Tasty little BB
Submitted by Adam Gallash on Sun, 2020-06-28 08:09
Tasty lil bluebone on the light stuff yesterday, surprised when it took squid for bait.
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SeperateKnob
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Nice! Geez I wish I could
Nice! Geez I wish I could hold my overhead setup that way
sea-kem
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How's that dorsal fan,
How's that dorsal fan, brilliant!
Love the West!
Brock O
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Tasty little critter.....The
Tasty little critter.....The old Ball sinker still producing!
Dreamtime
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Not a blue
That's actually a blackspot tusky if I remember correctly?
Adam Gallash
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Correct
You are correct with blackspot, but common name is bluebone. :)
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Faulkner Family
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Nice looking fish. Bet it
Nice looking fish. Bet it tasted great too. Well done on the light gear
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
ranmar850
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They are all Bluebone
The Baldchin of the temperate waters and the Blackspot Tusk which take over further north are all bluebone, all closely related. Genus Choerodon. They mingle /crossover around Dirk Hartog, IIRC, all get called bluebone.
I'm never surprised when a tusk of any kind take squid, my favorite bait for them.
little johnny
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My next door neighbour
From up your way . He thinks cooked prawns are the ultimate bait for them . He’s got fair few photos to prove it . F@&k that I would eat prawns.
ranmar850
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They love raw prawns
Whole king prawns seem irrestible to them. Bit expensive for bait, but I've stolen the odd one from the Xmas prawn buy and I'll swap a king prawn for a baldy any day.
Away from the subject of baldies, my son caught a monster squid up at Winderabandi this year. Must have weighed over a kilo, which is big for a tropical squid. We converted that one squid into 6 rubies and two flame snapper, so, fair swap. The head was too big for a 14/0 circle whole, had to cut it in half.
deepwater
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Nice fish there mate
Nice fish there mate