Tell us about carnarvonite
Submitted by crano on Fri, 2013-04-12 17:30
Carnarvonite
Can you tell us about your background in fishing both pro and amatuer.I am constantly amazed at how much you know about fishing and fishing spots all over the coast.
I also like your well balanced and knowledgeable comments.
Tell us your story.
tim-o
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He likes men and supports
He likes men and supports collingwood, never been fishing in all his life
I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
opsrey
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Gender preference not surprising. ;)
Given he follows the Collywobbles.
Auslobster
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When I fall in love with someone on this site...
...I try to keep it discreet and PM him/her!
crano
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I will try to be a bit more
I will try to be a bit more subtle next time
Jayden20
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fer question but ....overly
fer question but ....overly knowledgable man he is haha
carnarvonite
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What do you want to know?
Used to live in the biggest hole in Aust, Bunbury ---the only thing wrong with the place is that there isn't enough dirt available to fill the hole in, for too long, fished with the pros on and off on, salmon, cray, shark [ when you would pull the nets by hand], beach seining for herring , skippy, tailor etc. Did a lot of rec fishing from Albany all the way round the coast up as far as Preston Beach Did the first of many trips to Quobba around 1970, before anyone knew what potential it had, cost $2 a night in the shearers quarters!!!
Moved to Two Rocks and bought the first of many boats,rec crayfishing, chasing dhueys etc and many trips to Gnaraloo and Exmouth. Mate asked if I wanted to go pro shark fishing between Exmouth and nearly to Broome, doing 2 week trips, got MC 5 and MED 2 , fished up there for 6-7 years, then we got ripped off and the whole venture folded so went demersal netting from Bunbury through to Windy harbour, mainly concentrating on Geo bay through to Augusta, plus salmon fishing during the off seasons.
Back stuffed up so retired to Carnarvon, where I'd wetlined out of in the mid 70s, about 10 years back, now tied up with sea rescue for last 7 years, put a net in when I need mullet for smoking or bait, head over to islands when the weather permits and chase the odd muddy or two.
One son lives up in Exmouth so head up there pretty regular for a change in scenery.
There you go, pretty well explains where and when the knowledge comes from
Doooma
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Geez you are giving away our
Geez you are giving away our age mate, I remember when quobba $2!!!
Lost my virginity behind the 2nd red door along!!! Hahahaha
carnarvonite
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$2
The station owner asked us if he thought $2 was too much because he had no idea and then very few people from down south were aware of what was on offer.
We fished Whistling rock and my first 4 casts involved going back to the tackle box and bringing out another new spool of line, started at 20lb and finished up with 40lb[ that was what was planned to use as trace line] before I managed to stop one, 68lb cleaned macky while the mate landed a GT even bigger that bottomed out the scales.
deepwater
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Great work
Great work mate that sounds exactly the same as my Dad ,o that is my Dad ,now you have been around and im glad i was able to come with you dad thank you
he still shows me a thing or too ,dad is the only person i can fish along side and i catch jack shit ,i dont know how he does it
ha crano what is you story mate ??
jeff
Faulkner Family
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gees John , your a bit of a
gees John , your a bit of a been there done that sort of bloke. god i wish i had a life like that. lol
experience comes knowledge but never too old to learn new things .
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crano
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The love is gone.I live in
The love is gone.
I live in Bunbury.
Rob H
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got a shovel??
got a shovel??
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
tim-o
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Haha, in the words of Rodney
Haha, in the words of Rodney Rude, "goin down to Buumbrey"
I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
Super peg
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Bunbury
Bunbury..... U head 50km either north or south and it's like a different world,
Bunbury is just murk water, glad I'm out haha
Great history mate! Did you ever work with the Soulos family?
Or with a guy called Mano ? He still operates a shark boat down there I believe ?
The art of fishing consists of casting, winding, trolling and jigging
while freezing, sweating, swatting and swearing.
carnarvonite
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Soulos boys
Worked with all the Soulos/Lucas boys and even did a trip or two with the grandfather when I was still in high school, used to do trips on the shark boats with Luca, Peter, Mickey Lucas, Angelo the Greek and the Tritsarolis's leaving Friday nights and home Sunday arvo then back to school Monday.
Manuel's son Nick runs or did run a shark boat for years, Mano is his son.
craig scott
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How do you think I feel.I
How do you think I feel.
I live in Capel, and the people I know from Bunbury think Capel is a hole.
harro
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hahah
gold!!!
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Adam Gallash
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shark fishing
Those old pro shark fishing vids you took were awesome John, its unfortunate with this day and age you can't put them online due to the doo gooders, but it was interesting to see what sort of monster would come up next back in those days.
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Rob H
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know what you mean there
know what you mean there Adam, Ive got some shark ones and a fair few sword/tuna ones.
One day I'll get around to editing them into more like a bambi movie and chuck them up...
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
carnarvonite
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Lucky
We were lucky we had an overseas market for everything so we could take all the big stuff that would have normally been let go.
The tapes were just a snap shot compared to what we caught each day, one would get a bit blasé and treat it as a normal thing.
Certainly miss it, its a way of life not just a job like most other occupations.
Chongy
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So impressed
I grew up in bunbury hate it parents live in busso now so good to go down there and piss fart around. Just brought a house in exmouth so excited to spend a lot of time up there again been to long between trips
Notorious
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Would love too see said
Would love too see said shark vids
can upload to youtube and make them private ;)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/174055815943047/?fref=nf
carnarvonite
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One bit is special
There is a bit on one that shows son Jeff guiding a huge dusky whaler aboard as its pulled up by the winch, its bitten off about a metre behind the dorsal fin by one bite, it would be over a metre in diameter where the bite occurred so how big was the one that bit it in half.
At an educated guess the dusky would have gone over 5 metres if complete.
They show fishing from east of Bedout island all the way through to north of Exmouth
Bluetonic
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Um... I live in Bunghole too
Um... I live in Bunghole too but have just bought a house in the Shire of Capel so maybe I'm safe
Most of my fishing is either north or south of the 'Bung' but I do have some great Snapper spots not far offshore when the season is happening.
Could be a great town if half of local gov got ousted!
Blue Sky, Blue Water, Bluetonic!
Super peg
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Bun Vegas ain't toooo bad,
Bun Vegas ain't toooo bad, stoked to here your history canarvonite, I've spoke to Mano
few times after my good mate joined the shark boat for a bit (opened his eyes a lot)
and I remember Mano saying about the massive great white caught just of juniors ( lil reef break just south of BP beach)
was massive apparently, were you still around at this time??
The art of fishing consists of casting, winding, trolling and jigging
while freezing, sweating, swatting and swearing.
carnarvonite
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Gone then
There was a white pointers tail nailed on the side of the old fishermans jetty that was about 6 foot across and a threshers tail over 12 foot long.
Seen heaps of whites and huge tigers but the biggest was ???, we were steaming down the west side of Barrow island when I spotted this big bugger racing in towards the boat , it came in on the starboard side then ran straight in to the metal shroud around the prop, stalling the V12 Cat like we'd run aground. Restarted motor and dropped it in to gear and it stalled again, restarted and dropped it in reverse, you could feel the whole 80 foot steel boat shudder with every turn of the prop as it tore the shark to bits. One whole lobe of its liver floated up and it was bigger than any shark liver I had seen by miles. Looking over the side you could see the carcass sinking towards the bottom, I nearly cried----- watching what could have been 10 grands worth of meat, fins and jaws disappearing.
uncle
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kamakazi shark
must have been a sight, never did what you did,but started fishing quobba in the seventies,you learn fast on the stones
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