finin Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Gday all, glorious day. Fished in the same area as last. Little swell around today from the north and current to the north at half a knot Water 21.9 all day and blue. Fished in 90M and ended up with snapper, couple of trag, hartail and mowies. So a good day and trag for dinner again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scent Blazer Lures Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 (edited) no way, you caught a hairtail bottom fishing There is hairtail everywhere this year, they are still biting in Newcastle apparently. Someone told me its because they stopped the Japanese netting in our waters. Edited May 15, 2016 by Scent Blazer Lures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finin Posted May 15, 2016 Author Share Posted May 15, 2016 Well i dont know if thats a myth Scent Blazer, but always this time of year we get them. I Give em away bacause to me they are only good for bait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan88j Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Were you just bottom bashing mate? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scent Blazer Lures Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 (edited) Well i dont know if thats a myth Scent Blazer, but always this time of year we get them. I Give em away bacause to me they are only good for bait. it could be a myth or a story, I heard it from a tackle shop owner offshore might not be different, but there are definitely around in plague proportions around Newcastle which is unusual, so something has definitely happened that's brought them in, or it could be part of a bigger cycle like every 10 years there is massive Hairtail run in Newcastle Edited May 15, 2016 by Scent Blazer Lures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Nice catch of fish there finin. I would be chucking the mowies back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 it could be a myth or a story, I heard it from a tackle shop owner offshore might not be different, but there are definitely around in plague proportions around Newcastle which is unusual, so something has definitely happened that's brought them in, or it could be part of a bigger cycle like every 10 years there is massive Hairtail run in Newcastle First of all, nice catch finin! Bottom bashing in 90m of water is a fair wind. Hairtail in Newcastle harbour is not uncommon. They are as prolific there as the hawkesbury from what the locals have told me up here. One of my mates said he was catching them there 30 years ago. But I think your right about the cycle, some years they are really thick. I haven't heard of them being caught in that deep of water though! Not a frost fish finin? Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finin Posted May 15, 2016 Author Share Posted May 15, 2016 (edited) Dan, yes to your question. Yowie, m8 im 2 ways about them firstly, i give them all to the neighbours as a rule, but on last resort i will eat them but they have to be skinned, filleted, boneline out and the redness in the shoulder cut out. All bitterness goes or as i have recently found out, skinned and steamed. Scent Blazer thats ineresting, 10yr run. Edited May 15, 2016 by finin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W4z Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Thats a great haul! Would you say that the trag is the pick of the bunch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finin Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 W4z, imho yes i would! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisho.sid Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Awesome catch, this must be out wide. What was the bait that did the damage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finin Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 Scratchie, no mate not a frost, to shallow for them. As said before we have caught them this time of year before, but its only one or two. I actually just looked at the photo of the last one we caught and both appear to be of same size and if i remember was caught in the 80M range.Maybe they are on their way to Botany Bay, which used to be profilic with them a long time ago. Would be interesting to know if any raiders have caught them in Botany, As for the wind up im used to it, does take its tole after a few big fish though lol. Fisho.sid m8 just the usual, salted pillies, prawns and bottle squid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonype123 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Scratchie, no mate not a frost, to shallow for them. As said before we have caught them this time of year before, but its only one or two. I actually just looked at the photo of the last one we caught and both appear to be of same size and if i remember was caught in the 80M range.Maybe they are on their way to Botany Bay, which used to be profilic with them a long time ago. Would be interesting to know if any raiders have caught them in Botany, As for the wind up im used to it, does take its tole after a few big fish though lol. Fisho.sid m8 just the usual, salted pillies, prawns and bottle squid. Gday Finin, I got a hairtail fishing in 70m off Malabar about a month ago ..Surprised me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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