20/09/2012 REPORT and FISH ID
Hi Guys,
The weather was looking promising yesterday so I told work I had uni assignments to do and instead took off for a fish.
Got to the Point Peron ramp at about 5 and got to our spot at 7. The swell was shit as it was close together and chopped up. it was pretty hard to make good progress. Doing about 10kn all the way to our spot roughly 50ks out. It probably doesnt help being in a 5.5m bowrider!
Got to the spot which was firing all day. No Dhuies though which was a pity!
Took home an 80cm Queenie (First one ever too!) a 70, 60 and 62cm pinky and 2 Nannas. Caught a heap more pinkies, small nannas and a 50 cm queenie - all released as we wanted the bigger fish. Hopefully they are making babies now!
Just got a few questions:
Foxfish - are they good eating and do they count to the baglimit?
Is the baglimit 8 demersal per boat or 2 per person? e.g we had 3 ppl on board - could we take home 6 or 8 fish?
Are queenies demersal?
I also need a fish ID. my mate caught the most retarded looking fish. It is the second image down...
Overall it was a good day. Got back to the ramo in an hour.
Cheers for reading!
When you can't go wakeboarding go fishing!
Allison BR540 Bowrider - the perfect all rounder
Leemo
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chinaman leatherjacket
chinaman leatherjacket
bludgin' since 94'
Glenn Moore
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Chinaman Leatherjacket
The second photo is a Chinaman Leatherjacket Nelusetta ayraudi. Quite a distinctive fish, and good eating. They reach 70-odd centimetres.
Glenn Moore
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Western Australian Museum
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scotto
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yeah ching chong leather jacket,
its 2 fish per license, so 3 LICENSED fishers = 6 category 1 demersal fish. you were spot on with your limit.
foxfish are good eating, and are a cat. 1 demersal, so yes, it counts towards your bag limit.
Matt T
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Foxfish
Got a nice foxfish a few weeks back and was beautiful eating! As scotto says they are cat 1.
Nice catch there mate!
Andy Mac
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Nice catch
Yep its 2 "high risk" demersals per person with fishing from a boat licenses.
Foxfish unfortunately do count as "high risk" demersals, as do other weird ones like parrot fish and pigfish believe it or not.
Go to the fisheries website and download a copy of the regs print it out and either keep a copy in your tackle box, camera bag or on the boat somewhere permanently so you are never without it. Nothing worse than thowing a good fish back when it might have been in a different category and therefore legal. Maybe the only thing worse would be keeping something that wasn't legal. If in doubt chuck it back.
I keep my copy of te regs in my camera bag, as that's the least likely to get wet and its generally the first thing on the boat whenever I go fishing.
Cheers
Andy Mac (Fishwrecked Reeltime Editor & Forum Moderator)
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grayzeee
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Got to say , I can't see the
Got to say , I can't see the point in keeping foxfish. They are pretty small and slow growing.
Better to return it and keep fishing for something more worthwhile.
Nice bag btw.
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
Walfootrot
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Great bait!
Great bait!
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
pale ale
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What happened to ya toe?
What happened to ya toe? Ouch!!
funngames
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Haha that's my mates toe.
Haha that's my mates toe. Not sure what happened but it doesn't look good. Matches the fish!
When you can't go wakeboarding go fishing!
Allison BR540 Bowrider - the perfect all rounder
dunsborough out...
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foxfish
foxfish are remarkably slow growing. A 30cm Foxfish is around 50-60 years of age. They are good eating, but the slow growth rate puts doubt into deciding whether to keep them or not. Great Day out by the looks, persisting through the rough conditions definitely paid off, well done!! We have been hounded by the chinaman Leathery's down here, and they either bite through 6/0 hooks, or make light work of any pound leader.
Dunsborough Outdoor Sportz
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nice haul there. the big
nice haul there. the big queenies are great fighters and even better that size. well done on the haul
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together