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Consistent outtings mate always with results ,well done cant wait to get out of middle harbour and into the main harbour for summer sessions. cheers

When u look at the body shape, which is roundish the caudal and dorsal rays are long and when extended add to propulsion, so coupled with the body shape almost half the body is like a big fin ,hence the great amount of strength . i personally hate the buggers and they stink!

Hey buddy when you hook a surgeon on 60lb braid they head shake,and fish of around the 60cm mark can take a 5/0 hook easily. Heres a 60cm fish caught last year with a 6/0 hook in it cheers

They actually go as hard as a king at first but die off a bit quicker. They have a constant head shake when fighting them. Caught a few in middle harbour at anchor while targeting kingfish,every time they took fresh squid on a 5/0 octopus hook.

Nice Fish mate! well done

its zooxanthellae algae which is the same stuff that inhabits corals cheers

nice work boys and theres your october kings!!!!

well done buddy!! Nothing beats that feeling of completion when it all finally comes together and you land your first keeper king! Now the addiction begins in ernest as you realise your methods actually produced and can potentially produce more fish!! cheers

Love your work mate!! Cheers !

Well done mate!Great catch.

Holy Mother Of God!!!

DLMO!! Cheeeeeeeeerrrss Buddyyy!!

Welcome back Mike Cant wait for the warmer weather either mate!! Cheers Jason

You know its funny you say that, notice the smallest one has a ding in its body, it was the first one i hooked up too as i was pulling it in the biggest one was attacking it all the way to the boat, absolutely smashing it!! bites out of its tentacles and body!! I pulled in the smaller squid and the big fella went straight under the boat. I dropped the jig back under the boat and whack !! the big squid grabbs the jig straight away literally 4ft of line out!! So not only snapper like to eat squid it seems they like to eat each other or are extremely violent to each other if one has what another wants.....

A few more caught this morning

Nice work as always Roberta. Im interested as to how you cook them up? Ive had them in curries /skinned was great . cheers

Mate it actually did pull hard ,initially i thought it was caught on some kelp ..but then ..pulse..pulse..pulse Mate i was in the main harbour fishing the kelp around quarantine. I never eat the squid it is always bait.

Finished work early and due to the beautiful day decided to go for a bait gathering/sounding mission. Using a 3.0 Yozuri i landed this thumper after a couple of casts

OMG!

Amazing, I wonder what the weight of the shark is? Looks over 250kgs plus Cracker of a snapper too Niiice

Nice work on the flatties and kings mate. Took my wife to Tetsuyas for her 40th,it is unbelievable! I had the single most amazing mouthful of food ive ever had in my life there! Never forget it

its the last yellow wavemarker on your left as you head out to the heads

Got no idea why they removed it meybe to remove all the tackle stuck to it But i spotted it last week as i was driving around the shorefront to a job in Manly.

Its back

hahahha