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couldnt agree with you more dave...but in my point of view its the blokes that go and pull these big breeders out of there just to win a bit of money on a tournament, and a little fame that are the standout ********, and deserve a fast moving pellet of heavy metal. dave, u would know exactly what happened to a private body of tidal estuarine that got released to public there about 6 yrs ago and then everyman and his dog was lookin for the dinosaur grounds. i hear nothin of that place now....fished out?? or fenced off??but i do know it got well and truly hammered for a while....and you and i both know that the tournament guys were doin the same thing...pulling trophy fish out of there week after week...just for there 15min and a few $$$$$.i never went lookin..i used to fish "jurassic bank"Originally Posted by Nugget
same fish quality but found it myself(much more satisfying)... and still is(was).. havent been fishin that area for 2yrs....
to pull a fish out of anywhere purely to win a comp knowing its gonna taste like salty rubber is a JOKE in my opinion...but the comps/sponsors keep promoting this slaughter of breeding fish...$$$$$...pelagics aren't as much concern to me as many are much faster growers and are very migratory...snapper are "migratory" but theres still that theory of the "homing" fish, which im a strong believer of...hence my option never to fish comps! the worst thing is, these guys go to sleep at night thinkin there good blokes....and great fisherman! may be true for some ppl but to me it could not be anymore wrong. each to their own i spose.
its a crying shame the "hole" was released but as many have said theres plenty of spots like that in the bay.my uncle has no drama pullin a 25lb Snapper no more than 100m from land.no big hole...no big boat...no bar crossing...just well earned knowledge from 40 yrs of trying allows him to do such things. and guess what....RELEASES ALL snapper over 60-65cm...thats why he can go back when he pleases and catch the things. If he'd registered for Strad Classic for the past 20 yrs i'm POSITIVE he would have won multiple times...but thats not what his out to do. and 99% of his larger fish are pulled from shallow reef...no more than 15m of water. so who needs the "hole" anyway. check out smallunit, perfect example of a well seasoned fisherman who releases his BIG fish to fight another day(could be him fightin em again one day). im sure he knows the good feelin you get when you see that fish swim away. its unexplainable. hope your not a comp fisher unit.
why this talk of my uncle and unit you say....well i truly think there is a lot of blokes on this site just like them that have respect for the water they're fishing in and more importantly the fish they catch, and wish to catch in the future. if they wanna try the "hole", let em go, probly better off them C&R rather than keeping it to win a trophy.
I truly hope the greater fishing GOOD prevails and ppl dont exploit this hole (and the rest of the bay) for what it is. go catch a big one for the rush...fair enough...keep a feed of good eating size fish....swim the biggens to fight another day.
as the old saying goes....
dont destroy what you came to enjoy.
just my opinion( i swear i could have just kept typing and typing on this topic but i just start to frustrate myself....and everyone else at a guess)
shane
