Pinkies everywhere in the sound
Submitted by AaronC on Tue, 2012-07-31 12:47
Hi guys
Went out Saturday into Cockburn sound and got a few squid in prep for a big day of snapper fishing.
Got onto a massive school of pinkies and got at least 20 this size.
Also got 10 tailor around 15cm and plenty of yellowfin bream.
We were purely going for bait so had the sabiki rigs cranking. Was really good to see how many babies there are around. Didnt manage to find one bigger than 15cm. But didnt matter because the 20 made up a good feed in the end. JOKES!!!!!
Can anyone tell me how old these fish were?? Hopefully they will jump back onto my hooks in 4-5 years time. This time they will be dinner!!!!!
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mikeee.p
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yes they are everywhere. i
yes they are everywhere. i went out on the sunday and caught the puppa, 9KG :)
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great news for the futute
great news for the futute !!!!
Andy Mac
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Aaron
A fish that small would have been born last spawning season (i.e. between about October and December last year). So, they’d now be about 9 months old. If you are interested in having a read of biological info related to snapper, you could have a flick through Corey Wakefield’s thesis (http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/382/)
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