Cockburn Sound Snapper Etiquette
Submitted by Shorty on Wed, 2009-03-11 16:36
Well i have just read the March edition of Fishing Western Australia, theres an artilce by a chap on fishing Cockburn Sound, he described how the Pro was looking at his echo sounder and indicated to his mate to drop a line in and he hooked up a snapper then other Rec boats started casting into the very same spot straight away and hooked up als
It seemed nobody minded either and was normal behaviour ?
I hope nobody casts into my spot or is the Pro fair game to the recs ? or maybe he does not mind ?
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I am sure they wouldn't have been too happy if he did the same
thing to them Colin
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I want snapper in the sound
Did it say it where this spot was ,i want snapper in the sound
but i can only manage babys pinkies around 250mm mark
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Chillaxin,,these articles
Chillaxin,,these articles can be months old before it gets into print,,the majority of the big snapper have left the Sound and you are catching the little ones from the spawning season,,,try 5 fathom bank.
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Pro
Apparently if you go near the pro boat when there catchin snapper the skipper abuses the hell out of you. Heard that from a few guys who have been in the firing line! I suppose it is polite to fish away from other boats but at the end of the day no one ownes the water and you can fish where you want!
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"Within 1 minute 3-4 other
"Within 1 minute 3-4 other boats were casting in the same spot"
I would be hurling abuse as well, plus lead sinkers
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How about sinkers with abuse
How about sinkers with abuse imprinted on them hahaha in fluro capital letters
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I think Cockburn Sound Snapper Etiquette is an oxy moron personally.
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Totally Agree mate
The ettiquite is quite simple, kayaks have right of way.
Seriously tho, everyone knows it gets crazy, accept it, or fish somewhere else where your stress levels will remain low. It will get crowded, that's the downside of having a well managed, awesome fishery within cooee of a capital city.
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Worst comment ive seen in a
Worst comment ive seen in a while :)
kayakers thi9nk they own the water in cockburn!!!! :)
Well the ones i experienced, they would come right up within a couple of metres and drop down right next to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!, then if someone gets a fish, they surround you...
But that was just 2 experiences Ive had in the sound :)
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Ha ha as if!!
It's the other way round mate!!! You must be fishing in a different Sound.
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nah dont think so!! :) there
nah dont think so!! :)
there would have been atleast a dozen boats in this location both times, with the yakkers paddling up in between :) one even hit the anchor rope!!!
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Lol,
Bodie, remember not to eat the Snapper from near the bubbles mate, you'll start seeing things!!
Seriously tho, if we are that close to you, it's cos theres so many boats, theres nowhere else to go... : ]
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The good thing is tho, is
The good thing is tho, is when you get tangled with someone on a yak...guess who wins the tug of war :)
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Flag ?
Could be wrong but I thought I read somewhere that if the Pro has a flag up there is a 50m exclusion zone around him...
Have seen the fishing at it's worst during the spawning times, boats so close together that they are pushing boats off each other by hand. How some boats don't get badly damaged I don't know. But to see the boats following the Pro like a swarm of flies is pretty bad. JMO....
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What does the Pro Boat look like?
Not sure i've ever seen him out there?
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Never seen him either, but a
Never seen him either, but a picture shows him as a Dark Blue Ally around 5.5 metres with a blue and white flag up,,at least he does not chase the kayaks around
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wouldnt catch me anywhere in
wouldnt catch me anywhere in the sound when they are on the prowl, if i see the hoards comming im out of there, heard of some nasty sh@t go on
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Well i reckon find your own
Well i reckon find your own Snapper nobody needs to follow the Pro or anybody else,,these guys are the same type that come up and ping you.
Just yesterday i saw a picture of a South Australian pro Squid fisher and he was completly surrounded by Rec squid boats.
Any way this was all a suprise to me,,i personally like to give others a bit of space on the water and i will not be casting at the spot someone else has just pulled a Snapper from.
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put a dive flag up, gives you a legal 50 metre exclusion zone
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etiquette ppfffff!
After 10 years plus fishing Cockburn Sound for pinks i've learnt where the fish are and how there's no comon good etiquette. Basically i used to care and do the right thing but then have the "majority" not give a shit sooooooooo if ya cant beat them then join them
BTW, Big John couldnt of said it better!
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remeber most pros are mad
remeber most pros are mad pricks and may get a bit pissy at ya,i wouldnt get to close to any boat as the skippers more than likely going to jump on your boat n go nuts.
Shorty
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I would not like a mad Pro
I would not like a mad Pro jumping on the kayak
I did witness one busy evening last year on the kayak with 12 boats and about 9 kayaks in a small area, perhaps that was one of the days Bodie has mentioned ?
I did see a kayak or two paddling/peddling close to boats and boats doing the same as well.
Funny in the weeks prior it would be rare to see a boat there, the reason we choose the area was we are limited in how far we can go in the Sound because of distances involved, so we stick to that one small area,,all of a sudden we started getting surrounded.
We have all ordered dive flags
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Albee Mangles
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Here's a pic, i knew i had one...
23.9.08, almost end of the run, taken from my yak. This is what it's like, i can see plenty of spots a yak could slip into.
Actually, is that you Bodie?
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gaps!
Geez, there's gaps there for a shit load more boats to slip into
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Gaps
Not too many gaps here
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still gaps!
Still gaps
, thank god i have many spots so i miss most of the seagull mass!
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Albee Mangles
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OMFG!
Looks like the kingies are on the chew in Sydney Harbour...
Where is that and why?
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Sound
Cockburn Sound - Garden Island in the background - and its every year before the ban.
This one was a couple of years ago. You can see the stern of Mako Magic on the right.
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Plenty of room
You could fit a Rotto ferry, several Bar Crushers and a couple of Yaks in there easy.
Shorty
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Yep you can squeeze kayaks
Yep you can squeeze kayaks in places boats can't get to
Give us and inch and we will squeeze in,,catch a fish and we will completetly surround you,,we might even jump in your boat and grab your fish,,gee its getting bad out there
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