Should have seen some of them trading paint in the centre. It was like watching a mobile boat yard.
I can just see my boat in the background there. Had the missus and kids with me and we were just sitting on the Southern edge of the pack with the kids commenting on all the action.
yeah but andy you were there in it and how insane was it. like you couldnt cast out for soem twat running over your line or bashing into you. at one time i countedx twenty boats getting on top of the boil and no one had room to play a fish
but i like my boat front and centre thanx andy
Yeh i had a few goes at getting in the pack. Im just glad i know how to drive my boat, I saw quite a few boats hit each other. I hadly fished because i was to busy trying to doge other boats.
I dare say a lot of those irresponsible boaties that spoil it for everyone else have never read a web site thread about fisheries management. Unless we dob them in when we see it happening there isn't a lot we can do to stop them. Or is there?
Any suggestions?
I'm sure many go out legitimately after the ban ends to see if they can pick up a few stragglers after the main groups have dispersed, but looking at scenes like that, it must have been like shooting fish in a fishbowl. No challenge in that. I've got to ask, "is it worth it?". Very glad they stepped up the ban, now like Adam says lets see if they put some resources into enforcing it. These are special breeders and worth protecting from mass slaughter.
Good to see you guys got out of there in one piece. I don;t think I would be heading into a melee like that any time soon.
Adam Gallash
Posts: 15647
Date Joined: 29/11/05
Wow
When words out I guess the word is really out!! Good thing the ban is back in, now to enforce it.
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Andy
Posts: 522
Date Joined: 08/10/05
10% of them
Thats 10% of the boats that we out there. Crazy.
mike79
Posts: 241
Date Joined: 30/10/05
that was when it quietened
that was when it quietened down there. god i know that im in there.
jay_burgess
Posts: 4648
Date Joined: 18/08/05
OMG... never seen anything
OMG... never seen anything like it.
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Tim
Posts: 2497
Date Joined: 26/09/06
There was a bit of space on
There was a bit of space on the edges there.
Should have seen some of them trading paint in the centre. It was like watching a mobile boat yard.
I can just see my boat in the background there. Had the missus and kids with me and we were just sitting on the Southern edge of the pack with the kids commenting on all the action.
Andy
Posts: 522
Date Joined: 08/10/05
Before tonight I hadn't
Before tonight I hadn't either. you definatly have to be a confident skipper when your in that pack.
mike79
Posts: 241
Date Joined: 30/10/05
yeah but andy you were there
yeah but andy you were there in it and how insane was it. like you couldnt cast out for soem twat running over your line or bashing into you. at one time i countedx twenty boats getting on top of the boil and no one had room to play a fish
but i like my boat front and centre thanx andy
Andy
Posts: 522
Date Joined: 08/10/05
Yeh i had a few goes at
Yeh i had a few goes at getting in the pack. Im just glad i know how to drive my boat, I saw quite a few boats hit each other. I hadly fished because i was to busy trying to doge other boats.
SHizz
Posts: 1556
Date Joined: 07/08/05
Its closed again now till
Its closed again now till jan because of things like this, those poor pinks woulda copped a hammerin the few days so its good they did it!
Andy Mac
Posts: 4778
Date Joined: 03/02/06
Unbelievable!!!
Makes you wonder doesn't it.
I dare say a lot of those irresponsible boaties that spoil it for everyone else have never read a web site thread about fisheries management. Unless we dob them in when we see it happening there isn't a lot we can do to stop them. Or is there?
Any suggestions?
I'm sure many go out legitimately after the ban ends to see if they can pick up a few stragglers after the main groups have dispersed, but looking at scenes like that, it must have been like shooting fish in a fishbowl. No challenge in that. I've got to ask, "is it worth it?". Very glad they stepped up the ban, now like Adam says lets see if they put some resources into enforcing it. These are special breeders and worth protecting from mass slaughter.
Good to see you guys got out of there in one piece. I don;t think I would be heading into a melee like that any time soon.
Cheers
Andy Mac (Fishwrecked Reeltime Editor & Forum Moderator)
Youngest member of the Fishwrecked Old Farts Club
jay_burgess
Posts: 4648
Date Joined: 18/08/05
"it must have been like
"it must have been like shooting fish in a fishbowl. No challenge in that."
Too right Andy, I wouldn't even enjoy that!
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Salmo
Posts: 913
Date Joined: 15/08/05
Very sad indeed... 1 big
Very sad indeed...
1 big fish is enough for a family....and the flesh goes average when you freeze it.....