SimJ Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Went to Clifton Gardens yesterday with a mate. Got there at low tide round 4pm got a good position and got stuck into it. I had gone out the night before and caught a nice squid, cut it into strips and sent it out. Went to catch some yakkas on the other side of the wharf had 11 in the bucket in about 10mins, all of a sudden I hear my name yelled out and see my mate waving frantically at me. Thinking it was a kingie I ran back to my rod, by the time i got there i could see it wasnt a kingie and it didnt have any fight left at all still a pb trevally for me at 45cm, I look annoyed because I was barely involved in catching it Things went quiet for a while after the trevally, my mate caught this odd looking thing which looked like a whiting/flathead any ideas? As it got dark my mate left and the tide starting coming up. I hung around for a while longer the jetty got absolutely packed. This legend I met showed me how to rig up to catch slimy mackerel and I was soon having fun on light gear with them. ended up with 7 slimies from 30cm-37cm. Another guy near me got busted off just before I left by something he described as monsterous, it snapped his wire trace Always good to get a new pb and a good day in general. Cheers, Simmo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobba Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 (edited) Things went quiet for a while after the trevally, my mate caught this odd looking thing which looked like a whiting/flathead any ideas? Commonly called a Grinner but also called a Painted Lizardfish, a Painted Grinner and a Snakefish. Here's a few links: http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/tmyops.htm http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2724 http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/ThumbnailsSummary.php?ID=2724 Edited April 9, 2009 by cobba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkymalinky Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 G'day Simmo, You must have some kind of strange fish pheromone on your fingers when you go fishing mate... every time out you manage to land something wierd... Nice Trev... sorry you didn't enjoy it as much as you wanted. Just gives you a good excuse to get back out there and have another go. Cheers, Slinky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlloyd Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Intersting catch there of a Grinner, a Trev is better than nothing and great when someone shows you a new trick such as catching slimies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillN Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 would you mind sharing the technique on catching slimies? I didn't know a different rig was required (probably why i've never caught one) Cheers, Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimJ Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 Slinky, I told u im gonna get something u cant identify, still looking! willn, I was using 8 pound line with 20 pound trace, no sinker and a size 6-8 hook. bait was small pieces of chicken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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