What fish are on the top of your to-catch list?
I havent been fishing too long so havent caught a massive amount of species (and usually not more than one or so of each :p).
My list of fish I'd like to catch goes on for pages, but there are still ones at the top of the list:
1. Dolphinfish - for the aerial acrobatics, light line and great to eat too.
2. King George - never caught one or tasted one.
3. Sailfish - great fighting with aerial shows, tailwalking, and big fish to boot.
(wouldnt mind a dhuie over 3kg, a barra, or pink snapper, any size on some driftbaiting gear, and practically any pelagic).
So what are you guys top 3 fish you'd like to catch and why? Perhaps a species, bigger sizes, on different gear, lures/bait/SPs/jig or different styles/line classes perhaps. It would be interesting to see what fish are at the top of peoples list, especially those guys who've caught every species under the sun.
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Anything but Skippy and blowies
Seriously I would love to catch a nice Dhuie, a Giant Trevally and marlin - in any order.
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Good topic
Top three yet to catch.
1. Red emperor
2. Rankin cod
3. Dolphin fish
Heading to exy in 9 weeks so fingers
crossed i may knock them of my list!
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Big V5 Fish!!
Especially during your closure period LOL
Seriously, from the top:
1) Dolphin fish.
2) Dhufish (down here)
3) Big YTK (caught smaller ones)
4) GTs - via poppers YEEHAH!
5) Barra - yum!
6) Big Billy (of any sort!)
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ooh
I hope to get over karratha way for early season barra Oct/Nov sometime. Then in Nov I want to get a good sail on 6kg or there abouts, or even just film them chewing on the bait balls. Then Dec/Jan I will be targeting big blue marlin, anything over 100kg to 350kg range.
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Shortly
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I have desperatly been
I have desperatly been trying to catch pink snapper of the walls to no avail
, think im going to have to go out on a charter lol.
So #1 would be Pink Snapper, #2 Mullaway and #3 a port jackson shark. (cos im a girl and think there cute
)
In all honesty after the snapper and mullaway, id like to catch any big fish that gives a decent fight.
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1. Mullas 2. Mullas 3.
1. Mullas
2. Mullas
3. Mullas
i loved to chase and catch them, always will be my favourite.
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Shortly...
I've never been called a mulloway before LOL
Good luck with the charter! Hope ya get a biggin girl
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boofhead
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took 10 seconds of head
took 10 seconds of head scratching to get that one col....lol
i wonder what #1 thinks about being likened to a pink snapper???? lolol
as for fish list..... pinky of the rocks, mullaway, and still waiting for harro to put me onto a nice dhuie
cheers Jes
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Cryptic Boof
YeahBoof, was a bit cryptic LOL
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Shortly
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lol Well from all accounts
lol Well from all accounts I think you would put up a good fight once hooked, and seeing as you live in Mt Barker, where lets face it, the sun hardly shines in winter and is as weak as you know what in summer, i would have to deduce that you would have to be close to the same colour as a mulla as well.
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Meter Barra on
Meter Barra on lure.
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LOL Shortly...
I'm not too hard too hook, if you use the right bait LOL. I feel like a frozen mulla at the moment LOL.
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Feral
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hmmm 1 .. big GT on popper
hmmm
1 .. big GT on popper
2 .. any large bill fish
3 .. maybe a black bass from PNG .... caught just about everything else
fishcrazy
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spaniard
gotta get a metro spaniard, a billfish,20 kg plus dhue, a 2kg king george ,cod on jig, hapuka, blue eye
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top four goal fish
1, any bill fish will do
2, Spanish mackerel in Exxy
3, nice NT Barra to brag about
4, Metro Salmon
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Hey Boofhead
Not sure about being called a pink snapper (there are so many things I could say about that but the crudometer might go over the top).
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Hey Shortly
Shortly, you have got to get to Kalbarri if you want to have a good chance to get a good sized mulloway, or even Geraldton.
I have had great success at both places.
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Shortly, check these out
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=JPRWRfbRi64
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ydj5xnavRV8
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Shortly
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WOW In that first video i
WOW In that first video i cant believe how fast they were catching them. Any idea where abouts they were fishing?
The 2nd vid is about the size of the fish im after
, I am thinking that they were at Wagoe perhaps, as there isnt much beach around kalbarri.
Thanks for posting those #1 or should I call you Pinky now.
