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.

Went for a troll in the dinghy out front this morning , mac tuna everywhere, 3-4 kgs, they put up a good fight for their size , good fun on light gear . There were probably 30 local boats out and everyone was hooking up , bloody funny weaving in and out of each other. These are a staple diet for the locals . Nice swell running today 3-4 ft wreck with a 18 second period, tomorrow will be on . Not the greatest photos I know but I was on the move coming in through the channel.

Nice Supa,

Quick question, do you ever drag bottom with that reef anchor?

fitzroy-21 wrote:

Nice Supa,

Quick question, do you ever drag bottom with that reef anchor?

Does this answer your question ? This was a few months ago, boat was anchored in the channel while I was surfing, current picked up and was pulling so hard on the pick it snapped one off and I turned around to see boat doing reo’s on the inside . Mate took the photo. Luckily it didn’t flip or kill anyone paddling out . I normally have stainless steel pick but this was just plain cheap steel . About 4 days ago swell picked up and I moved boat to inside the lagoon and fuck me the amount of water moving around with swell growing , ending up straightening all 4 prongs and boat ended up 400 meters inside the lagoon from where I anchored . Few people were keeping an eye on it from land and I didn’t see it until caught last wave in and went , fuck where’s me boat ? Long paddle to retrieve it and shocked when I saw all 4 prongs straightened .

Overall Fitz , it hasn’t been a problem, only 2 incidents in 16 months. If it’s maxing out at wreck I tie it to a buoy in lagoon in front of razors . Surf is 600 meters off shore and if you get injured or lose ya board it’s handy having the boat plus the water taxi price has increased to $10 return trip . Paddling in when tide is running out is hard work . I ain’t getting any younger .

OK, I thought this would be the case. And it's just my OCD kicking in. Not being a smart ass.

I bet you can straighten and bend those prongs with your hand? Imaging what the weight of your boat is doing.

This is best with a new pick when you purchase with the straight prongs. You can still straighten those prongs with a hollow steel tube.

Get a SS hose clamp and place over the 4 straight prongs and tighten the hose clamp as tight as you can 6" down from the tips.
Use a steel tube and put it down an individual prong to about 10-20mm above the hose clamp to bend the prong into a "tick" like position. (not a bow or hook). Say about 30 degrees (or less).
Do this to each prong opposite each other as normal.
Now try and bend a prong open with your hand. Bet you can't.

Let me know if you ever drag anchor again. :)

Oh, and use a couple of meters of chain if you haven't already.

fitzroy-21 wrote:

OK, I thought this would be the case. And it's just my OCD kicking in. Not being a smart ass.

I bet you can straighten and bend those prongs with your hand? Imaging what the weight of your boat is doing.

This is best with a new pick when you purchase with the straight prongs. You can still straighten those prongs with a hollow steel tube.

Get a SS hose clamp and place over the 4 straight prongs and tighten the hose clamp as tight as you can 6" down from the tips.
Use a steel tube and put it down an individual prong to about 10-20mm above the hose clamp to bend the prong into a "tick" like position. (not a bow or hook). Say about 30 degrees (or less).
Do this to each prong opposite each other as normal.
Now try and bend a prong open with your hand. Bet you can't.

Let me know if you ever drag anchor again. :)

Oh, and use a couple of meters of chain if you haven't already.

Yes I can bend them with my hands . Because of this if the anchor is jammed in a ledge on the reef and I can’t physically pull it up then I shorten the rope to minimum and tie off then use motor in reverse to straighten the anchor out. I don’t want it so rigid that I can’t do this . A friend who is boat savvy mentioned getting chain also . I told him none of the local boats use chain, not sure why. I realise it’s a better fit for how your anchor lays . Thanks for the tips though, all good advice .

You will still be able to bend the prongs with force of the boat. i.e. tie shortened rope to bollard and driving off with motor forward. Best to drive forward, not back.
The chain helps lay the anchor flat on the bottom to hook onto rock/reef. It also prevents chafing the rope on reef with constant chop/wave/swell movement. Even 1M would help.
All good, what ever works for you. :)

Personally I wouldn’t use a reef grapnel without chain.
Doing without nearly cost me in my life once when I was spearing.

AndyM wrote:

Personally I wouldn’t use a reef grapnel without chain.
Doing without nearly cost me in my life once when I was spearing.

Yeah it’s a bit strange that no locals use them , might be a cost they don’t want but I can’t see chain being that expensive .