kingie chaser Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 (edited) Hi Raiders, launched from Foreshore at 6.30am & headed straight to the usual area to get some yakka's. With a few in the live well & then slow trolled along Molly mall & around the corner for no hits but did see a couple of nice looking fish on the sounder. Anchored in 15mtrs water just east of the point with 4 other boats. Saw a couple of rats come on board the other boats but no keepers. Had 1 rod down near the bottom with a livie & the other with a large strip of squid. Had a hit on the squid rod & felt a bit of weight but not enough pull to be a king. As it got to the top I was shocked to see that it was a gummy. Wasn't sure what was legal as its not on the NSW DPI list but looked up the Vic specs & it was ok so kept it as I have never eaten it before so wanted to give it a try. Will have to claim it as a PB @90cm as well seeing its my 1st Hung around for another 1/2hour but nothing happening so decided to do a couple of drifts at the flathead grounds but nothing. Wind came up to 15/20knts around 10.30 so pulled the pin & headed home. Edited March 10, 2020 by kingie chaser 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J0nn0 Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Tasty catch there! Not much in the way of kings last time Stewy and I hit the bay either, not sure if the seal hanging around molli has anything to do with the lack of kings? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 Will see how tasty it is tonight & will post in the kitchen. No seals to be seen this time but yeh there do frequent the place. There & the 4 cans near the wharf. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 (edited) Top stuff Kingie Chaser must see the kitchen post Edited March 10, 2020 by masterfisho7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Gummy inside botany....I'm sure it's happened before but first time I've ever heard if it since I joined fishraider. Cracking Result ! I'd take that over a kingie anyday 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmk1962 Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Nice (by)catch. Awesome actually. You’ll enjoy it - they are very good on the chew. cheers Zoran 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61 crusher Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Good report & what a tasty score for a slow day yum 😋, nice first PB on your gummy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Nice gummy. Have only every caught one in Port Hacking, many years ago. It measured just on 5 foot long (1.5 metres). Was released. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 7 hours ago, kingie chaser said: Will see how tasty it is tonight & will post in the kitchen. No seals to be seen this time but yeh there do frequent the place. There & the 4 cans near the wharf. Probably my favourite fish (Gummy Shark). Beautiful white, firm flesh. Tasty with Tempura batter. Yum, bn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1100S Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Kingie Chaser that must be the guy i dropped a few weeks bay while in the bay. I was with a lot of other boats near the artificial reefs in yarra bay and i think he took my prawn on my small bread rod. got him up to the side of the boat and was trying to net him (was by myself) but went under boat and broke my line. I am taking a day of leave friday to go fish ,looks like a nice day so hopefully i catch something.... obviously a kingie will be nice like my first outing, but will be happy catching anything lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smobaby Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Great catch you’ll be back for more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 20 hours ago, M1100S said: Kingie Chaser that must be the guy i dropped a few weeks bay while in the bay. I was with a lot of other boats near the artificial reefs in yarra bay and i think he took my prawn on my small bread rod. got him up to the side of the boat and was trying to net him (was by myself) but went under boat and broke my line. I am taking a day of leave friday to go fish ,looks like a nice day so hopefully i catch something.... obviously a kingie will be nice like my first outing, but will be happy catching anything lol Could be the same one hard to say, I can't imagine there to to many in there. After I netted it with my enviro net & got it over the boat it thrashed around & come out of the net but I had a double hook snell rig & both hooks were in it so it wasn't getting away with 30lb leader which I was using because I was targeting kings. God luck tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Good stuff Adrian. Gummy sharks are beautiful on the plate and you did a fine job of making it look good too! cheers scratchie!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bardy Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Yep, Gummy are great table fare BUT u need to bleed and gut them straight up... otherwise they are prone to an ammonia taste. When u bleed them u have to cut behind the head all the way through the spine and then nick the fillet just up from the base of the tail to allow the blood to flow. U can also go up through the gut cavity "mid flank" and severe the blood line there as well.. It makes a massive difference to the table quality.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted March 14, 2020 Author Share Posted March 14, 2020 10 hours ago, bardi said: Yep, Gummy are great table fare BUT u need to bleed and gut them straight up... otherwise they are prone to an ammonia taste. When u bleed them u have to cut behind the head all the way through the spine and then nick the fillet just up from the base of the tail to allow the blood to flow. U can also go up through the gut cavity "mid flank" and severe the blood line there as well.. It makes a massive difference to the table quality.... Yes I understand this now that I watched a youtube on how to debone them. If I ever get one again well do the job the right way. I did kill it straight away but considering I didn't bleed & gut it, I didn't notice ammonia taste. It was gutted & cleaned within a couple of hours of being caught though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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