Andrew_P

Hi everyone,
I went on a fishing trip with a mate and his boat over the weekend. We camped at Maaroom and fished the awesome estuary-like system (not sure if it is actually an estuary or not?) that is the great sandy straits. I've only fished the system once or twice and haven't done very well, however Murray has had several trips there and had success, mostly targeting flathead.
Fishing the corners and creek mouths of the little islands seemed to be the go. The current did some funny things in those spots and that's where the fish were. 
Overall we actually had a pretty poor trip on flathead with only 4 barely legals. Murray usually gets a couple of big girls each trip up there. 
Not to worry, it didn't take me long to throw around a halco roosta to see what else could be around. I got a hit from a massive golden trevally which is less common on surface lures, so that really got the blood pumping. Followed by catching half a dozen 40-60cm Giant Trevally which was obviously a lot of fun. 
Queenies came to the party and Murray got his first little fella for the trip.
I got a few also, the biggest shy of a metre 

Throwing around surface lures was a great way to break up the monotony of a pretty poor flathead session.
We came across queenfish again in a bay at low tide where all the water (and fish) drains into from the flats. It was a feeding frenzy with queenfish jumping around everywhere! 
We caught some more with 4 of them over 90cm, on 25lb gear and 10lb gear. 
So overall it was a great trjp. One of the highlights being I hooked my first barramundi. It was 80cm odd, but was snipped off when it went for it's aerial show.
Thanks for reading and sorry we only bothered with a couple of photos! 

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Went out for a quick fish after work with my mate before this weather closed in. Dangled livies at the fish boxes (with at least 10 other boats)  for 3 hours over a tide change and sunset for nothing! Threw a plastic around on my light gear before we came in and hooked this beauty! After a tense fight with strong runs and big headshakes up circled a big silver ghost. 115cm and 14kg of GC jew! Absolutely stoked! 
I took the otoliths (jewels) out and have donated them to NSW DPI’s Research Angler Program who will cut them and estimate the fish’s age. I’ll post the age when I get the info back

Went out for a quick fish after work with my mate before this weather closed in. Dangled livies at the fish boxes (with at least 10 other boats)  for 3 hours over a tide change and sunset for nothing! Threw a plastic around on my light gear before we came in and hooked this beauty! After a tense fight with strong runs and big headshakes up circled a big silver ghost. 115cm and 14kg of GC jew! Absolutely stoked! 
I took the otoliths (jewels) out and have donated them to NSW DPI’s Research Angler Program who will cut them and estimate the fish’s age. I’ll post the age when I get the info back

This is the results of the invertebrate monitoring up there on some patch reefs. It is pretty good and convincing that it is making a huge difference. 
Invertebrate monitoring report June 2019.pdf

Hey gang,
Here is a video that I made with footage from the shellfish reef at Pumicestone Passage. 
I will post a report that we did that shows how the shells are going. 
 

I love those big head shakes from the silver slabs you know what you got on congrats on a beauty

wow way older than I thought. Thanks for the update. So cool. 

From the same forum:
 

@benno573 you were the nearest by far! Well done! There’s a few biology degrees in that work whiteboard too 😂

It’s been a while but the otoliths have been sectioned. Pics below.

Moses:
 
Hussar:
I estimate the number of growth rings for the Moses at 28 or 29 and hussar at 33 or 34. If each ring represents one year of growth then they are both old fish!
 
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Mate that is a cracker! Soft plastics at night. I just have to keep persevering. 
Thanks for the report and info on the program. 

A bit of info on the NSW Research Angler Program for those interested 
https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/recreational/resources/fish-tagging/researchangler

Went out for a quick fish after work with my mate before this weather closed in. Dangled livies at the fish boxes (with at least 10 other boats)  for 3 hours over a tide change and sunset for nothing! Threw a plastic around on my light gear before we came in and hooked this beauty! After a tense fight with strong runs and big headshakes up circled a big silver ghost. 115cm and 14kg of GC jew! Absolutely stoked! 
I took the otoliths (jewels) out and have donated them to NSW DPI’s Research Angler Program who will cut them and estimate the fish’s age. I’ll post the age when I get the info back

Great stuff @Andrew_P. Very jealous. That should keep you and your neighbours in fillets for a while!

Went out for a quick fish after work with my mate before this weather closed in. Dangled livies at the fish boxes (with at least 10 other boats)  for 3 hours over a tide change and sunset for nothing! Threw a plastic around on my light gear before we came in and hooked this beauty! After a tense fight with strong runs and big headshakes up circled a big silver ghost. 115cm and 14kg of GC jew! Absolutely stoked! 
I took the otoliths (jewels) out and have donated them to NSW DPI’s Research Angler Program who will cut them and estimate the fish’s age. I’ll post the age when I get the info back

Went out for a quick fish after work with my mate before this weather closed in. Dangled livies at the fish boxes (with at least 10 other boats)  for 3 hours over a tide change and sunset for nothing! Threw a plastic around on my light gear before we came in and hooked this beauty! After a tense fight with strong runs and big headshakes up circled a big silver ghost. 115cm and 14kg of GC jew! Absolutely stoked! 
I took the otoliths (jewels) out and have donated them to NSW DPI’s Research Angler Program who will cut them and estimate the fish’s age. I’ll post the age when I get the info back

@benno573 you were the nearest by far! Well done! There’s a few biology degrees in that work whiteboard too 😂

It’s been a while but the otoliths have been sectioned. Pics below.

Moses:
 
Hussar:
I estimate the number of growth rings for the Moses at 28 or 29 and hussar at 33 or 34. If each ring represents one year of growth then they are both old fish!
 
89532590-4100-4464-9444-A58A8ED7CB9B.tiff 714F997B-31D5-4991-BC4A-5DDC7FA0D6A7.tiff

There’s half a marine science degree here... hope I am as close if not closer with the lotto numbers tonight!! 😂

Thanks for posting the results mate. Enjoyed following this thread and I’m claiming the win on the sweeps to! 😂

It’s been a while but the otoliths have been sectioned. Pics below.

Moses:
 
Hussar:
I estimate the number of growth rings for the Moses at 28 or 29 and hussar at 33 or 34. If each ring represents one year of growth then they are both old fish!
 
89532590-4100-4464-9444-A58A8ED7CB9B.tiff 714F997B-31D5-4991-BC4A-5DDC7FA0D6A7.tiff

It’s been a while but the otoliths have been sectioned. Pics below.

Moses:
 
Hussar:
I estimate the number of growth rings for the Moses at 28 or 29 and hussar at 33 or 34. If each ring represents one year of growth then they are both old fish!
 
89532590-4100-4464-9444-A58A8ED7CB9B.tiff 714F997B-31D5-4991-BC4A-5DDC7FA0D6A7.tiff

It’s been a while but the otoliths have been sectioned. Pics below.

Moses:
 
Hussar:
I estimate the number of growth rings for the Moses at 28 or 29 and hussar at 33 or 34. If each ring represents one year of growth then they are both old fish!
 
89532590-4100-4464-9444-A58A8ED7CB9B.tiff 714F997B-31D5-4991-BC4A-5DDC7FA0D6A7.tiff

It’s been a while but the otoliths have been sectioned. Pics below.

Moses:
 
Hussar:
I estimate the number of growth rings for the Moses at 28 or 29 and hussar at 33 or 34. If each ring represents one year of growth then they are both old fish!
 
89532590-4100-4464-9444-A58A8ED7CB9B.tiff 714F997B-31D5-4991-BC4A-5DDC7FA0D6A7.tiff