Adventure Bound: April 2009
LANGUAGES: English Filipino

Wild Encounters

Sulphur-Crested Cockatoos
May, 2009
These White birds are truly stunning parrots.


Masked Lapwing
May, 2009
It feed on insects and their larvae, and earthworms. Most food is obtained from just below the surface of the ground, but some may also be taken above the surface. Birds are normally seen feeding alone, in pairs or in small groups.


Bar-tailed Godwit
May, 2009
Bird wade through the shallows or over exposed mud and probe their long bills rapidly into the bottom to find food.


Lorikeets
May, 2009
There are a number of lorikeets varieties that appeal as birds. These varieties can be divided into two main groups – the Small Australian Lorikeets, and the larger tropical lorikeets.


Crested Pigeons
May, 2009
Crested Pigeons may breed at any time of the year, but mostly from September to March. The nest is a delicate structure of twigs placed in a tree or dense bush. Both sexes share the incubation of the eggs, and both care for the young.


Seagulls
April, 2009
These are the birds that invaded the comedy TV show "2 and a half men".


Little Pied Cormorant
April, 2009
This is the best diving bird in Sydney. It swim underwater to catch its prey but it's not only a good swimmer and also this bird can fly.


White Ibis
April, 2009
Their preferred habitats include swamps, lagoons, floodplains and grasslands, but it has also become a successful inhabitant of urban parks and gardens.


Black and White Ravens
April, 2009
These birds are just beside the footh path scavenging.


Pigeons
April, 2009
LOL! They don't mind me taking their video while they're feeding.


Pelican
April, 2009
The most amazing bird I often see in Cooks River.


Wild Ducks
March, 2009
These flock of birds caught my attention that I couldn't resist taking a video.


Fox
March, 2009
This animal is not native to Australia. Somebody must have been imported it. I don't want to get more closer cause this thing is wild.


Ravens
March, 2009
These birds are feasting on a fish carcass they caught from the river.

Fishing Trip in Sydney, Australia

Marrickville
April, 2009


Wolli Creek
March, 2009


Kyeemagh
February, 2009


Brighton Le Sands
January, 2009


Sydney Harbour
January, 2009

Fishes I caught

Mulloway
May, 2009
One of the rarest fish I catch in Cooks River.


Breams

April, 2009
Yellow Fin Bream is common in Eastern part of Australia.
You can catch this fish in all Season, whole year round.
It's not choosy bout baits, almost all sorts of baits you can
think of like meat, bread, worm, lures, etc...




Sydney Rock Oysters
February, 2009
Found in bays, inlets and sheltered estuaries from
Eastern Australia up to New Zealand.


Flathead
January, 2009
This fish prefers live baits such as small mullet,
yabbies, prawns, white pilchards, also lures.

Be careful when handling this fish, they got very sharp
fin at the back and near gills.



Flounder
January, 2009
This fish live in Ocean Waters from North Atlantic Ocean
to Pacific Ocean. Their diet consists mainly of fish spawn,
crustaceans, polychaetes and small fish.

NSW, Australia Recreational Fishing Rules and Regulations

In NSW State, Fishing License is Required

When fishing in NSW waters, both freshwater and saltwater, you are required by law to pay the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee and carry a receipt showing the payment of the fee. This applies when spear fishing, hand lining, hand gathering, trapping, bait collecting and prawn netting or when in possession of fishing gear in, on or adjacent to waters.

All money raised by the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee is placed into the Recreational Fishing Trusts and spent on improving recreational fishing in NSW. These trusts are regulated by law and overseen by two committees made up of recreational fishers - one for saltwater and one for freshwater.

Line Fishing

  • No more than 4 rods or lines to be used or set by any one person at any one time.
  • No more than 3 hooks or 3 gangs of hooks attached per line (a gang of hooks should have no more than 5 hooks).
  • One line may have 6 single hooks with lure attached to be used by the method of hand jigging only.
  • No more than 3 treble hooks attached to a lure.
  • Jagging is illegal (hooking, or attempting to hook, fish other than through the mouth).
  • Drift lines are banned.
Illegal Fishing Methods

The following fishing methods are illegal:

