Stone fish, Biggera Creek, Gold Coast.

[ffejsmada]

I have heard reports of stone fish in the broadwater and a few other SEQ spots, definitle not bullrouts, as they are freshwater.
Wear shoes, mainly against broken glass around boatramps and public areas......

randell

Do your research mate, you might learn something.

[MudRiverDan]

Wayno no offense mate,you can't kill something just because you think that is going to reduce the likelyhood of you treading on one in the future.

There are stone-fish in the area as a matter of fact I have found them all up and down the coast, as south as Port Maquarie myself.
They can't be mistaken for Bullrouts because they actually look like a stone, some I have seen have blue spikes, others not.

http://www.google.com.au/search?q=st...w=1600&bih=757

I let everything go as best I can, poor old stonefish was probably just trying to get a feed..

cheers

[MudRiverDan]

wayno, if i was launching the boat at my local ramp and was cast netting before heading out and caught a stone fish knowing that familys and kids use this area, i would have done the same. no wonder fishing reports/experiences are becoming less frequent.

What a load of bollocks.

[tunaticer]

I caught one last weekend that would have nudged close to the kilo on a 4" dead sticked squidgy wriggler at Scarby. Probably about the 5th from that area for me and somewhere around 20 all up for me spread between Ballina and Eurimbula Creek (that one was a monster at nearing 1.5kg's).

Bullrouts I have caught from Woody point upstream in the pine river and one off Woorim Reef after the floods back a decade or so ago, along with two Spangled Perch.

The most frightening thing for me however is how many blue ring occy's reside along the rocky foreshores at Redcliffe. A mate and I collected 18 of them in an hour off the one patch of reef west of the clontarf ramp. Absolutely hundreds of them around there and we all regularly see kids exploring there in groups.

[Prowl n Wolf]

What a load of bollocks.

mate your entitled to your opinion, but for goodness sake its a bloody stone fish.

[MudRiverDan]

mate your entitled to your opinion, but for goodness sake its a bloody stone fish.

Yes I know that many here are not very into ecology, mostly because the greens have made it so bloody unpopular.
But if a lot of people read this then that might mean a lot of folk go out and kill them when they find them.

As for kids and family yes it is not good, but it is really not a huge risk, get kids to wear sand shoes or some foot cover.

Luckily stone fish do not inhabit sandy areas..kids play in sand stay away from stones and rock..simple.

I guess I would keep kids away from rocks anyway for oysters and foot cuts.

Yes Wayno killed a stonefish, does not bother me, but I dont think an agreement on kill on site is going to help anyone, more to the point , an injured stone-fish would most probably be more of a hazard.

Sure kill them if you want but teach the kids to respect certain aspects of the shoreline, bare feet around the rocks is a definite no no.

[MudRiverDan]

Also if your not hard enough to take the Australian conditions there is always plenty of room at South Bank Beach.

Cheers

[Prowl n Wolf]

Also if your not hard enough to take the Australian conditions there is always plenty of room at South Bank Beach.

Cheers

mate, thanks for your opinion. so what outfit should i bring to southbank? you should know.

[TimD]

Too many bloody greenies on this forum these days


Stonfish should be treated like carp


cheers tim

[tunaticer]

Each to their own TimD, I do not begrudge people from removing stonefish and similar from a locally often frequented location.
I can't condone people glory hunting sharks for the kill then dumping them, they are an essential part of the waters and deserve some respect.

[Lucky_Phill]

Time gentlemen.



LP