checch Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Hey Guys, just ran a trip down South Oz last weekend, Although the snapper season is slowing we still got a few big snapper. Went out two days with a charter, ran 30-40miles out into the gulf. Awesome weather for the two days. Biggest went 22+lbs and 98cm , next biggest was 87cm, and got a couple around that mark. also nearly bagged out on King George Whiting biggest going 54cm and 1.5kg it was a ripper. anyway thought id upload some photos. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keflapod Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Hey Guys, just ran a trip down South Oz last weekend, Although the snapper season is slowing we still got a few big snapper. Went out two days with a charter, ran 30-40miles out into the gulf. Awesome weather for the two days. Biggest went 22+lbs and 98cm , next biggest was 87cm, and got a couple around that mark. also nearly bagged out on King George Whiting biggest going 54cm and 1.5kg it was a ripper. anyway thought id upload some photos. Cheers. mate could you do some catch'n'release? Catch in South Oz and release into Botany Bay? Jeez mate they're top reds. Wish we had them on tap here.... Any photos of the big KG ? Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checch Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 Mate would have loved to release the big fella but they just dont survive, its weird, only 28-30m of water and there stomachs blow up big time, very different to Sydney where I pull snapper from similar depths and there fine. Im still chasing up more photos, there just photos I took with my phone, will add soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 you only beat my pb by about a meter Great size fish mate well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robeebee Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 that's a fish of a lifetime congrats BTW wheres your wallet ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBCO67 Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Gotta be a happy chappy with not only a fish like that but in conjunction with other fish and weather to boot well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thommo Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 I,m about to leave for another trip down too Whyalla in Soth Australia, this will be my third trip. The fishing is amazing, with our bigest to date at just over 9 kg's. We fish for 5 days and haven't missed a day due to bad weather yet, this time of the year is most probably the best as the winds are not to bad. The trips are reasonably priced as well, the costs are $170.00 each per day maximum 6 fisherman per boat and you can include accommodation for an extra $30.00 per day each (3 in a room). We fish with Whyalla Fishing Adventures (Darren) is the charter operators name, he is a champion bloke and he also managers the Westlands Hotel/Motel where you stay for for the trip. Most of the fish are caught in less than 15 metres of water and we have never missed out on bagging out on the bigger fish. They manage the fishery pretty well with a maximum of 6 fish over 60 cm's per boat and 30 smaller fish between 38 cm's and 60 cm as well. Cheers, Thommo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusky_Chaser Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 cracking fish....10kg the magical mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diver1 Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 awesome catch mate!!!!!! u gotta b stoked with that!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thommo Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Arrived back from Whyalla yesterday afternoon after about 16 hours sitting behind the wheel of the cruiser carrying a 320 litre freezer full of fillets to be shared between 11 of us, what a fantastic week of fishing. We bagged out every day on fish over 60 cm's (average about 6 - 7 Kg's) but the smaller fish were a bit hard to find. I was lucky enough to catch a monster at 11.1 Kg's and 1 metre in length, when I have a chance to get a few photos together I will post a couple. The snapper fishing in South Australia must be second to none in this country. At one stage we had a 15 foot white pointer circle the boat 3 or 4 times, amazing too see this beast about 6 foot from the boat and looking right at you. Lucky the we weren't catching fish at that stage or we would have lost them for sure as we had done on the first trip 3 years ago. Someone had best give me a idea on how to post pictures as I don't have a clue. Cheers, Thommo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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