  • Jagging or foul hooking fish;
  • Keeping prohibited size fish (they should be returned to the water unharmed);.
  • Selling recreational catch;
  • Using a gaff to take fish or using setlines, spearguns, spears, bows and arrows, chemicals or poisons, explosives or firearms or traps and nets to take fish (other than the lawful use of yabby traps, hoop nets or a shrimp trap as per the regulations);
  • Using frogs, live finfish (including carp), live birds, live mammals, prohibited size fish or salmon roe or products containing them, as bait;
  • Altering the length of any fish with a size limit by filleting or removing the head (other than by gutting or by removing the gills or scale) until you are well away from the water. This does not apply at areas normally used for the cleaning of fish (boat ramp cleaning tables) or if the fish are for immediate consumption or for immediate use as bait. Note. Fish with a size limit must be of legal size before they can be used as bait;
  • Removing tails, heads or claws from crayfish in, on or adjacent to waters or to keep any crayfish with eggs or to remove those eggs;
  • In notified trout waters, in addition to the illegal fishing methods described above, it is illegal to use handlines (rods and lines only are permitted), traps and nets (other than hoop nets in Lakes Eucumbene and Jindabyne as per the regulation or a landing net for retrieving legally hooked fish), a light or a hand to take Atlantic salmon or trout;
  • Taking Murray crayfish in notified trout waters or in Blowering Dam;
  • Accessing any waters across private property to fish without permission (in most cases you may fish in any stream from a boat or while walking on the streambed, regardless of who owns the adjacent land. However, you must get the owner's permission to cross private land or walk along the bank adjacent to a stream).

Collecting invertebrates (including crabs, worms, squid, cockles etc)

All invertebrates are subject to bag limits and some are also subject to size limits.

  • All lobsters and crabs carrying eggs must be returned immediately to the water. Check all females as the eggs are plainly visible under the tail. It is an offence to remove any eggs.
  • Invertebrates may not be shucked (removed from their shells) at the waterside unless they are to be used immediately as bait.
  • Collecting invertebrates is prohibited within Intertidal Protected Areas such as Sydney Harbour and some zones within Auquatic Reserves and NSW Marine Parks.
  • Octopus cannot be taken from ocean rock platforms in NSW or from rock platforms in Sydney Harbour.

Humane harvesting of Fin-fish

It is important to be able to apply humane dispatching methods to any fish that are to be harvested. Percussive stunning is considered a good approach provided it is done swiftly and delivered to the correct area. Fish should be hit with a sharp blow to the head in the area just above the eyes (the area adjacent to the brain) using a special tool such as a heavy wooden handle or a priest. When applied correctly the fish’s gill covers should stop rhythmically moving and the eye should remain still. Fish should only be bled after the fish has been dispatched.


Species Size limits or legal length (cm) Bag limit

Australian bass & estuary perch

Australian bass
Australian bass

Closed season in rivers and estuaries June - August incl.

Only 1 over 35cm 2 in total *, 4 in possesion

Estuary perch
Estuary perch

Closed season in rivers and estuaries June - August incl.

Australian salmon

Australian salmon
Australian salmon
- 5

Bluefish

Bluefish
Bluefish
-

0 - release only

Lord Howe Marine Park 5

Bonito

Bonito
Bonito
- 10

Bream & tarwhine

Bream (Black/southern)
black/southern

25 cm

20 in total *
Bream (Yellowfin)
bream
25 cm
Tarwhine
Tarwhine
20 cm

Deep-sea fish

Hapuka
Harpuka

- 5 in total *, gemfish: only 2 and boat trip limit of 10
Bar Cod
barcod
-
Bass groper
bass groper
-
Gemfish
gemfish
-
Blue-eye cod
blue-eye cod
-

Dolphinfish

Dolphinfish
Dolphinfish
60 cm, only 1 over 110 cm 10

Eels

Eels (Short and longfinned)
Eels (Short and longfinned)

(Shortfinned) 30cm

(Longfinned) 58cm

(Shortfinned) 10

(Longfinned) 10

Flathead

Flathead (Dusky/common)
Dusky flathead

36cm, only 1 over 70cm

10

Flathead (Sand)
Flathead (sand)

33 cm 20 in total *

Flathead (Tiger)
Flathead (tiger)

Flounder & sole

Flounders and Soles
Flounder
25cm 20 in total *

Garfish

Garfish (eastern sea)
Garfish
- 20

Groper

Groper (blue, brown, red)
Blue groper
Red groper
30cm, only 1 over 60cm 2 in total *, by line only

Hairtail

Hairtail
Hairtail
- 10

Kingfish, yellowtail

Kingfish, yellowtail
Kingfish
65 cm 5

Leatherjackets

Leatherjackets
Leatherjackets
- 20 in total *

Luderick

Luderick
Luderick
27 cm 20

Mackerel

Mackerel (Spanish)
Mackerel (Spanish)

