Most surprise fish catch
I just posted on another post a big surprise when we caught big reds in a drop off ranging from 8-12m. Was a stellar day with 6 reds landed, all in the 8-10kg range. The limit was already reached when we caught the biggest 2 but felt good to release them anyway. Also had 2 trout one 70 and the other 82 in the esky. We were targetting snapper in the spot as we previously named it Snapper City because you were bound to get a feed there. Went back a few times but never saw a red there again. Also the trout and reds came up at dusk which also surprised me, especially the trout as they go to bed at night.
Also caught a Mangrove Jack at 52cm in 60m of water with no land in sight, aswell as a legal Barra at the back of Rosemary Island in 40m. Thought it was a sandbass initially, but common sense soon prevailed.
Down south caught a nice size Skippy in Bassendean chasing Bream. Sailfish hooked not landed near the chicken run off Rotto.
Not to many weird ones for me, but Im sure there is some very unusual captures.
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jighead
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Suprise
This would have to be mine for sure.
http://fishwrecked.com/image/unexpected-capture
crasny1
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Remember that post
One of the most beautiful fish, and always causes a diamond vs pennant fish debate.
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grantarctic1
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Thats
That's certainly an awesome capture and would have had you guessing for a while. Great looking fish .
Paj man
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Caught
A giant herring in one of those little canals in between busso and dunsborough about 10 years ago. It started doing areobatic's in about 50cm of water and ended up jumping onto the bank.
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Hutch
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We got a broad barred mackie
We got a broad barred mackie 400m off the shore next to hillarys
fishwrecked.com/forum/hillarys-surprise
darren monks
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Bass and silver perch taken
Bass and silver perch taken in WA public waterways while chasing trout.
A mahi mahi baitcasting off the stones.
Big Qld groper while beach fishing.
and a few more 'surprises' if thought long and hard.
Deleted
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mine was solo suprise, a
mine was solo suprise, a 20kg metro cobia, can remember the fight like it was 10min ago
http://www.fishwrecked.com/forum/solo-surprise
Jaggo
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Got a cobia this January off
Got a cobia this January off capel just nth of busselton, that spun me out, and a tiger shark off cheynes beach Albany way.
Broady
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Squid on metal jig targeting demersals
Two in the past 12 months.
First south of rotto in 40m so I sent him back down still attached as live squid assist. Second was a couple of weeks ago, got a good dhu type bite but didn't hook up. Pulled up the jig to find a dead squid that looked like it had been regurgitated - so I guess I caught a dhuies lunch?
stricko
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south to north
speared a dhui OFF koks rock canarvan few years ago anyone got one further north
Fathom
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Seen a Dhui
in the surf at the Bluff, Quobba station, got him on video
roberta
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Many years ago
out squidding in the Sound with old fart and I got the bottom with the squid jig brought it up and in the seaweed was a beautiful sea horse, naturally I sent it back as it held onto the seaweed.
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grantarctic1
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Shark Mack
I hooked this shark mack just out from the north mole on my trout rod while flicking a small plastic for herring. Had me guessing what it was for a while but after 20+ minutes I finally landed it. Aprox 8kg on 4lb gear.
tot
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Classic Grant
Definitely would not have expected to see that on the hook haha.
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crasny1
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Hi mate
Classic. Takes the cake so far. Not just unusual but also a great capture.
What was your initial thoughts with the hookup. Must have been something along the lines of WTF is this????
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grantarctic1
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I took my mate
I took my mate out to this spot ( first marker directly north of the north mole ) so he could learn the spot when the weather was average.
I only took one rod and was trying to get him onto a good fish. My intention was just to catch bait for my next beach trip and let him chase bigger stuff.
We set anchor, got him set up and I flicked out the plastic. The plastic was old and a bit melted from the sun, and my braid stuck to the reel first cast, second cast landed only 10m from the boat and 2 turns of the handle the rod just loaded solid.
The fish then took of at speed and I thought it was a Sambo for the first 1o minutes until I saw some colour. I kept thinking Spanish mack but knew that species would have spooled me fast. Another 5min and I finally confirmed it as a sharkie. Considering the 6lb leader and tiny jig head it was a stressful last 8min or so until I finally netted it.
