Interesting Read, Great barrier Reef. Sounds promising.

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FISH stocks, sharks and dugongs have benefited greatly from protected marine reserves established on the Great Barrier Reef five years ago, a new study shows.

The research found rapid increases in fish and some shark populations inside marine reserves that prohibit fishing.

It also found no-fishing zones were located in areas that threatened species such as dugongs and marine turtles frequent and helped eliminate hazards such as fishing nets.

The study was published in the journal Proceedings of the US National Academy of Sciences.

Lead author Dr Laurence McCook says the number of coral trout doubled in some reserves within two years of banning fishing.

He says red throat empire and red empire numbers were also up.

"The resounding pattern overall is there are more and bigger fish in the protected areas than the fished areas," said Dr McCook, from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies.

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"Bigger fish have more babies and they produce more off-spring.

"The increased reproduction is almost spilling over to the fished areas."

The study found larger, more mobile species, such as sharks, have been slower to recover but grey reef sharks were 30 times more abundant in protected reefs compared with fished reefs.

Dr McCook said there were also increases in white-tipped and black-tipped shark populations.

He said reserves benefit the overall health and resilience of marine ecosystems.

"Outbreaks of coral-eating, crown-of-thorns starfish are less frequent on no-take reefs, which consequently have a higher abundance of healthy corals after outbreaks," Dr McCook said.

The team says there is concern of poaching taking place in some no-take zones.

Dr Josh Cinner, of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, says reserves worked best when there has been a formal consultation processes about the rules, and locals were included in monitoring the reserve.

He said ongoing training to educate locals in the science and policy behind reserves also helped.

"Park agencies need to foster conditions that enable people to work together to protect their local environment voluntarily, rather than focusing purely on regulations and patrols," he said

 was reading a post earlier and got to thinking of a machine that would mince up whole fish frames.

has anyone ever mulched a whole fish frame and head through one of these electric/petrol.. mulchers/chippers?

i have tried the old cast mincer but the opening is just to small, it would be a good way to get rid of all the left overs and make good burly at the same time.

freze into milk cartons and then use in your burly pots.

somebody must of tried.

If you are thinking of heading towards Hill River for the weekend of 5-7 March, then maybe give it a miss as I have solid information that a large flotilla of kayaks are heading from cervantes and overnighting at Hill River before making thier way to Jurien

hi i was wondering if u could get your local tackle shop to take of the trigger of your baitcaster rod because i bearly use a baitcaster reel because they drive me mad or could you take it of yourself

Winning Dhuie at the Bluewater Classic went 14.2kg caught wide off Mindarie not mine managed a nice Gardie 194 grams and kept me in the running for a long time but missed out winning Gardie went 303grams both winners picked up $1500 

Hi all in the prosses on ebay in buying a shimano torium 50 , i have a 30 which is a dream to cast big baits of the beach does anyone have a 50 to let me know how it casts or do you rekon there to big?

hey peeps just wondering how the fishwrecked community faired in the swan fish this week end any winners among us i almost got 2nd in the tailor catogry but missed out by about 60 grams but typicle it was a girl who won it always being out done by a girl thats why i try not to take the missus fishing any way it was a good day

 doing a bit of shopping around.

my dad and my two sons want to get there rst, i was interested if there is a fw member that does this or where is the best place for them to go.

i have my own boat and 13ft tinny if it helps.

they only wana do the 1 day course.

thanks ron

if anyone is running or knows the ins and outs of this unit, navman  trackfish 6600, i need some help with the settings.

please pm me with a contact number and i can call you as i am a very slow typer,

but if not i will try to explain with typing.

thanks ron

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just wondering if anyone knows the time when the tackle shack is open on wednesdays, saturday and sundays?

http://www.news.uwa.edu.au/201001192073/media-statements/black-bream-wired-salinity-research

A research project that involved tracking black bream on the South Coast has found some fish will swim up to 10 kilometres up and down the estuary and river.

