"Stopping the bus"

[joking fish]

My brother and I met for a fish on Tuesday afternoon. We used whole pilchard and fished the rising tide. The weather was overcast but there wasn't a breath of wind. In the space of a few hours my brother caught 2 sizeable flathead. One was 63 cm the other, 60 cm. Both of them were released. My brother left at 6 pm and I spent the remainder of the afternoon at a different location. Here I caught an octopus. I don't bother with keeping octopus anymore. They always turn out tough and chewy. My grand mother cooked the last one I caught and it was like chewing on a car tyre. So it went back. I also caught a 39 cm Trevally that went like a train. It gave a very good account of itself. On the first run I thought it may have been a rat king fish. Once the sun went down the bites stopped and I called it quits and left for home.

[JimT]

cooking tip for octopus...........marinate in kiwifruit for a few hours then cook your favourite way......kiwifruit also a good red meat softener

Jim...

Edited October 23, 2014 by jot

[joking fish]

cooking tip for octopus...........marinate in kiwifruit for a few hours then cook your favourite way......kiwifruit also a good meat softener

Jim...

Thanks for the tip Jim, I will try that next time I catch an octopothi

[Robinsoi]

Nice catch and well done on stopping the bus mate.

Keep up the great work.

Ian

[Novicefisherman]

Good stuff on the fish there. 2 cracking flatties. The trevally would have been fun on light gear.

[eastwood1980]

Hope you charged your battery

Well done

[joking fish]

Good stuff on the fish there. 2 cracking flatties. The trevally would have been fun on light gear.

Yeah it did. I'm still trying to a Adapt to braid. It's a work in progress.