Blackfish

Great photos and some nice fish.

All the best Luc, we have a family member who suffers a similar problem to yourself. To start any journey Luc you must first take a step and by joining , that's a great first step. Looking forward to your reports mate.

Great, relevant information there Bob.

Great read BN and take comfort in “It not always about the fish” ………. When you catch very little 😄 Good size Carp for James.

I loved reading all your reports you two, the far flung adventures away were fantastic. Till next year, all the best.

Great report there Dave it seems the area was really firing and certainly a mixture of fish, Bream, Trev and Bass. I've put my boat away for a couple of weeks so all the visitors can enjoy the water but never thought of a session up that way……. I’m the new person to the area as you can see. I did drive down to have a look at the main ramp at West Port yesterday and gosh it was busy with not only boat trailers but lots of just cars and people.

Great catch again there Whiskey

Have a Safe trip BN. Life is but a learning process, think of it as just like fishing …. except not as enjoyable sometimes. 😀

And a SAFE and happy Christmas to all as well.

That’s fantastic Mike. Thanks for taking the time to compile all that.

Eastern Striped Grunter @Gyimmy you have there. They also go by a few common names as well.

Geeez Neil, now you’re making me feel really behind the times because you’ve worked that out. As for the COW , I’ve just found out how to demist/defog the side mirrors and I’ve only had the car 11 months 😄

That certainly is a great way to spend a couple of days, with your Daughter, beautiful country and a few fish thrown in. Great work both of you.

Makes it more personal when we can hear both your voices. Very Tec Savvy there Neil.👍

What a Cutie …… and not the fish.

The colouration of the fish is Northern Sand Flathead

I recon “Northern Sand Flathead” Platycephalus endrachtensis but as @noelm says, if you can get a photo of its tail that would have been great. With what I can see it’s got the distinctive stripes.

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1) Win 2) Win Good stuff Neil.

Dam sharks, spoil a good day out and that would have been a nice capture. I really believe that this is learned behaviour from the Sharks as what I’ve experienced in over 25 years fishing remote Kimberley where some spots especially for Pelagic fish it’s not worth fishing now as the “Tax man” takes more than giving back and these pelagic fish were destined for release but not in a sharks mouth. Sharks certainly frequent the same areas as Pelagics but they were never like this and I’ve seen change first hand. I also don’t believe it’s an explosion of the shark population where fish populations have dwindled I can’t see Sharks booming. I’m lead to believe that spots around K,gari (Fraser Island) and Hervey Bay has similar problems with trying to land a fish. Well that’s my thoughts anyway …. BF over and out. Hope you had a great holiday anyway.

Great fish mate and you proved you don’t have to be right on the Fad.

Great report Josh with a few things making it interesting. I would have to agree with everyone “Black Rabbitfish” (Official common name) but as already mentioned they go under lots of other names and as also mentioned that if you get stung by them you will be calling it a lot more other names 😄. Good photos to 👍

Sorry @Little_Flatty for my poor description but I did keep the two bigger ones but let the smaller one go. I did give the two that I kept to a neighbour who has the BIGGEST tackle collection I have ever seen that he’s been collecting for many years and always wants to gift me all sorts of Rods, Reels, lures and all and sundry. Nice bloke. @noelm the bigger Sergo’s took a bit of drag and I was hoping, but they just didn’t feel right but my hopes were high till I saw them. All good. Enjoyable morning out never the less. I’ve been lucky and caught all sorts of different fish but never got a good Snapper …… so that’s my quest.

Well I had to make up my mind whether to chase Dolhin Fish out at the Fad as they are getting some or hunt for Snapper and Snapper it was. Tried a different area in about 40mts of water this time with a better result than last. Caught three. one at 47cm, one at 44cm and one at 32cm which I let go. Also caught a few small Red Rock Cod and a few Sergeant Baker with a couple of large ones with one going just over 60cm. More exploring to do. And I think this one was not a Sergeant Major, but a Major Major 😀

Great result Dave and Georgia on the fish front in some great country but sorry to hear Georgia started to feel unwell but cutting the day a little short is far better then it really turning pear shaped, plus you both got some fish and mission accomplished. I love going fishing with my daughter.