wchh Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Took two pilchard and 1 piece of salted tailor fillet made of the tailor I caught on Wednesday ,I drove to foreshore road boat ramp to see whether the place is quite enough to make a cast. Turned out there were only two people there on the rock wall and this did fit my social distancing criteria. Stayed there for about 1.5 hours and walked on the rocks as exercise. For fishing, Caught a few baby snappers and also one fish I did not expect to catch from this location. It was the beautiful red gurnard and it is of good size of above 30 cm. It grunted a lot, obviously not happy, so took a few photos and quick put it back in the water. All fish were caught on strips of fillet. I found the fillet worked better today because it stayed on the hook better while the pilchard cube got torn by smaller peckers. Stay Safe! Charles 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Nice fish arnt they well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Great report. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wchh Posted August 15, 2021 Author Share Posted August 15, 2021 When it just surfaced, I thought it was a surgeon’s baker, which would have made it an average size and equally unusual in that spot . But after I got it out of water, I was amazed to see the beautiful wings. It indeed deserves the nickname name of “butterfly of the ocean”. IMG_7783.MP4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelm Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 I think you mean Sergeant Baker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Good on you for letting it go then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoods Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Gurnard are a very pretty fish & also just as good on the plate. Unusual to see one caught in close - usually caught out to sea with the flathead & Morwong. Great photos - thanks for the report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wchh Posted August 15, 2021 Author Share Posted August 15, 2021 7 hours ago, noelm said: I think you mean Sergeant Baker? Yes, Sergeant Baker. Thanks for pointing out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutsaboutfishing Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 On 8/14/2021 at 7:10 PM, wchh said: Took two pilchard and 1 piece of salted tailor fillet made of the tailor I caught on Wednesday ,I drove to foreshore road boat ramp to see whether the place is quite enough to make a cast. Turned out there were only two people there on the rock wall and this did fit my social distancing criteria. Stayed there for about 1.5 hours and walked on the rocks as exercise. For fishing, Caught a few baby snappers and also one fish I did not expect to catch from this location. It was the beautiful red gurnard and it is of good size of above 30 cm. It grunted a lot, obviously not happy, so took a few photos and quick put it back in the water. All fish were caught on strips of fillet. I found the fillet worked better today because it stayed on the hook better while the pilchard cube got torn by smaller peckers. Stay Safe! Charles It's a spiny gurnard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessell1955 Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 What a beautiful fish. Good on you for releasing the fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishingwazza2019 Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 They are always a nice fish ... well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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