Coral bay Ruby’s
Submitted by Zac 1987 on Fri, 2021-07-02 18:02
Few rubys from a recent trip. Managed to get the little quinine out to the 300s and get a few on the jigs.
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sea-kem
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Whoa!! That's epic.
Whoa!! That's epic.
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Happy dayz
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Nice one mate awesome looking
Nice one mate awesome looking fish
Happy dayz
Bones76
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Great work!!
Great work!!
big john
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Good
Good fish! Well done.
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Simo_
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Awesome fish.
Awesome fish.
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Faulkner Family
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A few great fish there.
A few great fish there. Good effort on the big at that depth too. Great meals on the way
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Tom M
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Wow reward for effort.
Wow reward for effort.
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mr_shenn
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Nice fish! Any issues with
Nice fish! Any issues with sharks out that deep? What jigs are you using?
Zac 1987
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Hey mate. We didn't have any
Hey mate. We didn't have any issues with sharks out there but there were a couple of other boats near us fishing electrics and bait that got sharked multiple times. The jigs I used were oceans legacy deep contact 560g and a rapid fire fishing anvil in 400g with 20lb tasline.
Rick
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Effort
That's a great effort on jig. Some great fish, and you got them back without shark bites
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Zac 1987
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It was a different story in
It was a different story in the shallower depths. Sharks took everything.
ace rimmer
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no electric reels
Do you think the electric reels attract the Sharks
Zac 1987
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Nah but multiple big baits
Nah but multiple big baits could put out a bit of scent.
baconi22
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what kilowatt and type of
what kilowatt and type of transducer are you running with your simrad?
Zac 1987
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1kw tm260
1kw tm260
Brock O
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wooow..thats something,
wooow..thats something, jigging in 300m with 5oog jigs!
Bet you slept well after that, Congrats them fish are solid.
Zac 1987
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With the light gear it's not
With the light gear it's not actually too much work.
sea-kem
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Wow! I just checked the
Wow! I just checked the navionics online chart. Would've been about 50km's to 300m?
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Zac 1987
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Yeah 30+ Nautical miles.
Yeah 30+ Nautical miles.
davewillo
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Wow that's a lot of work but
Wow that's a lot of work but a lot of reward too! Well done!
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NORUN NOFUN
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Awesome !!!! Looks like it
Awesome !!!! Looks like it all came together right there.
twicther
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Hey Zac
The pic of the bag for the day looks like you got a rare one there ?? The bottom fish looks to be a Flame Tail snapper !!! We caught 2 on a trip to Timor box a couple of years ago and the Skipper wanted 1 of them to stuff for his boss.Tackleworld Coolalinga. Funny thing was the first one the deckie didn't realise and had necked it. Skipper lost his shit LOL. Not 10 minutes later another one came up. All was well.
How big was the biggest Ruby. We got lucky an got 5 over 90cm and 1 over the metre. night time though No sharks on bait no electrics in 250M. Memorable.
Zac 1987
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hey mate, i was pretty
hey mate, i was pretty stoked when the flametail came up as i hadnt cught one before. they get them quite often in the area we were fishing. the biggest rube went 17kgs, i didnt measure the length. we were pretty lucky with sharks out there and didnt lose any fish or gear.
twicther
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No sharks in that deep water where we were either.
We were 300K offshore almost in Timor, we were fishing at night and there was only one 8 bar cod caught as a different species in that session. It was 45-50KG bloody enormous.
This was a new spot for Arafura charters, somehow we travelled a different line and the skipper being ever diligent marked it. Bloody hard yakka. Never forgotten though.
Back to the Flame tail, the Skipper had been put on watch for one by Steve Compain his boss, well known Darwin fishing identity, the skipper had never seen one in those waters.