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Or you could open a NSW betting account and go flexi-betting........ might lower the % of the divy, but it does allow you a little wider scope for the same outlay....... just a thought.... That's what I do and I'm a Victorian (and proud of it !)..... only thing is I have to wait to go fishing at Yarrawonga to make a withdrawal..... but that's a good excuse to go fishing (not that I need one to sit on the Mighty Murray River bank with a can in one hand, races on the radio, form guide on the lap, line in the water....... and no bait on the hook!).

Actually going fishing next week...... 1 December is the re-opening of cod season..... see if I can build the bank a little bit more before then - so my week away doesn't cost me a red cent - love it when the punt funds my lifestyle..... :D

Good Luck fella.

I just recently opened a NSW online account and it is the best thing i have ever done. The flexi bet option a ripper, you can snare some OK divys for tiny outlays. The first four in the last at sydney on saturday was not hard to get at all and i only had it for 5% and for an 80 dollar return, not bad.

Stix - you don't have to go to NSW to withdraw do you? Can't you just transfer the funsds from your betting account to your bank account?

Cheers,
-TS

.... or by cheque..... but I like the fishing option...... :D

;)

I see where you are coming from. I love fishing. Have a boat but the snapper arn't treating me too well this season.

hey ts
 

i've never understood the hoo ha about snapper to me they are a mother in law fish,great to catch but crap to eat...i did catch one around 17k last year it was a big mean looking ************(it would have given mike tyson a run for his money)
but i let the big ************ go so he could go out and find many a fair maiden to make more reef busters...we are pretty spoilt were i live,,,dhu fish are our target fish,and a sweeter meat you'll never eat..........cheers.gazman

G'day Stix
I've been waiting patiently for flexi betting to come to Supertab due to the merger with NSW.
I reckon there are some big punters around creaming the exotic pools who do not want flexi betting on Supertab.
This type of betting might make it less lucrative for any type of race fixing that might go on in relation to exotic betting, particularly the quadrella.
Still can't get over the run of that maiden in the last race at sale yesterday at 100/1.
The favourite in a very ordinary race out of the place.
Wonder what the opponents of betfair have to say about that.

Big snapper i don't like but the pan size ones a nice. I fish primarily for sport anyway. If i wan;t a feed, it is the fish market for me.

Gday gaz...

u say u target dhu fish... Are u a sandgroper? I might be wrong but I always knew dhu fish by our east coast name of pearlies.... But the ones in the west grow far bigger... about 6 kg has been the best i have ever landed.. that would be a baby in the west

As for reddies... now ya talking... where i live , is THE reddie place on the Nth Coast of NSW (IMHO) Like anywhere else, you need to know where to look, but we have a few grounds in very shallow water, close to shore, when the water is warm they are also great mackeral (spanish) grounds as well.. Just float the pillie back in the current with a bit of berley, no or little weight... and hang on... those big red ************s really know how to put on a show, particularly on light gear.. 17 kg is beauty, my best is about 12kg... We usually keep one or two and release the rest.. wrap a nice big reddie in foil, fill him with prawns and oysters and whatever else you wanna stuff him with and. mmmmmmmmmmmmm ..starting to drool like homer :) we usually put em on the barbie with a few beers at the end of the day and they are magnificent... and if you keep bringing a feed home it keeps the girls happy as well... I think I should go load the boat up now.... hangon there is a race somewhere today

hey x
 

g,day x,i heard the news the other day about some diks who put somthing on the train line and the spokesman said (and what if a xpt came around the corner at 70ks) and i thought about you ....that would be a seat change at the end of the shift......
i live 400ks north of perth and you only catch wa dhu fish in cape naturaliste its the only place in the world,but apart from that you and i would catch very much the same fish and like you and ts we let most go and just keep enough for a feed,but mind you when you get fish around the 20k mark you dont have to keep many to have good feed in the feezer......
ilove my fishing and my punting i allways check out winin...6 thanks for effort..
have a good all...cheers......gaz.....

Hi Gazman, xpt and co..I used to catch em mainly off Frankston Vic, and didnt chase any other species...used up to 7 rods at a time, conditions permitting...but never caught any near as big as 17kg...sounds like SA or WA territory to me.

I agree not much chop eating the big ones..but fun to catch. A 10kg one can be 70 yrs old... or more .. so no wonder they dont taste all that great LOL

we get em big here in NZ too, but they dont fight anywhere nearly as well, pound for pound, as those Victorian ones do..at least thats what I experienced.

Fishing on the Murray for Murray Cod is something I never got around to doing. I like the baitless hook idea...much less work and nothin to get in the way of studying the form LOL.