boating Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Hi Guys I thought I would just fill you in on our annual Easter trip to Tartha. We headed out of Kianinny on good Friday we had a late start as they were forcasting crappy weather but we set of anyway just hoping to catch a fresh feed for the day which we did, they were only flathead but they were all around the 50cm plus and I must say they are one of my favorite saltwater fish. Headed out the next day to calm waters but a cold and wet day but to our surprise catching a varitity of fish even bagging out on some but for me the catch of the day was this metre 30, 8.3kilo gummy shark, caught it in around the deapth of 30mt and it faught all the way up for around 20min it was well worth waiting out the bad weather.We continued to fish out of Kianinny Sun, Mon, Thur, Fri catching flathead, gurnard, leatherjackets, flounder, rock cod, sweep, morwong, salmon, snapper and all those crappy fish you either throw back or use for bait I even got onto the kingies but failed to get one in the boat but the fight was fun. We went out of Eden on Wed and headed down to Disaster Bay it was my first time down there as the name was offputting but the fishing was great so all in all the fishing trip was good caught plenty of fish for family and friends and had a good time doing it. You should try fishing out of Kianinny its great I have tried to talk my brother into coming with us but he has seen photos of Kianinny at its worst and he just won't be in it but I will keep trying. Tight Knots Cindy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkymalinky Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 G'day Shark, Beautiful Gummy. It's mostly only us Southerners or Ex Southerners who truly seem to know that gummy is the only real fish in 'fish & chips'. That's a lot of prime flake in beer batter in your hands.... yummy gummy! Cheers, Slinky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plankton Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 G'day Shark, Beautiful Gummy. It's mostly only us Southerners or Ex Southerners who truly seem to know that gummy is the only real fish in 'fish & chips'. That's a lot of prime flake in beer batter in your hands.... yummy gummy! Cheers, Slinky Nice effort there mate. Seems like you had the luck on side. We caught a good Gummy about the same size as this in Broken Bay. Is this rare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
double pluggers Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Looks like you had a great trip, regardless of weather it really is a beautiful part of the world down that way. These relatively undeveloped parts of coastline are getting harder to find.I hope everyone keeps thinking the only way is north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lasty Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Only flathead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boating Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 Only flathead? No Lasty if you had read on we caught 10 different varitities of fish not to mention the throw backs or bait fish such as pikes, mavkerals, sergeant bakers, wrasse and all those other none keeping reef fish but at the end of the day there is nothing wrong with just catching only flathead just as long as you are enjoying yourself. Cheers Cindy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austwave Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 (edited) Only flathead? I'm born and bred from down Eden way and while a kingy or two are fun, and a few decent snapper are good my staple is always a good feed of outside flathead, sandy's or tigers, thats what I like to fill the bag to bring home. great trip report, this is the best part of the east coast IMHO Edited March 30, 2008 by Austwave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussie big bob Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 (edited) Shark Hunter Thats one big gummy and i mean the shark not the big fellow holding it. At least you got out there for what sounds like 4 full days of good and more I hear they also had a comp down that way you should have enter it in the comp as it could have been a winner. cheers bob Edited March 31, 2008 by aussie big bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boating Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 Shark Hunter Thats one big gummy and i mean the shark not the big fellow holding it. At least you got out there for what sounds like 4 full days of good and more I hear they also had a comp down that way you should have enter it in the comp as it could have been a winner. cheers bob Your right Bob they do run a fishing comp out of Kianinny every Easter and Christmas, its just a small comp and abit of a fund raiser for the fishing club but nevertheless it runs over two days and you get a feed and a beer for your entry. As usual we did enter the comp and after four years I was able to claim a prize with the gummy, I kept the money while hubbie got the five dozon oysters lucky me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Soprano Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Great report... Mmmmm nice yummy gummy. Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElwoodBlues Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Thats a great haul of fish there. that gummy sure would have been fun to pull in top work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussie big bob Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Your right Bob they do run a fishing comp out of Kianinny every Easter and Christmas, its just a small comp and abit of a fund raiser for the fishing club but nevertheless it runs over two days and you get a feed and a beer for your entry. As usual we did enter the comp and after four years I was able to claim a prize with the gummy, I kept the money while hubbie got the five dozon oysters lucky me. Shark hunter I can see where your hubby put those five dozen oysters What was the cash prize cheers bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boating Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share Posted April 2, 2008 Shark hunter I can see where your hubby put those five dozen oysters What was the cash prize cheers bob Hey Bob although I found that alittle funny hubby said lucky you didn't join us as we would have needed three times that amount. Tight Knots Cindy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussie big bob Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Hey Bob although I found that alittle funny hubby said lucky you didn't join us as we would have needed three times that amount. Tight Knots Cindy. Hey Shark Hunter Come on i think that three times is a bit over the top but does sound delish cheers Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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