SupaWallace escapades

HA! Two old blokes trying to make the most of their twilight years , one’s currently got a dicky knee the other is trying his best to rehabilitate a dicky shoulder. I sure hope AW gets his knee sorted, he’s got a birdwatching jungle safari before his mentawai trip . I’m off next month , back to the left that always gives. The indo season has started well, hope it continues . Fishing tomorrow morning south & east coast penida , so hopefully can post some photos of catch, if not the view is always spectacular .

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Supafreak wrote:

HA! Two old blokes trying to make the most of their twilight years , one’s currently got a dicky knee the other is trying his best to rehabilitate a dicky shoulder. I sure hope AW gets his knee sorted, he’s got a birdwatching jungle safari before his mentawai trip . I’m off next month , back to the left that always gives. The indo season has started well, hope it continues . Fishing tomorrow morning south & east coast penida , so hopefully can post some photos of catch, if not the view is always spectacular .

Now, now, keep those old bloke references in check , I’m as sprightly as a 25 year old , fit as, drop dead gorgeous and chiselled to within an inch of my life, I wish, ( last year, remember Ashsam’s self analysis spiel , must have been drinking his own bath water and some other of his own bodily fluids at the time) I look nowhere near 60, I don’t think I’m 60, certainly don’t feel 60, don’t act like I’m 60, don’t wear incontinence undies yet, in fact I don’t feel anything these days if you know what I mean.
The only give away is a well defined receding hairline, it’s quite attractive I must say, few grey hairs have attached themselves to my scone around the ears and lamb chop areas.
I’ll challenge anyone my age or younger to dig a straight, near level trench, 600mm deep, 600mm wide and 20m in length in heavy soil with a crowbar, spade and mattock, I’d flog you all.
Now, where did I put those forms for my application to APIA, I’m a pensioner now, and I can’t find my prescription to Chemist Warehouse for 10kg of collagen pills, gonna be juiced to the eyeballs. AW

Edit. Looking forward to the bird and surf trip immensely and to meet the Mayor of Lembongan, Supafreak.

seaslug wrote:

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Hopefully not the wrong trousers!

Very nice conditions this morning and got a strike in the first 5 minutes of trolling , unfortunately it was a stinking barracuda. Trolling all the way to east penida & nothing, very scenic but shit 5 hours trolling for 1 fish is a bit expensive . Barracuda are ok to eat up here, not full of parasites like oz & nz . Jeff who came with me ( I gave him dibs on first strike ) was a happy chappy as hadn’t seen that coast before .

Morning sunrise then 2nd & 3rd shots are local fishing spots at the base of cliffs along south coast penida , which is a 200 meter + climb down , where one slip up could kill ya . Going back up with a catch wouldn’t be easy . I’ve seen them land 15 kg mahi & wahoo .

Nice morning for it supa. Not worried about ciguatera in the cuda?

chin wrote:

Nice morning for it supa. Not worried about ciguatera in the cuda?

The reefs around here haven’t got it , it’s my understanding that small fish eat something on the reefs then pelagics eat them and that’s how you get it but whatever it is on the reefs that the fish eat isn’t here . I’ve only heard this second hand from someone who was talking to a marine biologist that was studying the reefs around here . I’ve eaten fish here for 45 years and never been sick . Had friends nearly die from it in mentawai though .

Very interested to know how you cook and eat your cuda Supa?

Personally, I rate it in the category of Mother in Law (Morwong)

AlfredWallace wrote:

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Now, now, keep those old bloke references in check , I’m as sprightly as a 25 year old , fit as, drop dead gorgeous and chiselled to within an inch of my life, I wish, ( last year, remember Ashsam’s self analysis spiel , must have been drinking his own bath water and some other of his own bodily fluids at the time) I look nowhere near 60, I don’t think I’m 60, certainly don’t feel 60, don’t act like I’m 60, don’t wear incontinence undies yet, in fact I don’t feel anything these days if you know what I mean.
The only give away is a well defined receding hairline, it’s quite attractive I must say, few grey hairs have attached themselves to my scone around the ears and lamb chop areas.
I’ll challenge anyone my age or younger to dig a straight, near level trench, 600mm deep, 600mm wide and 20m in length in heavy soil with a crowbar, spade and mattock, I’d flog you all.
Now, where did I put those forms for my application to APIA, I’m a pensioner now, and I can’t find my prescription to Chemist Warehouse for 10kg of collagen pills, gonna be juiced to the eyeballs. AW

Edit. Looking forward to the bird and surf trip immensely and to meet the Mayor of Lembongan, Supafreak.

