swan river cobbler
Submitted by petermac on Wed, 2014-04-02 20:46
never eaten them , but have caught few of them and let them go (not been stung by one yet) , I have heard they are top eating how do you clean and cook them
randall df223
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I think there is a total ban
I think there is a total ban on swan river cobbler at the moment
Fish! HARD!
Versus
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yep
yep
piston broke
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Protected
at the moment Pete.
petermac
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hell didnt know
didn't know that about the cobbler
randall df223
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I think its only the swan and
I think its only the swan and canning rivers. other areas are ok like Mandurah...
Fish! HARD!
Versus
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do you even fish bro?
do you even fish bro?
Shimka
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Shut up Vince, you bloody
Shut up Vince, you bloody idiot.
Yep keeping cobbler out of the swan is illegal, you will get plenty fishing over reefs like trigg though.
Versus
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sorry cityflicker
sorry cityflicker
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Sorry but no.
Sorry but no.
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hahaha classic
hahaha classic
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crasny1
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I dont get it
But that comment just cracks me up. Put a nice smile on my face reading that "shut up Vince you bloody idiot!!!"
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giggles were had by all
giggles were had by all
meglodon
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Leave the Swan and Canning cobbler
There is a total ban on the catching and keeping of cobbler caught in the Swan and Canning rivers for the next 7 years I think it is.
Ozfox
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I think the ban was due to finish 2017 but not needs to be check
If you go to the recreational fishing brochure online at Fisheries Website and then look Catfish (Cobbler) it states that they are fully protected in Swan and Canning Rivers
Petermac - When I was a young bloke (all that time ago) use to specfiically target them under the narrows bridge of an afternoon early evening on fresh dug bloodworms. Used to get some absolute XOS models from there - Absolute top class fish to eat in my opinion - Cleaning is a challenge unless you know what your doing - Piece of good timber with a 4" bnail driven thru at one end - Turn board over and punch cobbler head down over nail until secure - slit around head and down back with very sharp knife - Grab a good set of pliers and peel skin off from head to tail - beautiful light pinkish flesh - Now fillet flesh whislt still on the nail - Remove carcase and dispose of - Just dont get pricked
Regards
Steve
choc
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Ozfox has the cleaning
Ozfox has the cleaning method. Try poaching the fillets in salt water they turn out beautiful.
sunshine
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Used to get them at Long Point
Wading the shallows with a gidgee at night - best when there was a lot of weed in the shallows but that was 25 years ago - hell where has the time gone ???
sea-kem
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Tell me about it. Used to
Tell me about it. Used to gidgee them too at our old shack at Leeman. Go out just after sunset and get a few , fried up fresh damn they were good. I remember when I was 13 or so I would fish the Narrows and the brewery every weekend. Walking along the forshore I used to see some absolute monster Cobbler (dead). I used to buy my bait from the old fish shop on Barrack st, anyone remember that? The lady alwaysused to give me a few extra river prawns, good old service back then. And I used to talk to an old Polish guy who used to fish the top of the Narrows bridge, he used to have half a dozen hand lines made from Coke cans spread out along the bridge. He showed me some good tips back then. Old Perth memory's
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Paully
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Yep
My brother and I did exactly the same thing near Whitfords beach that long ago/and more. Pick the right nights, regularly got big numbers and very well sized ones. Was great fun. My old man at that time wouldn't eat anything other than Cobbler, it certainly was worth eating - as above couldnt process them properly with a pair of pliers- well worth the effort.
Edit: for me there the river ones were not even close to the saltys as far as eating went, normal I guess.
NightWolf
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cobbler are banned in the
cobbler are banned in the swan and canning rivers till 2017 there was a 10 year ban put on them in 2007
dano83
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My old man used to trap them
My old man used to trap them 30 odd years ago commercially I remember going under the rowing club near Uwa with him and help set traps he got some monsters I remember being at least a metre long and thicker than a beer bottle he used to say best eating fish in the river with out a doubt and I remember him cursing about skinning them
Ozfox
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Stings
We used to put the net in at Boggy Bay over the back of Dawseville estaury for mullet (cray bait)
Bloody net always came in full of the buggers
I was about 18 then abd used to get anywhere 6-10 stings a session getting them out of the net
We used to have a bucket of Petrol (believe it or not) and used to put our hands and arms in it and it seemed to neutralise the sting (just had to make sure you didn't have a lit durrie in ya gob at the time)
Cheers
Steve
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Ha ha reminds me of the time
Ha ha reminds me of the time a pissed mate of mine checked a generator with a lighter. No need to say what the consequences were.
