the dreaded canetoad

[bdowdy]

hi just got back from fishing moogerah dam and was shocked at seeing aheap of cane toads on the drive back one night after a feed at aratula pub , havnt seen this many since i wasat awoonga fishing and went to cania dam. how far have they got bdowdy

[Flyseyes]

might be a good idea to carry a 5 iron in the rod tube.

[bdowdy]

yep its getting that way, least it was entertainment trying to run as many over as i could,just think what they could do to the bass scoffing these off the water >. everyone get some golf in between fishing trips. bdowdy

[DaveSue_Fishos_Two]

What would make the bass scoff them?? They haven't hurt any fishing anywhere that I'm aware of, and the water rats clean heaps of them up at night. They only eat the heart and liver. Nature has a way of looking after things and I think the bass are pretty safe.

Cheers
Dave

[bdowdy]

just heard that they can kill our fish and even crocs up north , im a southerner so it may all be bull stuff. bdowdy

[wacco_fozzy]

A squirt bottle filled with Dettol is dynamite on them, with the added advantage that they hop away into someone else's yard to die.

Beats putting them in the freezer, 'cause I got into trouble once when I forgot to pull one out and the missus went looking for something for tea.

[DaveSue_Fishos_Two]

Hey Bdowdy

The old toads could certainly hurt fish if they ate them. A part of them is poisonous, and fish seem to know this and that's why they don't eat them. Ok, a juvenile might have a bit of a go, but generally speaking fish don't touch them. The fish in Awoonga and Cania and countless impoundments prove this. Even the water rats know which bit they can eat, as do crows when you see them on the road picking over the squashed ones! Toads killing fish from eating them is an exagerated myth in my opionion. And if they crocs ate them and died, there wouldn't be a croc in Australia!

Cheers
Dave

[Mad_fisherman]

Don't lick there back!

All Bad.

MAD!

[turkey_beach_boy]

A friend of my has barra in his dam, fish came up sucked in toadpole then spat it out straight away.

[Sportfish_5]

Wheres Bazza ?

http://www.cane-toad.com/movie.php

Cheers

Greg

[rando]

Mad
do you often go around licking things on the back !!! weird man weird

[Mad_fisherman]

Rando,
Nah man the misses frown son it for some reason. however, i have heard the old toads go alright lol. but not my cup of tea.

MAD!

[rajawolf]

mmmmm licking a toad on the back on a dark cold night while fishing, sure gives u a warm fuzzy feeling.

[Billo]

Dirty little buggers ....we will never get rid of them now !!!

Kakadu is now being invaded from them too .......say bye bye to a lot of native fauna !

I hope on your 'drive back ' you managed to drive right over a few

[bdowdy]

sure did run over afew at least 10, thanks for all the info that everyones sent throught , interesting stuff on that site greg and love the sailfish. i heard there as far as lismore near ballina . the people stuffing and selling these toads are champs, if you havnt all ready seen them there stuffing the whole toad on stands with small spirit bottles and making coin pouches out of them as well bdowdy