Fishing Victoria Forum

main reason for casting away from boat is to get more distance between your lines so its easier to avoid tangles when more active fish start running around and wrapping lines up

the govt says you can take your dog for a walk as long as you social distance. Ergo that would be a green light for any other outing as long as you are keeping your distance. Pretty sure if more than one on a boat it is not social distancing, so its not impossible cops could stop that. Nothing wrong...

Being in lockdown with the missus for an extended time would fry my brain...if she doesn't hit it with a pan first..

At the end of the day its like squeezing out the last bit of toothpaste...getting hard to justify and it will all be stopped in black and white pretty soon. So its better to accept it now in the spirit of what it is all trying to achieve. It kinda sets a poor example to others who will think well if...

I’ll probably take my kayak out for a squid session not using any public ramp and staying close to shore sometime next week unless the situation changes rapidly. The drive will be less than 15min will not use ramp facilities Your biggest risk will be from those dog walkers and joggers that go past ...

Problem is you think of all the stuff that needs doing around the house, which means a trip to bunnings, so you have to ask yourself are they any more essential than fishing which defeats the purpose.... Blokes have trouble finding things to do that dont need a trip to bunnings..lol

If they go down the NZ path it will be no boating/kayaking/surfing as they can all result requiring rescue services. In NZ as far as exercise is concerned, no driving to place of exercise to keep you off the roads, which alone would prevent kayaking unless you could carry it there. I'm sure next sta...

Taking it all back to basic principles of what they are trying to achieve. 1. Basics human needs to keep people healthy>>a degree of being allowed outside to exercise and get some fresh air, even prisoners get that=Short period of time outdoors, generally requiring less travel, to prevent cabin feve...

As I said once before, beware of quick fixes. I think Peter Collignon is right on the money - get the numbers down, lift some of the restrictions bringing back same normality, deal with an ongoing small numbers of cases and sporadic outbreaks and do this for the long haul until there is a vaccine. ...

Thanks, have you got a link mate? i actually tried my best to listen to it, even asked my wife to see if she could work it out, we both gave up after a while. No dont have a link, just saw the interview, then read this post and realized it is effectively the same wording. ABC tends to keep repeatin...