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 Feb 8 2008, 12:32 PM
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 " Master of Black Fish"(alias The Criminal)"  Group: Moderator Posts: 1,422 Joined: 7-May 07 From: Engadine NSW Member No.: 30  |
Last day's fishing for me, as I am due to fly out of here on Saturday. Phil was kind enough to lend me his Saratoga rod and reel, loaded with 8lb line. Went down to Laguna Keys ramp and walked out to the northern breakwall. Tide was high and the sweat was dripping off my face. Did I mwention it was hot up here? Loads of herring and millions of tiny krill were sheltering amongst the rocks, with showers of baitfish jumping out of the water every few minutes. Beauty, I thought. I clipped on a small Viva popper and cast along the wall, retrieving it with a satisfying bloop. Saw a big black shape come out of the depths and lazily swirl throught the packed baitfish at my feet. Then another and another. Thought to myself, I need heavier tackle!!! These were HUGE Mangrove Jack around 50cm or more and just under the surface, less than a metre from my feet. Dragged the lure past them a dozen times, but no interest. Tried a Nilsmaster - same result. Tried a SP shad - nothing. Went through a range of lures, all with the same result. Guess they were happy to swill the krill. I trudged off the breakwall, head hanging low. Next, went to the beach to target whiting with poppers. Too much storm debris in the water.
Colin came home at lunchtime, as the boss had sent them home due to the heat. Did I mention it was hot yesterday??? At 5pm we went to his bosses property. He was a magnificent property, with 20klm of river frontage - yes he owns the land from the ocean to the highway. His wife loved the colour of the borrowed rod I was using. I can't say on this public forum, what the coulour is. Contrasts nicely with the yellow Poly the owner of the rod has. The barra were not co-operating this afternoon, and Gary said, feel the water. It was hot!!! Tried poppers and other hard bodys. Hooked up on a black and gold squidgy shad. Got it to the shore, where it started to jump and race off drag on the 8lb line. Wanted to get a photo, but the camera was in the car. Last jump and head shake, saw the lure ping out of its mouth. Darn!!! A few cast later, hooked another one, which could have been a twin. Around 60cm. This one was lightly hooked and was on for about 30 seconds before throwing the hook. It was now almost dark, so had a last couple of casts. Hooked a big fellow, which took off and promptly went around a bit of timber. Ping - lure gone, fish gone. Hmmmm, do I need heavier line?? Ended up with two keepers of 60cm and 64cm. A fitting end to a great week. As Arnie says - I'll be back. |
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Feb 8 2008, 12:52 PM
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 *The Manilla Gorilla* Group: Moderator Posts: 873 Joined: 14-April 07 From: Manilla NSW Member No.: 13 |
Good one Klaus, Strange how you always find out where the fish are the night before you leave these places.
-------------------- I WANNA GO: FISHIN WITH SUMO.
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Feb 8 2008, 10:40 PM
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" Master of Black Fish"(alias The Criminal)" Group: Moderator Posts: 1,422 Joined: 7-May 07 From: Engadine NSW Member No.: 30 |
Yeah, I think that when I come up next, I will target a couple of species and go that way. I know where to get Mangrove Jack now, and Barra and reef fish. Maybe explore some of that wild river country at Cols bosses property. He says there are some big croccies in there, so better be careful
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Feb 8 2008, 11:04 PM
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 the yack man Group: Donator Posts: 2,165 Joined: 13-April 07 From: paradise beach Member No.: 4 |
welcome home mate, i have been reading your posts with interest and wish i could have been up there with you, it must be a magic place to fish.
-------------------- bugger it's sold,got meself a house instead
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Feb 8 2008, 11:29 PM
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 His Eminance Group: Administrators Posts: 5,725 Joined: 13-April 07 From: Sydney Member No.: 2 |
Hey kk wasit hot up there or what ??????
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 Feb 9 2008, 07:07 PM
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 *Man_Kini* Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 5-February 08 From: Whitsundays Member No.: 2,549 |
The Crim&Collin barra watching on Prossy dam.
-------------------- There's 24hours tomorrow we hav'nt used yet
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Feb 9 2008, 07:12 PM
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*Man_Kini* Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 5-February 08 From: Whitsundays Member No.: 2,549 |
Sorry there was ment to be a photo there but it didnt work.Back to the instructions
-------------------- There's 24hours tomorrow we hav'nt used yet
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Feb 9 2008, 07:17 PM
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His Eminance Group: Administrators Posts: 5,725 Joined: 13-April 07 From: Sydney Member No.: 2 |
Which method are you using to post the pic Phil ??????????????????