Researchers, Paul Close and Dave Tunbridge, from The University of Western Australia's Centre of Excellence in Natural resource Management based in Albany, have been studying the effects of increased salinity on black bream in the Wellstead Estuary and Bremer River on the South Coast.

In early 2008, they caught 25 adult black bream and surgically implanted acoustic transmitters.  Ten loggers distributed along the river and estuary automatically recorded the positions of these fish every two minutes.

The data collected has now been analysed and indicates that black bream are highly mobile.  Some fish made movements of up to 10 kilometres up or downstream over a period of two to three days, sometimes every two weeks.

Other individual fish tended to live in a particular area and make much smaller movements within their home range.  Most fish moved downstream as the water in the estuary became fresher.

"This research is important in understanding increasing salinity levels in rivers and estuaries, one of the consequences of climate change, on local fish populations," Research Assistant Professor Paul Close said.

"We now have an understanding of the importance of the lower salinity habitats in the upper reaches of the estuary in sustaining fish populations under a drying climate," he said.

The Jack Family Charitable Trust, the Department of Water, Great Southern Development Commission and The University of Western Australia supported this project.

Richard Grist, a trustee of the Trust, said the Jack Family Charitable Trust was pleased to be able to contribute to a local project that would benefit the management of an important environmental, social and economic regional resource in the longer term.

Does any one know if on a sanapped graphite rod you could repair or put a end eylet on it? plzzz im really worried

hey there,

went for a fish yesterday, and well I got my 12ft rod stuck... because while i was trying to shove it in the sand i accidentally grabbed the 2nd part of the rod and pushed it down. Its no longer a 2pc rod but a 1 pc now...

Had trouble bringing it back home. Any tips on how to separate the two? Had a couple strong guys try and twist and pull but no results.

Thanks 

does anyone have or know of somewhere i can get a navman trackfish 6600, i just need the head unit and power cable, but if you got the lot thats ok.

i think they are also called the northstar 6600.

any help please.

headed up to wagoe last weekend for something to do, hoping for a good arm strecthing...

things weren't looking too promising wen we got there and it started drizzling rain and a howling southerly.

but we were there to fish so off we went to find bugger all swell and fairly fishable conditions considering the weather. so anyway first cast not expecting much gets a good tap tap on the end, i get it all the way to shore for the biggest tailor i've seen to fly out of the water and shake the hooks! ah the frustration not a good start.

a few tailor came through after that of fairly good size plus a good morwong which went back and a few good sizr tarwhine which went back filleted on hooks. there was plenty of activity to keep us busy, i had two bust offs which were probably sharks plus a good thumping run which felt alot like a mulloway which i dropped- again not happy!

the next day was extremely quiet, a small reef shark and a dart was all that hit the sand with nothing in between, a long day for sure. sunday morning had a quick fish for a tailor and a few pesky cod before we packed up and headed home. maybe better luck next time

went out fishen today, manly to give the new etec a work out......what an engine..could not be happier than a pig in shit.

was a very shitty day, with the wind blowing all day, but we still managed to get a nice size queen snapper, nanagi, another pb 67cm king george,  a very nice blue fin tuna and numerous rock cod's and parrot fish.

we also got busted of a couple of times.

also nothing would touch the ocky at all, my mate had ocky on one hook all day. everything came of the squid

one thing to note ,  as we went past the 60 mtr mark out to the 100-150mtrs we got absoulety nothing, not even a bite, so we headed back in and started getten bites again.

it was a mission getten the baits past the birds today, bloody albatross trying to get in the boat and pinch the bait of the bait board, even with a little dong on the head with the net pole didnt phase him.

tried to put a livey out but the mutton birds were jumpin all over it....its amazing how deep they can swim.

cant wait to get the new donk out on a good day and get onto some dhu/snapper.

anyone else go out?

my mate went down to blackies last night and got a bull shark about 80cm. he says he burleyed up so much water looked gross. he also got a small mulloway. i didnt think there were many bull sharks left in the river?

