitch and discussed our plan from Saturday night. We agreed that neither of us could face walking into the cold water at this time of day when the fishing was as tough as it had been. When I confessed this to Brian Dare as we were checking out he did confirm with me that we were both sooks and that October was warmer. I said we will be back then. He aslo confirmed that no-one had caught anything all weekend except for one guy got two cod on chicken strips. Probably should have headed out with them afterall.
We hit the road for home and somewhere after Aratula I suffered my first ever blowout. The left trailer wheel. So glad it was the left one as we didn't have much of a verge to pull up on and the traffic was reasonably heavy with a lot of long weekenders making their way home to the east. The tyre was shredded and knocked the mud guard off its mount to boot. We were also lucky that we had some firewood left over to put under the jack as the angle of the bank showed the inadequacy of a scissor jack that doesn't go high enough.


I have no idea how old the tyres are on the trailer but will be replacing all 3 now with a non-Chinese brand for our next trip.
The trip was still a good getaway for me and Mitch who I haven't been out with since he discovered girls and drumming. I learnt new things about him, like his unusual taste buds that he didn't learn from home including a sandwhich with philly, vegemite, tomato and tuna!
We will go back when the barometer is looking more friendly.
 
Border closure.
Waiting for dinner to cook

Bacon and Eggs for breakfast
Sorry for the dodgy photos from Mitch's Apple phone. Must have auto-resized when he sent them to me.

Bit windy there today .
No big schools found just isolated fish but we still managed 29 bass and 3 yellas.
Bonus was we have plenty of shrimp for next trip
Cheers
Ray

Seen the doc about my back and a sinus infection, result I am in isolation now after they done a covid test on me. At least I have time to get my back right waiting for results.

Good stuff old mate, where is the ash tray ?

Took my son and my grandson out for a fish this morning.It was a costly exercise, my grandson hit the end of the rod he was using while trying to net a lousy catfish for his father. Result rod overboard and poppy $200 out of pocket,last 2 trips he done with me only cost $30 each time for tangled braid.Anyway we had a good morning with bass, yellabelly,catfish and even a lungy.
Dino



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It was a bit chilly and windy out at the dam yesterday, so I made it a quick session and was home for smoko.Trolling,casting and jigging, I managed 28 before it got to windy and cold.
Dino

What ever happened to the Prfma rainbow breeding scheme they had going years ago ?

Nice one ray, I drool every time I get out there at all the good venison out there. A friend of mine makes the best venison jerky I have ever had ! I won’t be out the dam for some time till I get my back sorted. 

Twas  a miserable wet and windy morning out at NPD, it rained the whole time I was on the water. Rain coat usually last for about 2 hours before it starts leaking, then the cold sets in,so soon as I got home it was straight into the shower, followed by a big bowl of home made chicken soup (not like the bought one where the chicken walks through the soup, this was full of chicken.)
Managed 26 bass, casting,jigging and trolling and a couple on shrimp.
Dino

Nice one ray, I drool every time I get out there at all the good venison out there. A friend of mine makes the best venison jerky I have ever had ! I won’t be out the dam for some time till I get my back sorted.