Baby salties in Manton Dam
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Baby salties in Manton Dam
Another trip to manton for a bit of casting practice.
It was relatively uneventful but after the many km of trolling with the electric and a few hundred casts. I went for a cruise with the spottie. Almost straight away i spotted a 2m salty then about 15min later came across a group of babies in the shallows a few km from the last croc. I managed to catch one by hand and sure enough it was a salty. This is a bit of a concern and would mean there's at least two mature adults in here too.
Reported it to Parks and Wildlife
It was relatively uneventful but after the many km of trolling with the electric and a few hundred casts. I went for a cruise with the spottie. Almost straight away i spotted a 2m salty then about 15min later came across a group of babies in the shallows a few km from the last croc. I managed to catch one by hand and sure enough it was a salty. This is a bit of a concern and would mean there's at least two mature adults in here too.
Reported it to Parks and Wildlife
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Re: Baby salties in Manton Dam
Sooner they close it to swimming/water skiing the better.......
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Re: Baby salties in Manton Dam
Good post mate, could save a swimmer some grief.
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Re: Baby salties in Manton Dam
I see it's closed now. Someone else on FB also put a down scan image of a croc lying on the bottom out there
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Re: Baby salties in Manton Dam
Trevor Robb posted a pic on his page of that croc Lats. I'll see if I can find it.
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Re: Baby salties in Manton Dam
From Trev's post: (including shameless Humminbird plug)
"Just spent a few hours at mantom dam and saw this what looks to be like a big saltie half submerged in a weedbed. Love the new Helix 10!"
"Just spent a few hours at mantom dam and saw this what looks to be like a big saltie half submerged in a weedbed. Love the new Helix 10!"
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Re: Baby salties in Manton Dam
Yeah, that's where I seen it
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Re: Baby salties in Manton Dam
Mate, I wouldn't swim there if you paid me
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Re: Baby salties in Manton Dam
Used to ski there most weekends in the late 90 early 2000's with out a second thought. Probably take a fourth or fifth thought these days though.
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Re: Baby salties in Manton Dam
Open again, no salties removed, just a big freshie.
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Re: Baby salties in Manton Dam
Great story Goldfish.
Just curious but why were you spotlighting for crocodiles in the daylight? Surely the rangers didn't leave the gate open at night just for you to be out practicing your casting?
Also, that's a nice photo of a hatchling freshie. The absence of raised post orbital ridges are a dead give away that its not a salty. Nice try though.
All the best.
Just curious but why were you spotlighting for crocodiles in the daylight? Surely the rangers didn't leave the gate open at night just for you to be out practicing your casting?
Also, that's a nice photo of a hatchling freshie. The absence of raised post orbital ridges are a dead give away that its not a salty. Nice try though.
All the best.
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Re: Baby salties in Manton Dam
Thought the pic of the baby croc was a bit suss.
Might be some freshies in the dam
Might be some freshies in the dam
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Re: Baby salties in Manton Dam
Also wondering if Parks & Wildlife had anything to say about interfering with a croc . ???
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Re: Baby salties in Manton Dam
They wouldn’t bother trying to convicting him. They know they would get to court, and goldfish would be able to give multiple examples if his lack of his own credibility. There isn’t a court in the country that would be able to convict him.
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Re: Baby salties in Manton Dam
Regardless of veracity of pic, Trevor Robb had seen a croc so it all works out in the wash.
And fair's fair, TV careers have been made out of scaring crocodiles, I haven't see any fines administered.
And you've got all those blokes flying around in choppers nicking their eggs, they have licences that make it OK, eh?
And fair's fair, TV careers have been made out of scaring crocodiles, I haven't see any fines administered.
And you've got all those blokes flying around in choppers nicking their eggs, they have licences that make it OK, eh?
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