namesay Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Hope everyone is having a great summer. These guys are keeping us occupied. Sydney is a great place to spend your time on the water! The kingy Tony is holding is 108cm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimyo Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Wow man thats awesome! I love reading your old posts kelvin, you taught me heaps about kings and i thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaffdogg Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Those fish are unreal mate good one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mialla Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 holy moly that's some awesome captures there champ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVZ350 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 lovely jewies mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namesay Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 The jews have been going well for the last couple of months. I fish for them in the day time in the right conditions and it is a great change from all the pelagics I normally target. The kings are going from strength to strength. Lots of big fish around. Kelvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quintrex480 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 WOWSERS! that's awesome! If you ever want to mentor anyone Kelvin. I am first in line! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ossielewis Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Wow these are beauties!!!! Looks like your working them on SP's Also!!! There great results...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Squidy Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Thats a serrious collection of fish there, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledock Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Nice fish mate. Did you get them in all one session?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkat87 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Haha gotta love the nuclear chook gulps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high_speed_metal Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Nice one... You have to be happy with that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay83091 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Wow that's just awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framedtrash Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 some nice fish there and love that boat what boat is it ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 What a haul that photo in the boat looks like it could of been from the 1960's with a tub full of quality fish catches like that dont happen by accident.There is truth in that old saying 10% of the fisherman catch 90% of the fish the other 90% catch 10% of the fish.Well done fellas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namesay Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 some nice fish there and love that boat what boat is it ?? The boat is a contender. I've had this one for 2.5 years now. Set up solely for fishing. Done around 900 hours on the motor. Still runs good. Kelvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim77 Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 and love that boat what boat is it ?? Its a contender 21 CC (or it might be a 23). Beautiful boat - expensive in the states... Extortionately priced here!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namesay Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 What a haul that photo in the boat looks like it could of been from the 1960's with a tub full of quality fish catches like that dont happen by accident.There is truth in that old saying 10% of the fisherman catch 90% of the fish the other 90% catch 10% of the fish.Well done fellas I have a rather large kill tank in the boat. About the size of a coffin. Keeps plenty of fish in there nice and chilled. In these photos there are a couple of snapper and some flatties in the kill tank as well but they were incidental catches so didn't think of taking any photos for them. Kelvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keflapod Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Hi Kelvin, That's an extraordinary catch. Well done. It certainly seems like you know where and how to twitch them soft plastics. So which waterway is that you're in ? Offshore for the kingies / reds and inshore for the jews / flatties - probably. Also, what is that brown fish of which we can only see the gills and belly ? It ain't no flattie... You've had the boat for 2.5 years and put 900 hours on the motor ? You must live on that boat (or you bought it with 500 hours on it already). Once again, congrats on a top catch. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOE^MOE Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 there great fish and on plastics that even better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namesay Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 Hi Kelvin, That's an extraordinary catch. Well done. It certainly seems like you know where and how to twitch them soft plastics. So which waterway is that you're in ? Offshore for the kingies / reds and inshore for the jews / flatties - probably. Also, what is that brown fish of which we can only see the gills and belly ? It ain't no flattie... You've had the boat for 2.5 years and put 900 hours on the motor ? You must live on that boat (or you bought it with 500 hours on it already). Once again, congrats on a top catch. Tony That brown fish is a maori rock cod. It is one of the most delicious fish in the ocean. Pretty common around Sydney