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Well done, I really respect and appreciate the work you guys are doing to help the bay
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On 07/11/2021 at 12:13 PM, ellicat said:Thanks, Sef. You been out much lately ?
Nah havnt been going much at all unfortunately. Did managed to get out yesterday against my better judgment to battle a pretty stiff northerly. Hit every fad from wave rider buoy to 3/4 up Moreton for zero dolphin fish which sucked as they have been apparently thick there a few days prior. Stopped at boat rock on the way home for a legal Maori cod and a bonito and headed home wet and tired with with two legal fish and pretty big fuel bill
was gonna do a report but didn’t take any pics.
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Solid salmon mate well done.
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Loving to hear the all the tailor reports, your sons living the dream. It’s looking like I’ll be up there start of October so hopefully they’re still about. They were last year
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Well done looks like a perfect trip!
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2 hours ago, tugger said:Most of it frozen some eaten fresh and this lot will last about 2 months before all of it is gone. Nothing like pulling Trout and Lipper out of the freezer to feed the family a couple times of week. We love fish at home and a bit goes to my extended family as well you got to look after mum and dad.
Well said mark, love thawing out some reefies or mackerel when the weather dosnt let us get out offshore
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Nice work mate some good quality fish
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19 hours ago, Drop Bear said:
So I know parrots don't feed at night but what about tuskies?
A big tusky really is a bucket list fish for me and I fish a bit at night and thought I should be targeting them...
A stinking hot swelter of a day seems to see them fired up
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19 hours ago, kmcrosby78 said:
Good question Robbie. I just did some quick research and it appears they may hide in crevices, etc at night. https://www.whatsthatfish.com/fish/blackspot-tuskfish/2400 Don't appear to form a mucus ball to protect themselves like parrotfish apparently do.
@jon - any idea?
I was under the impression that they hide up at night in caves and crevices also. I thought they did the slime thing too but maybe not. I’ve never heard of any getting caught at night but did see one that had been speared at night. Probably asleep/hiding I’d imagine. This study from Japan indicates that there are far less active at night https://link.springer.com/article/10.1111/j.1444-2906.2007.01446.x
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Nice work, what a glassout!
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Unreal Tugger , what an adventure and that is by far the biggest cattle dog cod I’ve ever seen well done mate
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Videos worked fine first go on my I phone and played the sound aswell
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8 hours ago, kmcrosby78 said:
Awesome haul there Sef, well done mate. Did the cod fall to livies?
Yeah mate large yakkas, we wanted to let the big one go but it had swallowed the snelled hooks and wasn’t fit for release. We got another big one later on but we were able to release it
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Good too see you onto a good haul. Not much better than fresh squid and whiting . A word of advice not always the case but if you see some freak weather coming and you can see on bom it will pass pretty quickly and you know for a fact you can’t outrun it some times it’s safer to just drop the anchor buckle down and ride it out. Rather than trying to drive through it. Not a good feeling with the lightning though that sux no matter what you do.
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3 minutes ago, ellicat said:
Must've been nice to stretch the arms. Some nice fish there.
Yeah it had been a while but it was great to get amongst it. I think this winter will be a good season because of the rainfall. The snaps are definitely on.
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Bit of a late report from last week. Headed with with a few mates to fish the inclose grounds around SPB and point lookout hoping for some big snaps. The weather was less than ideal but the fish were on the chew. First drop of a pilly sees my drag screaming with a suspected big snapper but unfortunately reefed me in about five seconds. Next up my mate lands two stonkers around the 85 mark. The other mate was up next with a massive spangley of similar size. It was turning out out to be an unreal start to a great day out.
after this every drop was producing a solid longtail, bonito or Mack tuna. We stocked up on some bonito and Mack’s for future baits and kept a few longtails for the table. We left the tuna biting and headed to chase some more reefies and we weren’t disappointed. We tried boat rock but it was totally unfishable due to the swell, wind and strong under currents. As the day went on the weather got a bit better, the fish kept coming and I managed to nail a 76cm snapper (my best so far this year). I was stoked to say the least, a quick photo and he was released as we already had two big ones in the boat.
We managed few more good sized grasses spangles and other bits and pieces. I even managed a legal tomato cod which I’ve never got this far south before aswell as some solid cods. All in all was cracking day out despite the wind and swell. Looks like I’ll be eating some quality fish for while again aswell.
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Nice feed there mate without having to travel too far even better!