North Australian FISH FINDER TM forums

LOL ^^^biodegradable SP.
how many sinkers are rolling around connected to whipper snipper coil from ancient time grey nomads? hahahahahahah i hopoe your comment was tongue in cheek or thats just silly.

Any true live baiter will tell you that you spend as much time chasing the bait as actually fishing and it is just as much fun. After a days fishing I let go what I don't use so I don't see it as doing too much harm

My lures boxes are full of every different hard body and rubber that you could imagine. I have at minimum 25 rods to siut every diff style of fishing that I do. Yes I have spears too that get used on occassion.

I reckon there ain't too many creeks or reefs within 50k's of the NT coastline that I have not seen or fed mossies and sandflies in .

No longer these days are the freezers full it's all about getting out and having a good time on the water, away from all the c...p

Can anyone offer me some fillets

Damm no offers OK I'll just have to slip out and 15 minutes down the road I should be able to catch a feed. Let me see what shall we use today I know I have an old handline loaded with 60lb mono an old rusty 6o hook and I just pulled a bl..dy big grasshooper off my vegies.

Down to the river S..ht I'm on Go hard yes a nice golden cobbler YUM!

I shouldn't drink and post sorry

i just like catching fish. however wherever whenever.

deano wrote:i just like catching fish. however wherever whenever.

Never a truer word spoken Deano

Bait or lures??...does not matter, as long as you are escaping, exploring, discovering, indulging, and travelling in a new direction each time.

When I target puffer fish, p o w e r t a i l and stingrays I opt for Live bait.

When I target trees, shoes and shopping trolleys I opt for lures.

Time and place for both

Ive caught heaps of mangroves on lures- works every time

Lats wrote:

deano wrote:i just like catching fish. however wherever whenever.

Never a truer word spoken Deano

how do you know??? i might really hate fishing

seano wrote:Ive caught heaps of mangroves on lures- works every time

Oh so your up too speed on the mangrove fishing too mate,glad i`m not the only one then

Hi there, Anyone who knows of good spots arround Darwin (land based) for Jewies? Need some advise on what bait, plastics and/or hardbodies?

What a can of worms.
For me, when I'm using livies it's a sure bet I'm fishing solo and that I'll be taking the catch home.(sharks, cuda excepted).
On the reefs, bait while anchored, jigs on the drift, or trolling lures for pelagics.
Like most fairly keen fishos..I have a wide range of lures (most of which never see water) and a combo to suit whatever I intend to chase.
It's all about having fun for me, when it becomes 'work' or I've caught a feed, I'll generally pack up and pull the pin for the day.

Mrs OF (Scrooges daughter) keeps a log of my 'deckie' outlays, and reckons every fillet in the freezer should be 'gold plated'.
On the other hand tho', while chewing me ear off about it, she'll be putting me gear together for the next trip.

Seriously, whether you use a lure, bait, or livie, if your not having fun, it all becomes a WOFTAM, and 'macrame' is probably the next best hobby.

You'll notice I didn't mention FLY fishing..
Unless you're Mr Miage's (Karate Kid) sensei, the chances of catching a fly with a fishing rod are well beyond the best of us.
Chopsticks maybe..

Lures all the way

But don't mind whipping the wand every now and then.

l fish with hardbody lures only. Even when l KNOW a soft plastic or a live/dead bait may catch me more fish.
l use other peoples lures and my own , and an occasional hard plastic import.

When my son was a little tacker l did enjoy catching bait with him and fishing that bait. The little taps on the rod as the fish bit at his bait would have him laughing and shaking with excitement Simple fishing is often the most fun.

Now he is big and hairy and smelly and spends all his time chasing girls lol

Barney.