It could possibly be the dream job of every fisherman around the Top End…

The Territory Government has appointed a new barramundi scientist to research and monitor this important fishery.

The Minister for Primary Industry and Fisheries, Kon Vatskalis, today welcomed Dr Thor Saunders to his role as senior research scientist at Berrimah Research Farm.

“Fishing is more popular in the Territory than anywhere else in Australia and it’s no secret the mighty barramundi is highly valued by all Territorians and has cultural significance for many Indigenous groups,” said Mr Vatskalis.

“Dr Saunders has been given the job to research this iconic fish to determine the numbers and age structure of barramundi across different waterways in the Northern Territory.

“He is also attempting to determine the environmental factors that are important in influencing the growth and reproduction of barramundi – which ultimately means big barra and more of them!”

Mr Vatskalis said the reputation of the iconic sportfish draws thousands of visitors and locals to the NT’s rivers each year in the hope of catching a barramundi over the magical one metre mark.

“The commercial fishery is worth more than $5 million to our economy every year while supplying fresh Territory barramundi to some of Australia’s top restaurants.

“We need to ensure that we have sound scientific information on barramundi stocks, so we can make informed decisions regarding the sustainable management of the fishery.”

Chasing a penn international 975 with lever drag. If anyone has one they might like to sell. please PM me. Many thanks

The wife just arrived back from New York and apart from a maxed out credit card she also brought me home some Berkley gear i had ordered on line and had sent to the daughter's place in NY. Somewhere there was a stuff up and one of the items i ended up with was a 2100 metre spool of Berkley Trilene Utra Sensation clear 16.40 kg line. I have looked at the Berkley website and a few reviews and it seems pretty good stuff - has anyone used this line and if so, what do you think? It is very light for the weight rating.

Just really getting peoples opinions on these rods if you have used them all the better.

I recently went into ranger and had a play with a few. both are 15-24kg overheads . the Rapala is a braid series and the other was made by gladiator. Are these middle of the range rods for a reason or worth investing. The gladiator was around 220 and the rapala braid concept was 299.

Would like to hear peoples views. Many thanks.

Also  has a 30 saltist that i may sell if anyone interested PM me. will sell with braid on it. i think it has 40lb to 50lb jigman on it. dont quote me though. 

Looking at buying a daiwa caldia kix custom pro 2500 reel any one used one before I have been told that they have certate internals come with rcs knob thats about it,it will replace my 2500 daiwa luvias

haha   matt now every 1 will know lol

any body know were are any good spearfishing areas or reefs for snorkeling? preferably swimable from shore but also from a boat. also what sort of fish are around in those areas that are good eating

Guys

I need to source a good place for purchasing some new carpet for the deck of a boat. Could you advise me of where is a good place? Or alternatively, provide me with some information on what other coverings perform well on deck?

Cheers

Sails4me 

im heading to asi early wednesday morning chasing some snapper but i have never fished there before so i dont really know what else to expect or what its like, can anybody help? lol. also if anybody is there on wednesday come say hi ill be in a white magna

Caught this crawly starfish at eshed, anyone know what type it is? Crawled like a spider!

Ok lads need a little help!!! :)

Heading to wagoe for this coming long weekend, and the weather reports have just turned horrible!!! Rain NNE-NNW winds around 15knots every day, and swell up around 3m.

Just wondering where else we can fish?? even up to Kalbarri or any other surrounding areas? (not been there before, bit of a recon mission)

I know you can fish the Kalbarri river etc. but anyone got any info would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfXKZYRf_NY

Hey all

I was reading a back issue of a mag i buy and there was an article on swan river mulloway. The bit that caught my attention was some of Brynn farmers research. He was saying that the size limit for mullas was 50 cm but they don't reach breeding size until about 90 - 95cms.

Is this the reason they are so hard to come by in the metro area?

I would have thought that being the holy grail to land based fishos, both north and south, and targeted so heavily the fish would have been given every possible chance to reproduce at least once.

Not sure if anything has changed on size limits since the article was aug 07.

Interested to hear some of your thoughts on it.

Cheers

Ryan

hey i am getting bored with the drag on my reel that keeps loosing me big fish so i need to get a new reel and probably a new rod. any ideas of a good reel for about 100-200 bucks? ill be going for snapper mulloway, salmon, tailor, flathead, squid, yellow tail kingies, maybe small sharks. any tips would be good thanks

headin down to point walter in about an hour with a friend, anyone caught anything decent there recently?

last time i went there was heaps of baby shrimp schooling rod the jetty

cheers

Dave

Hey guys just wondering if anyone wants to come to the monties 14 october to 22 oct .

9 day trip all up, 7 days fishing, mainly chasing bill fish, popping, bottom and everything else.

Great trip, only 6 guys on boat (only need 3 more), been 4 times, great boat & skipper, leaving from Dampier plane fares are still cheap if confirmed now.