7739ian
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Favourite 3
Generally what i can catch with limited boat access and even more limited ability so with a well worn tinnie it would be:
1. King George
2. Flathead
3. Squid
I have in the past caught Barra, GT's, Queenies , a lone Dhuie and several other fish of decent size but generally my best eating fish have come from a fish shop and a mate at work - One Powerball AND a few more numbers
boogernissan
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anything
im happy with anything as long as i can eat it
Carolyn
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Favorite
To Catch would be:
Salmon
Mulloway
Tailor
To eat
Baldchin
King George
Dolphin fish
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Andy
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1000lbs black marlin
1000lbs black marlin
jay_burgess
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Karratha WahooDogtooth Tuna
Dampier Wahoo
Dogtooth Tuna on jig
Red bass on stickbait
XOS GT on Popper
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hhmmmmm!
The few species that i havent got are Bluegroper/Red bass and dogtooth tuna. I'm still chasing but in saying that i haven't targetted them either!
I'm chasing sailfish on FLY soon so that will be a buzz also!
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yeah ryan the red bass go
yeah ryan the red bass go hard, i got a good one in exxy on the popper when we went to the islands looking for GT's, very suprised at its fighting ability the red bass.
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1. Big PNG black bass 2. A
1. Big PNG black bass
2. A 50KG GT on popper / stickbait
3. a 6 plus KG montebello mangrove jack
4. a 110cm barra
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Variety
Nothing like a bit of variety Brad
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Yeh
Yeh Mathew they are rated as a good scrapper. I know where to get them but the problem (good problem) is too much to do and so little time in exxy but that will change with my other boat based up there. I'm gonna throw some stickbaits at em and probably get everything else but.....good fun anyway!
Ohh yeh, barra on fly.....i missed that off my list!
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Bloke
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Hmmmm
#1 on the list for me is a 1m+ sambo from the yak, on video camera.
Very good chance this season if I pick the right day, cant wait!!!!!!!!
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Rod and reel
A sambo from a "yak" on a video camera ??
You will have better luck if you used a rod and reel to catch a sambo , I know they eat anything but I recon you will be hard pressed to catch one on a video camera.
And the strap will be too short to get down to the schools.
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1 20+ kg dhuie 2
1 20+ kg dhuie
2 bluegroper
3 sailfish
Moohan
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1. Land based Sambo. 2. Land
1. Land based Sambo.
2. Land Based GT on popper.
3. Land Based Spaniard.
SPESS
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Ive been lucky enough to
Ive been lucky enough to catch alot of quality fish when i went around australia from barra to billfish but i think out of all the lists up already ill agree with ad,s and I WANT A 350KG BLUE MARLIN!
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Auslobster
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Dolphinfish...fun to catch,
Dolphinfish...fun to catch, fun to eat. Salmon off the rocks on light gear, 'cause there's nothing like a bit of a challenge! Big winter tailor on poppers from a metro reef. And tuna...the bluefin/yellowfin/bigeye kind....beautiful fish to look at, and beautiful as steaks on the BBQ or sashimi!
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Like ya style Brad. Me; 1m+
Like ya style Brad.
Me;
1m+ Barra on Popper (Oh so close plenty of times).
Sailfish
Wahoo
Cheers Pete
flangies
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Longtail tuna Yellowfin
Longtail tuna
Yellowfin Tuna
Giant ass mulla from rockingham
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Goatch
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A grander tops the list,
Black Marlin that is
100kg Yellowfin
Dhufish of any size
Crap it works sort of
Just one more cast , honest !!!
flangies
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Tuna fishing has to just
Tuna fishing has to just abbout be the most exciting :) sept like marlin and that but i dont fancy a 3 hour fight :)
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1.mulla 2.snapper 3.tuna,shar
1.mulla
2.snapper
3.tuna,sharks etc
the more u fish..the less stress u get....
wadetolley
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kgs
Just would be happy in the next couple of months, to find a nice spot to catch some king George whiting of hillarys!
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It's certainly a "wish" list
1. a big rampaging black marlin on fly
2. mahi mahi on fly
3. a wild trout on fly (NZ or Tassie) around the 10lb mark
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harro
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dolly
i never caught a dolphinfish, very keen to get out on someones boat in perth one day, or i,ll be forced to tow mine, not sure where they are though.. which fad..
apart from that another yft would be great, u can eat them things raw..
