Fish pics, tigerfish, nile perch and intro.
Submitted by Grant Jones on Mon, 2013-08-19 16:09
I have been lurking on this site for a while and thought it was about time to sign up and introduce myself. I'm from originally from Zimbabwe and my wife and I relocated to Perth about 4 years ago. We love it here and this site has helped a lot with learning how to fish In the sea. I now own a jetski which has proved to be a lot of fun and I also fish off it. My fishing history is mostly freshwater, tigerfish in the Zambezi river back home, but I have also enjoyed a trip to Egypt for nile perch as well as a stint in Mozambique. I look forward to contributing more to this forum in the future. In the meantime, here are a few pics.
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uncle
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welcome aboard
always been interested in those tiger fish,good sport fish???????
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
Justin M
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welcome to the site. Some
welcome to the site. Some cracking fish there. Whats that in the second pic?
thedw
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its a nile perch! awesome!
its a nile perch!
awesome! have always wanted to get tigerfish!
petervb
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welcome, re the 2nd pic i'd
welcome, re the 2nd pic i'd say its a nile perch; pretty much the same as a barra
Grant Jones
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Date Joined: 17/08/13
Thanks guys, Yes the second
Thanks guys,
Yes the second pic is a nile perch, caught by my mate with the cap on at Lake Nasser Egypt.
Uncle, tiger are awesome sport fish. They are extremely aggressive fish that really slam your lures. Quite a challenge too, Ive had days where Ive hooked more than 10 and only got one into the boat! Not to mention standing on the front deck while your boat drifts downstream through rapids as you cast lures and spinners.
Adam Gallash
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nile
So is that a common size nile perch or a good size or? Can you tell us a bit more about them. Look forward to your contributions on the site.
Adam
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Grant Jones
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That's a good sized one. If I
That's a good sized one. If I remember right it went around 70kgs. We only got one that big out of 5 days fishing. We caught a lot of fish between 2kgs to around 10kgs. The next closest fish came in at around 40kgs.
We mostly trolled rapala super shad raps, they accounted for most of the fish including the big one. At times we trolled some very big lipped deep divers in deep water looking for monsters but it wasn't much fun holding onto a rod with 80lb braid dragging a huge lure.
Highlights were throwing super shad raps from shore and getting fish from 2 to 10kgs.
The super shad raps work well on the Zambezi for tiger too, ive found they don't get stuck on structure as much because of the bent lip on the front, they seem to just bounce off most stuff. Only problem is the tiger put a lot of holes in them!
Vinesh87
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I never got a tiger when I
I never got a tiger when I was in Zim so disappointed. Welcome!
Uluabuster
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I just love timber lures
I just love timber lures with battle scars. It has CHARACTER all over it.
southcity104
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70kgs!!
massive fresh water fish!
"Its a life style job"
bod
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tiger fish
I reckon tiger fish are the best looking fish. Are they good eating?
Grant Jones
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They are good eating but do
They are good eating but do have a lot of bones so most of the time we release them.
dazanator
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Date Joined: 20/06/13
Welcome Bonzie!! some nice
Welcome Bonzie!! some nice tailor there,that Nile perch is one HUGE disding and those tigerfish are lekker to catch. I used to catch those buggers at kariba when I was about 7Yo. Need to go again!
THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING MY BRU!!!
Grant Jones
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Howzit Daz, ya you should go
Howzit Daz, ya you should go again. I go back about once every two years for a tiger session.
So I am guessing you are ex Zim or SA?
dazanator
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yebo
sent you a PM
THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING MY BRU!!!
Shane O
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Jetski
Hi mate,
Welcome to the site, is that a setup on the back that you made yourself? Looks impressive, I have a seadoo and want to get into fishing just don't have $800 for a Setup from the shop.
Grant Jones
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Date Joined: 17/08/13
Ya made it myself. It's just
Ya made it myself. It's just one of those square blue eskis from bunnings.
I have just through bolted everything on, sikafkexed the inside and sprayed it black.
I alson bolted some feet on the bottom to make it fit the curve of the rxpx.
just let me know if you need further details and ill be happy to help.
Shane O
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Feet
Wow that sounds great cheers for that, what did u use for the feet. Any chance of some close up photos of the fittings.
Grant Jones
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Pics added
Hope those pics help.
I machined the feet out of plastic, drilled a hole through them and put a stainless bolt through.
What model do you have?, you might not need the feet.
Shane O
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Seadoo GTI130
Angles down at the back but will get the easy and see how it sits. Thanks for the update photos, is that sicaflex inside the esky.
Grant Jones
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Yes, that's sikaflex 291.
Yes, that's sikaflex 291. That stuff works well, even glued my transducer to the inside of my hull with it.
Ok so you probably will need feet.
I don't have access to a lathe anymore but if you do know a machinist its and easy job to turn up some feet out of some plastic offcuts. Otherwise maybe cruise around bunings and see what might work. Im sure I have seen rubber feet for furniture or something in there.
Im in Kwinana, if you want to stop by sometime and have a look at my whole setup you are welcome.
Shane O
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Mandurah
Hey, no worries mate I will have a look in bunnings for the feet. My father inlaw is handy with the tools so I will see how I go and then will post some pics.