giant herring
Submitted by beachsoul on Mon, 2015-02-23 02:21
Was on a beach in Mandurah on Friday managing a few nice eating size Tailor on lures. I was tossing a 110 stickbait and my son was using a popper We had caught enough for a feed when I got a cracking hit from a fish that screamed off about 5 meters of line and then did a crazy cartwheeling jump......not looking much like a Tailor. Salmon? After A dogged fight out popped a beautiful gleaming Giant Herring. I guess it was around the 60 _ 70 cm mark. Please excuse the picture. It was a shot of my mobiles screen
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Uluabuster
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Nice. Any photo of the
Nice. Any photo of the GH ?
Very hard to hook a herring on lure due to the bony jaw. What lure did the damage ?
Dale
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Yeah, they are great fun, I've caught quite a few in the marina at Port Geographe.
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Photo taken with a
Photo taken with a toaster?
ha, good fish man.
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Finatic
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Great catch Beachsoul. Dale
Great catch Beachsoul. Dale how big are they in port geo? and what lures are you using?
Dale
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I've caught them up to 60cm in length and all on tiny little halco slices. A mate down there catches plenty on fly too.
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beachsoul
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lure
Lure was a white stickbait 110 size. Can't remember the brand off hand.
Timwoody86
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Heaps around the cut
I've been getting them trolling smiling jacks for tailor on the estuary side of the dawsville cut.
shut up and fish
Timwoody86
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Smoked GH
I forgot to mention I smoked them up and they were sensational
shut up and fish
Fisher Kid
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would love to catch one in
would love to catch one in the swan, that is my life goal :)
Fishing and catching are two different things. But i want to learn how to catch.
meglodon
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Never caught one
However ever thing I have read about them has emphasized that they are chocks full of bones yet you say you ate one, so what's the story with the bones.
Timwoody86
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Easy
Cause you smoke the whole fillet with bones in then you use a fork and pull the meat away from bones
shut up and fish