I will adjudicate the ditch digging between AW and all SN takers...

velocityjohnno wrote:

AlfredWallace wrote:

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Now, now, keep those old bloke references in check , I’m as sprightly as a 25 year old , fit as, drop dead gorgeous and chiselled to within an inch of my life, I wish, ( last year, remember Ashsam’s self analysis spiel , must have been drinking his own bath water and some other of his own bodily fluids at the time) I look nowhere near 60, I don’t think I’m 60, certainly don’t feel 60, don’t act like I’m 60, don’t wear incontinence undies yet, in fact I don’t feel anything these days if you know what I mean.
The only give away is a well defined receding hairline, it’s quite attractive I must say, few grey hairs have attached themselves to my scone around the ears and lamb chop areas.
I’ll challenge anyone my age or younger to dig a straight, near level trench, 600mm deep, 600mm wide and 20m in length in heavy soil with a crowbar, spade and mattock, I’d flog you all.
Now, where did I put those forms for my application to APIA, I’m a pensioner now, and I can’t find my prescription to Chemist Warehouse for 10kg of collagen pills, gonna be juiced to the eyeballs. AW

Edit. Looking forward to the bird and surf trip immensely and to meet the Mayor of Lembongan, Supafreak.

I will adjudicate the ditch digging between AW and all SN takers...

VelocityJohnno . Hi pal.
You’d be the only man qualified and fitting to adjudicate such a challenge, you’re Swellnet’s engineer of everything.
You can set up your Dumpy and laser level nearby and oversee the proceedings. AW

fitzroy-21 wrote:

Very interested to know how you cook and eat your cuda Supa?

Personally, I rate it in the category of Mother in Law (Morwong)

Yep I wouldn’t touch them in oz fitz , it took some convincing for me to try it . Nothing fancy just filleted and crumbed, honestly it’s beautiful soft white meaty flesh and tastes great . People are very surprised , pretty common in warungs in Lombok Sumbawa Sumba . I know blokes that won’t allow them on their boats because they fucking stink , but skinned & filleted, bewoodaful

Good Red Emperor bait.

People always say they have a high chance of worms in the flesh or something so never kept them in Indo (ones in Vic are alright to eat, but different species)

I never questioned it now im going to have to google it

All my forebears who fished the Great Ocean Road, had many a year where barracouta was the most prolific fish caught, sold and eaten.
Many of my aunts and uncles still eat it now.
Never ever heard of anyone being crook. Sharp teeth on the buggers.

My dads uncle use to catch them with a four inch hook attached to a piece of red painted dowel. Nothing more. AW

freeride76 wrote:

Good Red Emperor bait.

That's what I was thinking.
What's the bottom bashing like there SF?

tubeshooter wrote:

freeride76 wrote:

Good Red Emperor bait.

That's what I was thinking.
What's the bottom bashing like there SF?

Bottom bashing isn’t easy because of currents but when conditions allow nannygai can be found jigging in about 60-80 meters. Indos love their small hand size fish which seem to be plentiful but I don’t like the fact that there’s no laws around fishing in regards to catch size or numbers . and as most of you know , almost every fish is called a “ snapper “

AlfredWallace wrote:

All my forebears who fished the Great Ocean Road, had many a year where barracouta was the most prolific fish caught, sold and eaten.
Many of my aunts and uncles still eat it now.
Never ever heard of anyone being crook. Sharp teeth on the buggers.

My dads uncle use to catch them with a four inch hook attached to a piece of red painted dowel. Nothing more. AW

You may be confusing Barracouta, a cold water fish, with Barracuda, a warm water fish. They even look similar with big fangs.

chin wrote:

AlfredWallace wrote:

All my forebears who fished the Great Ocean Road, had many a year where barracouta was the most prolific fish caught, sold and eaten.
Many of my aunts and uncles still eat it now.
Never ever heard of anyone being crook. Sharp teeth on the buggers.

My dads uncle use to catch them with a four inch hook attached to a piece of red painted dowel. Nothing more. AW

You may be confusing Barracouta, a cold water fish, with Barracuda, a warm water fish. They even look similar with big fangs.

The ones we mainly get are the great barracuda, black tail , solitary fish , they freak divers out , my record is 34 kgs , they aren’t a great fighter like Spanish mackerel in that they usually do one run and give up where as a spaniard might do 3 or 4 runs . I didn’t eat the 34 kg one gave it to a local and nobody got sick .

chin wrote:

AlfredWallace wrote:

All my forebears who fished the Great Ocean Road, had many a year where barracouta was the most prolific fish caught, sold and eaten.
Many of my aunts and uncles still eat it now.
Never ever heard of anyone being crook. Sharp teeth on the buggers.

My dads uncle use to catch them with a four inch hook attached to a piece of red painted dowel. Nothing more. AW

You may be confusing Barracouta, a cold water fish, with Barracuda, a warm water fish. They even look similar with big fangs.

Chin. Correct. Barracouta is home in southern cool waters, Barracuda in sub tropical and tropical waters.
But the names still get applied incorrectly to both areas. AW

Thx SF , Forgot about those currents over there.