tw9635 Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 (edited) Went to Port Douglas on a family holiday and managed to have a bit of a fish along the way. fished off a wharf near the marina 3 times. I was using my shimano Fish Outta Water long which is a 6-8 kg 7-3 rod, with a shimano Sedona 4000 with 20lb brai. I managed to catch a few flathead on gulp 4 inch plastics, at low tide I managed to catch a nice mudcrab. When winding my rod in the line starts screaming it was on a strip,of squid with a 1/0 hook after a good fight it turns out to be a 51cm mullet. I sent him back as thee not that good eating. I also managed a small barracuda on a metal. I almost managed a nice thredfin salmon on pilchards around the 65cm mark, but it took a jump and the hooks fell out. There were also a number of small GTs caught along with whiting and bream. portdouglas is an amazing place to fish and charters are definitely what you need to land the big fish. Sadly they all get booked out months before hand. Edited October 23, 2012 by The big marn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tw9635 Posted October 23, 2012 Author Share Posted October 23, 2012 photos below.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettmann86 Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 That mullet your holding I believe is a diamond scale mullet and apparently they are sensational eating.. Great report anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tw9635 Posted October 23, 2012 Author Share Posted October 23, 2012 That mullet your holding I believe is a diamond scale mullet and apparently they are sensational eating.. Great report anyway! Damn! I'm from nsw and Wasn't sure on the species Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettmann86 Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 I'm from NSW too, I'm just going on an article I read in fish life just the other day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Diamond scale mullet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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