Unusual fish catches, sightings in marinas?
Submitted by GlennO87 on Tue, 2011-10-25 22:04
I know a few people on here have caught some weird things in marinas. Needed to get out today just took the flick rods down to AQUA at Hillarys with a mate, fished off the jetty, few small whiting, what was interesting is my mate reeled in his whiting, following it was a Yellowtail King Fish, about 3ft long, fat, and probably 2-3kg. Thing came in twice following whiting, its fins lit up blue under the water, with bits of yellow coming through and the body a greenish colour.....Was odd but very cool to see. Spun me right out.
anyone else seen or caught anything ?
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ADDICT- dUFFMAN
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hey mate i was down there
hey mate i was down there with a mate squidding and it followed our jigs in too
was a solid yellowtail king aye
i went and got some heavier gear and tied on a bullchop but couldnt lure it
winner winner chicken dinner
randall df223
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sailed aroung italy in '92
sailed aroung italy in '92 and saw a few things floatng in the marinas which couldn't be classed as marine life!
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grantarctic1
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Mindaries boat ramp
Yeah Glenn, i have seen sambo's, cuttlefish, bronzies, seal's, dolphin's at mindaries boat ramp, but have never seen kingies, would have been fun if it smashed the whiting and got hooked.
mateusz
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mindarie
i often see dolphins in the marina, seen the odd seal to.
a few months ago seen a seal diving like crazy around the marina, was really entertaining watchin it jump and splash infront of fisho's who weren't payin attention!
dunno if it was chasing its dinner or just playin, was different tho!
beached as bro!
Leemo
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I have also witnessed the
I have also witnessed the 'elusive' hillaries Kingie..... person next to us caught one of em too. 65cm.
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cahal.dahm
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ive seen sambos and dolphins
ive seen sambos and dolphins rounding up fish at mindaire marina
sunshine
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3kg tailor - Jurien Marina
And lost several larger (it went back as well) whilst chasing yellowtail for dhuie bait on light line, tiny hooks and even tinier bits of mulie.
snappermiles
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a few years back
there were reports of mud crabs in the deep water ramp at point peron! i never seen one but there was a picture of a bloke who claimed to have caught it there
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CCC
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Agree,Quite a few year back
Agree,Quite a few year back there was a mud crab caught from the boat ramp at Mangles Bay Fishing Club.
CCC
Lucky Tim
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a couple of years ago in Port
a couple of years ago in Port Lincoln SA there was a very lost broadbill inside the marina there. There have been some big southern bluefin tuna inside there too, no doubt they followed the towed cages into the bay but the broady is anyone's guess
till
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So so so surprised that no
So so so surprised that no spearo popped in for an Australian Record.
championruby
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Wow, that would have been an
Wow, that would have been an amazing sight
FISHNTIME
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WOW
Now that would be an awesome sight to see up close
tailor marc
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Heard from a reliable person
Heard from a reliable person that 2 weeks ago a legal mangrove jack was caught at mindarie marina
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Leemo
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My mate refuses to believe
My mate refuses to believe that Jacks have been caught at mindarie.
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Dicko
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I would have to see it
Jacks at Mindarie? I'm not saying impossible but I would have to see it to believe that one
nana nana nana nana fishing!!!
grantarctic1
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Jack's ?
Not saying it can't happen, but 2 years ago a friend of mine claimed to catch a Jack inside mindarie , he was 100% sure and said he had studied species online and ID'd it as a Mangrove Jack.
I disputed his claim and asked if he kept the fish. He did and had it at home in the freezer whole. I went around and sure enough it was a Goat fish LOL .
Cheers Grant
allrounder
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There was one caught a few years ago as well
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
tailor marc
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The pic i seen was definatly
The pic i seen was definatly a jack. Lost alot of the redness put still can see the red tinge
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mud crab
heard from a keen crab angler that he caught a mud crab in his net down bunbury way not sure how big but surprised me when i was told...
chris raff
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Seen two huge white pointers
at the Coogee Marina sunbaking a while back...
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Leemo
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hahaha, classic!
hahaha, classic!
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FISHNTIME
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shag chasing pinkie under water
I have seen a shag chasing a decent pinkie around 5kg at woodmans point boat ramps. That was a laugh!!!
