South Mole surprise!
I head down to the south mole every few weeks to get a feed of squid/herring/gardies. Usually fairly consistent catch down there, with the occasional little run of choppas...
Went down recently with a coupla mates and didnt hook a single herring or gardie... but what we did catch was a bit of a surprise!
Early in the morning got into a few smaller fish that I have no clue what they are.. Maybe some kinda wrasse relative? Any suggestions? Its mostly white/silver with brown and blue stripes running from the eye to the tail... pic is second from the top...
Had a little fun with these, but was getting a little frustrated with not getting something to feast on. Then just as I was complaining I got into a couple of nice KG's! Never heard of anyone getting KG's from the south mole. Will be pretty interested to hear if anyone else has caught em there. They went about 37 and 38cm.
Was fishing reasonably light gear to keep things fun (8lb braid - 10lb fluoro carb leader and little shimano navi 2500 with lite bream stick) and when I got into a little 35cm tarwhine, it tested me a little.. Was great fun.
A little later on, probably around 10-11am by then, a school of salmon came thru smashing my baits! All on or just under the 40cm mark. Great fun on light gear too, but no where near as solid fighting as the smaller tarwhine IMO.
My mate took the cake with surprising catches that day tho! Apart from the tiny skippy he pulled up, he also brought up a good leatherjacket! Was a bit over 50cm! Never seen one caught shore-based, so we were a bit dumbfounded when he pulled it up! We werent even sure if it was a leatherjacket at the time (and still not 100%) and so we threw it back.
Kept the KG's, tarwhine and one salmon for a bit of a fried feast. Last thing I want to report is that I cannot understand why I've heard so many complaints about the eating quality of Aussie Salmon... We bled it and chilled it when caught, beer battered and deep fried.... it was delicious! Nice smooth flakey texture, no fishiness or strange flavours... quite delightful I thought!!
Overall interesting day of fishing and lots of fun! Never knew the smole had it in im.
Cheers,
Dave
tournament
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thats a butter fish mate
thats a butter fish mate
scottland
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the first fish
butterfish. if im right they got a spike on there gill plate. got spiked once and it kinda hurt haha. sounds like a good little session
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Markie
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yeop its a butterfish. That
yeop its a butterfish. That is definately a leather jacket too, can catch them shore based often. I have caught KG's every now n then from most rock walls around freo so yeh they are around and mainly all around that size and the odd bigger one.. Nice feed buddy, enjoy :)
till
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Yeah butterfish, crazy mixed
Yeah butterfish, crazy mixed bag though.
Markie
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ya wearin a jacket with a
ya wearin a jacket with a hoody and pants. it was a pretty darn hot day today. :)
jono.s
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Nice mate thats a decent
Nice mate thats a decent mixed bag for south mole!
MattMiller
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As far as
the eating quality of Salmon goes. The smaller versions like yours (Salmon trout) are far nicer eating than there bigger elders
Markie
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yeop matty ya right. i dont
yeop matty ya right. i dont mind eatin the salmon trout myself.
Faulkner Family
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well done on the mixed bag,
well done on the mixed bag, never seen so many edible species taken from the same spot on the mole, strange that no herring were taken.gotta be happy with that lot
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shifeng
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hey mate, mind sharing which
hey mate, mind sharing which end of southmole were u fishing? what bait and rig? i was there just last sat and was luring with a metal spinner and all i caught was seaweed
BlowieMasta
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spot/bait/rig
hey shifeng,
dont mind at all.
spot: fished about 10m from the tip, on the southern side
bait: fresh scaly mackerel pieces
rig: small running sinker on 10lb fluorocarbon leader to size 2 gamakatsu 'shiner' (my fave hooks for the smaller shore based stuff)
i think that covers it... let me know if you want more info
cheers,
dave
Cheers,
Dave
shifeng
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cheers mate! i'll go and
cheers mate! i'll go and have a try at that soon.
went down to narrows again and caught 3 massive tailors. they come out of the river so they are massive. bout 34-35cm mark
young_yakker
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thats just over legal size
thats just over legal size so little choppers
shifeng
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yea. but they're from the
yea. but they're from the river. haha!
motty
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thats a 6 spined leather
thats a 6 spined leather jacket, named for the spikes on its tail (6 on each side). Get a few of em out deep, but yeah, dont often hear of em being caught in that shallow a water. not a bad effort, and a good day by the looks!
Lucky Tim
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nice work on the KG's.
nice work on the KG's.
dj81
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I was there on Sunday with a
I was there on Sunday with a mate. He caught a skippy, tailor, silver bream and a king geogre. All under size.
Good catch Blowiemasta!
Man Overboard
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Agree with Matt and Hookt,
Agree with Matt and Hookt, the salmon trout are fine , and you certainly helped the eating quality by bleeding and ice straight away.
The Georgies need no further explanation.
John_M
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good leather jacket, great
good leather jacket, great eating!
lordhell
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Some nice catch, great work
Some nice catch, great work
fisharegone2048
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Thats a big letha jacket!
Thats a big letha jacket!
HaveFun
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hi sorry where is the
hi
sorry where is the southmole ?
thanks
cheers
stefan
scottland
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at the end of fremantle harbour
look up fleet street fremantle
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