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On 8/4/2018 at 5:28 PM, JonD said:
Sorry for being a bit blunt but why don't you have some sort of fish id. Simply put you need to know what species you are catching if you intend keeping any, you also need to know legal sizes and quotas etc. Didn't you recently post other fish including protected species ( black cod ) you didn't know what they were.
Hey mate ,
No I never posted anything of the sorts about protected species . You’ve gotten me mixed up with someone else (check my post history if you want). And I’ve never kept any fish I’ve caught (let alone an undersized one -not that I have anything against people keeping legal fish for eating purposes). .
Cheers anyway , I will take your advice and get myself a fish ID
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26 minutes ago, Yowie said:
NSW Fisheries provides fish identification booklets from time to time, with pictures of the more commonly caught species, and bag and size limits.
The newer fishos should grab one of these for reference info. and keep it in the tackle box.
Cheers Yowie
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10 hours ago, big Neil said:
I think it's time you set your eyes on some fish identification charts, just in case the "Trevally" turns out to be a Bream. Good luck mate. bn
Hahahaha yeah mate that’s a fair comment
Cheers
SS
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5 hours ago, Volitan said:
Look at it this way.
your fish is big for a tailor, but would be small for a salmon, so we’ll done.
also, tailor are good eating if fresh. Salmon are not. So again nothing wrong with the result.
cheers
V.
Cheers Volitan
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11 hours ago, Mr Squidy said:
Good stuff, you did well getting some fish on the bottom of the tide off the beach. Swell condition from Willy Weather was probably in feet not meters. No 4m swell out there recently.
Cheers.
Rich
Cheers Rich
Yes it definitely could have been feet
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Thanks everyone for the replies , much appreciated!!! I think it’s time to set my eyes on some Trevally next ...
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Another angle of above fish
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So I fished the same spot a week later and got this beauty (for me anyways ahah) .
I posted it in a fishing report and judging from my fellows fishos responses there I am now very confident it’s a tailor . However I thought I may as well post it here as well .. two heads are better than one . ?
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This is the same fish from another angle ?
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This was a fish I got last week , just curious what it is . Thanks guys ?
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3 hours ago, Amatteroflight said:
Maroubra Beach and North Maroubra in general are great spots. Well, when I used to fish it in the late 80s and 90s.
You can get all sorts of good fish there from bream, luderick to snapper and jew. In the top picture with the beach and sand bottom showing:
1 - the wreck of the Hereward (ran aground in 1899) lies in front of the stormwater drain. Every few years bits of wreckage become uncovered from their sandy grave and there are also the rocks in close that hold luderick on high tides, shallow fishing with a bobby cork in very calm seas or flicking light baits out should smash them. Same for spot 2. Luderick come in and feed on cabbage in the shallow rocks there. The general area over the sand is good for whiting, bream and trevally at times too.
At spot 3 there is at least one rod hole carved into the rock that is a bit higher off the water. I used to catch good bream (most times) and tailor (mostly colder months) off there at all times of the year. You also get whiting. There is usually a big gutter that runs along the reef out to sea and an old schoolmate even landed a 35lb jew there in the late 80s. I am sure jewies are still caught around the 'Bra. A bit of whitewater spilling over the gutter would be better opposed to clean, calm seas. It is a relatively safe spot in a swell, but not a big ground swell. Common sense should dictate one's decision to fish here, or any rock fishing spot for that matter. At the spot X I speared a huge flathead in my younger days, easily 1 meter long.
In the second image, 2 is the best wash for luderick with 1 marking the stake in the rock (if it is still there at all). Also bream, drummer and other wash-based goodies await you here.
Spot 3 is higher off the water by about one and a half meters and there are at least a couple of rod holes there where you could throw a bait out to sand (4) and leave the rod in the holder while you fish a light bait or luderick in close. I remember an old Austrian bloke - everyone called him Snapper Steve - who would get nice reds there.
Enjoy!
Thanks Amatteroflight for the in depth response , definitely appreciated !!
Very glad to hear you’ve heard of Jewies being caught here . Myself and cousin are looking to start trying to catch our first Jewie, once we get our gear set up to match .???
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3 hours ago, masterfisho7 said:
Nice report and yes its a Tailor well done
Thanks masterfisho7 for the reply
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3 hours ago, GoingFishing said:
Great report !
