Botany Bay, Anchor Restricted Area's Options

[Jumpus GooDarus]

Well peeps think it'll be a sad day when these restrictions are enforced.
I popped out last night to go say hello & take the piss out of a few of the boys whom I know @ the local fishing club I duck in every now & then to say hurro.
Anyways cant give you's a great deal of info on the topic as it came out in conversation late in the night by one of the guys & it's going to be discussed in further detail @ their next meeting.
One which I'll be attending just to get the full story on these restrictions.
Anyway apparantly the ports authority has now deemed Botany Bay to be unsafe due to the growing amount of oil tankers, cargo ships & the growing amount of tugs /pilot vessel usage.
Hence they want recreational fishermem to suffer once again by placing restrictions on where they can anchor inside the bay & I'm not talking about inside the shipping channels either.

Apparantly those no anchor zones will extend way past the shipping channels & will forbid anyone from anchoring virtually anywhere from the heads to where the 3rd runway is.

So all those fishermen who anchor up @ Molinuex Pt waiting for kungs to appear cant anchor there, the bommy place of alot of my fishing reports : well you cant fish the spot on the drift & I will get a fine if I achor there etc etc.

I've been fishing the Bay for nearly 30 years now & in that time have seen the place diminish in the way of fish sizes & no's guess like every other place, but in the Bay the fish are still there just that we as fishermen aren't allowed to fish the man made structures that house these fish.

I'm refering to places like the runways , oil wharf & container terminal & I really think it'll be a very sad day if these anchor zones get enforced the Bay is virtually barren on the whole 80 % of it has an average depth of 4 - 6 meters & there are only 2 1/2 decent reefs which will be off limits to boats that anchor on them.

Reasons given by authorities are that the commercial boats wash will become 2 dangerous for boats anchored to which I say wash can be & is just as dangerous being on the drift as it is if anchored & they should look @ alternatives like governing speed limits on these commercial boats boats to stop the wash they give off instead of penalising the small boat owner.

I'll keep you's up to date when I hear more.

One very PISSED off Jumpus

[poly]

I very begrudginly pay the fishing licence. I used to fish Jervis Bay every weekend years ago. I don't even bother now. It p(*&es me off that I pay for a licence to fish in less and less waters than when the licence first reared it's ugly head. I don't benefit one iota from the fees.

how very true, when a license comes in you can bet it is the thin edge of the wedge, it is my belief that governments use that money to build a war chest so they can restrict us down the track.

[Jumpus GooDarus]

Well thats just crap. :fan: Down this way its turning good people into crimanals because they want to fish the no go zones. If you are caught its not a on the spot fine but a day in court, meanwhile they confiscate your boat and fishing gear. They can then auction it off at low prices never to be seen again. (it's not like were racing down the main street doing burnouts etc we are trying to catch our dinner) Then you show up in court, having to pay lawyers, court costs and a fine. Now you also have a Police record which will make it harder to get a honest job.

Yep Yep it is Bullsh*t but even worse is that it encourages smaller boats to venture out further treading into more dangerous waters.

I very begrudginly pay the fishing licence. I used to fish Jervis Bay every weekend years ago. I don't even bother now. It p(*&es me off that I pay for a licence to fish in less and less waters than when the licence first reared it's ugly head. I don't benefit one iota from the fees.

Yep Yep Mado I'm prob one of the biggest critics of the fishing licence fee's that you'd ever meet esp after knowning how much they rake in from the fee's.

I've said it B4 , think the only way those fee's can get abolished is for fishermen to rally & take out a class action againt the state government.

We would win as well simply because the introduction of the licence was to buy out the LFB licences & they did just that in the 1st 6 months & all the authorities have done since is squander our $$$$'s on bullsh*t.

I'm out fushing with a mate who's got figures /cost of each of those FAD"S

May even have a guessing comp but I think the correct answer would be safe you guys will have a spew @ how our licence fee's are @ work

[Christos]

$235.00

[Spudly]

$235.00

HAHAHA

My guess would be more up around the 100k mark...

[poly]

it would be a lot more than that i would think RUM some were between 5 and 10 thousand per fad am i close J.G.

[BONECRUSHER]

The amount of ships will get worse when they close down the sydney harbour wharfs/docks and direct all container ships to botany bay.

Its all crap, shoot em all and let god sort em out.

[Jumpus GooDarus]

HAHAHA

My guess would be more up around the 100k mark...

Yep Yep & you're right off the mark as well

Try $ 250 , 000 per FAD

Topic came up on saturday when we were out marlin fushing & I'm hoping Jimbooky was correct & my spots aren't included in the No Anchor Zones.

Wouldn't be surprised if all this came about just to keep boats right away from the oil wharf & Molineux Pt

[Christos]

Wouldn't be surprised if all this came about just to keep boats right away from the oil wharf & Molineux Pt

When I was fishing sort of irregular at Molineux Point they put in a fence to stop people from getting across. This did not stop people as we held on to the fence on the climb down. Then walked throught the hole in the fence. When I went there after years of not being there the fence has sort of mostly gone. So it was much easier to walk across to sit down for a fish.