Alien Invasion
Submitted by YellowSubmarine on Tue, 2012-11-20 18:48
Caught this last month just before the demersal ban started, been meaning to post since. Thought I'd snagged a large clump of weed as I was winding up.
First cuttlefish I've ever caught but apparently its a biggun. Such a freaky looking beast.
Whole lotta a-grade bait right there.
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1268-EX
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cant see no pic
cant see no pic
Cameron71
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me neither. Please have
me neither. Please have another go I want to see this.
Cam
tim-o
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Cant see the pic, but I got
Cant see the pic, but I got one too snapper fishin before sun up, bloody ugly thing took a soft placcy. Iv been told since and knew at the time they are good eating and good bait but I couldnt get it over board quick enough, bloody thing was a huge and fugly
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Spearfishing Rules
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Can't see pic either. Fix
Can't see pic either. Fix the issue
Beno
YellowSubmarine
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Sorry guys
It showed up in the preview.
Is it fixed now?
Rig
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Yep
What a beast!!!!
kfish
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looks like predators head
looks like predators head
1268-EX
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WoW thats a big one nice work
WoW thats a big one nice work
alfred
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That is a big fella!
That is a big fella!
bod
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fixed is right
glad you got that pic up. Damn...
till
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A monster for sure!
A monster for sure!
soupster51
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Solid
Biggest I've seen.
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sunshine
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Dunno about good bait!
Fished out of Jurien with a mate who brought along fresh cuttlie for bait - fished alongside each other ALL day and he did not get a single touch where I cleaned up using fresh occy - yet I know that cuttlie is a staple food of snapper - perhaps it was just one of those days and yes that is a stocker, one of the largest I have seen over here !
YellowSubmarine
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Yeh it didn't magically make fish appear
Didn't catch anything worth a mention the rest of the day but I'd probably blame that more on the broken sounder than the bait.
petervb
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omfg that is huge!
omfg that is huge!
Willlo
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That is a biggun for sure,not
That is a biggun for sure,not bad bait better eating.Last one we caught we pickled it in a jar of vinegar and mixed herbs ,garlic etc.Great snack food for the next trip out.
They have plenty of ink,we semi freeze them so the ink goes hard then clean less mess,works with squid as well.
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dkonig82
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Man that thing is a
Man that thing is a monster.
Would love to catch it and eat it, but hate gutting those dirty pricks.
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sea-kem
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Making me gag.
Making me gag.
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Sisterfish
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Seriously Impressive
Did you keep it?
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YellowSubmarine
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Yep
Felt a bit bad putting a blade through it. Seemed to have more intelligence in its eyes than the blank stare you get from fish.
Absolute mess to clean but pretty sure theres still bags of bits in my brothers freezer, ready for next trip out. Next time il try the partially freeze then clean suggested above by Willo.
1268-EX
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POTM contender?
POTM contender?
Bruce
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That's a ripper!
That's a ripper!
hunterdive
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Put him on your head and you
Put him on your head and you could be Davy Jones. Creapy buggers they are
MattMiller
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Nice one
certainly caught alot of them down here in various sizes chasing Dhuies. Biggest i've seen went 10kgs
Tentacles make great bait and the hood is sensational eating, different flavour to Squid but very tasty
bitten
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Dust them in flour fry them
Dust them in flour fry them up in a very hot pan for a minute or so (small strips) with salt pepper garlic butter and sweet chilli ssauce cant beat them, way way better than squid
till
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I shot one on a trip to the
I shot one on a trip to the abrolhos with WAUC. They had a deep fryer there, and we doing nuggets of trout, baldy and all sorts. I cut the cuttlefish up to strips and popped it into the mix. Now it took the guys a little while to start eating it, but once they starts, they cleaned it right out before going back to the trout and baldy.