Remember that mills charter trip?
I forgot all about posting it up but yeh..
Got up 5 in the morning, got to hillaries around 6:30 and we checked in. Hour and a half boat drive later we went to the first 'successfull' spot. Not a bite, not even a nibble,
Then we went to several lumps and dropped (100-120m deep)
First drop on second spot! BAM!!! guy smashes a 88cm snapper and another guys lands a 82cm one. Another 2 people get 60 ish ones and my mate got a 46cm one (6kg :). I was still fishless, then we went to a larger coral lump and first drop. ZZZZZZZZZ wtf :S whats going on this is meant to be snapper, not taking 60lb line screeming off the reel. Fought like it was a guy with concrete shoes it took me 25 minutes to surface, WOAH! a shark!! then as it surfaced it freaked and dove FOR BOTTOM!! another 15 minutes i brought him up and gaffed him. Bloody massive and my arms were killing me.. meanwhile others are still gettin snapper and things. I wanted to throw the shark back personally but by the time i sat down the kind men of the charters had already hacked it up for me ^_^. Didn't get a chance to weigh it till i got home. My mate ben got a baldie and you would not believe it but this woman landed a HUGE GT !!! YES OFF HILLARIES!! it was bigger than her, struggled on 60lb line off the alvey, Then after 10 minutes photos they threw it back. I was still recovering from the shark lol, i must be weak or something how can u fishos do it!.
Few more drops and there was only about 3 people fishless, everyone had about 2 snapper to their name over the 5kg mark, then to top it all off the dunny door flew open on a guy in the dunny lol ... I happened to be looking towards the front of the boat at the time :'(
Went home, (parents went denmark for 3 days) so it was just me alone and i had to skin it and fillet it BUT!! i weighed the carcass first. 36.5kg :) :)
The funnyest bit was that we had to catch the train back to gosnells, with this shark carcass over my shoulder. Shoulda seen the attention i got from the transit guards ^_^ .
Well worth 160$ best skipper iv ever met too, Going to go again later this year.
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wheres the pics!
where are ya pics, cmon man!!
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flangies
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No pics lol my mate ben was
No pics lol my mate ben was supposed to bring camera, didn't >:(
The carcass wouldn't have made for a good photo anyway, ben still has his snapper n baldie tho ill get some snaps in the next few days.
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lol
lol, ok.
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Wackojoe
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you're lucky man:) Most
you're lucky man:) Most people i know have a crap time:(
When i went on mills my mate caught a sambo nice big one too, didn't even ask us if we wanted it. It was real screwed up gaffed to sh*t in the icebox when we got back to the main boat area coz we got shoved on the bow of the boat. We were lucky enough to get 2 snappe 2 nannies and a sambo between us. A lot of people were fishless tho:(
But i'm more commenting on the whether you want to keep it part. Maybe our case the fish was kinda too bad to be put back..
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Good Story Flangies
Sounded like a great trip. You tell a good story. How long was this shark? What kind of shark was it?
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6lb maybe? Still a bit big
Yeah 46 cm for 6kg is a bit of a stretch...
Would love to see the pic/any pic of a GT caught off hilaries though! Will be throwing poppers off the marina groyne all weekend!
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Hey not my measuring ... his
Hey not my measuring ... his dads ;) but it was rather fat too, some guy got an eel lol and weather was calm as about 8 knot winds from south east so yeh, drifting was a breeze.
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Not having a go at you
Not having a go at you dude,
Just would have called it for under/around 2. Don't let that take anything away from your report though. Always nice to hear enthusiastic feedback.
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Kasey, maybe that blooping
Kasey, maybe that blooping in the Swan River comp have got the GT's cruising south mate. =]. Must heard it a mile away.
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I didn't even get to see
I didn't even get to see half the catches because it was bam! straight in the ice box.. Great service but hardly any time to admire your catch
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Sounds like a very eventful day flangies
That would have been a great look carrying a shark on the train. Did the guards ask for a ticket for it?
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Have you seen what Bronze
Have you seen what Bronze Whaler is worth in the fish shops these days? It's something like $30 or $40 a kilo! He's lucky he didn't get clubbed over the head for it when he was on the train
Good story, flangies....very well told and it's nice to see a positive report from a metro charter!
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So i should sell??
So i should sell?? :)
lol my mate says i should call local fish and chip shops and offer like 100$ for sharks i catch (i catch a few) and then ill be covering a very small cost of the cost for fishing :).
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I know this is a joke but..
I know this is a joke but.. Whats the MINIMUM gear for a GT . Dont wanna embarrass myself one day.
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GT?????? in perth ????????
GT?????? in perth ???????? is this a joke and if so am i missing the punch line???
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lol whats next 23 kg herring
lol whats next 23 kg herring on 4lb at the shelf hahahahaha
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perth gt's
ill stand by this comment until proven wrong giant treva (gt) in perth impossible . but if it did happen im getting the popper rod ready as they travel in schools yyyyeeeehhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaa perth gts
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Take it easy guys, it was
Take it easy guys, it was probably a big skippy and this could just be a case of mistaken ID. Cut the guy some slack.