(Spanish) 75cm

5 in total *

Mackerel (Spotted)
Mackerel (Spotted)
(Spotted) 60cm

Mangrove Jack

Mangrove Jack
Mangrove Jack
- 5

Marlin

Marlin (Striped)
Marlin (striped)

- 1 of each species
Marlin (Black)
Marlin (black)
Marlin (Blue)
Marlin (blue)

Morwong

Morwong (Rubberlip)
Rubberlip morwong
30cm 10
Morwong (Jackass)
Jackass morwong
30cm 10
Morwong (Red/sea carp)
Morwong red
30cm 5

Morwong (Banded)
Morwong banded

-

5

Moses perch

Moses perch
Moses perch
- 5

Mullet

Mullet
Mullet

Small (poddy) Under 15 cm

20 in total * for live bait only

Sea (bully) only 30 cm 20 in total *

Mulloway

Mulloway
Mulloway
45 cm only 2 fish over 70 cm 5

Pearl perch

Pearl perch
Pearl perch
30 cm 5

Red rock cod

Red rock cod (Scorpionfish)
Red rock cod (Scorpionfish)
- 5

Rock blackfish

Rock blackfish
Eastern rock blackfish
30 cm 10

Sailfish

Sailfish
Sailfish
- 1

Samson & Amberjack

Samsonfish
Samsonfish

Amberjack
Amberjack

- 5 in total *

Sawtail surgeon

Sawtail surgeon
Sawtail
- 5

Sharks and rays

Shark (Wobbegong)
Wobbegong shark

- 0 for wobbegong (release only).
Shark (Mako)
mako shark
- 5 in total *, only 1 tiger, mako, blue shark, hammerhead or other whaler species.
Shark (School)
School shark
91 cm
Shark (Whaler)
 Whaler
-

Snapper

Snapper
Snapper
30 cm 10

Spearfish

Spearfish
Shortbill spearfish
- 1

Swordfish

Swordfish
Swordfish
- 1

Tailor

Tailor
Tailor
30 cm 20

Teraglin

Teraglin
Teraglin
38 cm 5

Trevallies

Trevallies
Trevally
(silver trevally only) 30 cm 20 in total *

Tuna

Tuna (Albacore)
albacore

90 cm or above

Less than 90 cm

2 in total *

5 in total *

Tuna (Big-eye)
big-eye
Tuna (Longtail)
Longtail tuna
Tuna (Southern bluefin)
southern bluefin
Tuna (Yellowfin)
Yellowfin tuna

Wahoo

Wahoo
Wahoo
- 5

Whiting

Whiting
Sand whiting
(sand only) 27 cm 20 in total *


Australian bass
Australian bass

Estuary perch
Estuary perch

Closed season in rivers June - August incl. -

2*

(only 1 over 35 cm in rivers)

Blackfish - river
River Blackfish
Fishing prohibited in all waters 0 0
Catfish, freshwater or eel-tailed
Catfish

Western waters: Closed to fishing in all western flowing waters incl. unlisted western dams.

30 cm (in listed western dams)

30 cm (in eastern dams)

30 cm (in eastern rivers)

5 (in listed western dams)

5 (in eastern dams)

2 (in eastern rivers)

All other waters 30 cm 2
Murray crayfish +
Murray crayfish
Closed season September – April inclusive. Fishing prohibited in notified trout waters and Blowering Dam. 9 cm

5 (only 1 over 12cm).

Crayfish - Spiny or eastern freshwater +
N/A 9 cm

5 * (only 1 over 12cm).

Eels (short finned)
Eels (short and longfinned)
N/A 30 cm 10 in total
Eels (long finned)
Eels (short and longfinned)
N/A 58 cm 10 in total
Golden perch
Golden perch
N/A 30 cm 5
Murray cod
Murray cod

Closed season September - November incl.

50 cm before 30/11/07

55 cm from 1/12/07 to 1/12/08

60 cm after 1/12/08.

2 (only 1 over 100 cm in total)

Silver perch
Silver perch
Fishing prohibited in rivers.

25 cm (in listed stocked dams)

5

0 in rivers

Atlantic salmonTrout


Brown trout
Trout


Brook trout
Trout


Rainbow troutTrout

Various 50 cm (trout spawning streams (no bait fishing)) 1*
25 cm (artificial fly and lure) 2*
25 cm (general trout waters) 5*
25 cm (all other waters) 10*
Yabbies - freshwater +
Yabbies - freshwater
N/A - 200 in total
Unlisted native species N/A N/A 10 in total