Salmon school metro area - underwater snaps
Submitted by Hobie-Wan on Thu, 2009-02-12 11:32
A friend of mine was snorkelling around a metro reef yesterday (11th Feb), about 100m off the beach. Se said at one point a big school of large fish swam past him and he managed to snap this photo. He asked me if I knew what they were, and I am pretty sure they are Salmon. Can anyone confirm this?
If they are salmon, its strange to see a big school of them in the metro area at this time of year isn't it?
update - 2nd photo
mako magic
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hmmmmmmmmmmmmm from what i
hmmmmmmmmmmmmm from what i can see they do look like salmon, there has been the odd report here and there of a few around too, and those ones look like a good size
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scottnofish
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looks like salmon
dont suppose your going to tell us witch local beach
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Hobie-Wan
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I will say there was a shark
I will say there was a shark spotted in the same area yesterday
- maybe is was chasing the salmon?
scottnofish
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that wasnt a 2m hammer head was it
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Hobie-Wan
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thats the one
thats the one
wicksey
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plenty around.
plenty around.
carnarvonite
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Salmon
They all look to be too big for salmon trout so will call them as leftovers from last years salmon run.
kaitan
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i wan to catch my first salmon!! where are they now?
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harro
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thinking....
sounds like a wide school of salmon... they have just started to run down south but the temps are keeping the schools wide,good to see.. looks like its gonna be a crazy season as the pros can,tr get them now in geo baY ,they norm swim up from leewuin hit the bay and spin a bigf circle before headin out towards rotto,gonna be a bumper rec yr this yr along the beaches and capes,i seen a few already whilst catching bait in the bay
the hi temps will keeep them wide, last yr pple were catching ytg,s at fish rock old dunsb because the salmon were so thick was good to see, alot of small sharks will be following no doubt like bronzies etc
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saltatrix
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Excuse me while I theorise a
Excuse me while I theorise a little. Its a dash of speculation and observation.
Some of the inshore presence has occured on a rapid barometer fall but it could also be up I dont know.
The common occurance with the inshore salmon in the past few years has been the presence of bait schools which are already in numbers offshore fluttering the surface but not what they were in years past as yet.
It could be current direction where the bait ends up that brings them in or way off.
Given there is bait already fluttering at the 5 mile mark they maybe in small groups here already to meet up with the bait.
While normally they are with herring schools the other presence of baitfish in big numbers could pursaude the salmon to do what the past couple of years has produced.
Is it a current wipe on or wipe off with the bait pushed and the salmon after it?
Its a lotto and someone would know more.
Please correct me if you have information that contradicts what Im saying?
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Great pics
Think I'll skip the theory lesson this time and say, great photo's, looks like it might be time to get excited as a metro shorebased angler.
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