Carnarvon Dhufish
Submitted by abeldog on Mon, 2010-11-22 14:21
Dhui Caught in Carnarvon
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jay_bartell
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awsome fish mate
awsome fish mate
abeldog
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Thanks Jay
Where are u staying for the fishwrecked comp next year???
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flagpole
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how deep was that caught
how deep was that caught mate
criddle
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Hey mate nice fish ;) u
Hey mate nice fish ;) u wouldn't happen to know what plastic you were using
criddle
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Hey mate nice fish ;) u
Hey mate nice fish ;) u wouldn't happen to know what plastic you were using
fisho-ron
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the smile says it
the smile says it all!!!
well done on a great fish
Faulkner Family
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nice size pearl perch. looks
nice size pearl perch. looks a lot like a big dhuie tho. well done, it would have been a big surprise for you
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abeldog
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Plastic Used
Hi Criddle,
This one will make you laugh. I used a buck tail jig (4oz) on the Saturday and had all the feathering ripped off by small critters probaly charlie courts. I only had the white jig & a 7/0 hook left.
Looked into the tackle box and found a Big Plastic Squid. I cut the tip of the squid threaded it over the hook and attached it to the jig body using PE5 Braid and using an Under & Over Knot locking it into place.
So the jig became an "Abeldog Special"
A white buck tail jig with a pink squid jig.
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abeldog
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Russ
Do you want to get John started again??????????
Yes Very surprised
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Faulkner Family
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i know what you mean about
i know what you mean about getting John started. good for a bit of a laugh tho. one thing about John is he knows his fish and if he doesnt he grabs the book and has a look. How did the dhuie taste as i have heard that the dhuies that get caught that far up arent as good on the tooth. this came from a bloke in shark bay that has taken a few out at steep point
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soupster51
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Top Dhu
Very Nice. A bit of innovation and your into dhu-burgers. Pretty cool.
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Pete D
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An even more special
An even more special capture with a special SP. Congrats.
Cheers Pete
Quobbarockhopper
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pearl perch
thats a perch buddy
good eating but
MattMiller
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Oh god
don't start this again
stilly
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nice dhu
well done
crasny1
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Im probably missing something!!
Which is not unusual, but what in Hell is the Dhu Pearl Perch bit????
Neels
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Faulkner Family
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goes way back when someone
goes way back when someone got a small dhuie and no pic . everyone was saying it wouldnt have been a dhuie but a pearl perch instead as dhuies dont get caught up in carnarvon. but here is the proof of such things.
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crasny1
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OK got it
Well for my cents worth that is definetley a Dhu and not a pearl perch. Simple: to big for a pearl, stripe through eyes is a dead giveaway, no Pearling on gills as mentioned in the thread.
Neels
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tangles
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nice fish
thats is one fine cpature and definately a POM pick! on ya m8
NOHA
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Its a dhu
Stripe thru the eye and no "pearl" on the gill plate....IMHO
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just dhu it
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Gut lining
The other way ti tell , WA dhu fish have a white gut lining where as the northern species pearl perch have a black gut lining
sea-kem
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Amen to that!
Amen to that!
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spanishmackeral
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jeeez you get them as far up
jeeez you get them as far up as canarvon. thought gero was as north as they went?
MattMiller
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I thought the same
but one of my mates went on a live about charter out from Carnarvon 3yrs ago and they fished around the islands and caught about 5-6 Dhuies along with all the northern species. Not sure but I think that area could be there northern limit.
Quobbarockhopper
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ill have to believe it
ill have to believe it then... but all I know is ive lived here for the past 6 years and fished both the islands and gnaraloo pretty regularly and never seen/ heard of any, except for this usual pearl perch thing that crops up from time to time.
that being said, Ive only caught one dhuie years ago, so not the best authority to id this one
the carnarfin fishing comp doesnt have a section for them, and whats more in the history of the comp theres never been one brought in.
although that being said- theyre a couple of members on here that are a lot more local than me and will now kick the soapbox out from under me and put me
back in my box now...
good to stir up a bit of controvery anyway!
sea-kem
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Well there's no wire fence
Well there's no wire fence stopping them from swimming up that way same as the Mackies swim down here ;)
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abeldog
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Hey Guys
when I caught this fantastic Dhui on a homemade bucktail jig, you should have heard the noise on the boat when he came into view.
Read the post titled "I Luv Koks" refering to Koks island with more pictures and story.
I was also of the same opinion that Dhuies were not caught that far up, but as we have seen over the last few months,
Marlin off Dunsborough, Record Mackies in Perth, etc etc
The ocean has no boundaries, get into deep water and it's a Lucky Dip.
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poddyfish
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pic
nice profile pic george ;-) lol
remember lookin at this dhuie pic a fair while ago and been amazed - well done dude!
seems they didnt follow you all the way upto exmouth tho!
haha good stuff bud
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abeldog
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Thanks Poddy
Look forward to more of your diving catches.
I still dream about that monster coral trout your caught.
A legal size coral trout is still on the bucket list.
Maybe the forthcoming Abrolhos trip will do it.
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