JonD Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 (edited) Seems the fish are back on the chew along the beaches, with some hefty salmon among them. A friend ( the young lad I was showing the ropes to last week ) found a patch of big salmon from a beach in Narooma today. We found numerous patches of fish along the beach north of Dalmeny this evening and at the same time my sons friend ( another apprentice I took to the beach two weeks ago!!) was catching both salmon and tailor this evening from a Bermagui beach. Our intension had been to fish well after dark but having landed his best salmon I was quite relieved to here my son say we can go home now if you like. What's with these youngsters in shorts and just a thin shirt on the beach mid winter anyway. His big salmon almost didn't happen when a dolphin grabbed hold of it for a while ( a first for us ). There were also a few fish that straightened the halco lure hooks after this big one. No luck on the baited rods but in all honesty we didn't give them much of a chance leaving quiet early. Kept a few fish for gummy baits and a few fillets to smoke, no doubt we will fish somewhere again tomorrow!!!...now he's addicted. 69cm and 11lb on boga grip scales. Edited July 7, 2020 by JonD 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Nice report as usual. The flesh looks great once you get rid of the bloodline. Are you measuring any of these salmon? Some look like they could go close to a forum record? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirvin21 Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 some cracking salmon again Jon, never heard of a dolphin grabbing a hooked fish before bet it was a nasty surprise 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Nice batch of fish again, shows they are moving about. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonD Posted July 7, 2020 Author Share Posted July 7, 2020 5 hours ago, kingie chaser said: Nice report as usual. The flesh looks great once you get rid of the bloodline. Are you measuring any of these salmon? Some look like they could go close to a forum record? Yes I did put that it was 69cm at the bottom of the post. It wasn't so much the length but its belly was so full of baitfish it looked ready to explode. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 (edited) 16 minutes ago, JonD said: Yes I did put that it was 69cm at the bottom of the post. It wasn't so much the length but its belly was so full of baitfish it looked ready to explode. Missed that, should have gone to spec savers Actually didnt have my glasses on so sort of skipped over it & mainly looked at the picture 🙄 Edited July 7, 2020 by kingie chaser 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hornet Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Well done Jon and boys. Glad to see the fish have returned and quality ones at that. 69cm is a beast!! Were your straightened hooks the original trebels on the twisties? I've noticed they a look a bit on the light side, but I always swap over to a single with all my metals, so I've never used them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 They are behemoths! How are they on the chew, fillets look good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonD Posted July 8, 2020 Author Share Posted July 8, 2020 3 hours ago, Green Hornet said: Well done Jon and boys. Glad to see the fish have returned and quality ones at that. 69cm is a beast!! Were your straightened hooks the original trebels on the twisties? I've noticed they a look a bit on the light side, but I always swap over to a single with all my metals, so I've never used them. Original hooks, even the split ring pulled apart, partly because my son has both 20lb braid and 20lb leaders. The other outfit was 6lb braid and 10lb mono, even this straightened hooks on river to rock lures. Some of the lures had singles ( decoy ) and again straightened!!!! 53 minutes ago, jenno64 said: They are behemoths! How are they on the chew, fillets look good? I don't mind them, especially for smoking. They are great in fishcakes and fish bakes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Super report and Super, Super Photos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rummers Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Great Salmon. Better eating than most give them credit for too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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