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carnarvonite
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Not sure
Decisions decisions,what to pick?have caught heaps of class fish over time including double header of 40lb dhues,68lb spaniad from shore and 62lb mulloway on 15lb .Would hve to say 1-marlin
2-barra
3-big wahoo
4-tailor over 20lb on light gear
schecky
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1. landbased sambo 2.
1. landbased sambo
2. salmon
3. GT
4. big dhuie
5. BIG metro tailor
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oh and a nice barra would be
oh and a nice barra would be up there aswell
reuben
Kasey L.
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upgraded wishlist:
On poppers:
1. Marlin on stickbait
2. 100kg YFT on stickbait/pencil
3. 60-70kg GT
4. 20kg Coral Trout
5. big sucker of a saily
Jigging:
1. 50kg Sambo (I have been trying to break this for almsot 5 years now - some people get it first drop)
2. 100kg Dogtooth
3. 50kg amberjack
4. 50 kg Yellowtail Kingie
5. 50 kg Bass Grouper or Hapuka
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Well, its been a bit over a
Well, its been a bit over a year since starting this thread, so who has managed to knock off a few species of their list in the last year and a bit?
From my list i've managed to get my first dollie (and more) last season at the start of the year, and recently managed to get a KG (if only a small one). Sailfish are a bit more elusive though (not that i've got a lot of chance to try).
Caught several dhuies over 3kg and got some new PB snapper (all on the driftbait gear or lighter) and hooked into a few new pelagics as well. Lots of good stuff on the light gear too.
So who else has knocked a few off, and whats on the new list.
For me, I guess:
1. Sailfish
2. Spaniard on light gear
3. GT on popper
(wouldnt mind some bigger tuna too... and still yet to get a barra)
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fish wish list
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1/ New Guinea Black Bass 2/
1/ New Guinea Black Bass
2/ More Jacks
3/ Dog Tooth
4/ More Jacks
5/ Umm, have I mentioned Jacks yet??
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500kg tiger shark
off the beach
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want the v 5 of the shore
want the v 5 of the shore
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I like the sound of the Black Bass Dale
I have wanted to tangle with one of those for awhile and hopefully will be doing so early next year.
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Matt T
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My list for 2010
1. Tuna
2. Dollie
3. Dhuie
4. Pinkie
5. Mackie
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elusive mulloway
1 /a mulloway over 16kg,last 1 i got was over 4 years ago 2/a marlin i can only dream about 3 a massive tuna 4/ any gr8 decent fish ,i can boast about and eat,even share with family and friends 5/hope santas listening lol
Redfin 4 Life
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top 3
1. Good size mullaway.
2. Good size Redfin. ( 2 kilo plus )
3. Big wild trout brown or rainbow. ( 3-4 kilo )
octopus
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1. swan river mulloway 2.
1. swan river mulloway
2. a big samson fish
3. a big salmon
Jack Dawson
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1) Landbased YTK over 25 Kg
1) Landbased YTK over 25 Kg (caught plenty of smaller ones).
2) Landbased Dhu over 10 Kg
3) Landbased Pinky over 10 Kg
4) Landbased southern Bluefin over 10 Kg
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the way its been going i
the way its been going i would be happy just to get the boat out and get a feed of anything, the one fish that is on my list and hopefully get a chance at is a dollie, looking at hitting the fads a couple of times this year
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PilbaraBrad
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yeah updated list 1. A BIG
yeah updated list
1. A BIG PNG black bass (perhaps in 2011)
2. A 50 kg GT on popper or stickbait
3. A 6 plus kg Montebello Islands Mangrove jack
4. A 110cm barra
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Big swan mulla big mako
Big swan mulla
big mako
Swan river bull shark
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it'd be a mulla, big tailor
it'd be a mulla, big tailor and a metro salmon for me!
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Just to add to the list
1. Massive jigged sambo on my own boat (still never caught one though)
2. Big mulla 20kg plus (only caught tiny ones last time i caught one was like when 1 was 16 or something 22 now.
3. Huge dhui
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And def metro salmon
And def metro salmon bubbling behind the boat with lures and 2kg line:)
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A decent Yellowfin on a cast
A decent Yellowfin on a cast flutter butterfly jig
A decent Yellowtail king on a popper
A decent Spanish Mackeral on a stickbait
More sailfish on lures like a cast and pop Pakula Dojo Peche
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