in the warmer months. The snapper were all caught inside the harbour. I am not giving away any secrets when I say there are some thumper snapper in the harbour if you know where and how but I am only a bunny when it comes to snapper fishing. Due to the strong winds in recent days I have mainly fished the sheltered waters inside the harbour. Not fun fishing offshore in 20+ knots of wind. I am a bit of a boat tragic. I constantly have at least a couple of boats around. Once I buy a boat I am already looking at the next but my contender is the all time favourite. This one is a keeper! Can fish in less than a meter of water one minute then zoom off for the continental shelf the next. Spin for bream and troll for marlin all in one day. Mostly I fish alone but it can accommodate 3-5 anglers with ease. By the way I got it with zero hours on it. Currently looking for something 35-40ft again. Miss big boat fishing especially in summer. Kelvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leatherjacket Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 That is staggering!!! Well done, top skills and I bet the relies luv u!1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keflapod Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 That brown fish is a maori rock cod. It is one of the most delicious fish in the ocean. Pretty common around Sydney in the warmer months. The snapper were all caught inside the harbour. I am not giving away any secrets when I say there are some thumper snapper in the harbour if you know where and how but I am only a bunny when it comes to snapper fishing. Due to the strong winds in recent days I have mainly fished the sheltered waters inside the harbour. Not fun fishing offshore in 20+ knots of wind. I am a bit of a boat tragic. I constantly have at least a couple of boats around. Once I buy a boat I am already looking at the next but my contender is the all time favourite. This one is a keeper! Can fish in less than a meter of water one minute then zoom off for the continental shelf the next. Spin for bream and troll for marlin all in one day. Mostly I fish alone but it can accommodate 3-5 anglers with ease. By the way I got it with zero hours on it. Currently looking for something 35-40ft again. Miss big boat fishing especially in summer. Kelvin Hey Kelvin, A maori rock cod? I just googled it and it looks like a jewie with black dots all over it. Never seen anything like it anywhere in sydney, posted on a website, in real life, at the martkets or anywhere. Is it really a sydney species? Even when I spent some time trapping with pro fishos near-shore we never saw one. We saw spangled emperors and all sorts of unseen things but this one is unusual.I would love to hear more about these fish! A boat tragic eh? Well your house (mansion?)probably looks like a boatyard. I'll certainly won't hound you for reddie secrets in the harbour (I fish Botany Bay exclusively) - have you caught any cod in the bay ? Also, I fish alone and my 5.7m platey can do similar things to yours but I haven't been to sea in a couple of years - I would go green in half a metre of swell now. And you started with that motor being new? Whoa that's a lot of hours for 2.5 years - your sleep walking has turned into sleep fishing ! Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namesay Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 Hey Kelvin, A maori rock cod? I just googled it and it looks like a jewie with black dots all over it. Never seen anything like it anywhere in sydney, posted on a website, in real life, at the martkets or anywhere. Is it really a sydney species? Even when I spent some time trapping with pro fishos near-shore we never saw one. We saw spangled emperors and all sorts of unseen things but this one is unusual.I would love to hear more about these fish! A boat tragic eh? Well your house (mansion?)probably looks like a boatyard. I'll certainly won't hound you for reddie secrets in the harbour (I fish Botany Bay exclusively) - have you caught any cod in the bay ? Also, I fish alone and my 5.7m platey can do similar things to yours but I haven't been to sea in a couple of years - I would go green in half a metre of swell now. And you started with that motor being new? Whoa that's a lot of hours for 2.5 years - your sleep walking has turned into sleep fishing ! Tony The species is Epinephelus undulatostriatus. One noted Sydney charter operator wrote about it some time ago. It is normally found on the barrier reef but they are a common enough catch where I fish. Often more reliable than the jewies. I don't sleep walk and don't fish the bay. I would have racked up a lot more hours if I didn't fish in other people's boats from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keflapod Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 The species is Epinephelus undulatostriatus. One noted Sydney charter operator wrote about it some time ago. It is normally found on the barrier reef but they are a common enough catch where I fish. Often more reliable than the jewies. I don't sleep walk and don't fish the bay. I would have racked up a lot more hours if I didn't fish in other people's boats from time to time. Thanks for that info Kelvin. It's refreshing to know that there is still so much out there to learn. Someone always knows something that others have no clue about. If we all knew everything, fishing wouold be boring - there would be no thrill as everything that happens would be expected - no surprises. Fishing's like a box of chocolates.... You never know whatcha gonna get get... (assuming someone's nicked the chocolate chart, else you WOULD know).. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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