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crasny1
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I have been stung once
getting a school of newborn cobbler out of a prawn net. Must have been about 30 of the tiddlers in there.
Got me a beauty on my index finger, and the barb went in some way as it was wriggling on my finger.
Nothing thought about it initially, but after 10 minutes I felt like cutting my finger off.
No painkillers I could find, not hot water etc made any difference.
Ended up in RPH with a nerve block to stop the pain.
I dont want that ever again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would have the pain from my 7 shoulder dislocations all added up in preference to that.
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Ozfox
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Been there - Done that
I hear you Cransy - Did a night on the syrup, when the dares started - Lets say a lot of pain was endured - Even the excess load of liquid export didn't assist
Steve
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hey Peter
any update on your mission to bring Simon and his ferals to justice
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
petermac
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cant update
nothing to report on him yet very frustrating
carnarvonite
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Parade Hotel
Used to spear them in the rock wall along the back of the Parade Hotel in Bunbury. Netted them professionally up in the bays of the western side of the estuary off Australind, saw a bloke fall backwards in to a boat full of them and never got a single sting, the look on his face was priceless.
Been stung many times and they still hurt just as much, piss on it until you can get some hot water to flush it with.
meglodon
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Stung by cobbler
When I got stung on the thumb by a cobbler some time back, I tried the piss on the sting site thing. All that that did was to leave me with a hand smelling like it had been pissed on. Ended up going to Peel hospital for needle to get rid of the pain bloody intense let me tell you.
randall df223
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And I bet the nurse treating
And I bet the nurse treating you thought, "he smells like he's pissed himself...."
Fish! HARD!
Vinesh87
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Theres still heaps of them
Theres still heaps of them around rocko peter!
petermac
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had a flatty
had a flathead spike me that was bad enough , think i might leave the cobbler alone
Ozfox
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They used to be like Blowies
Behind the old peninsula hotel in mandurah. for you old fellas you know how long that place has been gone for
Steve
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I'd forgotten about the
I'd forgotten about the peninsula hotel lol! Fark i feel old now. . .
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one of my faves was canning
one of my faves was canning bridge with a gidgee on the walkway leading to the landing underneath the bridge, used to get monsters there up to around the 4kg mark. another was the causway with fresh bloodworms. the bycatch of 2kg plus blacks went down well. this was when the river was clean where you could actually see the bottom of the river under canning bridge.
best way i found to clean them was to break off the barb with pliers then fillet and skin with a sharp knife
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
petermac
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the peni pub
when we went to mandurah crabing all those years ago mum and dad would go into the peni for a beer and raffel of a dozen crabs at a time to make a few extra dollars ( might acctualy been pounds not dollars) and me and my sister would sit in the car and dad would bring us out a lemon squash (real lemon squash in those days ) crabs raffeled we would head home and pick up fish and chips to eat on the way , those were the days
Faulkner Family
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cant leave the kids in the
cant leave the kids in the car these days . youd be in the manure big time.
nights of sitting in the car or lying down in the back of the old xw while folks were in the club bring back memories . lemon squash and samboy salt and vinigar chips.
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Hebbs
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Best eating fish there is
Best eating fish there is IMO.
Used to target fish for them as a young fella near the Swan Brewery (back then when the ship lights were there ) :)
It's not rocket surgery...
Faulkner Family
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there was at one stage 3
there was at one stage 3 different light set ups. one was the ship, one was a swan but cant remember the other one. tooooooooo loooooooong ago now
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
petermac
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wish i had a photo
wish I had a photo , of the old raffels ship
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http://www.riversofemotion.o
http://www.riversofemotion.org.au/sites/default/files/images/swan%20lights%20detail.jpg
straith
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Stopit you guys! Makin me
Stopit you guys! Makin me all emotional.
Didnt realise there was a carpark full of cars with kids all having squash and salt n vinegar chips! Lol!
We used to go down to geographe bay at friends beachhouse on hot nights and gidgee cobbler and each others feet occasionally... no footwear to be seen.
Sigh....