Benji-martin Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Hey everyone, Hit little manly on Saturday night chasing tailor and what ever could be on the bottom. Arrived about 9:50pm. had prawns pilchards and squid for bait. My mate who I was with got his line out first and straight away on to little snapper. I got my float out hoping for some tailor. Got a kind out on the bottom and over the next hour we got 5 small snapper and a flounder which went 32cm which we kept. About 11:30 two other mates rocked up and brought snags for the free BBQ there. I rigged up some rods for them. One of my mates hooked on to something huge and we all watched as the 15lb braid disappeared. Eventually the fish snapped off. We are thinking wow what the hell was that. I re rigged up the rod and gave it to my mate. It was in the water all of 10min when the same thing happened. I don't have a clue what it was but it looked huge. The next few hours we caught 10 barracouta. Pretty sure that's what they I didn't have a camera and my phone had died. I don't know much about them but they have some serious teeth. They were all taken under floats targeted for tailor. All went quiet for s little bit with a few small snapper and some more flounder. Eventually one of the rods went off which had a whole squid and brought in a 1m port jackson shark. About this tone the wind picked up and everything stopped. We stuck it out till morning to see if any salmon would appear but nothing do went home. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dredog Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Yeh its a great spot Martin. I think you'll find they were pike. They generally come on strong around there. try one for a live bait. My mate chewy and I have caught some great kings on live pike. Just try and keep the scales on them when you catch them as they die a lot quicker if they lose a lot of scales. Just one hook through the tail area. Andre Hey everyone, Hit little manly on Saturday night chasing tailor and what ever could be on the bottom. Arrived about 9:50pm. had prawns pilchards and squid for bait. My mate who I was with got his line out first and straight away on to little snapper. I got my float out hoping for some tailor. Got a kind out on the bottom and over the next hour we got 5 small snapper and a flounder which went 32cm which we kept. About 11:30 two other mates rocked up and brought snags for the free BBQ there. I rigged up some rods for them. One of my mates hooked on to something huge and we all watched as the 15lb braid disappeared. Eventually the fish snapped off. We are thinking wow what the hell was that. I re rigged up the rod and gave it to my mate. It was in the water all of 10min when the same thing happened. I don't have a clue what it was but it looked huge. The next few hours we caught 10 barracouta. Pretty sure that's what they I didn't have a camera and my phone had died. I don't know much about them but they have some serious teeth. They were all taken under floats targeted for tailor. All went quiet for s little bit with a few small snapper and some more flounder. Eventually one of the rods went off which had a whole squid and brought in a 1m port jackson shark. About this tone the wind picked up and everything stopped. We stuck it out till morning to see if any salmon would appear but nothing do went home. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydangler Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 if it was a rounded body green/brown top, silver under side and a yellow tail its a pike. if they were long silver skinny fish they were barracuta. ive caught both there more pike then cuta though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benji-martin Posted August 27, 2012 Author Share Posted August 27, 2012 Yeh its a great spot Martin. I think you'll find they were pike. They generally come on strong around there. try one for a live bait. My mate chewy and I have caught some great kings on live pike. Just try and keep the scales on them when you catch them as they die a lot quicker if they lose a lot of scales. Just one hook through the tail area. Andre hey mate, I have caught plenty of pike and these were defiantly not pike. I looked through this book I have and came to the conclusion Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krispy ! Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Could they be hairtail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydangler Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 (edited) does this look something like what you were catching? Edited August 27, 2012 by sydangler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benji-martin Posted August 27, 2012 Author Share Posted August 27, 2012 does this look something like what you were catching? hey mate, Defiantly looks like it but much bigger then what we were getting ours were about half the size. The gin going all the way down the back is the same. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydangler Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 is the tail the same?? im assuming it was barracouta ive caught the odd one round there in winter never in numbers though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewhunter Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Shame about being busted up. They sound like barracuda. I've had nights in the boat years ago in that area & had the screen blacked out on the sounder from top to bottom with them. They can get that bad that you have to move to get away from them. Cheers, Grant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benji-martin Posted August 27, 2012 Author Share Posted August 27, 2012 is the tail the same?? im assuming it was barracouta ive caught the odd one round there in winter never in numbers though. hey mate, Yea the tail wad the same. I showed the picture to my mate who was with us and he said that is the fish Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydangler Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 yer they were pestering us early in the morning at 12 mile on saturday till the kings took over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjc123 Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Bad luck mate! Never know, could've been a jew.. Best bet is oversized ray or maybe a bronzie.. Chuck one of the barracouta out live if they arent big like the one in the above pic.. Might be wrong though as im not sure of the legal sizes.. Might get something special on it though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwood1980 Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 pretty sure its a pike, i always catch them there as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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