Warning about Stonefish found at SCARBOROUGH BEACH - REDCLIFFE QLD
It wont be long until we start getting more NW winds and people try Scarborough. I advise everyone that this beach is NOT I repeat NOT a good kitesurfing beach!
Be AWARE of a shell encrusted Crabpot that cannot be removed and is located close to shore.
Be AWARE of the plentiful marine life in the lagoon
Be AWARE of the frequent sightings of STONEFISH
DETAILS: Just a word of warning. This stonefish was found half submerged in a sandy part of the beach 1 metre from the shore. EXACTLY where you walk into the water! Wearing booties aint gonna do nothing for you when you step on this sucker!
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ENJOY!
That's a nasty little critter....Might pay for you local boys to study up on your first aid skills.....thanks Mike...
Geez, if I was that ugly, I'd want to have big venomous spines to inflict pain on the rest of the world just out of spite. Sort of a karma thing.
Their at all beaches around Redcliffe.
I'm sure I have read that a record size fish was caught at Woody Point. Another nasty at Scarborough is razor clams in the sand and soft mud. Go dig up the sand at low water mark and see how many their are just under the surface.
Enjoy
What's the first aid protocol if you step on one of them? Hot water and hospital ASAP?
Treatment...
Very hot water (not scalding) can be used to relieve the pain.Do not attempt to restrict the movement of the injected toxin. Medical treatment should be sought.
There are no recorded deaths from stone fish envenomation for a long time, Anti-venoms are also available even though the likehood of death is remote.
Cheers,
Barrie
I think the stats for stonefish deaths are sorta skewed by a few things. Please dont quote me for certain but I have been told by fishermen in the area that people haven't died from the stonefish but have died from from "drowing".The pain can be so strong and paralysing that people drown in a few feet of water unable to swim or stand or get to assistance. It's like stats about smoking...there is a low percentage of people who die between ages of 50 - 60 because in fact smokers have already died say in the ages of 40-50 etc.
If you are unlucky to step on one, put foot in bucket of hot water, as hot as you can bear. It will help take the pain away. If this happens at Scarby, just got to the cafe right next to beach, I am sure they will help.
Call for ambulance immediately unless someone can take you to nearest hospital. Very few deaths are caused directly from a pure stonefish sting, though it is one of the if not the most venomous fish around. There is antivenom for stonefish stings.
Do not apply pressure nor use ice. Keep calm - YOU WONT DIE lol.
make sure when u stick your foot in the hot water, u put ur other foot in too. That way u can tell if the water is too hot and burning your skin.
i caught a stone fish in my net afew metres off the beach this is the 5th one there in a few weeks its because of the drought on land is a drought at sea as well.these fish are in close because we have had no rain.
i got stung by a stingray i can tell u the pain is the most intense feeling ever and you will want to cut your foot off, for 12 hour straight i stayed in the bath, and stne fish are apparently the same!!!!