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hate to have hooked these one
hate to have hooked these one lol...
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2004, Simonstown Naval Harbor, some univited guests came in for s look ~ see...lol
scared the crap out of the work divers doing hull inspections when the popped up and eye-balled them...lol
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dalaisc
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In teh Swan River
Many years ago I lived in Claremont and myself and a buddy sent most of our school holidays down at the Claremont Yacht club. There was one year when a couple of huge Samson fish took up residence at the club. We would have chopper tailor taken off hooks and we did hook about 3 of 4 with 150lb hand lines but the fight did not last long around the pylons.
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Townsville has a big resident
Townsville has a big resident Barra as well and last time I saw it was around 2006 and it was still there.
Also no fishing allowed among the moored boats, so he was pretty safe
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Tony Halliday: ~Meals on Reels ~
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it
"It is always in season for old men to learn." Aeschylus (525-456 BC)
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aalfred
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wow that billfish is cool!!!!
wow that billfish is cool!!!!
Chris fish
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i do most of my fishing from
i do most of my fishing from a north merto marina and have been fishing here for 7 years now and ive caught big sambos, pinkies, tailor to 80cm, sharks, rays, mulloway to 20kg, whiting, big silver and black bream, squid, cuttlefish and even seen a few albino seals. also seen some small tuna last summer swimming around inside. Its amazing what calls the local rock wall home if you put some effort into looking. Just sickens me to see people taking undersize fish and not following bag limits and also PLEASE TAKE YOUR RUBBISH WITH YOU!!! its not hard and if we look after these places we will continue to see all these species for ages to come.
sorry about the rant.
cheers Chris.
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Anyone seen the rsident
Anyone seen the rsident gropers at steep point.... if you can get your macks past the sharks, these two come out from under the cliff and open their 6' wide mouths and everything within 3 metres gets sucked in!!!
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grantarctic1
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Sure have
Sure have mate, check out this short video of last year ,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYNcOvPOQ9Y
Cheers Grant..
randall df223
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Awesome!
Awesome!
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GlennO87
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Ive caught black bream in
Ive caught black bream in Hillarys, seen a Yellowtail Kingy now....that spun me right out...I use to live down just past Bunbury and yeh a guy caught a mud crab about 30cm across out of one of the inland rivers cant remember what one. I have heard of Samson Fish at Mindarie and Hillarys and do not doubt it. Jack inside Mindaire? I dont reckon, but then again things are turning up all over the place....Guy caught a Black Arse off the beach next to Mindarie i know...i saw it....
There was a dolphin inside Hillarys last night, didnt surprise me at all, either would a seal.....i know small sharks come in....
Im interested to here more about the 3rd post from Randall!!!!!!!!!!
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Human excretion!!!!!
Human excretion!!!!!
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Leemo
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I have witnessed sambos from
I have witnessed sambos from hillaries. Honsu got one a while back on placcies. i have also landed a small one - maybe 3 kg. was pretty cool.
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GlennO87
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Chris i agree, sorry for
Chris i agree, sorry for this, but every time im fishing next to Asians, they keep everything, and every skippy they catch up 3inches goes in the bucket, there taking 20-30 at a time and a few times a week. Not saying there the only ones to blame though.
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put that in the phone Glenn it's Fisheries maybe pass their car rego on as well ...
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GlennO87
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LOL Randall
LOL Randall
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and because we were in a
and because we were in a serious sailing regatta, we had sanded all the antifoul off the boat, so we had to clean it every second day. this "marina" was at fumacino (i hope i spelt that right) which is down river of rome. when we saw the state of the marina, we motored about 3 mile off the coast, cut the motor and all jumped over the side to clean the hull.... no one was going swimming in that marina! when people tell the swan river is dirty, i tell they ain't seen nothin!
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GlennO87
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ive never bothered with
ive never bothered with plastics around marinas....i figure you wouldnt get anything on them
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Leemo
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nah mate, go out and do it.
nah mate, go out and do it. Its about the only place that I use placcies! so much structure.
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grantarctic1
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+1
I find plastic's will not produce as much fish inside the marina's, but will get you the bigger fish if you fish the structure.