junglejunky Posted July 2, 2005 Share Posted July 2, 2005 (edited) Hi all With Uni over for the semester Ive found myself with a little more spare time for fishing. Ive been landing plenty of GTs and small Barra around town but the bigguns still elude me. I Went out with Barrymundi today to hit a few marks around Magnetic island. The weather was great and we quickly found heaps of barracuda, estuary cod and lizard fish, but the highlight for me was a pb Fingermark. I called it for a trevor, but after a lengthy dogged fight down deep, the gold/brown shoulder flashed over with the distinctive thumbprint. 66 cm and 4.5 kg. To say I was pleased would be an understatement... The good old 4inch minnow in smelt did the trick. Cheers Matt. Edited July 2, 2005 by junglejunky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluecod Posted July 2, 2005 Share Posted July 2, 2005 Nice fingermark JJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narralakes Posted July 2, 2005 Share Posted July 2, 2005 Top fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikila Posted July 2, 2005 Share Posted July 2, 2005 Excellent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman Posted July 3, 2005 Share Posted July 3, 2005 Good stuff Matt Go hard dont they and better than Barra to eat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ankles Posted July 3, 2005 Share Posted July 3, 2005 (edited) nice fish there matt top stuff Edited July 3, 2005 by ankles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jocool Posted July 3, 2005 Share Posted July 3, 2005 Damn...thats a serious Bream! Good on ya Matt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglejunky Posted July 3, 2005 Author Share Posted July 3, 2005 Thanks guys, We just ate him....... superb! mmmn..... Yep Andrew, they go harder than a barra and definitely taste better too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slider Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 Jeez Paddy... that is an absolute ripper! Certainly would have given your light overhead outfit a good work out...top fish!! Cheers Bru Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slider Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 What are you doing wearing a beanie in that weather? 56561[/snapback] He's a FNQ'er now Swoff, anything below 27 degrees and he's shivering cold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Hey nice fish! What's a lizard fish? Is it a flatty, or something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglejunky Posted July 5, 2005 Author Share Posted July 5, 2005 Thanks fellas, Swoff the alphas was screaming, but it handled it no worries.... You'd be suprised at how chilly it can get up here, early in the morning. By 9 - 10 am though, you end up strippin back to t-shirt and shorts. Tim, a lizard fish is very similar to a flathead in both appearance and behaviour (The head is more like a goby though). It's a benthic (bottom dwelling) fish, very aggressive, and will hit just about any lure. J.D. I think that'd be fascinating, particularly for us fishos, but convincing the producers is another story... Ill try... I did push for a story on adaptations and defence mechanisms, but so far no go.... hopefully one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Mundi Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 (edited) He's a FNQ'er now Swoff, anything below 27 degrees and he's shivering cold! 56618[/snapback] Don't laugh, the day did start off rather crappy with a real southern nip in the air, but by 9 or 10 it was back to normal. Been blowing ever since then though. Good to see Matt collecting a few new species to cross off his northern "hit list" . Edited July 7, 2005 by Barry Mundi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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