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    Buyback bargain

    in Tackle Talk

    Posted

    Not sure if those numbers represented wrap and length Andrew as I had a Sportex 3906, that was a 12ft Beach Rod. The 3904 was a heavier blank and also had a Sportex 3327a and that was a Jig Rod. Now that was a few years ago so I hope those numbers are correct and weren’t the Sportex Ocean Blackfish blanks 664 and 665.

    Now I could be wrong on those to but I think the Blank numbers were just blank numbers.

    The great colour of those Sportex Blanks bring back some great memories mate.

    Thanks for this.

    The Good Old Days

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    I fished the Peak back in the late 70's and yes there was some fish there. Gee it was a long way out and the big adventure just to fish there in those days. As FrankS said it was all land marks to find it as GPS wasn't around then. Certainly a buggar when the city was covered in fog, but I was lucky and fished with a fellow who did have a sounder that made finding the Peak easier (The North or South). Most just joined the pack and had no idea, so if they someone anchored they did the same. I remember one day all these boats must have seen someone already anchored so they presumed that was the mark and they are miles away.

    When the fish were on you could just about stepped from one boat to another and Gee there was some angry boaties. There were some big fish kills by some out there to. But like all fishing it wasn't always like that, sometimes it was just plain dead.

    It was the start of the Jigging craze, Penn Jigmaster Reels, Policansky Leverdrags, ABU 10,000. Sportex 3327A (I think) blanks. Wayne Hanstead and Joe Gospel brought out the Iron Glass range as well as the ground breaking "Irons" .      There was also the good old Butterworth 996 blanks.

    Fish wise yes 10-20kg Kings were around as well as all the sizes up to there. We only jigged in short periods because it was bloody hard work and always had lives down. We also caught Yellowfin which were not that uncommon on lives out the back of the boat whilst waiting for the Kings, I caught one jigging but only a little tacker of about 15kg, also caught them on floater baits for Snapper . We only used handlines for Snapper and didn't they scream off, again only small ones thank goodness  We also caught some very nice Snapper when the current was right.

    If you stayed out there till dark, which we did there was some big Trag to be caught and they were all big.

    Its nice to reminisce sometimes but I'm sounding like a old man , well maybe there's a reason for that.?

    Hopefully the real keen kids that are fishos now can do the same in 50 years time,

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    Weipa Report

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted · Edited by Blackfish

    10 hours ago, LuckyFil said:

    Thanks for that info I'll tell the other guys in the crew what it was. Interesting you caught one on the same style of jig I was using, which incidentally was very popular with many species up there - it was only small with a 1/6th head but everything had a crack at it.

    Did you also find the bluewater fishing was quiet? Other reports I've read from May /June also complained about the winds.

    Fil

    Yeah we had wind up there at that time and made it hard for us fishing the reefs, which we only did a couple of times.

    We got a few Trout, Fingermark, Tuskies, plus all the Reef sundries but no problem as we let most go.

    Virtually no surface action and only saw a couple of Northern Blues when moving the boat but we did make it up to the Norman one day.

    Oh and we never got one decent Mackerel couple of Tiny ones and a few snips offs.

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    Weipa Report

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Excellent Phil, buggar about the wind though and the Tuskie is certainly a cracker.

    The funny looking fish is a Papuan Jawfish, funny thing I got one in May when I was up there and caught on a White Bucktail Jig.

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    Forgot to ask about this girl too

    in The Aquarium

    Posted · Edited by Blackfish
    Spell check put in the wrong word.

    Few common names there Tash. I call it a Ling, I think others call it a Beardie.

    Museum calls it a Largetooth Beardie, not often big enough to eat. Nice white flesh.

    "Lotella rhacina."

    Have a good time up North you two. 

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