bloody catfish

[NickyG]

Hey All, not having time to get to coochie and launch the boat have been playing around local areas land based northside. Have done the usual Nudgee beach etc, so tried Schultz canal for the first time, ended up with 3 bream over 23cm and a nice estuary cod. But my question is whats with the goop on your line after getting a catfish? Is it something they throw up, to try and lose the hook, either way it's NAsty! Have not ventured far up schultz, does it get better? Even saw someone hooting up there in a tinnie the other day?

Cheers Nic

[Angus]

Jew, Flatties, Jacks, Cod have all been caught well up Shultz mate

Angus

[namyau]

the "goop" is their natural slime they dont have scales so they need something to protect their skin - very annoying and kinda disgusting

[Smiderman]

Bets advice is to wash it off what ever it get on to while it wet (ie the carpet your self etc) as its a buggar to get rid of when it dry and it stinks

[rexy]

best way to get that slim off yourline is to cut the hook off and then use your fingers to remove it from your line then replace your hook

always know a catty when reeling in watch the line where it goes into the water the line does small circles as you reel it in.

[pinkey]

Just pinch the slime off or wipe it on your shorts.

[jakhunta]

bottle it and use it after shave :whistle:

[Mack_attack]

:X stinky shorts

Speaking of catfish got one around 65cm on 4lb a few days ago at scarborough. Went bloody hard thought it was going to be a PB flattie as it also took the bait while i was retriving it . Fought it for about 5 min infront of crowd of about 7people and then it came up and everybody left

[ellicat]

:laugh: :laugh: at Mack. Almost embarrassing :laugh:

Similar happened to me up at Fraser one time. Took about 40 minutes to land a big ray. The throng of Heidi's and Helga's that had gathered weren't disappointed though:blink: .

[NickyG]

now ther's a marketing idea!

[Gad]

what`s that NickyG,a fishing hand towell,so Pinkey doesn`t have to use his shorts?

[NickyG]

ha no, i meant bottling it, we could sell it to the USA! With a good advertising campaign, we'd be off. And as for a hand towel, always carry one myself, maybe he likes using his shorts??

[Gad]

bad timing,wait until Wall Street smiling again,then they will invest in anything,haha

[adri4n]

the stories up there are hilarious. I was fishing with a couple of mates at shorncliffe once and it was their first time fishing. Hooked on this big fish with just 6lb line, we had to run around the pier, dodging peoples lines and up came the largest catfish i've ever seen, would've been close to 1m. There was a small crowd watching and I wouldn't have believed it if I wasn't there, they applauded when we finally landed the catfish, my mate was happy as it was his first fish, but I still tease him about being the only person to be applauded while fishing...

[jeff f]

adrian if you go fishing where there are lots of tourists you quite often get filmed and applauded. i've even had japanese tourists offer me large sums of money for live mac tuna, its hillarious having 20 people follow you up and down a beach while you fight a good fish or even a big ray lotsa fun

[chandler130]

i just use my rod to flick my line trace and hook into the water really fast like the lazy mans way of getting weed off the treble of your lure.should see the slime on your line when you catch a 20lb plus golden catfish up north out at sea. do you get them down here?