How will your fishing be affected during the demersal bans?
With the ban coming into effect at the end of the week, I thought I would start a thread to see how people are going to be fishing during the bans.
Are you going to cut down on your fishing effort, maybe give some landbased fishing a bit more of a crack, or head out just as often and target some species you dont often target (maybe on the ocean, or maybe in the rivers and dams)? Maybe some try for species you havent targetted before, head up north/down south or perhaps the ban wont affect you much at all if you're allready targetting those species, or are mostly a land based fisho?
I'm sort of looking forward to it as hopefully I'll get a chance to learn more about targetting some other species on a boat. Would be good to go jigging for pre-season sambos, or just get some whiting and squid. Would be nice to knock a KG off my target list too. Will have to see what opportunities present themselves.
Bodie
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well getting married right
well getting married right in the middle, so thats taking some of the time up.
Cray season is only 1 month away, so people will be gearing up for that, including me. Will have my pots in thats for sure.
Other things will be doing is targeting bream in the river, good option as i can take the missus and some mates out on the river and cruise about just throwing plastics about while the girls sit back and sunbake with a wine in their hand.
Also will do some jigging for sambos, caught quite a few recently, even managed a 15kg one on sat off jurien on a plastic using my flick rod....
additionally will the one MAIN thing i want to conquer is getting a BIG metro tailor on popper or lure from the boat, out round the reefs. this is a must for me.
Colin Hay
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I like the sound of that last one Bodie
There are some hooter tailor around at the moment around the beaches, so there must be some beauties offshore.
For me, the ban won't make much difference as I can't get out boat fishing at the moment - so it will chasing big tailor near the inshore reefs for me.
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till
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To be honest winter was such
To be honest winter was such a bust I didn't get out once after August probably.
I'll be looking forward to cray diving but also I'd like to try and hit up a few sambos and YTKs.
wadetolley
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I will
I will try and target King george a bit more. Down size my hooks ect As Bodie said cray season is just about here, so that will keep us busy. But will probly do a far few trips in close taking out freinds and kids chasing whiting
mako magic
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plenty of options, as said
plenty of options, as said maybe a sambo jig, some good fishing off the beaches for tailor, getting the boat sorted out with new goodies ready for the new season, maybe a fish in the river for mulloway that have started firing a bit of late
Faulkner Family
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maybe pay back an IOU
still a trip to the fads would be nice :)
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mako magic
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yeah dont stress when
yeah dont stress when weather and fish suit i will get you guys out there dont worry.
worse thing is with the ban it doesnt even coencide with the fad season
mako magic
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yeah dont stress when
yeah dont stress when weather and fish suit i will get you guys out there dont worry.
worse thing is with the ban it doesnt even coencide with the fad season
mako magic
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yeah dont stress when
yeah dont stress when weather and fish suit i will get you guys out there dont worry.
worse thing is with the ban it doesnt even coencide with the fad season
Faulkner Family
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not stressing mate but you
not stressing mate but you didnt have to repeat it 3 times to make sure
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Kasey L.
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You guys sure are
You guys sure are entertaining
DhuBoi
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Yeh i went out in
Yeh i went out in cockburn at my secret spot n had my rod busted of by a massive tailor , got it on a mulie on gangs, easily bigger then 70 cm it smashed my reel ,windin in a playing him nicely then he just went berserk jumped out of the water bout 10metre's from the boat back into the water an bit through my 80 lb trace damnnn i was guttered lol , during the ban i think i might try jigging for Sambos as i have never really jigged for them , an might even go on a trip up north , or target deeper water species.
living is fishing
catchalittle
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hopefully head out deeper
hopefully head out deeper and target some other species
Nathan
Alan James
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The Ban
I am unlikely to fish during the demersal ban. As I average going fishing once a month and take on average two V21 species on each occasion 4 V21 species will be saved by the ban and I will have saved at least $300.
In the mean time I will be grumpier than usual, my wife will choose to go out shopping more to get away from me and will probably spend the $300 I have saved.
Rick
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Troll
Looking forward to doing a heap of trolling,everything from reefs close in to deep water...
Always gets the heart racing when the reel starts howling even it's just a C&R fish liked Striped Tuna,it's all good fun. Most of these would the demersals backwards
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luke george
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Ill be fishing light tackle
Ill be fishing light tackle sport with soft plastics all through the ban hopefully get out to the fads and containers a few times during the ban weather permitting but mostly chase species on the ban list still just with light tackle and some jerk shads also wouldnt mind getting into a few of the big tailor and also try a bit off trolling towards the end of the ban and a fair bit of night fishing for some sharkies and maybe a mulloway im mostly in it for the fun so i dont really mind letting these fish go back to swim for another day
mako magic
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quote.....but mostly chase
quote.....but mostly chase species on the ban list still just with light tackle
They are not allowing catch and release of any of the band species, so that will be illegal
Rig
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no effect
no effect on me, local landbased is a patience tester at the best of times. although i am going to Dampier for a few weeks work looking forward to casting some lures, all fish will be released anyway
damo6230
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Business as usual
With the fairer weather will be breaming down south as usual with more camping trips.....
still head out off the cape jigging sambos and searching for YTK. I am confident in my sounder and distinquishing species but if in doubt them no go...
might even start popper/luring washes around the rocks etc.
