bit far south
Went out with my better half (Darlene) and a mate today about 40km off rockingham to try and find some new ground. Was a rough ride out and the drift was pretty quick for the soft plastics but Hamish and I stuck with the plastics and Darlene used the bait. First drift I nailed a 8 kilo duhie on the baby elf paddle tail. put up a great fight on the light gear and was a great way to christen the new xtreme cooler. We thought it was going to be a red hot day as we had only been fishing five minutes but it ended up being hard work getting anything else for a while tried a few more spots with not much luck so headed back to where I got the duhie by this time the drift had changed so we couldnt get a good drift over the duhie spot but a extended drift saw Darlene land a nice BB and just as the SW wind really started kicking in we drifted over some coral ground that was holding a heap of fish. Tight lines was the call from Hamish and he said to Darlene this is your time to shine well not even a minute pasted before Darlene had a solid hit and she was on, a good tussle at the bottom with some good head shakes and we were all calling different fish Darlene called it for a sweep or (daily double as we call them on our boat) Hamish called it for a snapper and I called it for a queenie when we saw colour the call was a big black arse then as it got closer we didn"t have a clue until it popped to the surface and it was a huge suprize a sweet lip. well what was ment to be our last drift turned into 3 more drifts over the school of fish but with two drift anchors out and a drift of 1.8knots it was hard to get a touch so we called it a day one hour later than we should have, a relatively wet ride home but great to get Darlene out fishing again shes got the bug again which is great for me because now I have a full time deckie providing we can get a baby sitter for our little man.
Just wondering if anyone had heard of sweet lip being caught this far south I thought the furthest south they come would be Dongara and if they are this far south what else may have come with them maybe Darlene might get a coral trout next time lol wouldn't put it past her she's got the fishing luck and Hamish well he just needs a little more luck
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DazSamFishing
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red throat. Incredible. I've
red throat. Incredible. I've heard of a few caught up in Jurien, but not several hundred km's further south. Amazing what the warm currents are doing.
scotto
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me
i caught one off mindarie once, probably around 10 years ago.
good to see them still around, and especially in that kind of size.
biggerfish
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sweetlip red throat are they
sweetlip red throat are they the same or different fish?? tried finding it in the book but the one fish has a few different names sent a photo to a mate and he said it was a norwest snapper either way it is going to taste great for dinner tomorrow night with the duhie wings Im just hoping the school is there next time we head out
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fishing94
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they have been caught as far
they have been caught as far as mandurah i have heard aswell good sized one aswell
Names matt
meersy
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Nice fish there mate. I do
Nice fish there mate. I do most of my fishing out from dawsville and ive caught quite a few redthroats.Ive been getting them as far back as 2007. Always around the 40m mark and always on the same patch of ground. There have been days where they have been a pest as they are on one of my dhuie spots. Mighty yummy bycatch tho.Gotta love those warm water currents.
biggerfish
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well that gives me hope that
well that gives me hope that they will be there again next time i head out do you find you only get them in the warmer months or are they there all year. Next challenge is can i get one on the plastic and what is their favourite colour it seems the baby elf only catch the duhies might have to start trying some new colours. Pound for pound it looked like it put up a good fight
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meersy
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Yeh mate dont usually get
Yeh mate dont usually get them in winter. They usually take a chunk of squid so i dont see why you woulnt get one on a placky,I have never tried.They do go hard, sort of like a queen snapper.Tops on the chew too
spanishmackeral
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yeh thats what you want aye,
yeh thats what you want aye, northern species without the northern road trip.
flangies
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Seen a golden caught metro
Seen a golden caught metro too :)
Bet it shocked you when it came up
Faulkner Family
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thats a hooter of a
thats a hooter of a sweetlip. great eating too.well done to Darlene.
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MattMiller
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Thats a stonking
Sweetlip. You'd be stoked to get one that size anywhere. I know a bloke in Margaret River who has caught 3 fishing out from Prevelly, fair bit south from Rocko so who knows how fair down they come. Good old leeuwin current
fisho-ron
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well done to the wife mate.i
well done to the wife mate.
i am still trying to get out for a fish, it would of been a bit rough out there early morn.
but at midday i was on a test ride behind gi and it wasnt to bad then.
did it flatten out for a few hours for you?
great catch guys!
biggerfish
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Wouldn't say it flattened out
Wouldn't say it flattened out but it did calm down around lunch for an hour or so was still a lot of chop and white caps and I think the slowest drift we had was about 1knt so wasn't the greatest fishing weather but still managed a couple of keepers. I think we were the only stupid buggers out there didn't see another boat all day
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southcity104
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Stuff!!
Ive caught small ones out of cervantes but crackers like that off rockingham!?? Thats random!!
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deepwater
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well done on the nice s
well done on the nice s lip there darlene ,i have caught some off bunbury fue years ago ,they are slowly moving down i think
jeff
hlokk
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I think it was Whitey that
I think it was Whitey that mentioned if you find one down south, then there are quite often more of them on the same patch. They apparently like very specific bits of reef. So, if you have the coord, might be worth trying from time to time to see if any more pop up.
Cracker of a fish though. I thought most of the ones caught more south were on the smaller size (certainly ALL the redthroat i've seen at the Abrolhos are small)
thesupervisor
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so they hang around in a
so they hang around in a school? like snapper
if these are the effects of global warming i say bring it on
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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Possibly so, but he mentioned
Possibly so, but he mentioned it was due to the ground. I.e. they only like certain ground this far south, so if you find the right ground, then there could be more whether they be schools or individuals with the same preferences.
Man Overboard
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I was told that red throat
I was told that red throat inhabit the same ground as Red Emporer.
I know when fishing the monties, whenever we hit a patch of 'em everyone was tuning in for a big Red to hit.
That is a stonker by the way
Nealez
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Been captured off bunbury in
Been captured off bunbury in recent years too