relaxing fish this mornin
Submitted by wopjrb on Fri, 2009-09-04 21:39
went for a fish this mornin with me pop down at the wharf oposite aqua down at hillaries - caught this ripper. didnt see or catch or see anybody catch anything other than blowies - wats goin on with these things - my pops over 70 years old and he reckons there never used to be blowies everywhere - is there a scientific explanation? - WAT DO YA RECKON ?
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Faulkner Family
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too much food scraps in the
too much food scraps in the water and they breed worse than flies
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Feral
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most of the problem is in
most of the problem is in the canal and marina works .... the blowies breed like flies in that enviroment ... donw south here in busso we never had too many either .. now you cant drop a line near the marina
UncutTriggerInWA
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Use live bait.....
Or something those puffy bastards cant eat LOL.
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wopjrb
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yer i reckon get a big net and scoop em all up
i might consider seein how many i can catch and dispose of - wonder if theres a baglimit
wopjrb
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maybe organise a fishwrecked kill day - to cull the numbers
everybody catches and disposes of as many blowies as they can - overfish the b@#$%^ds
H.S. Chan
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hell yea, a BBB blowie
hell yea, a BBB blowie baggin bonanza. Would definately be a good thing. Annually! Would that be legal to organize?
Faulkner Family
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everyone catching 100 of
everyone catching 100 of these buggers wouldnt even make a dent in the population, they need to find a virus that will destroy them , but thats not likely to happen
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Feral
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they used to have a blowie
they used to have a blowie fishing comp in geraldton years back .. me and my bro even won it once ... but then some greenie complained to the council and had it banned due to it being cruel .... spanker
DhuBoi
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haha that would be sick who
haha that would be sick who can catch the most blowies hahah RIGHT ON
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H.S. Chan
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i suppose its good for the
i suppose its good for the fishes not to be even more overfished. Imagine if every noob with a rod could fish without touching a blowie. We'd hae new fishing regulations coming out our asses
grayzeee
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maybe we should learn from
maybe we should learn from the asians how to prepare them for the table.
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
flangies
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I'm pretty sure its illegal
I'm pretty sure its illegal to catch blowies and kill them
chrisp
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if it is illegal...
Then im a serial killer...
gumbyconts
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do blowies contribute at all
do blowies contribute at all to the food chain?
are they integral to the health of the water ways or have they just spawned to plague proportions.
im just wondering about the consequences of culling of a native species.
dont get me wrong, i HATE those ugly things.
Sekans
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From what I understand they
From what I understand they are very important in maintaining the health of the waterways. I read an article a while ago explaining how they contribute to the ecosystem. For the population to increase as such it usually requires something to trigger the change, this could possibly by an increase of nutrients in the water which increases algal growth, which in turn provides a food supply. Or one of many other possibilities. They are a native species and changes in the population are almost certainly a part of the natural cycle.
Bluebonefamily
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Now that is our kind of
Now that is our kind of fishing.
The boys get a bit disgusted that they only seem to catch blowies. At least they are catching a fish even if we can't eat it.
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cudbfishn
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Well
If catching and killing blowies is illegal i should be in jail. when i was younger i used to take a golf club down to the jetty and if i caught one id wait till it puffed up and hit it back into the water. lol
Faulkner Family
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we used to put the puffed up
we used to put the puffed up blowies on top af canning bridge and wait for a truck or buss to hit them . they go off with a real bang.used to refer it to as blowie bridge as there was so many dried up blowies on there it would cause a bit of a smell
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crasny1
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They do have a good use in Mandurah
Good crab bait, and other blowies dont seem to like their cousens that much.
Nasty little suckers.
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I have to admit it is fantastic up here in Karratha fishing and forgetting they even exist. Ha Ha. Another good thing for the NW
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Colin Hay
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Nice fish Matt. I share your pain
They are shocking down in the marina.
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wopjrb
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yer twas a pearler
was really just down there to relax - might bring some bait chasers with me next time and a few bottles of beer and try to wipe em out