What pound line and leader would you guys use for Salmon? We are going to pick up a few twisty's and raiders - what grams, the 30's?

Really wanted to go for a night fish last night, but unfortunately the wind got up. So Garbo and I decided on the next best thing and that was a 3am start, targeting Snapper. Between us we kept 2 and released 5 fish with the biggest being 77cm. Its really encouraging to also see plenty of Pinkies in the 35cm to 45cm range, making the future look bright for this species.
Garbo also caught a PB Sambo, with both of us catching and releasing and losing plenty of fish. Also got a nice Gummy and we were heading home before 10am.

Hey Everyone

Can some one give me a quick run down on how to upload photos, i have tried everything ( I think ? ) but am having no luck.

Cheers Chris

Hey All

Going out on spinners charter tomorrow for a fish, any tips on how to make the most of it?

I have heard that they are pretty avg, but to get out on the water its all worth it!

Thanks

Im planning on fishing swanfish again this year and am looking for a deckie or buddy to fish with. Havent really put much thought into what to target yet but will involve a mulloway session somewhere on satdy night. Probaly mulla fish the high tide downstream for them but other times are open. Dont mind if we have a flatty/bream bash or what ever during the day. I have a 4.5m tinny (no electric tho) which we can use or else i have a kayak and could paddle around somewhere too. If any is keen let me know

cheers

had a few new jigs to try out tonight so on went the ab shell again and down the water i went . the night started off really slow but then it was chaos between me and satatrix we landed 16 squid between us and dropping several more . was a super productive night with harimitsu jigs and abshell proving to be the winning combo.
piks will be posted once emailed
cheers brenz

Trying to learn the ropes a bit still - was wondering where everyone stands on the burley front.  I am talking mainly about bottom bouncing but all input is appreciated.  I want to know when people use it and how and what???

Do you use it only when anchored?  Or when you drift?  Or only at shallower depths?  How do you deploy the burley?  Chuck it over the side?  Mash it up?  Drop it down in a cage/bomb?  Or do you not use it at all?  Etc Etc???

anyone heading out for a fish on saturday?

hi all,

i have recently been getting into hardbody lure fishing for swan river bream with a fish caught every time, the issue is they are only small, 12-18cm. i use a light rod and reel combo 5Lb braid and 6Lb mono leader (wich i use for trout and perch) and use a white bait minnow design with a yellow back and a black spot around the back of the head. i use a slow retrieve WITHOUT twitching and cast into snags and reeds, it seems when i do use the twitch and retrive they are scared off, could any one please offer me some suggetions on how to land that big one.

I was casting and trolling metal slices around near gardenisland today for the first time. I hooked onto about 20 herring on 10 to 15 gram slices, landed 2 but the rest i seemed to drop right at the boat.

Could it be that the trebles are too big? has anyone come across this?

Hi all, im working on a new artical on kalbarri and i am short of a couple pics. I need a couple good ones of taior or mulla's with good background veiw. (not to give away your spot) but to show the kind of scenic areas to catch the fish.

I got loads of scenic ones but only a few of myself with tailor

Got a couple off Colin which are great but not hi res enough which im trying to chase up the hi res of them off Doug (tackleshack)

Artical due latest sunday

Anyhelp is much appreciated

Will give a plug to the tackle shop if anyone can help and will put you name down with the pics.

Pm if anyone can help and i will give my email adresss :)

Cheers

Hi all.

Had a post about a month ago in search of a Navman 5600 dash mount bracket.

Couldn't find one anywhere.

Anyway fellow fishwrecked member Rod P came through with the goods and happened to have a spare. (Not sure how)

but the problem is he lives up in Joondulup and I am down in Golden Bay. (Long way to travel for a bracket )

So just asking the question before I make the journey if anyone travells that way or is going up there or has any other idea's.

Cheers all in advance....Doublej