Dhufish? No Worries!
Hi,
a couple of first/PBs today out with Ozlobster and Hlokk. Ozlobster was gracious enough to put me onto a nice lump for my first Dhufish.
After that, we went out a little further and I picked up a pink snapper!
Sorry, more details after dinner. Its just come off the BBQ!
Ok, back from the BBQ and a snooze. Got home just in time to show it to my 9month old son, he thought it was pretty interesting, hope it didn't give him nightmares.
We knocked off both on the BBQ last nite, and you know its a good night when 4 of you can argue about whether snapper or dhuy tastes better.
Bit more trip detail follows:
We launched at Pt Peron around 6:30am and it was a quick trip to a spot about 10mile south of rotto's east end. We had a few drifts there, I can't remember the exact order, First John got quite a nice squid, then I got that dhufish (70cm nose to v). I got it on a scale-on herring fillet under a lumo squid. Next I got a shorter one on a cockburn sound squid head on the same lumo squid deaded hook. Hlokk picked up a piece of the bottom, but eventually got it moving, see picture below.
Next we went to a spot about 6mile south of west end, it was a little deeper, and a little warmer out there (21deg C). I got the Pinky (55cm) out there on a herring head, John got a followup one next drift.
Thinking the winter skippy might be a bit more reliable, we anchored off rotto and berleyed up. All that turned up were the birds and the pickers, so eventually we headed back. It was a quick trip back as we had a glass-off in the lee of the island, and then very smooth all the way through to 5 fathom bank before we saw any chop really.
Everyone got a feed and it was a nice day out. Now back to work, sob.
GOATRUTAR
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Good stuff guys what else
Good stuff guys what else was on the menu!
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Auslobster
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I knew I should've spun the
I knew I should've spun the boat around for the second pic...looks like we simply photoshopped a different fish in there!
Tim
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Nice Day
Looks like it was a nice day out. Well done on the first &Pb.
Much else caught?
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good job till,couple of
good job till,couple of nice fish there and great eating size too.
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hlokk
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Tills first dhuie in the
Tills first dhuie in the first pic, we estimated around 6-7kg, and I think the smile says it all :p
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mitch
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6 TO 7 ???????and yep the
6 TO 7 ???????and yep the smile well done
always in it just the depth that varies
hlokk
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Doesnt look like it in the
Doesnt look like it in the pic, i agree, but it was over 70cm from memory. More impressive in the flesh I think :p. Till should remember exact size (and maybe weight when he got home?). (Also, wasnt my guess, but i thought it was about right)
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mitch
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fair call mate !!!!!still a
fair call mate !!!!!still a PB and thats cool
always in it just the depth that varies
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Well done
cant complain about that,heading out tomorrow hopefully catch a couple
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Well done guys! 1985
Well done guys!
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Auslobster
where did you leave from?? Looks a hell of a lot nicer than Sunday morning!!!
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LOL
Go on Jamie
Rub it in mate
Have a great day.
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We left from Pt Peron....was
We left from Pt Peron....I was in the Sound very early Sunday and was thinking "how nice it would be out on the ocean" and then the wind came up, so yeah, we jagged a good one. 22 knots on the way out, 27 on the way in!
We got a total of two dhufish, two snapper, and one banjo shark. Oh, and a squid in 35 metres
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Nice Job Guys!
Well done on your first dhui Till.
That water looks great! It's great when you can open the boat up
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Excellent till
Great to catch a first. Bet the barbie tasted good.
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till
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I popped in a bit more
I popped in a bit more detail on the trip, and some rough idea of the ground covered, ta for the congrats pplz =)
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great story till
alway good to read storys of others fishing adventures good read and well done on your PB Dhufish
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first!
Well done on your first Dhu Jamie, the best eating size!
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Ta! It was a lot of fun, but
Ta! It was a lot of fun, but those ruby snapper look like they're a bigger workout, might have to try them sometime!
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Well done Jamie ,its always
Well done Jamie ,its always good to get that first one. Now they will be jumping at you, top stuff.