Two rocks Sunday - quick report
Gday guys a couple of mates and I finally got a chance to go out wide off two rocks for a demersal bash on Sunday. After dodging cray pots that have been placed RIGHT ON!! and along the safe lead line (only a fukn moron would do that am i right?) we headed out to spots we have in the 30 - 40m line WSW of two rocks where weve done well in the past. First drop as soon as sinker hit the bottom I hooked my pb baldchin went 66cm while other two mates were dealing with the usual undersize pinkie plague one after the other. Got sick of the pinks so headed out to 88m line where i found some good coral in the past. Big breaksea cod and a few baldies in the 40 -50cm range started coming over the side followed by a just under size Dhuey (returned). Went bit quiet then 2 large queen snapper came up (put them back - taste crappy IMO). Pinkie plague started again so decided to move in shallower and fish our way home. At that point we had kept 3 of the largest fish so just needed one more to bag out. Back in a different 30m area got some just size baldies and small pinks (all returned). Moving home slowly I happened upon a new lump that came up out of 41 to 33 that had fish showing. Dropped straight down and within a couple of minutes both mates hooked up big. First fish up was a 91cm dhuey (felt around say 15kg and was in really good solid condition) Second fish was still being fought (mate was only using 30pb braid) lots of big runs and headshakes got it off the bottom a few times but kept making its way back down then spat the hook!! Turned out to be a great day with lots of fish on the bite. Anybody on here go out? how did you go? cheers dave
sea-kem
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Yesterday was very
Yesterday was very frustrating after dropping 3 good fish, one about 10m under the boat that we could perfectly see for a good Dhuie. Ended up with a massive Baldy and 2 good Pinks and a Blackarse.
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still trying
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Date Joined: 27/06/17
Decided not to fish
Decided not to fish yesterday because of the northerly wind still went out in the boat just got a stuck por sorted with a Brocko and checked pots was still a lovely morning on the water but I have seen plenty of posts on Facebook of good catches.
rather be fishing
beeroclock
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Date Joined: 22/08/12
Ive heard the old saying about fish not biting
on a N / NW wind and admittedly it was on my mind the night before heading out but yesterday may have proved that theory wrong. We couldnt get away from the fish and probably spent most of out time trying to release weight them back to the bottom as best we couldd to give them the best chance of survival (the undersize pinkys, baldies and the queenies i mean).
Jamie-Chester
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Date Joined: 28/07/10
The change of rules was never going to work
The rule changes we just got were only ever going to work if people didnt keep fishing until they landed fish of a "suitable" size. This, of course, was never ever, ever going to happen. No judgement just an observation that it was never ever going to happen and they should have known that.
wrasse magnet
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Date Joined: 16/10/10
I do agree on Badlies, no
I do agree on Badlies, no point sending them back down, it doesn't matter how slow you bring them up their guts are always out, often torn, no way they are surviving after a release, we keep them regardless of size even though it might not be exactly what we had hoped for.
I'm not hoever sold on the idea that every small dhu you bring up is automatically dead if you return it. If you take your time brining up a small fish, and I mean really take your time, especially the last 10 meters, they never have the bulging eyes, blown out swim bladder, etc, and always swim away strong, but use release weight regardless. Problem is most people don't want to take the time bringing up a small fish as it reduces their time with bait or jig on bottom. Same goes for pinkies and black ass in my experience.
sea-kem
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The last Baldy we brought up
The last Baldy we brought up had expelled it's airbag that looked like a huge C%)k lol
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