Bremer Bay Blue
Submitted by Nauti Buoy on Sat, 2011-04-30 08:40
Just got back from spending a magical week in Bremer Bay. Weather was fantastic. Divided our time between chasing bottom fish, Salmon from shore and boat, and Bream fishing up the river. Was fishing in the bay on Good Friday, fishing was a little slow until i got taken under a ledge and thought i was snagged. I had my TLD25 drag fully locked with both thumbs on the spool trying to bust it off. All of a sudden this beast decided to go for a swim, after about a 10minute fight this giant popped up to the surface. The fish was completely spent- shame considering size and age! Took it ashore later and it brought the scales down to 30kg. I thought it would be ordinary on the plate, but so far has been pretty good.
Certainly was a Good Friday!
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Adam Gallash
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stoked
Great fish from the tinny, nice one nauti!
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scotto
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ken oath.
a lot of people speak about the bigger blues tasting average, but i'm yet to have a bad one, and i have eaten my fair share of them. big or small, i reckon they taste awesome.
nice catch there nautibouy. a photo for the pool room.
soupster51
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Cracka
Cracka blue grouper. I've heard they are good on the chew no matter what size. Nice fish.
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Colt_Striker
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That mate is a corker, top
That mate is a corker, top stuff.
Lucky Tim
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man, lucky to get that fella
man, lucky to get that fella out of the reef. Agreed they also taste great, I'm yet to eat a bad one either.
grantarctic1
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What a fish
Man What a fish, few fillets there, well done.
grayzeee
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solid fish right there
solid fish right there mate.
well done
never caught or eaten one myself. how do they rate against dhu for eating quality??
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
spanishmackeral
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awsome fish mate, should
awsome fish mate, should keep you fed for a while
Rig
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Huge
Great fish!!
Faulkner Family
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fantastic catch. but as you
fantastic catch. but as you said, pity it was spent. but im sure none of the flesh will go to waste.
well done , its a horse
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Mint Bluey there nauti, love
Mint Bluey there nauti, love them colours on them.
Good stuff mate
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quality fish ther mate and
quality fish ther mate and yeah i would agree they taste good.
great colours shame he wouldn't make it back but once again great fish
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Great Blue!
Love it when they are that deep blue,Have a mate who dives off ocean reef and says he sees quite a few of them.Its been a long time since ive seen one caught in the metro area though.
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Grayzee
Grayzee they are pretty good, but i would put them behind a Dhuie in eating quality. Chrisp, there are more around than people realise especially along the south-coast. A spot we have dived between Bremer and Albany we would have seen 6 or 8 that size, yet we have never caught one there. They are magic to see under water when that size- you can almost touch them when they swim past.
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The largest female in his harem"" will change sex, colour and have a massive growth spurt - bloody amazing species