Sunday 20th July - Mindaire
Thought I would post up a report from a trip out of Mindaire yesterday.
Conditions were nice once the reef lines were negotiated, there were some big breaklers due to the size of the swell.
Fished in 30-40 m for little result apart from a batch of Sgt Bakers, "Scorpion fish" and an undersized Pinkie. Dropped a couple of nice fish, interestingly they both hooked up on the small hook on the bottom dropper.
Ended up anchoring on a patch and continued with assorted bottom fish of no real value. I ended up putting on one of the Taikabura jigs and then "magic" caught 6 fish in six drops with the jig. Ended up keeping 1 x baldie, 1 x pinkie, 1 x Harlequin, 1 x Queenie and a huge cuttle fish. They were all taken on the jig, my deckie fishing with bait just kept the stingrays busy. I was amazed by how effective the jig was.
Anyone else had similar success with the Taikabura jig? I was using the Ockta type in the pink/white colour.
p.s. Does any one have a picture of a Foxfish they could post, I reckon we might have got one of these as well but we were unsure so threw it back.
Cheers Steve
GOATRUTAR
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Bright orange in colour with
Bright orange in colour with a yellow dot half way down its back.Big teeth.
IF IT SMELLS LIKE FISH IT MUST BE GOOD FOR YOU!
Stevef
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Thanks Goat, Thats him,
Thanks Goat, Thats him, teeth like a hillbilly.
We weren't too sure so we sent him back. Is there a size limit on these? These are good eatinging, right?
Steve
hlokk
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Good to see you got some
Good to see you got some good fish.
Quite a few people use the octa jigs, or other taikabura styles with good results. Both Hobie Bloke and STAAL LOVER are fans of them, and with good results. Caught my biggest dhuie on one too (not large by other standards though :p). I think the 6 fish in 6 drops says it well. I would suspect on some days bait would outfish it though?
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