Tweed Sand Pumpin Jetty

[Darryl]

I dobbed those blokes in on that jetty at manly too , clearly says no netting ,fishing,farting or whinging. #

I'm in your club gary.

Can i be vice president?

[DICER]

Sounds like a top fishing spot - can't wait to get there.

[Billo]

i think the land based guys can fish there if they feel like the risk is worth it Their call ...( i wouldn't )...but in a situation where they are illegally fishing , and another person legally fishing comes along , ESPECIALLY in situations like this ,....the guys on the jetty could atleast wind up the extra the lines if not all and give the boat room

after all , if jigging livies like spaniard , they would be in and out in 10 minutes ...no harm in a little courtesy ...especially if your bending or braking rules .

I don't know what kind of ding bat would get some one peeved in this situation anyhow ...these twits should go out of their way to accomodate if they ( and others fishing out there ) want to go fish out there again , after all , one call and security could be tightened.....loss to thge land based , win to the boaty

[Duyz72]

If something has been deemed illegal, then it is - for whatever reason regardless if we agree with it or not.
You can choose to ignore it, knowing full well the risks involved.

If others are effected by someone conducting an illegal activity, they have the right of complaint.

Spaniard King - being fair and resonable to all concerned I tend to think that you probably expected no one to actually be there (as it is illegal to do so) so you went about your business. Yes they were probably already there before you and you probably drifted right in to them (no doubt to their disgust). Fair enough and understandable given the circumstances.

I am sure if it had been around any other "legal" jetty you would have felt rather apologetic, instead the grapes started to taste a bit sour.
Regardless if they were there illegally or not all you can do is make the best out of any given situation and feel to call the authorities if you wish anything to be done about it.

Given 20/20 hindsight (which we all wish we had at the time) you probably could have just called out to ask for some clear water so you can pick up a bucket of lives before you head out. It would then have been up to them to be as polite and accomodating as you.

Hope you ended up getting some livies and did end up having a good day of it.

[Spaniard_King]

After doing some research on the matter (talked to a few locals) and using my 20/20 hindsight I have found out that persons unknown have been accessing the jetty for some months now and there number s are growing >

Looks like I am not the first to complain and up until now nuthing has been done

So it looks like we may have to co-habbit the area for a while longer at least till they get mooved on, best they make room cause I aint gonna be movin outta their way

Still waiting on the reply from the site manager

Garry

[rando]

Try years Gary, thats why I said the authorities were aware and had in a way given tacit consent, no one was being hurt so nothing was done. I imagine some of the locals will be less than pleased if their access is removed. Its a shame because they are gentlemen.
rando

[fishingnottake]

why is it illegal to fish off of anyway? just because it;s private property? is it unsafe?

[Just_chips]

It wasn't all that long ago that you were not allowed to fish off the Southport sand pumping station. Then instead of trying to get rid of everybody they started charging admission instead. The Tweed could go the same way so some flexibility could be required from all parties.

[Spaniard_King]

why is it illegal to fish off of anyway? just because it;s private property? is it unsafe?

Fishing,

I gotta feeling it is becasue it is unsafe. It is nowhere like the Sea way jetty. The walkway wouldn't be wider than 1 meter.

Garry

[ssab1]

Rando i am confused, could you please post the rules that we can break or do we select those we want to break.

[rando]

#(QUOTE)[I gotta feeling it is becasue it is unsafe. It is nowhere like the Sea way jetty. The walkway wouldn't be wider than 1 meter.

Gary
are we talking about the same Jetty??? because the tweed jetty has pipes along the side that are nearly 1 Metre wide, and you could drive a semitrailer down the deck and still have room for a bike path either side. Id check your GPS marks #or see your optometrist
rando

[rando]

Rando i am confused, could you please post the rules that we can break or do we select those we want to break. [/quote]

SSAB1
I didnt say there are rules we can break.!!
I said we all DO break rules according to our personal perceptions.
However there are always exceptions,and you may be the exception, and adhere to every rule ever written anywhere

[Heath]

Sounds like you've been ther before Rando

Wern't there on the weekend were you

[rando]

I fish near it but havent made the trip down since fuel went through the roof.Getting onto the jetty is for the young the fit and the fearless (Idont fit any of those catergories)
Couple of blokes were leaving #it one night when i was just setting up, and they stopped for a yarn, we talked fishing a while, and I discovered Id left my knife back at the car. #So this bloke gave me his knife to save me a trip back to the car, and told me to drop it in his letterbox down in Fingal when i was finished fishing. Like I said a gentleman. Ive seen them down there regularly.

[rando]

Heath,
Any time you want to remove me from the limitations of being shorebased I am sure Id be able to find an opening in my diary.
rando