Not my biggest fish but definitely one of the most memorable. Cheers Grant .
sea-kem
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Classic Grant! Did it spook
Classic Grant! Did it spook all the Hezza's after that?
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grantarctic1
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Sure did
Sure did, the only thing around during, and after that was half a dozen boats that decided to fish the spot once they saw me hook up . lol
sea-kem
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Ha ha wondered about all the
Ha ha wondered about all the boats in the back ground. Nothing like a fully cranked rod to draw em in.
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Super peg
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squid on a smiling jack
squid on a smiling jack chasing salmon down hamelin way,
fast retrive too
The art of fishing consists of casting, winding, trolling and jigging
while freezing, sweating, swatting and swearing.
sunshine
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Date Joined: 03/03/09
Marlin on a drifted mulie
Exmouth in the 70's out of a savage snipe 12 foot tinny, came in under a school of nw snapper feeding on dusk close to the surface in our verses trail .....
Bootboot
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A murray cod using a baby
A murray cod using a baby mouse as bait
Jase123
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Spaniard
Got a 95cm Spanish Mackerel on the 4lb line and 3" plastic while chasing blue salmon in about 50cm of water in Exmouth.
Certainly gave the gear a test! Line busted as the tail was grabbed!
Jase - Exxy was awesome!!
carnarvonite
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Sawfish
Got a 3 metre plus sawfish in a shark net off Cape Naturaliste and a spinner shark down off Hamelin Bay, both are usually not found south of Shark Bay
Brucesta
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a stinking big catfish around
a stinking big catfish around 1m long in 50m of water up off Dampier. One i do remember off here was a claim from a member on here that a 80cm Mangrove Jack was caught from the rocks off the back beach a few years ago, called bullshit but he reckon'ed he had a photo of it, it never came...
Las Vegas - Rolling the dice and trying your luck. 1M+ Barra summer target. 100kg Black Marlin winter target
carnarvonite
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Catfish
Used to get heaps of the mongrel things when shark fishing up that way. Anywhere there was soft muddy bottom and you could guarantee to get the barstewards. Even in the deeper water on either side of the Glomar Shoals
crasny1
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Caught a few in Karratha
Cant remember the exact name, but the ones I caught went like the clappers, and was some good sport. Thought it was something like "somethin" tail Catfish.
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tcarroll
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My Own Rod + Snapper
http://fishwrecked.com/forum/catch-lifetime
This would have to be mine haha!
crasny1
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Ha ha
Lost a nice combo overboard in the cut. Was pretty pissed off.
2 weeks later the Mrs caught the rod and reel about 400m downstream from where we lost it. Blew me away. Rod survived, little Saragosa was rats despite an overhaul. Now on "display" in my reel collection box in the shed.
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tcarroll
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Wow! 2 weeks later that is
Wow! 2 weeks later that is amazing!
crasny1
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Sure was
But the tide/current moved the combo 400m was what I thought was amazing. Would have been better if it was me, because that SicStix is now claimed by her as her favourite light rod, with a Sustain attached.
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Ryan C
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unusual
got a 45cm red emporer in 44m off Mindarie last year then a 15 kg cobia the next week followed by my mate catching a blue lined emporer (black snapper) 10 minutes after , all of the same lump out of Mindarie .
eziliving
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On Tuesday out in the sound
On Tuesday out in the sound with a mate we were chasing the salmon. Landed around 6 each then went off to chase some squid and herring for a feed. On the way back to the boat ramp we caught up with the salmon again and decided to have another crack at them. Everyone else were trolling lures around and picking them up but we were chucking lures. We noticed some big splashes in the distance so took of towards the larger splashes.
My mate threw out his Toby metal slice and hooked up immediately then I threw out my 40 gram wobbler and drew a blank. I threw the wobbler out again and hooked up straight away. By now my mate had his fish near the boat and it was then that we realised that his fish wasn't a salmon but a pinkie around 4kgs. I then started to wonder what was on the end of my line. Sure enough after good fight in 2.5mtrs of water I had a pinkie around 5-6kgs in the boat. After another twenty odd casts we only picked up a few more salmon. It topped of a good day out in the dingy.
