50 years on: A fishing feud leads to sabotage, guns and politicians

Post by **hornet** » Sun Mar 21, 2021 6:50 pm

First published in The Age on July 18, 1968

https://www.theage.com.au/national/vict ... 4zs0l.html

Post by **Andrews** » Sun Mar 21, 2021 7:03 pm

Always interesting hearing about the history of the town!

Sure were some wild times.

Post by **re-tyred** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 4:27 am

Was at least one murder, a lot of punchups and one boat drilled full of holes in lakes entrance, at the time

Post by **rb85** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 6:44 am

Imagine any small fishing town would have some fascinating history within this sector.

Post by **Kenle** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:59 am

I didn't know we were alowed to shoot sharks and seal with shotguns back then. Sammy the Seal would have to think twice before stealing the fisherman's catch with a 12 guage pointing at him lol

Post by **rb85** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 9:48 am

Kenle wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:59 am
I didn't know we were alowed to shoot sharks and seal with shotguns back then. Sammy the Seal would have to think twice before stealing the fisherman's catch with a 12 guage pointing at him lol

Don’t think they were allowed it just happened

Post by **re-tyred** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:57 am

We often caught Bronzies and Mako to send to market. A shot in the head made them easier to haul onboard. Seals would have a go at the bag of fish when hauling it up. Some people would shoot them, other would fire into the water near them , to scare them off. You don't see many guns on boat these days

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