Mixed bag NOR last Friday
Went out on a solo mission of Hillarys last Friday. Initially hung in close just behind the 3 mile waiting for the wind to die down, the highlight was a nice 45cm KG from my KG spot. Also got some skippy, tarwhine, sand whiting, a well undersize dhu which swam away strongly and a few undersize pinkies which seem to be around in plague proportions at the moment.
Once the wind died down headed further out for a jig on lumps north of Rotto. Was a slow day out there. I was plagued by Sergent Bakers and Footballer Sweep - given their size I'm surprised how many of them I get on jig. I did manage my PB flatty though - a 58cm Blue Spot which hit a jig on the fall, a new species for me on jig.
I did some experimenting with rigging jigs with a bottom hook, interestingly most of the Sergent Bakers were hooked on the bottom hook. Late in the day I had a big hit on a 160gm Shout ShabShab but didn't hook up. I didn't have the bottom hook rigged on the jig and I reckon it cost me a good fish.
Overall not a bad day out on the water.
NORUN NOFUN
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Good mixed bag
Nice flatty on jig as well
Swompa
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Nice one. I played off
Nice one. I played off Straggelers, Mewstone and Carnac with jiggs, poppers, plugs and bait and ended up with two trumpeters and 6 herring! plenty of things nibbeling but nothing getting angry enough to chew.
Uluabuster
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hi Wrasse Magnet,I caught a
hi Wrasse Magnet,
I caught a similar size blue spot flattie west side of Rotto in 20+ metre ground on jig too.
Just like yourself, I was trying to experiment with rear twin assist on the slow pitch jigs. Problem is they often snag on the hook on top of the jig and render the whole thing useless. I can use a shorter assist cord but most slow pitch jigs are short and fat and it is pretty hard tying an assist hook with cord 1-2cm long.
wrasse magnet
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No need for assist cord for
No need for assist cord for the bottom hook IMO. I attached a single rear hook to the jig using a split ring, no problems with tangling. I didn't snag any jigs either which was my main concern. I didn't put it on the ShabShab coz I was afraid of loosing it, instead I lost a potentially good fish....and that is soooooo much worse!
Ozfox
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Must have been the fish gods this weekend
I was testing a new sounder (Furono 627) out yesterday bewteen Garden and Carnac. Showed a smallish fish on the screen so I thought why not, dropped the throttle, drifted back a little with a Pirate jig down and a big flatty nailed it big time. He was a late lunch in a totasted sandwich
Regards
Steve
Regs
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What are the fox fish like
What are the fox fish like to eat mate?
Notorious
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Fox fish are awesome, I rate
Fox fish are awesome, I rate them on par with Dhu
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wrasse magnet
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I agree. Fishwreckedpedia
I agree. Fishwreckapedia rates them only as average eating but personally I really like them.
Hambo
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Nice mixed bag
Foxfish are great on the chew. Highly rate them. Is that a Gurnard in the mixed bag I see too?
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wrasse magnet
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It's a Western Red
It's a Western Red Scorpionfish, never kept one before but after reading on Fishwrecked about their eating qualities I decided to try it. I removed the spines first, after that it was easy to fillet. And I can confirm they are fantastic on the tooth!
axey45
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Nice catch, Western
Nice catch, Western scorpioncod 3 star edibility.
Faulkner Family
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nice bag of fish there. gotta
nice bag of fish there. gotta be stoked getting the flatty and kg, 2 great eating fish. them gurnard are nice eating but watch them spines , bloody painfull even when you just get scratched by one.
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wrasse magnet
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Was very happy with the KG
Was very happy with the KG and flatty, at first I thought it was a bar tail which would have given me an entry on the record board, but wasn't to be!