tiger_shark Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Headed out Sunday arvo and sat under the rail bridge going for a jewie, with no success again. Oh well Only got a shovel nose and a few bites. Got a really big run and busted off on the light gear, always the way. We headed just outside barrenjoey for the rest fo the night. We had some very big bites, a couple of runs, a few snags, but no fish in the boat until we go a crocodilefish, which was released. At sunrise the yellow tail came on, some big ones too. The leatheries started to bite our lines to peices, we caught one and moved on after we put about 10 yellow tails in the live bait tank. We headed to some close reefs to do some drifting and trolling. We had a couple of touches while trolling but no hook ups. We then stopped at some reefs and drifted over them. The wrasse were down there in numbers. Garlic, soy, lemon and chilli wrasse.....yummm. In between all the wrasse catching, a 2kg red rock cod was caught... Was a great day out on the water with some great company..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark84 Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 mixed bag and a very colourful one at that good stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanger Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Nice colourful bag!!!! Funny we always throw the wrasse back, never new they where any good to eat!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 (edited) Headed out Sunday arvo and sat under the rail bridge going for a jewie, with no success again. Oh well We had a couple of touches while trolling but no hook ups. We then stopped at some reefs and drifted over them. The wrasse were down there in numbers. Garlic, soy, lemon and chilli wrasse.....yummm. In between all the wrasse catching, a 2kg red rock cod was caught... Was a great day out on the water with some great company..... Hi tiger shark thanks for the Pm's and the free professional advice on how to knockout my viral infection. I'm getting a little bit better. One thing of importance is to take a note of the conditions of the day. During shutdowns all sorts of colours come out particularly from deep holes and inshore reefs. Some you can eat and others are so obnoxious they'll either sting you or give you a viral infection Hope to catch up one day and maybe we can get a few rainbow coloured ones. Cheers jewgaffer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oh, Tiger Shark was that extra dry larger in the bottle in the pic or was it petrol to set those critters on fire? Cheers jewgaffer Edited August 29, 2007 by jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUFFO Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 I ALWAYS THROW THEM BACK TOO,BUT I HAVE SEEN IN A TV SHOW THE WRASSE BEING USED AS BAIT FILLETS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger_shark Posted August 29, 2007 Author Share Posted August 29, 2007 The wrasse are a bit boney but very tastie. The cod is great eating though, just make sure you skin it. I just leave the scales on and rip the skin off, makes it a bit easier when the scales are left on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abiasin Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 i love the wrasse to eat, well done on scoring so many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xib Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 yeh i was out 2. did u notice a boat called jake 2 ? all we caught where 2 sargent baker and some jackets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger_shark Posted August 30, 2007 Author Share Posted August 30, 2007 yeh i was out 2. did u notice a boat called jake 2 ? all we caught where 2 sargent baker and some jackets. Hi xib... no i didnt notice... we were in XT-SEA.. And jewgaffer, we might of used the petrol to start the fire so we can cook them. If you ever get a wrasse, keep it and cook him up, you'll be suprised. You cant freez them though as they go a bit brown, but still ok to eat. One of the guys on that came out with us had a whole lot of family over from over seas, so they were all eaten that night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangles Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Hi xib... no i didnt notice... we were in XT-SEA.. And jewgaffer, we might of used the petrol to start the fire so we can cook them. If you ever get a wrasse, keep it and cook him up, you'll be suprised. You cant freez them though as they go a bit brown, but still ok to eat. One of the guys on that came out with us had a whole lot of family over from over seas, so they were all eaten that night. saw u heading along prospect highway the other day, whilst i was working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger_shark Posted August 31, 2007 Author Share Posted August 31, 2007 saw u heading along prospect highway the other day, whilst i was working I dont think i was on prospect highway...not with the boat anyway, lmao. Maybe the missus is taking the boat out without telling me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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