Dhufish in Cockburn sound

Last night at my pinky spot in cockburn sound i landed a Dhufish ( about 45cm) This is a first for me!

 

Anyone else been getting Dhufish in the sound ?

 

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Vinnie


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 About 5 years ago I shot a

Sat, 2013-09-21 12:27

 About 5 years ago I shot a 12kg dhu wile freediving on a snapper lump

between garden island and Carnac but I have seen lots of small ones 10-25/30cm in that area wile diving 

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Yeh cool i have caught a few

Sat, 2013-09-21 12:30

Yeh cool i have caught a few around that area on the reefy stuff. But this was 200m off beach haha ( no reef for kms).

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 got 4 of them 3 legal ones.1

Sat, 2013-09-21 12:30

 got 4 of them 3 legal ones.1 undersized.also got one bresksea which i found even more interesting!

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Yep have caught them inside

Sat, 2013-09-21 12:37

Yep have caught them inside the the sound and even a couple at the d9 not anywhere near legal size but they were healthy fish

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Pinkies

Sat, 2013-09-21 12:53

 Hi Vinesh, I saw you at the ramp last night, you had just launched when I was reversing down. Was a great night, conditions were fantastic. Any luck with the pinks? We tried sulphur rock & Harding rock, landed heaps of good looking 20cm pinkies, but nothing larger. All the boats around had similar luck. One guy came over from the D9, said a few guys in the middle did ok but not much on the edges. I was really hoping for a sized pinkie last night, guess its a good excuse to try again after the ban.

 
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BD
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Gday We didnt do very well .

Sat, 2013-09-21 13:10

Gday We didnt do very well .

Lots of little ones, one sized maybe 80cm ? and a Dhu !

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ive seen an 18kg pulled from the sound

Sat, 2013-09-21 13:41

 at the inside of garden island near the barber poles

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No Dhu's

Sat, 2013-09-21 14:23

No Dhu's , but over 10 years ago i saw a guy land a very nice Baldchin on the D9. It was about 5kg, if i didn't see it myself i probaly wouldn't have believed him.

From then on every time we saw him out there we called him Mr Baldie, he always said hello and would share info about his catch and spots, Ahhh the good old day's when you were allowed to approach another boat without worrying about gitting hit with a large sinker .

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i was snorkling with my dad

Sat, 2013-09-21 14:28

i was snorkling with my dad in rockingham probably 10 yrs ago n he shot 1 bout 7kg near mangles bay

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 what are the dates for the

Sat, 2013-09-21 15:09

 what are the dates for the demersal ban October 15- december 15??? Not 100% sure

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West Coast demersal

Sat, 2013-09-21 15:27

West Coast demersal scalefish* (15 October – 15 December inclusive

 

Pink Snapper Cockburn and Warnbro sounds: Closed season 1 October – 31 January (inclusive

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 My dad caught a baldie on

Sat, 2013-09-21 15:58

 My dad caught a baldie on the d9 was about 5-6kg 

this was a fair while ago

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Nice its good to see there

Sun, 2013-09-22 14:34

Nice its good to see there are a few! I know for a fact my spot didnt have any 6 months ago when i found it . But seem like there is a lot more reef fish moving in !! Cant wait for it to grow a bit !

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Hale road

Sun, 2013-09-22 18:48

 Probably a bit outside the area of interest but I caught a 60cm Dhufish at Hale Road reef a few years back. Not unremarkable but the fact that it took a trolled Rapala at 6 knots was a bit different! 

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