Yowie

Very nice jew there Rob. You are happy when they come up around that size.

1 hour ago, LuckyFil said:

Sounds like a great session - lovely Reddie!

Thank you. Don't often catch them that size in Bate Bay.

Well b.n., most of us will catch the covid bug at some stage, and gain some natural immunity from it.

As for the fishing, you did well with a mixed bag, enjoyed that part of your holiday at least.

You are now ready for another adventure. 😂

22 minutes ago, zmk1962 said:

Congrats Dave. Smashing red. You’d be very happy with that. Well done. 
cheers Zoran 

Thanks Zoran. Certainly happy with the red.

56 minutes ago, jenno64 said:

Fantastic bag Dave!

Congrats on a couple of boat PBs🎉

Enjoy the feast👌

Thanks Rob. Would have been happy with only the reddie.

56 minutes ago, big Neil said:

Great example of that old adage "you never know what you're gunna get" Yowie. We truly live in the best country in the world for saltwater fishing. Lovely Snapper, how will that be cooked?

bn

Thanks b.n.

Cut off the fillets, then in to steaks. Probably pan fry with some addatives for flavouring, some to be frozen for later.

7 hours ago, Larkin said:

Nice Red Dave!

Some nice fillets to come off that one. 
Big Bonnie too. 

 

Thanks Chris, very happy with the reddie.

The bonnie was going hard too. Swallowed the circle hook but not bitten off.

Headed out this arvo with my fishing mate to Bate Bay, his usual spot. No trags today, however, the pike were there instead.

Caught a couple of slimies, so kept them for strip baits. Floated out a strip bait, the bonnie grabbed it. My biggest one at 57cm. Tried another floating strip bait, and the reddie grabbed it. Several fast runs, thought a kingie at first, then a change in fighting tactics, then the red colour under the boat.  My equal best at 63cm.

For burley we used chopped up slimey bones and the heads and shells of cooked king prawns. I had to eat something while I was fishing away!

A bit of reef rubbish biting, then at half dark, the tailor came on the bite. The biggest at 48cm, and my mate kept on getting bitten off before he landed a few. Most released, we could have filled a tub there were so many swimming about. Mate also pulled up a few slimies bigger than 40cm, good sized ones on the bite.

Schools of sea garfish swimming about the boat, which probably attracted the tailor to the boat. I managed to scoop up 2 gars, the others swam/jumped out of the net. Headed home as we had enough for a feed. Very happy with the reddie.

Very nice Rob, you have been finding a few flatties just recently.

Green toads.

Good when a plan comes together Bob, and the fish bite. The reddie is a good eating size

A good days fishing, a mixture of fish, plenty of fun  to be had.

Don't think a crab grabbed the yakka, they usually inflict more damage than that. A fish of some sort.

Very nice there Rob. No complaints about those.

As the rain drifted over - I saw it on the radar - I wondered who would be lucky enough to be out there in the rain? Now know it was you. 😁 You are having a fish, then the sky dumps onto you, not much you can do. The worst is when you see lightning flashing down, hear the big bangs then realise the storm is right over the top of you.

Still a good day out. A good flattie, nice whiting, crab, sambos, tailor.

Never liked circle hooks that much myself, one day a hookup, the next is no hookups, then most fish hooked in the throat, not the corner of the mouth.

Great work there Zoran. What's wrong with a bit of rock 'n' roll (music) ?

How do the alphonsino go on the plate?

Not good about the flatties, a bit of distance to pull it up.

In regards to the last flattie, the mouth is open, you are wearing gloves, stick your fingers in it's mouth, grab the bottom lip, and pull it up. You may have the jaws clamp down on your fingers, you are wearing gloves, just a small bite if anything.

As for the fingers in the mouth, do not try it with tailor, spanish mackerel or other toothy critters.

A couple of bream for variety.

A nice mullet for a change, something different. Worth having a cast or 2 with the lure.

A big silver trevally. Have caught some of the big ones like that on 6 pound line, have also hooked up to big ones that do not stop and eventually break the line.

Not a big tail on them such as a bream or jewie tail, however, that tail just keeps swimming away and they do not stop.

2 hours ago, Isaac Ct said:

Good stuff Yowie, still a very nice feed. Had a mate go out this morning with jigs and caught a few rat kings and trag on them. Also been catching a few kings inside gunammata and buraneer bays, seems the kings might be moving into the river finally.

Thank you. A feed tonight, then more in a couple of nights.

Good to see a few kingies moving about in the river. The water is still coloured, however, the fish should be getting hungry.

6 hours ago, Larkin said:

Nice Catch Dave!

Plenty of tailor in close at the moment mixed in with Bonnie’s from what ive been hearing.

Those trag will try and swallow fish larger than their mouths - brought up many yakkas that have trag bite marks 3/4 up the fish where the fish hasn’t been able to swallow the bait.

Enjoy the feed!

Happy with the catch.

The yakka was more than 30cms long, the trag in the low 40's. It was swimming around the yakka on the surface, looked like having another go at it. Just a greedy trag.

A few better sized tailor about, a couple at 45cm and a slightly bigger one that was released.

As I reported, big schools of pillies on the surface, so something will be feeding on them.

4 hours ago, kantong said:

beautiful weather and great catches. Yummy fillets!

Thank you.

7 hours ago, jenno64 said:

You picked a nice arvo to head out Dave and some nice fillets, do you ever smoke the tailor🤷🏻‍♂️

It was good weather, not much swell, light wind.

Have not smoked tailor for quite some time. I had a shoe box sized smoker with wood chips for flavour, however, just plain nothing was still good. Hot smoked and eaten, as opposed to cooking then cooling off.

42 minutes ago, big Neil said:

Hi Dave. Not much happening in the fishing reports so your post is the pick of the crop. I would love a feed of fresh saltwater fish at present, been a while. As usual you always manage to get enough for a feed, well done.

How do you cook the Tailor?

bn

The recent heavy rain upset the fish up river, though it should be returning to normal by now.

I cook the tailor in a number of ways. A fillet on the bbq with lime juice, crumbed and pan fried and a few different recipes. I posted a couple of recipes in the cooking section - bacon topped creamy fish bake, and lime coconut curry fish - also on a mash of sweet potato and potato:  the tailor fillets covered with mashed avocado, lemon juice, parsley, parmeson cheese, butter and oven baked.

18 minutes ago, Little_Flatty said:

Great catch as usual Dave, shame about the whaler not being a gummy.

Thanks Mike, a couple of feeds in it.

Not much fight from the whaler, so I dropped the landing net over - mate's net is not very big - had the whaler in it, then it bounced out and took off on a screaming run then under the boat, and eventually come up rather docile again. Cut off the hook in case it became agro again. Told my mate to cut it off so he could get near the pointy end for having a small net. 😂

8 hours ago, linewetter said:

Great catch! Sounds like a lot of fun and action hooking into that many fish including the ones released 😁

It was a bit of action, and a couple of feeds to be had.