mypeeps99 Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 First time visitor to the Sydney FAD on Sunday and started with a some jigs (first time as well), almost immediately snagged some Gemfish up to 50cm. I'd marked the spot and we kept catching them every time we drifted over it and they kept coming until our bag/boat limit was quickly full. Good fun but I did lose a few jigs as I found our 15lb leaders were snipped - is that too light? ...I assume that's the gemfish teeth doing that. Picked up a nice trevally on a SP which was also fun. Can someone confirm the fish at the end is a Yellow Finned Whiting? just didn't expect to catch one there. Overall pretty happy with that and hope it gets better with the warmer seas -I'll be back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 They are not Gemfish but Barracouta and you should know the difference as there are strict bag limits on gemmies gemfish barracouta yellowfinned PIKE You my friend need to get a book from fisheries showing the species as clearly you have no idea and may take a protected species Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recurve Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 (edited) Hey Apeople, What you have there is a good selection of Barracouta not Gemfish. The fish to the right is a Trevally and the one with the yellow tail to the left is a Pike. I don't eat Barracouta, but you can eat the Pike however they are average eating. Jemfish are found in very deep water. We went out yesterday micro jigging in 50m and were plagued by Barracouta. I caught over 20 of them. I lost one Jig and three hooks. We did catch good snapper but we went through hell with all the Couta's. I run a 17Pound leader and to that i tie a 60 Pound leader of around 40cm. This stopped the bastards rubbing my leader down. I end up replacing this but I keep my jigs. It probably has a negative effect on how many snapper I catch but if your fishing around Barracouta you don't have a choice. They love love love love micro jigs. I have also found that when you get to the bottom without hooking a Couta leave the jig on the bottom for as long as you can. They bugger off and you can then jig for the snapper on the bottom without the Couta's getting it. They follow the jig down and bugger off when it does nothing. Edited November 21, 2016 by recurve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 2 minutes ago, recurve said: Hey Apeople, What you have there is a good selection of Barracouta not Jemfish. The fish to the right is a Trevally and the one with the yellow tail to the left is a Pike. I don't eat Barracuda, but you can eat the Pike however they are average eating. Jemfish are found in very deep water. We went out yesterday micro jigging in 50m and were plagued by Barracuda's. I caught over 20 of them. I lost one Jig and three hooks. We did catch good snapper but we went through hell with all the Cuda's. I run a 17Pound leader and to that i tie a 60 Pound leader of around 40cm. This stopped the bastards rubbing my leader down. I end up replacing this but I keep my jigs. It probably has a negative effect on how many snapper I catch but if your fishing around Barracuda you don't have a choice. They love love love love micro jigs. I have also found that when you get to the bottom without hooking a Cuda leave the jig on the bottom for as long as you can. They bugger off and you can then jig for the snapper on the bottom without the Cuda's getting it. They follow the jig down and bugger off when it does nothing. They are in fact barracouta not to be confused with the tropical species Barracuda Gemfish is with a G as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaClH2OK9 Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Some real nice id pictures there Stew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recurve Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 (edited) You are quite right. I spelled it correctly in the first sentence but then let spell check take over and it changed it to Cuda. Corrected. Edited November 21, 2016 by recurve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 All good folks and this is just to help new comers to get it right. thanks Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mypeeps99 Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share Posted November 21, 2016 22 minutes ago, swordfisherman said: They are not Gemfish but Barracouta and you should know the difference as there are strict bag limits on gemmies gemfish barracouta yellowfinned PIKE You my friend need to get a book from fisheries showing the species as clearly you have no idea and may take a protected species Thanks for the info, really helpful. I use the new DPI app and the pamphlet, but I guess they don't have all species listed especially if there are no limits on them. Is there a more complete reference to ID fish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad_tate Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 There are many books out there but one I recommend is the Australian Fishing Networks (AFN) fish ID book. There is a convenient waterproof version available. I keep one in my boat glovebox myself, it is by no means a Grant's Guide to Fishes but is a good resource to have on board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddybear Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 If you have a smart phone you can down load the app called fishsmart, which I have been using Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mypeeps99 Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share Posted November 21, 2016 Thanks Brad, helpful AND polite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotbite Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 All good fun Mypeeps99!!!..... Its just good to get out there.....Mate we are all learning new things everyday. On our boat, the Pike are known as "Sabre Tooth Whiteing" ha ha!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaClH2OK9 Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Australian fishing Is another good app so you always have id, size and bag limits with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordoRetired Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Shame about them not being gemfish... That would have been a reat eating treat. Great thread and got my iPhone downloading the FishSmart app right now.. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farvos Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 They are buggers. Leather jackets pinching your brand new knife jigs never gets old either lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rami Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Sorry to hijack the thread but I was advised that you can't get gemmies outside browns. Isn't that the case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cameldownunder Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 My Bible: "The Australian Fisherman's Companion" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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