Tailor are known to do some acrobatics too....be careful of those teeth on the tailor they are sharp as a surgeons knife.
Got a nasty gash through my finger in my early fishing days pulling hooks out of tailor....now i use plyers !
Thanks for the reply GoingFishing Absolutely , I better go have a look in the shed
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3 hours ago, mrsswordfisherman said:
Great report layout!!
Don't worry about incorrect ID of fish - we have all done it along the line. You can always put a pic into our The Aquarium section and the experts will ID it for you.
Thanks mrsswordfisherman , I might actually do that with another fish I caught last week (I thought it was a salmon as well but have a feeling it could have been a tailor ... ?)
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5 hours ago, Scratchie said:
Your report layout is spot on! Although your fish is definitely a tailor!
Cheers scratchie!!!
Thanks scratchie, at least I got half of it right hahaha ?
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5 hours ago, big Neil said:
No right or wrong way to put your report on here mate. The fish is a Tailor and not an Australian Salmon. Welcome to the site and we'll all look forward to reading your posts down the track. Cheers, bn
Cheers big Neil for the reply !! ?
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10 hours ago, wazatherfisherman said:
Great report Silly Salmon! Your pictured fish looks like a Tailor though? Either way, well done
Thanks for the reply wazatherfisherman . You’re joking hahah ? ? I was convinced I had a salmon. Guess I better get back out there and keep trying for one
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So myself and my fishing comrade (the cousin) got to Maroubra Beach around 5:45pm, about 10 minutes after low tide. We were unsure of what to expect as we had never fished here at night at low tide. ????
We arrive and set up shop, roughly outside the blue surf club , where one of the main gutters on the beach is. There’s seems to be a decent swell and bit of a wind. Armed with gang hooks and pillies we get to work. No bites for the first 1 hour or so . Then BOOM ! My cousin is on with his first Aussie salmon on the line. Thanks to our headlamps we watch it jump in the air about 10m out from shore , and spit the hook .... ??
My cousin is straight back on it armed with a new pillie. 5 minutes later he gets hit again...only for this new fish to spit it again .. ☹️
At this point I’m 100 metres away down the beach and reeling in to cast my rig again when BOOM. I get hit . Luckily for me I was able to get her in and beach her . Cheering. ??
Finer details
Swell - just shy of 4m (according to willy weather)
Wind - NE 25km/h winds
Time: Roughly 7:30pm (2 hours after low tide )
Details :
Aussie Salmon
Length - 50cm (NEW FISH PB!!!) ?????
(Someone plz tell me if this is the not the way you layout the reports I’m just going off some of the ones I’ve read ??)
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Thanks everyone for the replies ??
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5 minutes ago, Fishing.Hooked said:
Caught a 60cm Aus Salmon last week - See my fishing report for all the details man!
If you wanna go out and try land a few together let me know !!I'm based in Neutral Bay
Hey Fishing.Hooked
Cheers for the update ,
Ill definitely let you know if I’m heading out your way for some Ozzie sambos ?????
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2 minutes ago, TheSillySalmon said:
I’ve heard some really good things about Garie , when it’s firing it’s meant to be a great spot
You might not but if you need any tips on your setup / rigs just ask, even though I’m a beginner fisho myself I have happened to bag myself at least 1 Aussie salmon so far so I think I’m doing something right hahahah ?
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3 hours ago, Marmot said:
Last Saturday I went to Garie beach, nothing... Of course it's pretty normal for me as a beginner.
I’ve heard some really good things about Garie , when it’s firing it’s meant to be a great spot
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Not to steal the spotlight away from Pugzthugz original question but;
Are whiting still able to be commonly caught off beaches during winter ? From what I have learnt from the most knowledgeable fisho of us all (Google) it seems whiting are more of a summer species ?
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Hey to all, ??
This is just a quick question regarding safety; not for myself but for swimmers and surfers on the beaches I fish on. ???
So the question is , what are my fellow fishos advice on burleying on busy beaches ? Is it a no go? ???? Or is it OK as long as you’re not doing it during a time when it’s busy with swimmers and surfers ?
whiting rigs?
in Fishing Chat
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Thanks SickWolF
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