Fish From Today
Submitted by John_M on Sat, 2011-03-26 20:20
Had a fun day out on the water, with some mates today. Got a good feed, no luck with the pelagics unfortunately> Got smashed twice using the saltiga in 27m and picked up a small stripey which was used to catch the fish below, and a few sambo's.
Rod is 4'4" to give you an idea of the fish lengths.
Fish ID on the red fish on the bottom
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aalfred
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Quality mixed bag!
Quality mixed bag and how are the eating qualitys of leatherjackets? Never had one of them before but i must say they look good!
Leemo
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high quality. know some
high quality. know some people who will take a big one over a pinkie any day. never had luck skinnin the bastards though!
well done John, decent queenie too!
bludgin' since 94'
aalfred
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Thanks next time i will
Thanks next time i will take one home and give it a shot.
biggerfish
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IMO the leather jacket is one
IMO the leather jacket is one of if not the best eating fish u can catch i know a lot of fish are called the chicken of the ocean but leather jacket is like chicken kordonbluer skinning them is easy just off with the head gutt it then just put your fingers under the skin from the head end and just peel it back a light coat of flour cooked in butter mmmmmm
Play hard fish harder
hlokk
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One leather jacket I skinned
One leather jacket I skinned was really easy. I actually cut an outline from the skin and peeled it off before I took the fillet off. Came off really easy but left a gray skin on the fillet which didn't make it look all that great. You really see why they are called leather jackets. The other side I skinned normally with a knife and super easy as the skin is so tough. It was slurried so that may make a bit of difference though (it certainly does on crays!)
Looks like a great day out and a lot of variety caught. Can't quite remember the name of the family of the fish (it's in my fish book somewhere). Flame snapper perhaps? Was it out deep?
spanishmackeral
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well done mate, where about
well done mate, where about did you launch from?
John_M
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Thanks man, headed out from
Thanks man, headed out from Fremantle
Goodz
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Nice selection there John!
Nice selection there John! Smashed twice, you thinking macks or just more tuna?
John_M
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Not too sure, we picked up
Not too sure, we picked up the tuna in 130m on the outriggers. Trolled for hours around the Derwent but with no luck. Given what I've caught in the past, i was most likely smashed by sambo's or good snapper
Bones76
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caught a couple a little
caught a couple a little while back and closest match I could find was a flame snapper
John_M
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Yeh, either a Flame or Ruby
Yeh, either a Flame or Ruby Snapper. Caught it in 250m on double header with the Leather Jacket
GlennO87
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The bottom right fish is a
The bottom right fish is a Small Toothed JobFish....
http://fishwrecked.com/content/fishwreckapedia?page=2
I love fishing. It`s escaping reality for a few hours for me!