Establishing a State Record?
Submitted by Dreamweaver on Sat, 2008-10-25 09:56
This is not something I've actively thought about whilst fishing. But having caught my PB Breaksea at 50cm and, from AAAWA list ( http://www.aaawa.iinet.net.au/StateFishingRecords.html#_B ) showing the state record as 3.000 kg, I thought the one I caught MAY have come close. Unfortunately, I didn't weigh my catcg and the AAAWA doesn't give weights.
So, what's the process in establishing a record? Do your scales have to be of a certain type (standard) and what about line class etc?
I guess if you were in a club comp and had a weight in, it would be easier to accept validity, but what about as an individual?
Info guys?
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your best bet
contact your local reputable tackle store about where you can get it weighed ,my understanding is you can at a butcher that has had the electric digital scales set to correct specs to verify the exact weight,but dont quote me on this,just my understanding
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Thanks Russ
I know the guys down at one of the tackle stores in Albany very well - will give them a call.
Any more info guys?
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I need to get myself some
I need to get myself some decent (non spring) scales down the track perhaps and start weighing them to build up a better idea - even with the spring scales - mind you, there'll be variations due to body bulk and condition perhaps.
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depending on the rules,
depending on the rules, generally unless its a game club its not via line class, all fish need to be weighed on certified scales, butchers etc and full details of date that the scales got certified need to be supplied, lengh and girth of fish need to be recorded and a clear photograph for identification, and from memory ideally the fish should be kept whole afterwards if any verification needs to be done.
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Cheers Mako
Yes it does mate - thanks for that!
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i know thats how it works
i know thats how it works with AAA so should be the same i think
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Also
Bob thinks you have to be a member of the AAA, take photo with ruler, compare size etc, just about everything you said mako.
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Fish records
Details are on http://www.aaawa.iinet.net.au/RecordsMain.html
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Thanks Terry!
Link appreciated - plenty of info there!
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Great so far
that my girlfriend Judith Parsons still holds the record for whiskery shark, 12.900kgs caught on the 23.08.86 from Rottnest wide
Bobs record skip jack trevally 7.480kgs in 1984 only got topped of for 8.290kg 21.5.96.
Well fellas we also have to get a dhuifish bigger than 25.854kg still a record 17.01.71
Thanks TerryF
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You could all ways go for
You could all ways go for the biggest gobbleguts or blowie.
I cant believe they have a record for them.
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Ya Noha
our club record for a bolt cutter (nor west blowie) is 9kg and thats held by Judith Parsons Bob thinks back in 1994/95.
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LMAO Noha
Unfortunately we don't get blowies down here
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dont you mean
fortunately
,you wouldnt want those pests down there they eat everything in sight
anyway its just tooooooo cold for them to survive
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LOL Russ
Yeah mate, was feigning dissapointment
- mind you, we get porcupine fish down here - usually catch at least one each session (caught one last week) - stoopid things -aquatic spikey water bags LOL.
Sandra loves them because they have big brown eyes and therefore look cute.
There a bugga to get hooks out of - like removing a hook from a shifting bench vice
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i know what u mean
over the years of visiting relies down there and plenty of fishing to get away from them i have caught a few (hundred)of the pests anywhere from the town jetty around to the emu point chanel ,only small but a big pain
dont know how big they get out in the boat only ever fished from a boat out there a couple of times
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Russ...
I've never seen or caught porcupine fish other than on the outside reef systems - when you talk about emu point etc - are you sure you don't mean southern puffer fish - as I've caught those occasionally in Oyster Habour when targetting bait fish.
Here a pic of a pufferfish:
The ones I've caught all seem to be the same size - that of a large 'blowie'.
Here's a pic of a porcupine fish:
The ones I've caught (will take a photo next time - maybe there's a record to be had
) 12-14cm (approx) in circumference.
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the record for this one
0.525 length 28cm,will be a tough one to beat col
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you could be right
there colin
looking at those pics
shot down in flames
i was just going on what others told me down there as i was only a little tacker then
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LOL Russ
Hey, as you said many years ago - I'm the last one to comment of folks memmories
- mine's like a seive 
- Sandra's is NOT 
LOL
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How many of you actually
How many of you actually kill blowies when you catch them? I used to stab and pop them and have some fun but in the last couple of years if he doesnt swallow my hook, ill throw him back.
Interesting to see how many of you throw them back or kill them or whatever you guys do.
One time we filled a bucket in warnbro we counted 112 blowfish, in my large bucket with airator, made for the best photo! My mate killed every single one of them.
What would change if we were to take blowies out of the waterways?
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nor west bloowiers
Bob kills, you'd be so surprised of the good hooks you find in their belly including your own. Make good cray bait
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