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Nice one Plankton, great snapper in MH and off a wharf !!!

Nice one Pete. I agree, bait or artificials have their day, but in general I don't think you can beat live or fresh bait. Jolly nice of you to teach the Turkish guy and his family about fishing, you do this country and FR proud. Hope to head to the lake for some artificials fishing, will let you guys know how I go.

AWESOME !!! Well done on a great capture !!! And thanks for sharing !!! BTW - Did you use to walk around in a yellow skivvy ???

Here is a video I took of Michael "The Jigging Machine" a few months back. He does not hook onto a fish this time, but the video shows his jigging technique. Funny when you first see it, but the little man has stamina and goes all day long...

Well done Zenman, good to hear a fishing story with a happy ending. There could have been a big school down there, an 85cm Jew should not give you too much curry, if you are equipped for it. Imagine how MASSIVE the other ones may have been.... I guess you will never know...

Sorry to hear you did not get much action Jewgaffer, you certainly put in an effort. Great to see Jewgaffer Jr show some commitment as well. Thanks for taking the time to share your experience and thoughts with us.

Ha ha, I see you were holding your Stella !! How has she held up after the dunking? Any rust or faults? I can't wait to get stuck into the Summer kings. I haven't been out on my boat for a while, been bludging lifts from a certain fisho. Will be good to get out the Scottys again, see you out on the water soon...

Well done on your feed Ceph, a feed of calamari and flatties is very nice indeed. Shame the Kings did not show up, will have to wait until next time. They should show up any time soon...

Nice one Ceph, great to see you weren't going to let your boat mishap affect your day. Congrats on your first Jew, nice to catch a fish of that quality on SP. The MH Hoodlums will have to wait another day..

Nice one Red, very sporting of you to fish so light !!! I could imagine how fun they would be on such light line. The lightest I have used is 12lb braid, on a light rod, and the King gave me some curry... You are right though, not many people would put in the hours and effort for squidding at night. The effort pays off though, and when you score with fish like that, it all makes it worth while.

Thanks Roberta. I know what you mean about the spikes and fish wriggling when you are trying to put them to the sword. When I used to fish for blackfish, I used to use a keeper net as well, and an eel also took a liking to one of the blackfish in the net. But it only happened the one time. Speaking of bleeding fish, I remember one day when I had gutted a luderick and gilled it. And as I was about to put it into the net, I dropped it into the water, and it actually swam off... Poor thing... Would have quickly become eel or jewie bait.

Hi Roberta, I notice you bleed the fish by cutting the back of the neck, as opposed to the underneath the gills. Is there a reason for this, and do you do this just for the blackfish? Cheers. Oh, and BTW, nice bag of fish...

Nice bag of blackfish Roosterman. Hope your plan comes to fruition. Good luck, and may the force be with you.

Ha ha, love the report Penguin. I was out at Browns with Namesay and Rzee too, nothing to add to the tally. Although someone in one of the boats that buddied up with us jigged up an Albacore !!! Yes, you heard it right, the psycho dropped a jig (to the end of this line) and jigged. He felt weight, and up can an Albacore of around 70cm. Tough day out there.

Well done guys, just got back from a trip overseas, and Kelvin had told me about your capture and said I had to see the photos. Fantastic capture, congratulations and certainly the fish of many lifetimes !!! It was awesome that you had so many people there to share the moment with. PS - I heard that these southern bluefin taste fantastic, sounds like you agree.