good fun night
Submitted by little johnny on Fri, 2012-09-21 00:00
only few boats out ...great session ...ryan doing great job with tagging fish ,(good to have a chat) .
..had a white smash into side off boat...and no i didnt have fish on ..just came out the blue?? passenger side off boat...made both up us jump...i think it needs glasses like walfootrot...
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tim-o
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Fark, move the boat much?
Fark, move the boat much? Geez, the pinks are all good size from the sound. Sunday arvo looks gd to suit my little tub, dunno if I wanna meet mr white or the crowd tho
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Walfootrot
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Yer good night again Johnny,
Yer good night again Johnny, apart from the white hitting the boat.. thought another boat hit us a first.
Will pop around after work Johnny and see if he did any damage.
Ryan was tagging a heap and would be good to know his score, good to meet him.
Something does need to be done re the White, his getting a bit to agro for my liking... or send him to OPSM
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
metroLBfisher
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thought you may have been a
thought you may have been a fish wrecked member! i was one of the other boats out there aswell! what time did you end up landing this? we were the only ones that didnt catch a snapper. In the time i was there ryan landed about 8!
awsome fish mate and well done. Still yet to catch one! seeing 18 caught around us and not catching one was a bummer though
Good things come to those who bait
little johnny
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was you blue boat
or big white boat out back?
Ryan Thipthorp (not verified)
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great night!
Yo johnny,
Was good to catchup last night and meet both of ya's
Ended up tagging 10 fish (lost 2 also)......estimated weights from 7-11 plus kgs and a mix of females & males!
The females were developed and one only female was hydrated ready to spawn.....as for the boy snaps a few were also ready to go when the females are!
A customer came in to my shop today and dropped off a tagged fish to Blake. Its good to see people care about the tagging program and after the tag info and length etc was recorded the customer left with his fish! (Thanks)!!!
I will check with Fisheries Research soon re the details on that fish!
Last year I had a tagged fish that I tagged 6-7 years ago get recaptured last year.......great info and good to see the program working!
As for the GW hitting your hull and doing that shit.......
.......glad I'm not putting my hands in the water........
little johnny
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l.o.l
my boat is fully fixed now ,,,stronger than ever..i still think your mad leaning over and realeasing them like that..i have received some great footage off the big bugger today ...playing with boats he even put on arial show...wouldnt want to be swimming on dolphin boat at moment...keep up the good work...
metroLBfisher
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ryan what gear do you run
ryan what gear do you run when going for the snapper?
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Ryan Thipthorp (not verified)
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gear!
Bait rods I use the Fishing WA Extreme PE1-3 5'8 Spin rods matched with the Pflueguer Crank 60 reel spooled with 10kg Berkley Biggame clear mono!
For SP & jigs (artificials) I use two outfits;
I use the Fishing WA Extreme 6'6 4-6kg Spin rod matched with a Stella 2500 spooled with 20lb Extreme braid!
I use the Fishing WA Extreme 7' 8-10kg Spin rod matched with a Stella 4000 spooled with 30lb Extreme braid!
thesupervisor
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so when you get more
so when you get more hydratex females is that when they close the season?
always wondered how athey decided it was time to shut it down
getting the bottom line final answer from a bunch of blokes that use false names and put smiley faces at the end of paragraphs is not the best place in the world to get the information you seek.
Ryan Thipthorp (not verified)
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hydrated!
Means the females are doing their thing and often the full & new moon is their trigger!
As for when the ban is in place, I spoke to Fisheries Research many many years ago in consultation with others and expressed my thoughts ie the "bulk schools and Spawning mass " are entering the Sound more so late September so 1st October would we ideal!
The ban dates were changed and spot on now!
Bluetonic
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Don't fish the sound for
Don't fish the sound for Snapper but have been doing ok off Bunbury with McArthy 7" Bullhead Deep Glows.
Blue Sky, Blue Water, Bluetonic!
Willlo
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How deep off Bunno are you
How deep off Bunno are you picking up the pinks mate? Not after your spots just a depth.
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Bluetonic
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Hey Willlo, I get Pinks
Hey Willlo, I get Pinks anywhere from 15 metres out to 30 metres. Bigger fish are coming from the deeper spots at the moment and my theory is they are heading north to spawn in the sound. PM me if you want info on how I fish, but spots as you seem aware have to be earned.
On one occasion we caught some good fish after seeing them on the sounder over a area where they shouldn't be but I regonised them as large Snapper on my 585 sounder and when we caught them they were very silver in colour indicating to me they were ocean going fish.
Tip... Last year just before the Demersal Ban I was catching good Snapper along the Bouvard Reefs on the ocean side, I figure these fish were heading north on their spawning migration as well... not sure but that's my theory. Also anyone can fish here but it's also about knowing your targets habitat.
Maybe Ryan Thipthorp could enlighten me as to how far these Snapper migrate or maybe someone from down here in Bunbury could get involved in the tagging program which I'd be glad to get involved in.
There are certainly resident fish always down here but this is the best time of year out from Bunghole for good fish.
Good Luck
Blue Sky, Blue Water, Bluetonic!
Ryan Thipthorp (not verified)
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Migrate!
The Cockburn Sound Pink Snapper are very important and unique as the spawning fish come from long distances and they populate a very large area (especially the lower half of WA) after being in the Sound!
They have been recaptured well South if I'm correct, I will be talking to Fisheries Research tomorrow and will ask the questions and let you know!
Willlo
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Cool ,cheers for the reply
Cool ,cheers for the reply mate.Yeah i have been getting them in the same depth and sometimes a little shallower best this year so far went around 5 kg out of 8 mtrs of water. Havent had the boat out for a month but this weekend looks like it might be ok.
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