G'day Kev,
You obviously have the same problem on the north side with people stealing pots as we do on the southside.
I wish we lived in a world where people left other people's things alone.
Each time I get pots knocked off now I report it to the Water Police.
I realise that I'm not going to get them back but at least the Police become aware of the problem and know where to patrol.
Louis
Dunno cuzza. I've had one from the beacon at the mouth but I don't know if they'd travel further up.
An old timer told me once that the place used to be thick with them. That was back in the days when there was plenty of fish gutted by the recreational anglers and the commercial fishos chucked the waste into the creek. Don't know if they still do and it's a long time since I saw any recos cleaning fish there
Yeah Louis. The Pine seems to be terrible for it because there are so many bends that your pots are out of view unless you sit on 'em. For the life of me, I don't know why the law is against 'em being sunk, other than the authorities would then never know just how many pots you had out. If that's the argument then I would say that it's invalid. Anyone who is going to have the gall to sink more than 4 pots is going to put more out anyway. They just use the name of a relly on the pot and float.Originally Posted by Louis
kev
Kev
I believe you when you say those catties taste ok, not that I've tried them. Not that I know of, anyway
And in the past I've had a ball sight -fishing forkies with bass lures. They're good fish, I reckon.
Regards,
Mike.
P.S. visited the Pine today and it looked like caramel
Yeah Mike. I've seen 'em on the slab labelled "mixed reef fish"Kev
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But you reminded me of the days when an old acquaintance from Woongoolba, by the Logan R used to sell his catfish fillets at the Gem Hotel and he called them River Cod, and had no shortage of repeat customers
And in the past I've had a ball sight -fishing forkies with bass lures. They're good fish, I reckon.
Regards,
Mike.
P.S. visited the Pine today and it looked like caramel
cheers
kev
thanks kev, yeah i'll see how i go anyway. thanks mate.
cuzza
The green marker was over on the barge this morning to the west of the bridge.
Do you mean the sunken barges near the bridge or the sunken one at the quarry downstream from castle Hill?
kev
Hey Kev,
I popped into the Tackle shop on Rainbow St yesterday, and on my way out the door.....there's you looking at me!
It was a newspaper cutting of you holding up that big shovelly. A bit faded and all (the cutting - not you)but it was you alright. Funny how it stood out amongst all the others as I wasnt really looking. Probably cause Ive seen the pic here a million times.
Didnt help though coz I caught bugger all in Nundah Ck over the next 3 hours.
Cheers,
Jake
Pots that aren't marked correctly will be confiscated by the fisheries if they happen to check them. This also accounts for a lot of "stolen" pots. You must have your details on the float AND the pot. Fisheries officers will regularly check this and simply take incorrectly marked pots out of the water and take them back to their warehouse where they will later be destroyed.
I'm not saying this is what happened to any of your pots guys because I know that pot stealing is rampant in the pine. I had a pot taken in broad view once whilst fishing at night of the pontoon at DWB, I had the pot on the other side of the boat ramp tied of the mangroves. A boat just drove straight in while a bloke on the bow pulled the pot and cut the rope with a knife and then took off again, all over in a matter of seconds. We ran over to them but we had no chance...pricks
Cheers Kev
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