Franco Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 (edited) Hi Everyone, New to the site, first time poster, long time fisherman. (used to be on SFF back in the day) Here is a little report from my day fishing out in botany. Started about 6am on the water, lines went down and started to drift for some calamari as that what I love to catch/eat. Within few mins i drop a calamari thinking to myself that this going to be a promising day for a hull of clamari. Unfortuantely I ended up with 2 with we work very hard to catch. I ended up putting one down live expecting some kingy action, but no kingy action but we did get a nice size tailor to the live bait (disappointed wasn't a king but still a decent size tailor). After around 10am we decided to head out to the heads due to weather being absolutely amazing with no wind, about 2km south from botany heads over a little reef which we anchored up and started to berley. We started to catch a small mixed bag of fish including (wrasse, trevally, slimeys, flatheads, yellowtails and sargent baker) which brightened up the day and brought a bit of action. (Pic of the fish, nothing to brag about) Attached is pic of the water and what the weather was like in the afternoon, glassy conditions. Tight lines talk soon Edited April 22, 2020 by Franco formatting 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Welcome aboard. Great report and Super photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franco Posted April 22, 2020 Author Share Posted April 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, Rebel said: Welcome aboard. Great report and Super photos. Thanks @Rebel reading through heaps of post and tips I love a good photo of the water and scenery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Looks like it was a cracking day & a few fish as a bonus 👍 If the weathers good Im out there Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumber joe Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 nice! perfect day on the water, can't wait to head out on Friday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franco Posted April 22, 2020 Author Share Posted April 22, 2020 1 hour ago, plumber joe said: nice! perfect day on the water, can't wait to head out on Friday I am heading out again on Friday as well, but this time to the Hacking, Hoping for some squid and some poor mans snapper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonardgid Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 good feed there ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franco Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 5 hours ago, leonardgid said: good feed there ! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutsaboutfishing Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Great report, keep them coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matheus Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Nice report, I’ve caught this wrasse many times as well, but always thought it was a “Elegant wrasse”, which is prohibited to take it home. So are we allow to kept it? Good eating? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonardgid Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Matheus said: Nice report, I’ve caught this wrasse many times as well, but always thought it was a “Elegant wrasse”, which is prohibited to take it home. So are we allow to kept it? Good eating? Cheers maori wrasse , yes they are for sale in fish shops , i have eaten them a few times, they are very bland if you decide to fillet and fry , best if you steam asian style , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61 crusher Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Great first report, photos & mixed bag there Franco, they look like good sized slimies did you eat them or keep them for bait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franco Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 On 4/24/2020 at 1:30 PM, 61 crusher said: Great first report, photos & mixed bag there Franco, they look like good sized slimies did you eat them or keep them for bait if I get a few of them, I use one for bait and take the rest home to eat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franco Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 On 4/24/2020 at 10:53 AM, Matheus said: Nice report, I’ve caught this wrasse many times as well, but always thought it was a “Elegant wrasse”, which is prohibited to take it home. So are we allow to kept it? Good eating? Cheers Yeah as @leonardgid mentioned they're Southern Maori wrasse. Some additional information https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/375948/Southern-Maori-Wrasse.pdf Few different ways to cook them. One way is you can make a fish soup out of them. or you can fillet them and lightly fry them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61 crusher Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 3 hours ago, Franco said: if I get a few of them, I use one for bait and take the rest home to eat When I catch the larger ones I fillet & either smoke them or grill & of course salt the rest or use them fresh as bait 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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