It is a conspiracy. I have noticed after a few decades of fishing in New
Zealand and now Australia that the fishing reports on the TV, radio and in
the papers bear no resemblance to the actual fishing that the general fisho
is experiencing. Yes, there are one or two lucky fisho's that the stories
are based on BUT they are the very small minority.

Our best example is our local Pumistone Passage between Bribe Is and the
main land. No one is catching much at all, yet the papers, etc make out that
you can practically walk on the fish. Even the commercial guys outside the
passage say that they are netting mullet as 75% of their catch as there is
not much else of anything else around.

Still, go the tackle shops, etc have to do something to keep the sales of
bait and tackle moving.

If you are living in Queensland, join your local Sunfish branch and see what
is going on, then get involved and maybe we will see fish returning for
recreational anglers and there may be some sense also in the commercial
fishing area as a result of submissions and consultations between the
various groups. Other states have similar groups representing recreational
anglers.

Stevesub
Bribie Is
Queensland








"D Walford" wrote in message
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Spider wrote:

Has anyone else noticed the difference between the tackle shop reports
and
the members reports on the various web sites lately.
It seems the tackle shops are reporting snapper in almost plague
proportions whilst the average fisho is struggling to get a bait past
the
mini Flathead in Port Phillip Bay.
Is this a conspiracy by tackle shop owners to sell bait and
tackle?

There must be some Snapper around, my son saw a happy fisherman at the
Warmies ramp with 2 Snapper about 5kg each last friday night:-)



Daryl