-------------------- Save The Fish, Eat a Pussy |
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Feb 9 2008, 09:25 PM
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" Master of Black Fish"(alias The Criminal)" Group: Moderator Posts: 1,422 Joined: 7-May 07 From: Engadine NSW Member No.: 30 |
QUOTE (Phil @ Feb 10 2008, 02:07 PM)  The Crim&Collin barra watching on Prossy dam. Crim!!!??? Crim??? I didn't take a pic of you and Colin. What gives? I showed you step by step, how to size and load a pic onto the forum. Tsk, tsk. Resize to 400px or so, (in your photo editing programme) then save it to your desktop or folder. Scroll down to 'attachments' inn this thread. Click on 'browse' and find the pic you want to upload. Click on 'open' Click on 'upload' Click on 'add reply'. Bob's your uncle.
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Feb 9 2008, 09:31 PM
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the yack man Group: Donator Posts: 2,165 Joined: 13-April 07 From: paradise beach Member No.: 4 |
photobucket still works for me
-------------------- bugger it's sold,got meself a house instead
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Feb 9 2008, 09:40 PM
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the yack man Group: Donator Posts: 2,165 Joined: 13-April 07 From: paradise beach Member No.: 4 |
phil if u read through this thread it will tell u how to upload using photobucket
http://www.fishing-oz-style.info/forum/ind...hp?showtopic=66 -------------------- bugger it's sold,got meself a house instead
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Feb 9 2008, 10:17 PM
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*Man_Kini* Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 5-February 08 From: Whitsundays Member No.: 2,549 |
Trying again. All my photos are in Picasa. How long does the upload nomally take.I have set the resize at about 320. This Up loading file has been going for 25min now. does not seem right.
-------------------- There's 24hours tomorrow we hav'nt used yet
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Feb 9 2008, 10:20 PM
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the yack man Group: Donator Posts: 2,165 Joined: 13-April 07 From: paradise beach Member No.: 4 |
no not at all phil, it should only take a second or to
-------------------- bugger it's sold,got meself a house instead
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Feb 9 2008, 10:39 PM
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His Eminance Group: Administrators Posts: 5,725 Joined: 13-April 07 From: Sydney Member No.: 2 |
QUOTE (Phil @ Feb 10 2008, 05:17 PM) Trying again. All my photos are in Picasa. How long does the upload nomally take.I have set the resize at about 320. This Up loading file has been going for 25min now. does not seem right. OK Phil if Crim showed you how to do it then that explains everything On the subject of size ?? Pixels dosn't mean you've reduced your filesize & I( think that's where your prob lies, 25 minutes is way to long even if you're on dialup. OK try this, I'm not familiar with Picasa it would just be a p-rog to manage your pics. Anyways open the folder where Picasa keeps i9t's files then right click the file, from the menu select COPY Now anywhere on your desktop right click again & from the menu select Paste Windows will re-write file to your desktop & when you've finished with it just delete it , have no fear the same file in Picasa will stay in tact all you've done is made a duplicate in a different directory. Now just a couple of Q's Run your curser over the file & right click again, this time from the menu click on Properties right down the bottom of menu. What I want to know is What is the file format ??? [eg] jpeg , gif etc etc File size ??????????? this will be given in kb's -------------------- Save The Fish, Eat a Pussy |
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Feb 9 2008, 11:35 PM
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*Man_Kini* Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 5-February 08 From: Whitsundays Member No.: 2,549 |
I cant get it to work so will give it a miss. Ive got a email system with Picasa that works well,but need an adress to send to .Anyway thanks for your patience.
-------------------- There's 24hours tomorrow we hav'nt used yet
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Feb 10 2008, 02:51 AM
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 *Bi Catch* Group: Members Posts: 442 Joined: 14-April 07 From: Sydney, NSW Member No.: 11 |
I use imageshack and it's great.
Mainly because I don't have to follow the stupid site size limits. Pictures with a lot of colours can sometimes be restricted to sizes like 300x300. 
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Feb 10 2008, 03:07 AM
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 *FruitLoop* 53 Group: Donator Posts: 2,043 Joined: 13-April 07 From: Out in the sticks Member No.: 3 |
photobucket is also free and very easy to use...
www.photobucket.com.au Upload your pics and click on the [/img] link and paste it into yuor messge. Very easy. |
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Feb 10 2008, 01:36 PM
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*The Manilla Gorilla* Group: Moderator Posts: 873 Joined: 14-April 07 From: Manilla NSW Member No.: 13 |
Phil, you'll be waiting a while for PICASO he's a slow painter, besides someone told me he was dead.
-------------------- I WANNA GO: FISHIN WITH SUMO.
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Feb 11 2008, 01:53 AM
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 Kokino Vraka Group: Members Posts: 1,001 Joined: 24-July 07 From: Earth Member No.: 220 |
QUOTE (SUMOFISHIN @ Feb 11 2008, 08:36 AM) Phil, you'll be waiting a while for PICASO he's a slow painter, besides someone told me he was dead. Oh my God. When did he die? |
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Feb 11 2008, 02:32 AM
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 *TheUnderTaker* Group: Members Posts: 419 Joined: 13-April 07 From: Sydney Member No.: 5 |
When did he die?
