Going flatty fishing at 4am tomorrow, jellyfish threat in wa ?
Submitted by tassy on Sat, 2015-01-31 20:23
I was told that you have to be careful in the swan up near canning bridge because of Kelly's tat apparently sting very badly. ? Not having experienced them in Tasmania I was wondering how to recognise them an deal with any stings.
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Ben Derecki
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Not sure on the jf you're
Not sure on the jf you're talking about mate but I've been wading for flatties in the Canning for a few years mate and never had a sting so I wouldn't worry about it.
Broady
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Was paddle boarding just
Was paddle boarding just north of the raffles on Friday night and heaps of jellyfish, and two different types. The usual brown ones you see around the swan, and some clear, almost white, ones. Not sure if these are the Kelly's tat ones, but definitely not what I usually see. Also about half the size of the brown ones. Saw a good flattie there too!!
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Translate
I'll have a go at translating tassy speak, I reckon Kelly's tat really is 'Jellys that'.
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Jaggo
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Haha big John I was
Haha big John I was wondering the same thing
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lol no.... it's prolly my
lol no.... it's prolly my english background. I grew up in UK,a n moved back to Aus as a teen :)... So I have a bit of a mix of all accents. Trouble is with being dyslexic is I end up with all sorts of crap on screen sometimes :). Be glad I edit it before posting or you really would have trouble reading:)
One of the guys on this forum told me you get man o war's down here in WA. I always thought they were only in queensland, an have newver experianced them.
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Dale
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They are just a Brown
They are just a Brown Jellyfish, not a man of war, pretty harmless actually.
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tassy
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hehe ok ta man, ill put this
hehe ok ta man, ill put this one in box with "look out for the crocs in south mole"... sheesh...
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Dale
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Yeah, lots of man eating crocs at South Mole.
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no stingers in the river,
no stingers in the river, certainly not that far in
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Irikanji
Well if your up north at the moment, the irikanji's are everywhere. Lots of people ending up in hospital and a few on the RFDS.
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tassy
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We don't have em in Tasmania
We don't have em in Tasmania so when I moved here I was warned to look out for them.
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DTrain
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The only ones I know of
The only ones I know of around Perth that sting people are called 'stingers'. They are small, their body is about an inch long and pretty much transparent so it can be hard to see them. Their sting will give you a bit of a rash but nothing serious.
They look like this:
tassy
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Ah ok think I saw those at
Ah ok think I saw those at jetty out a point Walter.
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