The sharks are huntin the snapper but they are quickly leanin to hang near the boats coz its an easier feed. Gota be stupid usin a burley pot too. Guna be interesting couple of days on the sound this weekend with the weather and the last two days before the ban. Maybe fisheries should tow the sharks tail first out to sea! I thought the larger snapper werent as good eatin, not that id throw one back if I was lucky enough to catch one. Ill stick to huntin them on the 3 mile with no one in sight for miles

we had a big hue and cry over sharks getting into the sambos a year or so back and now the same thing is happening to an iconic fish right on our door step,this is a prize fish that is available to the small tinnie owner and (brave,silly) yak fishermen and if all of us  (repeat) don't act responsable then then I guess the authorities will step in and extend the ban season to ensure the breading stocks get a fair chance to do their think.Think about it what we are doing is making Mr/Mrs White a lazy fisher, all they have to do is go to the pinging sound wait for a snapper to show sign of distress then swim over to it and take a bite out of a fish that can't swim away, result Mr/Mrs white gets an easy feed (fisherman gets half of a prize fish if he's lucky) which he throws away then repeats the proccess what a waste.

We know how to find the fish

We know how to catch the fish

Let all of us respect the vuinerablity of these breading fish and give them a fair chance to bread in good numbers so that their future is well assured

100% Agree with strike.. And please dont take this as me having a shot and any one but it is a fairly irresponsible act when you think about it . Pinky's are not the hardest species to locate at any time of the year so why we need to target them in the sound and loose so many to sharks puzzles me. The way to think about it is this, once the greenies find out the truth of whats going on with the fish sharking dilema they will proceed to protest again and get a longer ban put in place , and then the people who are fishing and donating these fish to the grey coats will be the ones who will jump up and down when tighter restrictions come into place again when all you will have to remember is that we are the reason they will do it .... pinks can be found in huge numbers on the 3 mile , ffb, direction bank and many other places where the sharks are not as much of a problem .And by all means please dont think you need a big boat to target them outside the sound because you dont, we regularly catch them of mindarie and the likes in a 12 ft tinny and this is done safely.. I really think we need to take a look and save what freedom we have left and not provoke any reason for further more intense bans / rules , atm were just waving a red flag infront of a bull.

brenz

well said

From the photos at the D9 last weekend, I would say we are odds on for the ban to be extended to cover all of September. Unless people change their ways, I tend to think this is necessary, as the current situation appears unsustainable.

I just don't know how people can put up with fishing with that many boats. Eff that but also needs to be a longer ban for sure. My two bobs worth 

 ill go fr a dive in there again and follow one around and count :p

IF the weathers good but if its too chaotic or if only sacrificing to sharks I'll up sticks and

go elsewhere :-)

With the recent spate of shark attacks and the government acknowledging that there is an anomoly in what is going on, surely this would be a great time to sat tag these sharks and and to study their movements. I am aware that these tags are expensive and the wheels of government turn slowly so lets not turn this into government bashing. Just thought it was a great time to study these awesome creatures.

Cheers Mick

Does fisheries even have a clue as to how many snapper are aggregating there at the moment is it " how longs a piece of string "...or is there some sort of estimate would be a good starting point as to whether it's substainable is it a few thousand or a 100 thousand and also how many noahs are out there atm ...I presume with no cull their numbers are just going to increase ...how many kilos of snapper do they munch on daily ...do they realise theres a ban on

I work on the Kwinana strip and see the boats at the gravel patch all the time. On Sunday Morning 25ish boats and Monday morning I counted 18ish boats, eyes aren't as good anymore  All in about a 50-100m area.  Have seen 50+ in days gone by.

Well they put the whites on the protected list what, 10 years ago? How big is a 10+yo white? Theyre only going to frequent our waters more and more until something gets done. Fair enough havin a go at fishos, fishin within their rights and combining with a sharks natural instinct, the snapper stocks are reducing more, but not just for the individual kills, but the potential spawn from each if it was female. The shark issues stem further than reduced fish stocks......I wouldnt feel safe swimming or diving anymore.