Send me PM if interested & I will let you know price & details.

Gotta luv it.........nice work again boys:)

Hi Guys. Firstly I apologise for lack of communication this week. I was inter-state for the first 1/2 and been rather busy since being back - not to mention deaf in one ear.. I must get that seen to...

We had planned an over-nighter this weekend but the weather is crap. Have some of you decided to brave the elements???

Conditions tomorrow look reasonable. Anyone considering trying to get a line in up there?

Just bought a Penn 16VSX that I'll be using for bottom fishing 100m+.

 As I'm guessing I'll need a fair bit of line I want to make the right choice. Any  suggestions for a decent line for the Penn around 60-80lbs.   Any ideas how much braid it will take (The Penn site shows about 500m of 80lbs braid but doesn't state the thickness of the line used to calculate the amount needed) My other reel I use 66lbs Power Hunter braid which I am happy with but interested in other suggestions.

http://www.clode.com/cam.html

I wish I was in Broome at the moment.

What do you guys think of this? Pretty dodgey stuff, really... 

http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/fishy-find-lands-angler-in-strife-20090522-bhod.html

Fishy find lands angler in strife

Chris Thomson May 22, 2009 - 9:22AM

A tipoff has landed an Alexander Heights fisherman in hot water, after he was allegedly caught red-handed with 42 undersize pink snapper.

Department of Fisheries officers said the man had a haul of 69 fish in total when they searched his boat at Hillarys Boat Harbour on May 13.

Departmental compliance manager Todd A'Vard said his colleagues seized 42 undersize pink snapper, a tiny tarwhine and a scrawny skippy.

"The average size of the undersize pink snapper seized is 223 millimetres," Mr A'Vard said.

"The minimum legal size for pink snapper, taken south of Lancelin, is 450 millimetres.

"Pink snapper is one of the high risk species and the daily bag limit is two per fisher."

Mr A'Vard said the rules were in place to ensure the sustainability of fin-fish stocks.

"The Fisheries and Marine Officers were not only shocked to find one person with so many fish, they were also concerned to see so many undersize fish in the haul," he said.

"This matter will proceed to prosecution and we are in the process of establishing the charges that will be issued against the fisher.

"He is likely to face charges for breaching bag limit rules as well as taking undersize fish, which each have potential fines of up to $5000."

If the fisherman is found guilty, he will automatically face an additional mandatory penalty, which could be well over $6000, if the magistrate were to choose the option of assigning the penalty on a per-fish basis.

"The mandatory penalty is 10 times the prescribed value of the fish by number or weight," Mr A'Vard explained.

It is pretty bloody windy at my place - and we are well protected from sou and nor westers - so I was wondering how everyone else went. Hopefully no-one suffered too much damage,
All the best, Colin Hay

With the wild weather upon us no doubt there are going to be quite a few guys from this site rock fishing for snapper and mulloway

just remember to dress light should you go in the water

have a course of action should you go in the water

sturdy footwear

would reccomend that you wear one of those inflatable pdf vests or waist belts

no fish is worth your life

Only want to read in the paper about fish catch's not fisherman lost

have fun

catch a few

take care

Hey guys,anyone goin to their local groyne under the storm for some snapper action? swells are as high as 5 m++ so it should be good..

just found this check it!!!!!
http://www.tackletester.com/?p=488

brenz

Hey guys and gals

As most of you know I am coming over in 8 weeks for a holiday and a fish.  Any advice on lures or spinners I could take for chucking off beaches and piers.  I will have a medium weight spinning rod that will cast about 90 grams/4 oz?  Pictures would be good as well as i dont know all of the names of the different lures.  Cheers fellas

Rog

A 115 km gust hit Rotto at 11.31 am and a big rain band is just off the coast.

As the previous topic whats your favourite rod againg does not have to be top shelf

Mine would be a Shakespeare Ultra 6'6 6-8 kg

its about 15 years old has caught me an abundant about of fish from herring right up to small sharks cost me about $30 back then and probably not available now the cork is stained and crumbly but has stood the test of time

Thought I would post up another topic what is your favourite reel,I know everyone has different budgets on what they can afford so does not matter if it is a Kmart special or top of the range each to their own.Plus a few reasons why it is your favourite

Mine would be my Saltiga 6500 Dogfight

I can use it for popper fishing

bottom bouncing,

jigging

and trolling

it is built strong,has been given some punishment and not let me down where as a few others that I own have had to be repaired or retired,I have used it all over the world in different fishing enviroments both boat and landbased,I have three spare spools for it so I can run different line class's

Will start another topic on your favourite rod

ANYBODY KNOW A ROD BRAND THAT WOULD STOCK OR BUILD A 24 - 37KG SURF ROD TO SUIT AN ALVEY?  -  THE COMBO GONNA B USED FOR LAND BASED SHARK FISHIN AND RUN HEAVY BRAID ON A 651C5