whiskey299 Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 (edited) We decided to explore new areas around the Sydney Eastern Suburbs and we had a great day hopping all over the place discovering new structure. We fished in depths from 60-70m range trying to target pigfish and trags (thanks to @Larkin for pointing this out). We caught slimy mackerel at Artificial for bait and caught a wide variety of species using a simple paternoster rig using 1/0 and 2/0 hooks.The captain also managed to crack his pb snapper measuring in at 63cm.All fish were brain spiked, bled in a bucket and then bathed in an ice slurry. A practice I have converted my fishing friends to follow as they can see the benefits.On the way back to the boat ramp, we released the remaining live yakkas and slimies on a wreck inside the harbour.Kingfish (undersized)Snapper (some good sizes 38 - 63cm)Pigfish (awesome eating largest 39cm)Trag (awesome eating)Trevally (great for sashimi)Grey mowie (no surprises here at this depth)Maori Wrasse (surprised to see them at this depth)Sargent baker (kept a few for soup! WTF)Nannygai (awesome eating)Goat fish (awesome eating)Ocean perch (awesome eating but too small released)Longfin perch (awesome eating but too small released)Bluespot Flathead (dropped at surface!)Sweep (surprised to see them at this depth)Pike (they are everywhere) Edited August 11, 2023 by whiskey299 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Top report. Super photos Well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmk1962 Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Outstanding - that’s a very mixed bag. Well done. Glad to see such a variety of fish on the bite. cheers Zoran 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Ct Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Great bag of fish, always fun to keep pulling up different critters. Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaxland Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Very nice and added to my things to try list. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkin Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Well done Brad!👍 nice haul of Snapper and that’s a really good sized Trag! Some top tucker right there! Glad you found the fish this time. cheers Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Great work on the mixed bag. A nice lumpy headed reddie, to me, the pick of the catch. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 (edited) Well done @whiskey299, a nice mixed bag - fisherman’s basket for tea. A good sized Trag and some lovely snapper. @Larkin has some great reports - great you got some good intel. Edited August 11, 2023 by Pickles 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessell1955 Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 Wow, what an awesome collection of fish! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 Great report Whiskey! amazing mixed bag with some lootake home fillets👌 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clutch Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Great fish! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kantong Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 top work there mate, well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Bloody good fish mate 😍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Your post pretty much sums up the main benefit of this forum. A bit of info from one of the dab hands and enough inspiration to get out there and catch 15 different species in various locations. Some very nice fish among them and some excellent tucker. Top job everyone. bn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordoRetired Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Thats a great selection of fish. I find it amazing just how many species you can catch in a day out off Sydney. Well done and enjoy the feed. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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