[/quote] I think he died last week.....
-------------------- FISHING beats Working
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Feb 11 2008, 02:50 AM
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" Master of Black Fish"(alias The Criminal)" Group: Moderator Posts: 1,422 Joined: 7-May 07 From: Engadine NSW Member No.: 30 |
He's dead!!!??? I had pizza with him 2 weeks ago.
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Feb 11 2008, 10:33 PM
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*Man_Kini* Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 5-February 08 From: Whitsundays Member No.: 2,549 |
just testing to see if this works
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Feb 11 2008, 10:37 PM
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*Man_Kini* Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 5-February 08 From: Whitsundays Member No.: 2,549 |
This site is difficult! Still cant upload damn picture... where is kkw ? sis
-------------------- There's 24hours tomorrow we hav'nt used yet
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Feb 11 2008, 10:52 PM
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 Twoeyesea Group: Members Posts: 825 Joined: 21-December 07 From: Gods Country Member No.: 1,659 |
QUOTE (Phil @ Feb 12 2008, 05:37 PM) This site is difficult! Still cant upload damn picture... where is kkw ? sis Phil, if you have that picture and fax viewer that you can view emaile photos. I can help you very easily. Let me know if you need -------------------- Don't hate me, cause you ain't me... :)
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Feb 11 2008, 11:07 PM
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the yack man Group: Donator Posts: 2,165 Joined: 13-April 07 From: paradise beach Member No.: 4 |
 that is a demo for phil, hope u work it out mate
This post has been edited by poly: Feb 11 2008, 11:11 PM -------------------- bugger it's sold,got meself a house instead
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Feb 11 2008, 11:42 PM
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*Man_Kini* Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 5-February 08 From: Whitsundays Member No.: 2,549 |
-------------------- There's 24hours tomorrow we hav'nt used yet
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Feb 12 2008, 12:17 AM
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the yack man Group: Donator Posts: 2,165 Joined: 13-April 07 From: paradise beach Member No.: 4 |
good one phil, just remember u do not have to resize the photo for photobucket unless u wont to
P.S. thats a funny looking polycraft.
This post has been edited by poly: Feb 12 2008, 12:18 AM -------------------- bugger it's sold,got meself a house instead
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Feb 12 2008, 12:29 AM
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*Man_Kini* Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 5-February 08 From: Whitsundays Member No.: 2,549 |
I think I'm working it out
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Feb 12 2008, 12:35 AM
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*The Manilla Gorilla* Group: Moderator Posts: 873 Joined: 14-April 07 From: Manilla NSW Member No.: 13 |
Is that the Sky ? or the Sea ?
-------------------- I WANNA GO: FISHIN WITH SUMO.
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Feb 12 2008, 02:57 AM
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" Master of Black Fish"(alias The Criminal)" Group: Moderator Posts: 1,422 Joined: 7-May 07 From: Engadine NSW Member No.: 30 |
Friday afternoon, Colin and I went to his bosses property. The pic below, is taken off the verandah, which overlooks his 'lake'. The pontoon is where I got 3 barramundi. They were lying underneath it, and also in a deep hole to the left. What a great house in a great location.
The second pic is of an approaching storm on the Faust Dam. We didn't raise a scale there, but two guys in kayaks, got barra to 1.2m. One got 5 and the other got two. All fell for black and gold squidgy shads. Next time!!!  (pics coming - seems to be an upload problem)  
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Feb 12 2008, 10:52 PM
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BEN 10kg Group: Members Posts: 1,027 Joined: 14-August 07 From: Sydney Member No.: 370 |
cam't wait to see the pictures k, sounds like you had a great trip
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Feb 12 2008, 10:55 PM
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the yack man Group: Donator Posts: 2,165 Joined: 13-April 07 From: paradise beach Member No.: 4 |
kk please use photobucket that way u will bypass the upload thing on the site and save band with at the same time
P.S. can't wait to see the photos. This post has been edited by poly: Feb 12 2008, 10:57 PM -------------------- bugger it's sold,got meself a house instead
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Feb 15 2008, 04:34 PM
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" Master of Black Fish"(alias The Criminal)" Group: Moderator Posts: 1,422 Joined: 7-May 07 From: Engadine NSW Member No.: 30 |
O.K. I am in the bucket... Hope I remember all the user names and passwords for all the various things I belong to.
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Feb 15 2008, 04:39 PM
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the yack man Group: Donator Posts: 2,165 Joined: 13-April 07 From: paradise beach Member No.: 4 |
great photos kk, u will love the bucket in time
-------------------- bugger it's sold,got meself a house instead
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