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Yes Alfred is right
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Report
Good report matey. 46cm snapper would weigh around
2.5 kilo. Sounded like a busy day.
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Rodrat
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Northern fish
Why is a GT such a unbelievable catch in perth?
People catch spanish mackeral around perth and hilarys!
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Thats because mackies are
Thats because mackies are pelagic species and travel down the current.
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rod rat
same question would be y dont we get chinaman ,brassy, golden trevas, bone fish , permit etc in perth ,they just dont exist
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Wierd
I wouldn't think you would catch dhuies as far north as canarvon or barri as far south as exmouth, but you do.
You get volitan lionfish in the cockburn sound! They are a tropical spiecies.
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brenz
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look as i said if there is a
look as i said if there is a photo of it then i will eat my words but until then no way . rod rat you run a n aquarium store you of all people should be aware of y it doesnt happen
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Brenz
All im saying is that you never know what is around.
The currents that come from up north must carry some interseting fish with it. I hear what ya saying i would belive it more if i saw a pic, but i reckon there's heaps of stuff in the ocean we wouldnt expect.
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ill agree rod rat strange
ill agree rod rat strange things happen and i think we settle on a 1 in 10000000000000000000000000000000000000 chance and not likely.
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i got a good report from
i got a good report from someone about a month ago that a 7kg Gold spot got caught off yanchep! But only hersay until i see it but apparently 2 tackle shop owners seen it and there is photos but yeah cant be proved yet.
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Auslobster
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It certainly has been a warm
It certainly has been a warm water year, although early season at the Fads was a lot quieter for mahis than usual...remember the northern bluefin at the mole a couple of weeks ago? Last two times out near Rotto we got into some blacktip sharks and a lot more striped tuna than usual. And I know firsthand that there have been long toms in the Dawesville Cut. And don't forget about all those slender sunfish (a tropical species) beaching themselves on the South Coast. We can all agree that the metro salmon run this year has been VERY ordinary.
Having said that, and knowing that GT's prefer shallow, reefy ground and sharp dropoffs, a metro charter boat would be unlikely to be fishing in those types of areas so I'll lean towards Alfred's diagnosis of "large skippy"!
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Anythings possible. Wasnt it
Anythings possible. Wasnt it only a couple of years ago that we discovered Mud crabs in the swan !!!!.
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yep tapout the moore rivers
yep tapout the moore rivers full of them as well.
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Hmmmmm not sure that its 'full' Spess
A few were caught 5-6 years ago....mostly near/in front the Bar-b-ques...and a couple up near diamond island.....
Have found quiet a few illegal chook netting traps up there over the last 3-4 years.....
John the plumber who does the holiday house bookings hasnt seen one for 4-5 years....
You can find little black crabs a fair way up the river under dead wood etc....they arent baby muddies.....
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They're pretty quiet for
They're pretty quiet for about three weeks, then you know all about it. Don't burst his bubble early :P
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Mud Crab in Denmark!
Adam's crab that he caught in the Irwin Inlet. Here's the link:
http://fishwrecked.com/node/128
So things can be very funny these days with the climate and what ever mother nature tosses up!
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agree
cut the guy some slack guys ... sounds like he had a ball well done mate...
no-one needs to bag the fun.. this is a bragging forum so let the man brag.. as i would..lol they r nice snapper 80 + is real nice.. hope u enjoyed mate.. and mud crabs get caugth in the vasse river/drain.. over 100 have been caught now and these r old figures... lucky bastards;;haha
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Nice report and as for the
Nice report and as for the GT - I am with harro, anything can happen down this way these days.
So far as unusual captures go out of Perth myself and the old man have caught 2 size spangled emperor and a small golden trevally and that was a long time ago. So a GT is definately not out of the question.
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yep
Yep, currents are a funky thing. We are getting pink snapper and blue manners up this way at the moment. Wouldn't suprise me one bit, I think you need to open your eyes a bit more Brenz. You get spaniards, mud crabs, marlin in Perth, why not gts?
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Yeah the FULL part might
Yeah the FULL part might have been pushing it alittle far there salmo lol but yeah the couch is good mate the plasma getting a work out and i think ive created a few new swear words in the last few days!
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flangies
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The photos of it will
The photos of it will probly be out by now so keep your eyes open, i am no liar :(
The skipper said it was because the water was too warm for this kind of year and then blamed it on global warming and climate change etc but i was more interested in the fish, She skull dragged it in on the alvey spooled with 60lb line.. took no more than 10 minutes for 120m or water.
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There are plenty of massive blue mannas in Dampier Harbour
But the fishing is so good offshore no one bothers chasing them
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Yep my bad, thats the fish
Yep my bad, thats the fish :)
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ody
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Hi Ya," ... ill stand by
Hi Ya,
" ... ill stand by this comment until proven wrong giant treva (gt) in perth impossible ."
Hmmmm.
Note to self - "Remember to get Brenz to buy all my lotto tickets from now on. Apparently the impossible happens."
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gold spot on mills charters
Hi guys it was my mrs that caught the Gold Spot Treva on mills charters....dont worry she is still bragging about it!
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Nice Shark.
Nice Shark.
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