Mulloway off the tub, Dunsborough
Submitted by Dreamtime on Sun, 2018-04-29 08:39
So ive never caught a mulloway off the boat and its a big grey area for me so im just curious if anyone has any knowledge of fishing for them around dunsborough area? What ground/depth should i look for? But most importantly what are the rough survival rates for released fish, as most of my fishing is catch and release i don't want to target something that won't survive.
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ranmar850
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Mulloway don't do well from any depth
They seem to be fine for catch and release from the beach-a mate has been tagging them in the surf for many years, and gets a signficant number of recaptures. But, just from my personal experience, they don't like being pulled from any depth--I've had them obviously barotrauma'd from 14 fathoms ( 25m) probably every bit as bad a Dhu, IMO.