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Special Interest => Kayak & Canoe Chat => Topic started by: Binder on May 15, 2011, 02:16:28 PM
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Was checking my shrimp pots in Kurwongbah this arvo (dunno why I bother, 2 shrimp from 4 pots), when I came across this cheeky bugger. Having a ball he was chucking lures along the edges of the lillies.
Oh well I thought, dont have SEQ waters number on me, so I thought - good luck to him, wish my conscious would let me do such dodgy things, and kept going.
But about half a k further down the road, here comes the SEQ Water ranger slowly going along the road having a good look out his window. I reckon one of the locals (plenty of houses overlook that area) might have given him a ring.
Reckon matie would not have been smiling as much after the ranger went around the next bend ;D and my conscious told me, "you were thinking about it weren't you!" not any more!
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Awesome toga country, hope he got a big kick in the arse for his troubles
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Cheeky bugger, good spot though ;)
Get any fish this morning Andrew ?
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Yeah mate, 5 bream 25 to 32cm.
All on these lures I got from ray's outdoors on special the other week (their own brand, 6 for $20)
Went as far as the bridge, worked the pylons for a while on top of the tide, then cast my way home with the drift. The bass must be further up still! Looks bass'y tho!
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Another Impoundment that we should be able to access with electric and manually powered craft!
He doesn't look to be doing any harm to me.
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He doesn't look to be doing any harm to me.
Untill he launches illegaly in NPD and translocates cambomba weed there.
Cheers
Ray
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When the Water Board was a government department, they would have been cleaning out the Cabomba weed, now they don't give a continental stuff about the weed or the tax payers. Just lock everything up and make as much as possible out of selling water.
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My thoughts exactly.
Thanks Dale :yourock
Regards
Adrian
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Untill he launches illegaly in NPD and translocates cambomba weed there.
Cheers
Ray
There is a lot of ways that Cambomba weed can be translocated. I would be more concerned about the same yabby or shrimp traps being used in both dams.
Regards
Adrian
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What difference does it make?
Well it makes yakkers look bad and makes it harder to convince the owner that if we got access for kayaks they would follow the rules for a start.
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I wonder what would happen if 50 yakkers turned up on a Saturday afternoon with a news crew and just started paddling and fishing?
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I wonder what would happen if 50 yakkers turned up on a Saturday afternoon with a news crew and just started paddling and fishing?
Speed bumps for the waterskiers?
:youbeauty
Cheers
Ray
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I wonder what would happen if 50 yakkers turned up on a Saturday afternoon with a news crew and just started paddling and fishing?
Probably the same as would happen at Perseverence Dam.
Like Ray said, speedbumps.....if that. See a surfer got cleaned up on one of the bar crossings on the goldy a couple of weeks back.
Wow I'd hate to try kayaking across Somerset on Aussie Day weekend.... :OMG
Yep, definately a cheeky bugger. Wonder if he caught anything?
It would be awesome if kayaks / canoes were premitted on Kurwongbah. It's a bit like Field Of Dreams... if you build it, he will come.. put the fish in, people are going to want to catch them.
fitz..
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It would be awesome if kayaks / canoes were premitted on Kurwongbah. It's a bit like Field Of Dreams... if you build it, he will come.. put the fish in, people are going to want to catch them.
fitz..
Bottom line is if it was stiil controlled by MBRC kayaks / canoes would be permitted.
cheers
Steve
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Why would he be in trouble? I sort of know the area but isn't yaking allowed where he is? If not where is that so I don't find myself in trouble
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Why would he be in trouble? I sort of know the area but isn't yaking allowed where he is? If not where is that so I don't find myself in trouble
SEQWater have never fined or prosecuted anyone for kayaking on their lakes. They tolerate those couple of paddlers who regularly launch at Cormorant Bay @ Wivenhoe and paddle across in front of the power station. See them there all the time and nobody does anything. And there's often kayaks ot be seen up the top of NPD. Half their luck I say
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Not uncommon up that arm of Kurwongbah! Seen a few up there whilst chasing a 70 + cm Toga around a few months back. Cheeky bugger just cruising around a few inches from the surface. He's definately vegetarian as he wouldn't even sniff anything I threw at it :-\
As a side note access to the lake via Kayak would be awesome being 5 mins from home :o
Cheers
Colin
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"Cheeky bugger just cruising around a few inches from the surface. He's definately vegetarian as he wouldn't even sniff anything I threw at it"
The Yakker or the Toga, Colin ;)
Would be an ideal spot for yakking, once they get rid of the fossil fuel into noise makers
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Hahahaha Brad..............Did I say Toga, I meant to type catfish ;) I understand what you mean about the stink boats. I don't mind the skiers being allowed access to the lake. I would however like to see a joint access agreement to allow Yaks/Electrics onto the lake even if it was restricted to 1 or 2 days a week for the latter.
Cheers
Colin
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Hahahaha Brad..............Did I say Toga, I meant to type catfish ;) I understand what you mean about the stink boats. I don't mind the skiers being allowed access to the lake. I would however like to see a joint access agreement to allow Yaks/Electrics onto the lake even if it was restricted to 1 or 2 days a week for the latter.
Cheers
Colin
Totally agree or even if they restricted us to some of the arms of the lake where ski boats/rowers have no interest in going
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Have you folks sent your ideas / desires to SEQWater and relevant minister?
Definitely can't hurt, in fact, this is about the only way you're going to get this to happen IMHO.
I can absolutely guarantee you that water skiers will have made submissions to keep fishos and kayakers off the lake.....