queensland My Turn..............

[Gcarj]

I today had a nice couple of hours out in the bay and bought home a few pan size fish that I am stoked with. I'm learning fast and quickly wanting and expecting more as each trip i go on.

My catch is by no means exceptional but as you all may have noticed, I have never had anything worthy of a post so I thought buggar it ill put it out there for all to see and hopefully better it in posts to come.

The 2 snapper were just legal at 36cm each and the grassy 30. The one problem I have is i am not sure what the big red is? Im almost sure its an emperor of some type..........maybe a sweetlip or redthroght emperor??

I took an educated guess and decided it was legal size as it went 48cm. All the emperor size limits are smaller than this.

Anyone help with the id of the fish.

Cheers, Glenn

[Rocket75]

nannygai perhaps?

[Orca]

yeah i reckon its a nannygai

[rosstralia46]

great work mate top fish mate a good feed there

[tiotony]

Large mouth nannygai. Legal size 40cm

[adambris]

deffinatly a nani.

[tugger]

The red fish what did it look like while still alive its colour and does it have a set of decent teeth

[Gcarj]

sweet.........cheers

[Gcarj]

beautiful bright red/orange. Teeth were not impressive, finer and smaller than squire

[Gcarj]

The nannygai was on the bbq tonight, and the 2 squire went to my inlaws and the sweetlip was confined to the freezer for another day.

[uglyfish]

Yep that's a red Jew as we call em up north other wise known as a nani, bloody good on the tooth..well done mate.

[crazywalrus]

well done mate, That is a great session. No Idea myself on the Red Fish. Never caught a Nani myself. Not all emperors are below 45cm - Red Emperors are 55cm,, not that I have ever heard of one in the bay. If you do not mind where abouts did you catch them?

[Manni79]

Well done mate. Nice little report too!! Keep em coming mate

[Gcarj]

Near Mud island mate. Caught a smaller one about 30cm as well. First time I've seen/caught these fish. Nice little fighter too

[tiotony]

Nannygai must be moving south too, along with barra, salmon, fingermark, grunter etc

[keen_as]

Nice catch ,ate, the nan's are great eating.

[Gcarj]

I'm happy for them to take up residence in the bay

[Gcarj]

Sure was, anything you catch yourself tends to be pretty tasty.........lol

[Scope]

Well done mate! Thanks for sharing

[Gcarj]

I watch daily at all the great fish caught by AFO members and just had to get amougst it. I'll have to hope I get to do it again.....lol

[eg_vtec]

well done mate. good day

[uglyfish]

In the last report from Gary mcdonald, he said there were actually a few red emperors getting caught in the bay all tho undersized but encouraging all the same..

I've yet to hear of fingermark, but seen barra and the rest..

[blockah]

not a bad days fishing mate. well done.

[kmcrosby78]

Awesome bag of fish mate - good stuff!! Nannygai are as good as any fish I've ever eaten - we get them off Mackay when I fish in my Dad's boat and they're brilliant on the tooth.

Well done.

[Gcarj]

I was pretty happy.....aye! First time I've come across one....that's probably why I didn't know what it was ...lol

[madmullet]

great feed you have their

[ellicat]

You don't need to have a successful day to do a report !

That looks like a very succesful day - catching a relatively rare specimen :woohoo:

Any day fishing is a good day, if you get a feed it's just an even better day.

[benno573]

Nice catch mate, have got one mark at mud where I catch nannies fairly consistently, best time of year march - may. Have been getting them for a coupla years now. You may have done this already but try fishing peeled green prawns around mud. They catch more fish than any other bait. Them and halved pillies, can't go wrong!!

Also - have caught undersized reds in the bay many times, fingers crossed the big boys move in one day!!

[Guest]

Well Done, great post

[Gcarj]

Nice catch mate, have got one mark at mud where I catch nannies fairly consistently, best time of year march - may. Have been getting them for a coupla years now. You may have done this already but try fishing peeled green prawns around mud. They catch more fish than any other bait. Them and halved pillies, can't go wrong!!

Also - have caught undersized reds in the bay many times, fingers crossed the big boys move in one day!!

To be honest that was my first trip to mud. Squid was what i used to catch the nannie. Got another one that was about 30cm. Pretty happy with that 48cm one. Where do you get your prawns?

[Gcarj]

Thanks mate, bit of luck i can do some more

[benno573]

Nice catch mate, have got one mark at mud where I catch nannies fairly consistently, best time of year march - may. Have been getting them for a coupla years now. You may have done this already but try fishing peeled green prawns around mud. They catch more fish than any other bait. Them and halved pillies, can't go wrong!!

Also - have caught undersized reds in the bay many times, fingers crossed the big boys move in one day!!

To be honest that was my first trip to mud. Squid was what i used to catch the nannie. Got another one that was about 30cm. Pretty happy with that 48cm one. Where do you get your prawns?

Mate any of the fish shops sell green prawns for $10-$18/kilo. If you live southside there is a seafood van across from the glen on Logan rd that is good value and quality. Even woolies isnt too bad sometimes. Squid strips are good but everything eats prawns, gives you the most options. Tuskys, grassys, snaps all love them and will eat them in preference to other baits.

[kmcrosby78]

How do you present your peeled prawns on the hook Benno? I've been meaning to use them for bait for a while - we always used whole prawns (mainly servo ones) as kids and yeah, the head makes them very hard to present in a way they won't just get picked to pieces.

Gcarj - mind if I ask generally what side/area of Mud. No specifics - just N/S/E/W. Although don't feel you have to as I can always just explore myself.

Cheers,

Kelvin.

[Gcarj]

Without giving away too much it was around the NE side.

[Gcarj]

Yeah I've seen the van....is it cheaper than servo prawns that way? I don't really buy servo prawns anymore because for some reason they hardely resemble a prawn they are that freezer burnt.

[kmcrosby78]

Cheers gcarj - much appreciated. More than enough detail, I never expect people to give away exact locations. Have only fished the western side so far (twice) so will keep checking the island out and exploring.

Yeah I need to get more organised with my bait and buy in bulk or when it is cheap. Going to invest in a little freezer I think so I can buy pillies in bulk.

[Gcarj]

I've got to get one of those myself. The missus is on to me about the amount of fishing bait in our freezer......no room left...lol

I put my bait in zip lock bags, enough for each session. I only really fish from 6-11am then head for home. Ived worked out how much I use on average and pack that into the bags. When I leave in the morning I grab a bag of pillies and a bag of squid then go. Might do that same with the prawns I think. I like the squid because its tough. Sometimes I can catch 15 small squire with the same piece.

[ellicat]

Kelvin, Having fished with benno quite a bit I can tell you he peels the prawns and then feeds them onto a long shank hook bum first, no excess meat - so with bigger prawns just cut them to hook size.

[benno573]

Thanks to my secretary for answering this one, wished she looked good in a skirt...

Peel all the shell off and cut a bit as long ascent shank of the hook. I almost exclusively use gamakatsu 3/0 baitholders around mud. Feed it up the hook so it sits on the shank with little or no curve. Sits better in the current.

Price - you pay $4-$5 for a 200g packet of servo prawns, I.e $20-$25 per kilo. The green prawns I get are generally $12-$14 a kilo so cheaper by far. Better quality being fresh not frozen for months too.

There are some good spots on the western side too, look for drop offs, rubble and wire weed on the sounder. There is one spot that has several large bommies a fair way out from the island nw corner that is probably the most consistent.

[Jords]

with buying prawns from woolies etc, make sure they are not imported, there has been a big issue with them and chances of new diseases being introduced into australian waters

cheers