huon pine, towed behind fishing boat attached to a 3 metre bamboo pole, with about 1-2 metres of line. Once hooked, the couta was flipped overhead through 180 degrees and hit the boat deck hard enough to unhook the fish. When enough were on the deck they were packed into a wooden box approx 900mm long, 400mm wide and 250mm deep.
-- Edited by Craig1 on Monday 13th of April 2020 03:26:04 PM
Could also put a hook on the cig lighter, that would work too.
I was sking out off Stanley wharf one day and the bloody tow rope broke. The boat driver indicated he would be back in 5 minutes and shot off to get a new rope. I wasn't at all concerned bobbin around in the water until I turned and looked up at the wharf, They were catching axe handles (couta about 3 foot long), hand over fist like they do when there is a big school. Never been so scared in my whole life. I have been in the water diving with a few smaller great whites when diving but this was worse, I was ****ting my self. True to his word he waas back in a 5 minutes, I was in the boat before it stooped and haven't skied there since.
cheers
blaze
ps thanks for the memories craig, or at least I think
Craig1 said
09:33 AM Apr 14, 2020
Blaze, you could have swam over to the "foreshore wharf" where the sometimes ferry berth is now, and got with the bobbers from the long drop loo. Ciggie lighter was for size perspective
Peter_n_Margaret said
06:08 PM Apr 14, 2020
Got a bit low on lures in the Kimberley once. Beer can lures worked a treat on Spanish Macs and Queenies. Not sure if the beer brand was significant though.
OH Dearies all! You have got me soooo envious at your fishing skills. I am in tears now as to the money spent on pretty lures for no results. Like they say - the fancy pretty lures are really to catch the fisher people. From now on it is all line, hooks and a few swivels in my kit!! The rest I'll get from "Highway Hardware".
Cheers Ian
Warren-Pat_01 said
04:35 PM Oct 30, 2020
I guess it's better late than never. In the early 70s when I worked at Radio Australia (Darwin), one of the other chaps had a "McAdam" lure. His name was Doug McArthur, one of his mates was Geoff Adams, hence the grafted lure. The largest fish I saw him land was a 30 pound Spanish Mackerel - good for a landline of 50 yards of 250 pound line, single handed off the Mandorah jetty (that our employer, the PMG built to land us off the launch).
Alas that line lasted only for a couple of years as we think Doug hooked a submarine or a big shark! He couldn't stop whatever he hooked, ran out if line & tied it to the top rail of the jetty - it got thinner & thinner before it snapped!
The standard item we carried in our bags was a landline of some size - mine was 100 yards of 150 pound line. I lost an 8 pound skinny on the barnacles - the reason why the non-sporting sized lines. You had to stop them from getting under the jetty or else they were gone!
My lure started off being a large feather jig - every time I added another bit of plastic, teflon tape, etc, I caught a fish (trevally, queenfish, barracouta, etc) - day or 11.30pm after work but before going back to Darwin.
huon pine, towed behind fishing boat attached to a 3 metre bamboo pole, with about 1-2 metres of line. Once hooked, the couta was flipped overhead through 180 degrees and hit the boat deck hard enough to unhook the fish. When enough were on the deck they were packed into a wooden box approx 900mm long, 400mm wide and 250mm deep.
-- Edited by Craig1 on Monday 13th of April 2020 03:26:04 PM
I was sking out off Stanley wharf one day and the bloody tow rope broke. The boat driver indicated he would be back in 5 minutes and shot off to get a new rope. I wasn't at all concerned bobbin around in the water until I turned and looked up at the wharf, They were catching axe handles (couta about 3 foot long), hand over fist like they do when there is a big school. Never been so scared in my whole life. I have been in the water diving with a few smaller great whites when diving but this was worse, I was ****ting my self. True to his word he waas back in a 5 minutes, I was in the boat before it stooped and haven't skied there since.
cheers
blaze
ps thanks for the memories craig, or at least I think
Got a bit low on lures in the Kimberley once.
Beer can lures worked a treat on Spanish Macs and Queenies. Not sure if the beer brand was significant though.
Cheers,
Peter
Cheers Ian
Alas that line lasted only for a couple of years as we think Doug hooked a submarine or a big shark! He couldn't stop whatever he hooked, ran out if line & tied it to the top rail of the jetty - it got thinner & thinner before it snapped!
The standard item we carried in our bags was a landline of some size - mine was 100 yards of 150 pound line. I lost an 8 pound skinny on the barnacles - the reason why the non-sporting sized lines. You had to stop them from getting under the jetty or else they were gone!
My lure started off being a large feather jig - every time I added another bit of plastic, teflon tape, etc, I caught a fish (trevally, queenfish, barracouta, etc) - day or 11.30pm after work but before going back to Darwin.