Dhufish Recapture

Thought i'd post this up just out of interest. Dave caught one of my tagged Dhus this morning after we put the pots in, on a KG rig. Only a baby, I tagged it on the 31/3/11 at 400m and was 430mm today. Interesting growth rate compared to the recapture I had last month, that Dhu had grown 7cm in 7 months, and the fish is of similar size.


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nice one I have seen the same

Wed, 2011-11-16 16:06

nice one I have seen the same thing Im guessing some fish will be off the food for longer than others after being caught, and I would think what they are eating would also play a big part in the growth rate .Had it move far or on the same spot it was tagged.

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It wont have moved far Paul

Wed, 2011-11-16 16:09

 If at all.

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 Used to aquarium fish awhile

Wed, 2011-11-16 16:14

 Used to breed aquarium fish awhile ago, others who do this will also note that babies all have different growth rate and must be separated, some fish of the same age were easily double the size of the others, those fish were kept for future strong breeders, so can only imagine its the same for most fish species, weak fish were culled off.

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Same spot Paul.

Wed, 2011-11-16 16:14

Same spot Paul.

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any roachs yet

Wed, 2011-11-16 16:18

 matey./

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I only put the pots out this

Wed, 2011-11-16 16:21

I only put the pots out this morning squire. Probably have a look on Sunday, but I'm not expecting much yet.

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Will be diving Sunday with

Wed, 2011-11-16 16:51

Will be diving Sunday with any luck ,if not working

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good shit brody!!was it in

Wed, 2011-11-16 19:10

good shit brody!!

was it in good nic this time round as well?

good to know there going back well for another day and the growth rate is good.

cheers

ron

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Good luck Paul and yes Ron

Wed, 2011-11-16 19:49

Good luck Paul and yes Ron they keep surprising me at how healthy they are coming back up, my results are definitely showing that a slow retrieve and the release weight (when needed ~ 40-50% of the time) work.

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Yep the old dhuie is a lot

Wed, 2011-11-16 20:18

Yep the old dhuie is a lot tougher than most think. Looking forward tohitting some ground after the ban and getting some recaptures and some more data.Would like to get a few breaksea recartures ,have relesed all i have caught in the last 6 months.

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