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Some good fish there. Tailor that size are good sporting fish, and a couple of flatties to top it off.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Lure on a rod. Was hoping it was a nice tailor, but turned out to be a salmon, so salted the fillets for bait, and into the freezer with them.

Thank you.

There are a few different species of Gurnard, and some of the "gurnards" are actually part of the SCORPAENIDAE family, or Scorpionfish. Some are called gurnards of sorts, but have poisonous spines/spikes, and are not Gurnards from the TRIGLIDAE family (such as Red Gurnard and Latchet) Just about all of the SCORPAENIDAE family have long dorsal spikes, which carry the poison. SCORPAENIDAE include Fortesques (mongrel little bastards) and Red Rock Cod, which is not part of any "cod" family. The Red Gurnard, which is caught around this area, has never troubled me, even after copping a spike from the head spines. I have also been spiked by Red Rock Cod, and never suffered any effects. Dave.

Correct. With retirement, I try to keep out of the house. 🤣

Good to see he is still fishing, and catching something. Dave.

That was a great day out, one to remember for a long time to come. Nice fish!

Nice work again.

A good size for any time, even better on a fly.

Good bag of fish, and a few of a nice size for the table.

Yes Ash, as you would know, the fish are harder to find in winter. You managed a feed with the kids, and that's what counts. Have not seen a report from Bruce for a while, is he still fishing?

Thank you. There will be some fish about, but they become harder to find in the clear water.

Thank you.

Gurnard are fairly edible, some people rate them as good as flatties, I rate them a little bit less. I cut off the fillets then remove the skin and bones, and they can be cooked in a number of ways like other fish.

Thank you, and I don't work any more, now retired - apart from fishing, vege garden, caravaning, etc. 😂

Headed up from Lilli Pilli to the deep water, early this morning. I find that after the winter solstice - shortest day of the year - the fishing goes downhill in the Hacking, unless there is a good drop of rain to colour the water, and that won't be in the forecast for a while. The water is cooling off and rather clear at present. Only 1 jacket about this morning, the reddie just legal and a gurnard. Some bait stealing little reddies about. Headed to the mouth of South West Arm for a few casts with a lure after that. Salmon on the first cast but nothing afterwards. Near the bottom of the tide, I motored home towards Gunnamatta Bay, looking at what was on the edge of the main channel. Very clear water. West of the Ballast Heap, I saw quite a few blackfish in various schools, some may be not legal size. I also saw a flattie sitting on the bottom in about 5 feet of water, under a big school of whitebait. Around the 70 to 80 cm mark, with a big head on it, not buried in the sand, just sitting on top as some of the big flatties do. Motored around for another look but he was gone. No bream or whiting spotted at all along that section.

Last week was outside the Hacking, near Marley. A flounder and a red rock cod, hardly worth a report. Whales about, including one jumping about 50 feet from my boat. At this time of year, the fishing drops off, so not always worth a report.

He was f*&#$@*g close. A few years back, I was drifting off Jibbon, felt something brush my line (drifting under the boat for flatties) then a humpback surfaced about 30 feet (2 boat lengths) from the front of my boat. He had swum straight under my boat and obviously brushed the line with his body or fin. Certainly bigger than my little tinny. 🤣

Fishing south of Jibbon last week (caught bugger all) one of those monsters jumped less than 50 feet from the boat, behind my back, caused me to turn around rather quickly to see what was happening. A short time later, a pair of them were fin slapping and heading straight for me, so I had to quickly start up and move. They were not deviating their course.

A few nice reds there. A bummer about the rod and chair. Need another rod I guess, they are a bit hard to repair for normal use.

Another great day in the south.

Good work on the reds.

Extensive and thorough production.