Wont be targeting any V21 but!!
more diving as I missed last year due to injury
danno
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im gonna get into get big
im gonna get into get big skippy and kgs. and heading out for squid.
cheers danno
HuggyB
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nothing major for me
keep doing my thing with squid, tailor, herring etc when I am lucky enough to get out.
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Dale
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Crabbing and king george
Crabbing and king george whiting will me my targeting.
Cheers
Dale
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Mr Wolf
just dhu it
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repair time
i will use the next month to go over the boat and trailer , carry out some mods to the boat and when the weather warms up look at chasing some tailor around old haunts on the reefs , also might dig out the old cans in the shed and get back into diving and crays for xmas which is only around the corner
joe amato
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mulloway
try and catch a mulloway,havent caught 1 for 4 yrs now and the usual tailor etc,might also give trolling 4 spanish mackeral ago,new experiance 4 myself,any fish would be gr8
fishing fanatic
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mulloway on the beachs and
mulloway on the beachs and kgs and squid on our boat. also will be doing alot spearfishing cause i can choose which fish i catch that way =D sharks from woodmanpoint always a good option and tailor and bream from the river are always fun.
Walker
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The break in fishing will do
The break in fishing will do me the world of good as i can spend more time with my family...
NOT
Im gonna be after all whiting
jigging for sambos
trolling for sambos
offshore tailor
skippy on plastics
trolling for bonito
and if theres any time left my wife may have a service
saltatrix
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And then the wind starts
And then the wind starts
Well it may not given the weather we have had.
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Ryan Thipthorp (not verified)
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Focus!
A good question hlokk, something that i was explaining all day in my shop today!
The world hasnt ended.........focus on what ya can do and not what ya cant do!
I've written articles for many years now on "targeting a species" and its very relavent now especially with listed available species!
I'll be targetting;
Offshore tailor on lures
Offshore big KG's
Boat Squiding
Boat crabbing
Diving for crays
Sooooo plenty to do and the 8 weeks will be over quickly and back to 10months of norm!~
Simple
Kasey L.
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bloody hell 8 weeks during
bloody hell 8 weeks during cray season
all i'd do is blow bubbles and see red!
hlokk
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Just 4 are in the cray
Just 4 are in the cray season
Bodie
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thats all you need :)Last
thats all you need :)
Last season we caught heaps of crays early on, we pulled our pots out.
This year i will be doing a trial with a mate of mine
Comparing which pots are more successful.
there is apparently a new plastic pot out, thats the shape of the wooden slat ones.
So we are going to drop, 1 normal slat, 1 small slat, 1 normal plastic, and one plastic the shape of a wooden.
Im guessing they will all be quite similar in catches, mainly due tot he area we will drop them.
till
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Dunno, people always say
Dunno, people always say that the plastics are bad until they get a bit dirty and the crays can climb on the a bit easier.
Won't be my problem, I'll be diving for them in any case =)
Bodie
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im going to try spend a few
im going to try spend a few days under water this year too...however i will be purchasing a shark shield first :|
scottnofish
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I just got a nitro rc truggy
so i will be down the race track seeing how many things i can break on it going over 10ft jumps at 70 km an hour
AmericanBen
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Hope to take Hlokk out
on my boat to learn how to jig for Sambos, target KGs, whiting and Skippy for a feed and spend some time with the kids snorkleing around GI.
hlokk
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Just as long as you remember
Just as long as you remember i'm not as much as of an expert compared some guys guys on this forum, but more than happy to help with what I have picked up so far
Faulkner Family
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actually it wont be
actually it wont be affecting our fishing at all for two reasons , 1st we havnt hit the water in nearly 4 months because of our new shop and 2nd our boat is a no go at the moment, anyone got an alternator for a 350chev just sitting there gathering dust
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tangles
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mullas
thank god the dredge has started up here so the mullas are about to go bananas! worse part is the pinks are in full crazy mode from most spots off the stones and beach so bit of a shame, doesnt say anything about catching and releasing them though!
Faulkner Family
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hope you get the mullas your
hope you get the mullas your after and the pinks arent too much of a prob
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
wopjrb
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bloody pink snapper
the bas@#$ds are everywhere