Dhufish Sizes

 Some other site members may remember the shacks on Whitford beach. My grandfather had one at the southern end near what is now called pinnaroo point. He & his mates fished out from there from just after the second world war until the shacks were removed - around 1975 I think. They caught many varieties of fish but their main target was dhuies. They had an honour board in the boat shed on which they drew the outline of their best catches & added the weight, date caught & name of the fisherman. Only the best fish made it onto the honour board & looking back I'm a bit surprised that their biggest dhuie was only 35 lb & from memory there weren't many over 25 lb. Now I hav'nt caught a 35 lb dhufish but these guys were fishing virgin water. I would have thought there would have been a couple of monsters amongs them. Of course they didnt have echo sounders & GPS (they used a cord line with bolts tied to the end & tapped the bottom to check the hardness) but they had their land marks off rotnest & they caught alot of dhuies. So I'm interested in the contrast with today. Most of mine are around 6 - 7 KG & my biggest is 11 KG. What is the case for you?          


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Tackle

Sun, 2012-12-30 11:53

 Maybe the tackle they were using didn't hold up to the larger fish?

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Tackle

Sun, 2012-12-30 12:03

I dont think thats it. They used the biggest hooks I have ever seen & 100 - 150 lb hand lines. Lack of finesse maybe but not bust offs.