did you get pics of the fish??

 Yeah but can't post them off my phone because there not jpeg

then edit change the picture type and post its simple

 Would love to see some pics mate!! Sounds great though with what you got :D

photos up loaded the 18.5kg dhuie in the fish shot doesnt do it justice but got a betetr shot ill put up when i get around to it

 Got to be happy with that

wait is it on a charter? cause arent u only allowed 2 dhuies per boat? man that big dhuie is sick woulda fought hard

6 on charter boat max

depending on punter numbers

Bad form when we all know they know better .

it's the first thing i noticed too Sunshine.

 How do you know the big boy isnt still swimming??

I know if i pulled a 18kg dhu and had to release it, a pic would be taken before hand. Well done mate, From what Blake said there some solid fish for the shallows.

 These fish were not all kept we already had pink in the box then got the baldie and big dhu. Next drift got the small and medium dhu and medium dhu was kept and small dhu released. 

On another note Blake from oceanside wasn't out this day he was out the Tuesday previous when I myself got a 19kg dhu. There is nothing wrong with catch more than 2 dhuies u can't help what bites the line but there is no need to jump to conclusions. Maybe you should have read the thread as well as looking at the pictures. 

 Its easy to misinterpret photos and for forum members to draw incorrect conclusions especially when pics involve "percieved" breaches of bag limits or any fishing rule for that matter. I guess over the years we have all had it drummed into us regarding these rules and regs and its important we help educate fisho's who look at these pics as best we can. Thats why its very important to clearly explain in your post what the circumstances were otherwise you invite such critisisms. All of us who have been on here for many many years have probably had the same critisisms thrown at us, perhaps unfairly at times but justified in the context of ensuring everyone of us keep an eye out for the rules, which can be very confusing at times.

I don't think any mallice has been shown in any of the posts and all are genuinely trying to get a heads up on what happened where you can have more than 2 Dhuies on the boat.

We all know that as Dhuvenile said, you can't pick and choose what bites your line so its quite reasonable to have more than two dhuies onboard at any one time, (de-hooking and getting release weights sorted etc. The key being that any fish after the first two are released, and whilst the initial post did say that the small one was released the pic judging by the fact the angler is holding it inferrs that the big one that you are calling for 18.5kgs was just caught rather than the other way around. ie two dhuies on deck plus the baldie and snapper from prior drifts and a fresh big dhuie which was obviously kept. Again as you said, its important to read the thread as well as the just interpretting the pic.

If no pics were taken of the big fish previously and while you were getting ready to release the smaller one you took the oportunity for a pic, then maybe thats what you needed to explain to make it super clear fpor everyone. No rules broken and easy for people to understand what is going on.

The lesson here for everyone is to consider the pics you are posting and ensure your explanation is clear if there is any potential for misinterpretation, and for those viewing make sure you read and re-read the posts that go with them before interpretting the pic.

No foul play on!

PS: Great catch by the way, thats an impressive bag for a days fishing.

 Thanks for understanding Andy. In the future I'll just post single picture or what we actually brought home so there is no confusion or suggestions of r

Wrong doing. There have been many of days when. We have all released sized fish I remember a day on the 5 fishing for pinkies we caught our bag in 45 min sat there for 2 ours catching an releasing 6-8kg pinks even got release shots. 

Anyways no harm done.