Dhu depth

Just started fishing out to around 70m to 100m in Perth metro and struggling to catch a dhu over 10kg. At what depth are people catching all these big kahunas on a weekly basis it seems  


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 It's all about finding the

Wed, 2020-03-11 04:53

 It's all about finding the spots. Seen 15kg models taken out of 10mtrs of water. You can get any size any where.  I personally would rather catch the smaller ones as they taste nicer. 

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I like 60 to 70m

Wed, 2020-03-11 06:19

Not heavey ground

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Similar to Little Johnny

Wed, 2020-03-11 06:26

Most of my big ones have come from 50m to 65m on coral bottom, without a strong current.

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 The area we fish is only

Wed, 2020-03-11 07:31

 The area we fish is only 40mtrs . Mainly get 7 to 8 kg models but also got one at 13 kg and one at 18 kg. Bigger ones there but been busted off on the bottom . 

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in general

Wed, 2020-03-11 09:53

 40-43m gets hammerd and mostly med. size with few bigger ones ....60-70m. is good depth but hard to find ground and sometimes strong current   , 85-90m. big modeld but also not that many , we bottom bash and generally come home with either dhuis - large kgs.or baldys ,break sea , rarely do we catch nor really want snapper ,,, this year qeen snapper up to 1m.plus  models has been plentifull but they all get released.suggest do the work in finding ground and farm the ares that you find , dont consistantly keep going to the same ground everytime 

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how far out do you generally

Fri, 2020-03-13 18:54

how far out do you generally have to head to hit 80m? deepest ive fished so far hs been about 45 and only ventured that far on good days, launching from hillarys.

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80 meters from rocko

Fri, 2020-03-13 19:51

Is about 40 ks . Be closer for you

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 Can't say I've caught many

Sat, 2020-03-14 06:48

 Can't say I've caught many big ones past 55m.. nothing wrong with a 10kg model though 

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The best in my books agree

Sat, 2020-03-14 20:40

10 kg to 12kg. They loose quality any bigger . Also don’t get much more meat out off them.

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Agree with Johnny re the size

Sat, 2020-03-14 21:18

 Bigger ones just get a bit chewy, in my books. 12kg tops.