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.........used to be plenty of big YFT at 12 mile. Even the peak and long reef used to have em until mid 80's but sharp decline from then til the 90's

Not a Javalin....totally different fish. BUT..... I do know there have been many hybrid bream found on the south coast of NSW and even as far north as Sydney. There is evidence that black bream and Yellow Fin have cross bred and I do believe the 2 fish in the pic above show a greater difference than simply living in fresher or muddier water. Its quite true that fish often change their colour and general look ( sometimes significantly ) when they live upstream or in a different water condition than their normal coastal environment. This is especially true for fish that travel upstream and spend a good amount of time away from the ocean. EG. Barra, Bream, mullet, flathead, Jew and even Crabs. If your posting fish for ID check...... try and extend the dorsal fin and tail because the information to positively ID most fish is in the fin/spike/ray count. happy fishing Parkesy

Hi All I think the dark bird is a type of Skua or Petrol. The white one is probably a dark browed albatross. Also .... there is no such species as spiky flathead.... They are either baby blue spot sand flathead or tiger flathead. Both of which have a 33cm minimum legal length. The only commonly caught flathead with no minimum length is the Marbled flathead. Tight lines

Great work on the release. Thats a good size Dusky. There used to be plenty that size in the harbour 25/30 years ago. Thats when I got my PB of 108cm which i kept because i did not understand the importance of releasing these experienced breeders. To everyone who releases these big female fish you can be assured that you are helping to stop the massive decline of this species in our heavily populated areas. happy easter........

The feeling you will get from knowing that fish may go on to breed the fish your grandchildren catch is something that you will never forget....Great work.

Hi Guys Love it up there been on many trips.... Go out wider past the last shipping marker on a calm day and look for birds... there will be bluefin tuna ( long tails ) everywhere out there.....Metals will get them. Also have a go at the rail bridge I always get Queenies over 1 m long there. enjoy your trip Andrew

I agree with hotbite....it looks more like Wahoo to me. And quite safe to eat, I would even say delicious after catching many of them in the Maldives and on Lord Howe Island. Heard of a few boated of Sydney in the last few months too.

Hi Dan That is a Watsons leaping Bonito NOT mac tuna. Beautiful looking fish and actually great eating but they always look so good I release them. Enjoy the Bluefin they are great eating. Nice catch of the stones. Andrew

Hi All I have caught 2 Red Bigeye in Middle harbour over the last 20 years. And I have also caught 1 Maori Cod in Bantry Bay. Both in deeper areas on bait. So they are around but not common. Good to see they are still turning up. andrew

Hi Guys We will be out tomorrow too. Ch 21 TANGLER. Prob try browns and a bit north. Happy to share info on anything we find - its a big ocean.

The white fin extending from the tail is just part of this amazing fish. I have caught many at lord howe island a few at 12 mile and 1 at the peak. I think it is actually part of the sea horse family but you would have to do some online searching to confirm this and find out more.

Alostomus or flute fish. common catch on jigs in deeper water. some people also call them trumpet fish... but Alos means flute.....

Hi Guys I went to JB today. Almost 500km from northern beaches return trip .... headed S/E out to 151.24.....65kms out and not much happening. Apart from a naval exercise using live ammo.......... They dropped a rubber ducky over the side of the ship and sped over to tell us and a few other boats to get the hell out of here. So headed north 20km then back down closer in along the shelf. ...plenty of stripies out wide but nothing else and did not hear of anything. tight lines Andrew

Great work guys. I am heading down to JB on tues. Prob launch from Murrays beach and head SE. Any recommendations of where to try. ? Are they still getting them out from Ulladulla. ? Good luck and tight lines to all who have a go.

Thats what my sisters kids call Cuttlefish. And No its definitely a squid. Southern Calamari