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The Saint
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Shark on a squid jig
Squidding off the jetty at Smokey Bay in South Aus using a mulie on one of those spike type jigs on a hand line.
A shark a bit over a metre came out of nowhere and nailed the jig.
Managed to land it and still have the jig with teeth marks all along the shank.
bergerac
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Last week i had a decent
Last week i had a decent fight with what I thought was a small (3-4kg) trevella , suprise was when I got it home and tried to eat it and it turned out to be a big arse buff bream...never seen a fish with grey flesh before
crasny1
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Pffft
Yuk. Ate (tried) one when we were young stupid students and didnt know much about fish. Speared one thinking it looked good. Never again.
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sea-kem
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Poor man's Dhuie lol
Poor man's Dhuie lol
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sea-kem
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Baby Cobia off the beach at
Baby Cobia off the beach at Seabird while fishing for Skippy and Herring. Showed the bro in law but not a fisho so didn't have a clue why I was so excited lol.
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MJ
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Black Marlin
20kg black marlin on a floating garfish in 25m at Jurien
Sam57
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Was throwing a squid jig of
Was throwing a squid jig of the jetty just north of dunsborough last year when loaded up was the biggest flathead ever , got him into shallows no net tried to walk him up on beach let line go to slack flicked me of spewin . Change over for slice in case he went back to spot tried for 15 mins no luck ow well that's fishing
petermac
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was fishing with wifey
I was on the pipe line out from dampier , first time fishing with the wife handed her a hand line and put some bait on it while I was ballooning for mackys , think I have something she yells in Thai I say well pull it up and over the side comes a 750cm coral trout , pure luck I told her , re baited for her and went back to watching my balloon baits
wifey says think I have another fish up comes another coral trout the same size as the first , I was not happy ok love I said time to go home these days she regularly out fishes and out squids me the only thing stopping her taking the boat out on her own or with her Thai girl friends is she cant back it down the ramp
troy fuller
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I've also gotten a 40 odd cm
I've also gotten a 40 odd cm red emp from ocean reef on a jig while chasing dhuys
amazing what else could be down there
terboz123
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Stripe Marlin on jig.....
Stripe Marlin on jig..... Such a wierd feeling watching your rod tip go up and down , constantly then all of a sudden your line starts comming up from 100m and going to the horizon
a hard days fishing still beats work
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Caught a big spotted cod on the harbour side of South Mole when I was a kid. Took it home and fed the family for days. Thinking back, it was probably an Estuary cod.
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MattMiller
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Personally seen
4 Billfish (1 x Sail and 3 x Black Marlin) caught off the bottom on paternoster rigs in 80m+.
1 of the Blacks was even on an Electric reel.
Doooma
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Giant sea mullet around a
Giant sea mullet around a metre long, using occy as bait, bottom bashing for snapper off Dirk Hartog
fincher
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Mine would have to be back
Mine would have to be back when i was 5-6 down at Albany with the grandparents for a week holiday we went for a picnic lunch around the Denmark area In the bush we had to cross a lil creek we started to set up for lunch and I was getting bored so the grandparents decided to go get the handling out off the car and pinch a bit off chicken skin off the BBQ chicken for lunch and I threw the line out over the bridge waited about 5 mins I was getting bites next min I'm on I shouted out to me pop get the gaff get the gaff next min he comes racing over to see this rainbow trout dangling from me line and he helped me pull it up over the bridge railing left pop to unhook the fish whip I went to grab another bit off skin put it on the hook had another go but to no luck had lunch and went back to trying again and the first fish was no fluke I caught another. Since then I've never caught another trout since and that's now going on 20years ago but will always be my most memorable and got a couple pics to help with those memories
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Paj man
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Got another weird squid capture over the weekend
Squid on a stickbait off inji rocks - came up and hit it without hesitation.
aka Nick
snappermiles
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grey band bonanza
mine would have been a few years back my mate went out to my spot 7 days before i did he got snapped off loosing 300 metres of braid i went fishing there 7 days later and some how my hook went through the eye of his swivel pulling up a ten kilo grey band from 230 metres still on his hooks and regaining his 300 metres of braid!! he couldnt beleive it when i gave him his line back and told him of my capture!
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