Dusky_Chaser

Love your work Rob.....Great report and 100 times better that you let her go to do her thing. Love the fat ones more than the long ones Regarding her weight. heres my findings. 82cm condition very good 4kg 82cm condition very good 4.1kg 83cm condition poor 3.5kg 84cm condition ok 4kg 87cm condition very good 5kg 88cm condition ok 4.8kg and a few in between .....cant say Ive seen an 80 something in what I would call excellent contion. An 84 in Excellent condition I dont think would hit 5kg but I believe it would be on or very close to 10lb in the old scale. Call her 10lb........got a nice ring to it

Those Buggi pops are great.....fishing with them gets the adrenalin pumping .....well done

Great fish mate and well done on release. If you dont mind me asking what did it take?

Great fish

StellaSW10000

ODE TO MY HAT I never knew what we'd become When you were young and new But we've become the best of mates Our relationship........ it grew To keep the sun off was your job At first... or so I thought But you became much more than that The best I've ever bought And as I look through photos Of years passed and gone Most of my good Duskys Were caught while you were on I've tried some other hats Along the way oh yes it's true But doesnt matter what I kept on coming back to you You've lost your shape, you droop You are a little saggy. And even I must admit You look a little daggy It's true you've faded, torn a bit Your eyelets even rusting And people tell me "lose that thing It stinks and it's disgusting" 'Fi wash you, you'll disintergrate. Mere threads left you will be. But that I could not handle Rather lose you to the sea But I believe you have more years To sit upon my head And I believe we'll catch more fish And so it will be said "you were the greatest hat I've owned Best ever made of cotton" And if I ever lose you You ll be gone............. but not forgotton

Does anyone know where I could buy 2 three way rod holders. These retail for around 59 dollars and come in Port and starboard configurations. I am after some that are configured like this. (BOTTOM LEFT) I know I could get them made/change them but it would be cheaper and easier if I could find some premade. Its not an item I will use all that much so no point spending a fortune. Cheers

FISH 2 I would like to enter one of the flathead I recently caught.... It is the last fish in this report HERE

YEAH I LOVE EM :thumbup:

Heres my best. 6.8kg Released

Yeah shes not a bad old place. Well done on your trip mate. Sounds like a great time was had

Nice fish Mate

Adiing my congrats on an awesome fish and to catch it as bycatch must of been a huge surprise.....great work on the light gear and a pat on the back for letting her go. Breaks my heart to see photos of these fish dead, dried out and crusty.....Well done to you

Great report .....smoked fish is Gold

Well done mate....any Jews a goon one

Nice fish mate and well done for letting her swim......pick her up next time for a quick cuddle and show her off..... well done

Great fishing....awesome blueys

Great report mate....looking at those 2 photos has many including myself shaking our heads... Why do we live here?

Very nice fish mate

Beautiful fish mate

Yes mate Wonboyn was one of the places I hit but didnt have a great deal of success there this time....was a cracking day weather wise and still enjoyed it

Thanks guys. Ive been working hard on these fish for some time. I dont get the chance to fish very often for them so I gotta make it count..... I love the squidgy lures in particular the shads but have year after year been getting ticked off by squidgy as they keep deleting all my favourites. I love the colours silver fox , red rum black opal and I think it was called pink zinc but they have all but been deleted and the different sizes available depleted. So I have had enough .... I am now road testing some new lures.....they are a home made job but not by me... I have been playing around with these generic style lures and adding my own colour to them so that they fill the void for me that I believe is in the market. This was my first real go at using them and I am blown away with the start I had........Would love to say more but at this stage thats all I can say about them Thanks so much for the kind comments

Hey Raiders Just came back from an amazing weeks fishing, hitting a few estuaries between Mallacoota and Wagonga. For those of you who dont know me well I loves me big girls and I'm talking about the brown flat ones. I am after a 1 meter specimen and wont stop till I get it. Didnt hit the ton this trip but was blown away by the quality of fish encountered. Day 1--- Well day 1 was pretty much a wash out but still managed 4 fish over 60....the best going 69....I was really upset with the 69 as she was seriously gut hooked and even after an hour in the live well with the pump on she didnt make it....all other 60 pluses released. Day 2---- WOW.....First up came a long skinny girl....she went 88 and tipped the scales at just 4.7kg......beautiful fish. (not a great pic....fishing on own and had to get a boaty near by to get a photo for me so I could let her go) On the same day I managed a pigeon pair of 72 and 73...both released What a day. Day 3 --- saw a nice 82cm model come in tipping the scales at 4.1kg....a pretty solid fish Day 4 --- was great weather but just couldn't seem to get amongst the bigguns Day 5--- was a tough day early on and the fish were really shut down but then along came another 82cm girl just before dark to keep the smile on my face....another beauty at 4.1kg Day 6---- The final day...I gotta admit I thought surely my luck was gonna run out but then on dusk again....right on queue came this sexy mama.....she went 87cm and weighed spot on 5 kg......She was me fav for the trip...... not as big as the monster I got last month but I still love her All the fish pictured were released in great condition What an unbelievable week of flatty fishing......hope you enjoy

Hey guys A while ago I put up a post asking if anyone had any 150mm silverfox shads laying around. Now I am after them in any colour. If anyone has any that they are not wanting or using would be happy to buy them off you. Please let me know Must be shads...not fish ANY COLOUR. CHEERS GUYS

Boil 8 liters of water in stock pot 2 fish stock cubes 4 finely chopped spring onions 2 sprigs lemon grass 2 teaspoons grated ginger 2 tablespoons molases for sweetness 3 kaffir lime leaves Juice of 2 limes. Add brick to water to attract muddy residue that comes off fish fillets Add carp fillets and boil for 20 mins. Strain entire contents throwing away everything except Brick Eat brick