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Trumpeter Invasion?

kmcrosby78

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Part report/part question for others. Headed out to Green Island at dawn this morning - bit of swell around but all good (just means less boats 🙂). Found some decent structure with good fish life around it so anchored up, got some good quality squid baits into the water and started the berley trail. Aaaaannnnnnnddddddd proceeded to get molested by hordes of trumpeter (was fun a few weeks back with the kids but not so much when you've got good baits out and are hoping for some squire/snapper ....... 😡  Tried moving to the flatter bottom/deeper water adjacent to the structure hoping this might throw them off the scent but they were obviously everywhere.

So ....... is anyone else experiencing them, are they common or is this unique? I kept reminding myself of what I'd read about fishing for red emperor and not striking at the smaller hussar bites but sadly no bigger fish scared the little blighters off!!!

On the plus side I located a few marks I'll try next time and had a fun couple of hours with the wife and kids sheltered on the north side of Green with us kept busy catching some pike (good way to stock up the bait freezer ... 🙂), a 33cm tailor and a couple of flounder (tried to look up the legal size as it wasn't on my chart but the page wouldn't load - next time they may be eaten!!).

Anyone else out and about? 

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Bad luck on the snapper drought @kmcrosby78 but at least you had a fun day out. Not sure about the trumpeter plague but remember being told once that if you were catching them it meant you are just off the reef. No idea if that is true. Pretty confident that sole are not a regulated species. Cooked whole in lemon butter they make a good camping brekkie.

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Thanks fellas, yes it was a fun day. Think you may be right about sole/flounder not being regulated Steve, I'll take a look at the next one I catch and work out what size is worth keeping. I caught two and prior to that my wife had one to the boat but then lost it, saying she had a 'flathead' on, but she realised she'd had a flounder on when my first one came into the boat ...... 🙂 

Rob I bought all the stuff needed to sort my lights out so that's next weekends job, then early mornings or arvo/evenings will come into play 🙂 Yes, in hindsight I should have just moved to a different area to see if I could escape the trumpeter. Time flies when you are on the water but I need to get a bit more mobile in my fishing. Tried the pike baits but not much else around.

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