XL pike..
Submitted by Da pirate on Mon, 2023-09-25 13:27
Plan was a herring fish . With water dirty
only managed a handful . Chucked on some
lures for a pike troll . First lap my mate pinned
a beauty of 98cm weighed 4kgs on the money.
picked up another 3 and lost one on a double
hook up . Salvaged a quiet day . Cheers
pirate ..
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OOH YEH
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Curious cook up
Ok great catch I'm curious on what you did with it cook it or reuse for bait ????
sunshine
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I would call that as a true snook
Rather than a pike......used to catch them that big and much bigger on the Yorke Peninsular SA
Da pirate
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Geez …
I've fished for them years .. one of
the biggest I've seen at 1m and 4kgs !
much bigger sunshine ? must be some
monsters over there .. cheers pirate
sunshine
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Used to fish Treasure Cove at Hillocks on the Yorke
Off the rocks.....actually a tiny island at high tide. Float fished mulies and that size was common. My mate caught the biggest I have ever seen after he fish hooked a very large squid on the mulie before having it utterly devoured by a monster snook which went a shade under 7kg......we had gutted and gilled the fish before being told by the owners of the farm that it was a state record but because it was cleaned did not qualify.....ooooops. Flesh always had a slight greyish tinge but tasted pretty damned good. The location has now been declared a sanctuary zone ....
Da pirate
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Snook ..
Far out mate .. unbelievable. Now
thats a snook . Geez ..
cheers pirate.
flangies
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Best surf fishing
Best surf fishing bait!!
Really good catch I'll give you that much. The ones I get down rocko jetty are 25-30cm. Been getting a fair few in dongara marina the last couple of years after work.
Da pirate
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Yeah ..
Yeah me too mate bait for beach
fishing . Have chucked a few in the
smoker. But rather turf em off the
sand in summer. Cheers pirate
keg
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good size
when they are that size they are well worth eating.
rob90
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That's a ripper snook. These
That's a ripper snook. These bastards would give us grief on the yaks, they'd destroy leaders and plastics and cover me and everything else in slime making a stink all day long. Well done tho
Hi my name is rob............. and I'm a........... fishaholic
Da pirate
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Update ..
According too my mate who caught
it . The state record for giant snook
is 4.2kg caught at Hamlin bay in
1986 .. so 200 grams short of the
record !! I thought it was large
being I've been purposely targeting
them for my beach baits since
2007 .. cheers pirate.