What happens to the ballons
Submitted by Faulkner Family on Sat, 2012-03-10 00:24
its gone. forget about a genuine question from someone that doesnt know
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Oracle
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I see balloons all the time
Out on the water. Helium balloons floating on the surface. Stop and get them for the kids. They think it's great. They always have a string attached, so likely some kids "show balloon" that's gotten away from them.
drifta
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In my limited experience
So far when I've actually hooked up the balloons have split/ripped just above the knot with what looks like 100% of the rubber being retrieved when landing.
If they dont burst from a hook up they come back in where they usually pop on the beach where I quickly pick up the pieces.
I've only had three balloons which wernt retrieved, one from being snagged, one from a bronzi which hit the burley cage which was on the same line as the balloon, and the last one from an asshole boat which cut off the balloon and wrapped my line around the bait.
Looking into finding some sort of mesh bag/stocking to go over the balloon just to catch any pieces from the balloon and the glowstick.
- Brett
sherbert
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Gas balloons
Are used for another day, Thay are 20meters in the air
Only if a big shark went deep you might lose one, If it could pull it under the water But very unlikey
At 10.00 for two you need to try and used them again, Steeppoint with the sharp cliffface is were you might lose one or two
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Rig
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Balloon
Herbie hit the nail right on the head. Quality balloons and gas are expensive the last thing you want is to loose or pop them.
Anyway I would be more worried about all the empty bait bags and plastic stuffed in the rocks at metro rock walls like mindarie
sherbert
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Beer bottles And rubbish left on the beachs
Shit from cray boats wash up, I think he think we blow them up with air And send them out on the east winds on the water
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Faulkner Family
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i actually have no idea.
i actually have no idea. never done balloon fishing or been there when done.was just curious.
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
sherbert
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Rod and line
Slider so balloon can move up and down the line, And 20m from the light line on to the slider to balloon
Right amount of gas so balloon skips the bait on the water, If it comes up and out of the water a meter and then hits the water Its set upright
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Faulkner Family
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Rig and Sherbs. i know what
Rig and Sherbs. i know what you mean about all the trash that is lying around and it is discusting that people do that. just curious about the balloons
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barlow
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same can be said about using
same can be said about using plastic baits on the 'green issue'
spearfisher
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soft plastics
do soft plastic break down ?
if a fish eat a soft plastic will it be able to pass it or will it block the fish up and kill it...
UncutTriggerInWA
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This link may be of interest
http://www.berkley-fishing.com/about/berkley-conservation-institute/conservation-implementation-partnerships
For those interested (as we should be) I have sent an email to Berkley. I am sure they will be happy to provide information about environmental issues relating to soft plastics. They seem to care....... Once I get a response I will post here. The questions raised here are very valid and I commend each of you for doing so. I have a particular interest in the ecosystem. That doesn't go so far as to ban everyone from fishing by closing everything down. Being informed is all a part of sustainability.
Vince.
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Rig
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Report
Hey Vince
Where is the s bend report
UncutTriggerInWA
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OK OK Stop Nagging....
I've been busy recovering LOL Report to follow.....
Vince.
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uncle
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precious arn't we
what about the estimated 10000 containers that no overboard or the thousands of cannon balls on the bottom,anr the millions of liters from all boats going into the ocean?????
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
Jody
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We should
have a Carbon Tax on balloons
TWiZTED
barlow
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precious you reckon uncle?is
precious you reckon uncle?
is there a problem with wishing to preserve what we have?
sure we are not all angels, but we can do our bit and collectively give our future generations a planet which they can look back on and say' gee im glad my dad/ mum/ grandparents et al took the time to be responsible for their own actions'
or we can continue not caring.....
the international law for disposing of rubbish at sea should be scrapped and rewritten as no rubbish is to be disposed of at sea in my opinion
fishy fingers
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in the grand scheme of things
I think balloons are insignificant when compared to the amount of crap we pump into the ocean from our outboards.
I wonder how many boaties who like to think of themselves as being a bit of a greenie when it comes to protecting the
ocean have any idea how much pollutants we dump every hour into the ocean from our motors
Heres a link from fisherman and boat owner to the outboard database by gary fooks flick to page 73.
http://fandb.seamedia.com.au/default.aspx?iid=33134&startpage=page0000085
Makes you think.
barlow
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great link! frightening too
great link! frightening too