Shortbilled Spearfish
Submitted by FlyingFisherman on Thu, 2011-03-17 09:38
There has been an unusual amount of Shortbilled Spearfish off the NSW Coast the last few weeks , do you get them over there in the west and if so how big do they get ?
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thesupervisor
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looks like a giant gardie
looks like a giant gardie
getting the bottom line final answer from a bunch of blokes that use false names and put smiley faces at the end of paragraphs is not the best place in the world to get the information you seek.
hlokk
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Have it listed in my 'book of
Have it listed in my 'book of NW sea fishes' but never heard of one being caught here. Blacks, blues, sails and broadbills seem to be the only 'common' bills.
Ben Derecki
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I've been raising plenty of
I've been raising plenty of Optus, Origen, RAC and Water Corp bills lately.
They're some of the more common ones too. Must be the season for them.
hlokk
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Big too I presume? If only
Big too I presume? If only you could tag and release those ones.
Ben Derecki
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Too right.
Too right.
bod
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tell me about it
you're not on your own Ben Derecki
The_Wanderer
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What line class do you use to
What line class do you use to Target them?
southcity104
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Looks like there built..
for speed? Are they anything like hooking a sail??
"Its a life style job"
kamo king
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goog size
Caught them in NZ prety rear though handful get caught every year anything around 20kg is a real good fish. Caught one in late Feb when I went home for christmas went 15kg. Was the second caught for the club. Pull a bit of string then tire prety quick we caught ours on 24 and had it to the boat withen 10 min. Real good chewing smoked and on the bbq
allrounder
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nice fish
a few caught over the years in Exmouth and around broome.I dont know how true it is but was told once that they used to fish for them commercially in exmouth until they got the numbers down to the point it was not viable.
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
seasport
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One was captured ( by hand
One was captured ( by hand ) in shallow water between Greenhead and Leeman last year. It was obviously sick. I dont think they normally swim in 2 foot of water. So "yes" I guess we do get them here
fishnut
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ditto
same situation - one caught by hand at Cottesloe too.
eddie
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I caught one off Kona,Hawaii
I caught one off Kona,Hawaii when I was 15, it was around 50kg. I was told they are a naturally occuring cross between two other kinds of billfish, but I kinda doubt that is correct. Anyway, mine went hard on medium tackle.