Yowie Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Headed out this morning early to Lilli Pilli. Pulled out the tailor on pillies, then the flatties on mackerel strips. The smaller flattie is a blue spot, not big but legal. Also pulled out a snook that was sent back. Put out a live yakka that swam near the bottom for a while, before a crab grabbed it. The yakka was mangled but caught the other crabs with it as well. Headed up to around the mouth of Gymea bay. A few fish busting up in various places but always out of casting range. By the time I motored to those spots, the fish were moving elsewhere, so no hits on the metal lure. While I was spinning away, a dolphin popped up near the boat. Part of it's dorsal fin was missing, so it was looking for an easy feed up river. After a while the southerly punched through so moved from there. Headed to Maianbar flats and pumped a couple of nippers. Waded about and 3 nippers produced 3 whiting, that was enough so headed home through the choppy water. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Good result for a brief outing Yowie. Well done, bn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Well done looks like you had a bit of fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted November 26, 2018 Author Share Posted November 26, 2018 Thanks guys, was a bit of fun out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Thats a nice mixed bag yowie. Whiting are delicious. Out of curiousity what recipe do you use for the blue swimmers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted November 27, 2018 Author Share Posted November 27, 2018 3 hours ago, GoingFishing said: Thats a nice mixed bag yowie. Whiting are delicious. Out of curiousity what recipe do you use for the blue swimmers. Quite often just peel them and make a crab entrée - shredded lettuce, seafood sauce, crab pieces - sometimes make crab patties as a main meal with salad - also crab mixed with cooked rice, chopped beans, peas, broccoli, capsicum, corn, soy sauce, sweet chilli sauce. Tried them on the BBQ after marinating with plum sauce, sweet chilli sauce, but they are very messy to eat, need a bucket of water to clean up. Have not eaten whiting for a while, so happy to catch a few for something different. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Ranger Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 (edited) We haven’t yet figured out crabs on the hand lines but we are trying. Nice catch mate Edited November 27, 2018 by Sea Ranger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat_souvlaki Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Well done Yowie, That's a nice feed there! Hope to see you out there one day mate, what boat do you have? Cheers, John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plethora Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 The smaller flattie might be legal, I would of let them live a bit longer. - good catch anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted November 28, 2018 Author Share Posted November 28, 2018 3 hours ago, Plethora said: The smaller flattie might be legal, I would of let them live a bit longer. - good catch anyway Legal size for blue spots is 33cm, so he was over the size. There are plenty of them outside, the odd one turns up inside in the deeper water. The species is principally a deep water ocean fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted November 28, 2018 Author Share Posted November 28, 2018 9 hours ago, fat_souvlaki said: Well done Yowie, That's a nice feed there! Hope to see you out there one day mate, what boat do you have? Cheers, John. A 14 foot older Quintrex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted November 28, 2018 Author Share Posted November 28, 2018 20 hours ago, Sea Ranger said: We haven’t yet figured out crabs on the hand lines but we are trying. Nice catch mate Blue swimmers are usually in shallower water, sometimes less than a metre deep. During Autumn, they will move into deeper water, 10 metres deep or more. With hand lines, there is the chance of pulling up flatties, tailor, other fish species, OR, stingrays and eagle rays. The rays will put up a fight on a hand line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Ranger Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Well that explains a bit. I get nervous n less than a meter of water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted November 28, 2018 Author Share Posted November 28, 2018 1 minute ago, Sea Ranger said: Well that explains a bit. I get nervous n less than a meter of water. Stand on an angry blue swimmer and see how high you can jump. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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