queensland Coochin and some BIG fish

[pcsolutionman]

BAsskid (Will) and I hit Coochin this afternoon in his Stessl.

Started as little slow with not much action, then I got a solid hookup on an SX48 New it was a good fish straight up gave him lots of hurt then I see the Red yeeha a Jack not a bad one either probly 40-45cm then dam pulled the hooks, No on closer inspection he straightend one of the trebbles :angry: oh well back to it, got around a corner and Saw some massive Silver fish Smashing big mullet probly 25cm long up against a bank then another :woohoo: :woohoo: So I chucked on me biggest surface Lure a Tango Dancer, a couple of casts in and BAng first hit but he missed, he followed the Lure right to the boat thats when we got a good look at him a Tarpon :woohoo: :woohoo: and he had to be 80cm long sitting right under me lure eyeing it off ;) Twitch twitch BANG bloody hell he misses again, how the hell do these things survive they miss the lures so much lol. Not much action for a while excpt sighting some Bull sharks cruising the shallows which was cool. We continued with the surface lures with BIG fish smashing full size mullet all over the place but just couldnt entice another strike. Headed back to the ramp just after dark to find a COD Skeleton on the bank that had to be seen to be beleived, Easily the biggest I have seen taken from an estuary around this way, she would have been 1.2-1.3m long and bloody fat. Sorry no pics

Just kidding :woohoo: :woohoo: a shame to see such a big fish killed but gives u some confidence that they are out there and probly an idea of what some of those unstopables up there are

Now keep in mind that my size 15 over his tail

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Lee

[Rocket75]

Lee...fishing in a boat, not in a yak? who are you and what have you done with Lee?:laugh:

Shame to see the big beast cod dead, at least it was kept for a feed and not just killed for nothing.

Are the tarpon harder to hook up than toga? is it cause they have a tuff mouth too?

[pcsolutionman]

Yeah mate harder to hook than toga half the problem is they cant Aim lol they misss the lures so much then once hooked they go nuts jumping and shaking there heads often throwing the lure

Lee

[pinkey]

HUGE COD!!! huge tarpon to !

but maybe that cod was caught offshore?

[pcsolutionman]

pinkey wrote:

HUGE COD!!! huge tarpon to !

but maybe that cod was caught offshore?

Highly doubtful Coochin is like 15klms or so from the bar no point launching there to head offshore.

Lee

[basskid]

WAS MESSED!!!!!!!!!!!

Were is the pic of lux and stessle .... please put it up i Love that photo

Wicked day out Lee Cheers mate!

WILL

[pcsolutionman]

Nah the eyes were prety normal for a cod, Coochin would be just about the worst place on the entire sunshine coast to launch if you were looking to head offshore. some very shallow country to get through and such a long way from the bar

Lee

[TUR82]

Shame to hear about losing the jack Lee, that's gotta hurt knowing it was the treble. Oh well next time! How shallow was the water the bully's were in?? Like the REAL shallow stuff over all the sand bars??

[ellicat]

Hahaha Love the tease Lee.

If the tarpon could aim straight they might not look so gaunt; maybe more like a lungfish:laugh:

Could've stuck a lure in the cods mouth and just posted the head shot and claimed it yourself;) :laugh:

[pcsolutionman]

The Bullys where in about 2 ft of water

Lee

[pinkey]

What if someone just caught it offshore then filleted it at home then went to there local boat ramp and dumped the frame? just a thought, be awsome if it was caught in that creek though. How the hell would they of landed it hahaa and isnt the max size 120cm

[kriso]

man shame it was killed but what can i say HOLY COD! awesum stuff for the coochin!!!!

[pcsolutionman]

lol pinkey thats a stretch lmao someone put there boat in at say caloundra, went offshore caught the cod, came back to caloundra and instead of using the filleting tables there went all the way to coochin where there is none to fillet the fish ???? LMAO bit of a stretch, I think u might be suprised at the size of some of the fish up around this way

Lee

[pinkey]

Fair enough lee, dont wana argue.

If it was caught in coochin creek, which i hope it was thats a once in a lifetime catch!!. Wonder what the bait woulda been 50cm mullet lol on a 100lb handline?

[Terry H]

There's a lot of anglers who don't post on fishing sites

Edit: I would agree with lee. You'd have rocks in your head if you use coochin for launching to go offshore. Caloundra would be the better spot, or further south at bribie

[ellicat]

Yep LOL

DPI reckons 700 odd thousand Queenslanders fish.

We have 4000 and Ausfish has what 25,000?

A few fellas grew up before computers hahahaha

[Shorty]

Shame the hooks pulled on the jack!! Would have loved to see pics of it!!

I wonder why they left the skeleton of the cod there? That makes no sense to me at all. Why not throw it back in the water after taking the fillets off it...??

Was it a "fresh" skeleton or had it all dried out, because it looks quite fresh from the pics!!

Would have been a lot of fun to catch regardless!!

Shorty

[pcsolutionman]

Shorty it was sitting next to the ramp just on the high water mark it was low tide so it would have been left in the water, and yes it was very fresh

Lee

[Shorty]

Ahhhh ok, that makes sense to me!! Thanks for explaining it!!

Shorty