Secho Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 (edited) Went for a run wide of Sydney on Friday, conditions were picture perfect with little swell and no sea. Managed a full tank of slimies before we headed out and ran straight to the thousand fathom mark in no time at all - 30 knots the whole way out. Cubed from about 2pm and had two very good fish show on the sounder at 80 fathoms within the first hour. We dropped a jig straight down to that depth and hooked up immediately.. almost spooled a Saragosa 18000 with a full spool of 80 pound jig braid top shot with 25 meters of 24kg mono.. on the second run the line popped and it was all over.. 24kg top shot had given in way half way up - not sure what happened there. After that we cubed till dark for three good albies and a weird fish that we've never seen before.. round as a dinner plate, looked like a piranha, copper coloured eyes.. any one got any idea's??.. went through the IFGA app for species.. doesn't look like anything there..?? Finished the day with a big blue shark and came back home in the same fashion as we went out - all in all a top day out and a great run on the water. Cheers Marty Edited June 3, 2012 by Secho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alasdair Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Hi Marty Bad luck on the big fin. Good to see that they are on the way, and that they are looking like a good size. The mystery fish could be a Southern Rays Bream. alasdair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Bad luck wit the one that got away. Could your mystery fish be a Opah, just a long shot.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaffsta Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 (edited) Sounds like a rays bream we caught 1 cubbing east of browns a couple of years ago very starnge looking fish indeed but then lot of the deep ooglies can be lol Edited June 3, 2012 by scaffsta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secho Posted June 3, 2012 Author Share Posted June 3, 2012 Hi Marty Bad luck on the big fin. Good to see that they are on the way, and that they are looking like a good size. The mystery fish could be a Southern Rays Bream. alasdair Good work mate - just checked out a pic of the Southern Ray's Bream.. spot on to what we caught! Cheers Marty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_pdc Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Did you catch the Slimes in or outdside the harbour? Ritchie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secho Posted June 3, 2012 Author Share Posted June 3, 2012 Did you catch the Slimes in or outdside the harbour? Ritchie Outside the heads mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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