Yowie Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 (edited) Headed out into Bate Bay late yesterday arvo with my mate in his boat to Spot X. About 1.5 metre swell and not much wind. Anchored and dropped over some burley. Pulled up 2 good sized slimies and never saw another one after that. As it was, those 2 slimies were filleted, cut into strip baits and that was all we needed for bait. Drop a strip over, lift it a little bit off the bottom, then jig it or let the rocking boat move the bait. About an hour before sunset, the trags showed up. One or 2, then a little break, then another couple, then quiet again, the last one biting about half an hour after sunset. We pulled up 19 trags, kept what we needed for a couple of feeds each, and released the rest. From 42 to 48 cm long. In between trags there were reef rubbish fish, and the reddie just over the limit. I also pulled up a kingie about the 60cm mark, then a little while later pulled up another one to the side of the boat, this one past size, however, one last run and the hook pulled. After sunset, a couple of tailor showed up, the biggest one at 43cm. We were bitten off by a couple of them probably near the 50cm mark, the problem of using a single hook. The bites slowed near full darkness, so we headed home. Edited March 12 by Yowie 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restyle Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 nice bag as always mate, good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkin Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Nice catch Dave! Top feed in that lot! You get bitten off straight away or during the fight when the tailor took your hook? My mate got bitten through 80lb twice last week - likely a shark though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 1 hour ago, Restyle said: nice bag as always mate, good job! Thank you, happy with the catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Ct Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Great stuff Yowie, good feed there. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 1 hour ago, Larkin said: Nice catch Dave! Top feed in that lot! You get bitten off straight away or during the fight when the tailor took your hook? My mate got bitten through 80lb twice last week - likely a shark though. A couple feeds each, plus salting the tailor fillets for bait. The largest tailor was thrashing around on the surface when he bit through 20lb. A circle hook does not stand a chance on the larger tailor, it goes straight down the mouth. A couple of the trags were hooked on circles, but the hook was still down the throat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Isaac Ct said: Great stuff Yowie, good feed there. Well done. Thank you Issac, never hooked so many trags in the one session. Edited March 12 by Yowie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rev Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Well done on the Trag Yowie - they are great eating fish. What was the depth of the water that you in. Fascinated how they came in on dark. I've only caught them about 7km's offshore in 50m of water. Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 50 minutes ago, The Rev said: Well done on the Trag Yowie - they are great eating fish. What was the depth of the water that you in. Fascinated how they came in on dark. I've only caught them about 7km's offshore in 50m of water. Bruce Thank you. 40 feet of water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessell1955 Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 A great result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kantong Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 a great result mate, location and timing produces the goods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 58 minutes ago, bessell1955 said: A great result. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 5 minutes ago, kantong said: a great result mate, location and timing produces the goods. In the right spot at the right time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linewetter Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Man I’m reading this while working…am jealous of the size and quantity of your catch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted March 14 Author Share Posted March 14 2 minutes ago, linewetter said: Man I’m reading this while working…am jealous of the size and quantity of your catch! Just a lucky day with so many swimming about. Did not need many so most were sent back. Bag limit for trags is 5 per fisho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmk1962 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Nice catch Dave ... well done. I've been hearing that trag have been popping up but could not find any on Monday. Shoulder healed up? Cheers Zoran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 36 minutes ago, zmk1962 said: Nice catch Dave ... well done. I've been hearing that trag have been popping up but could not find any on Monday. Shoulder healed up? Cheers Zoran Thanks Zoran. Plenty of trags down south, not big ones but nice sized fillets off them. The shoulder scar is infected, now on antibiotics to try and clear it up. The lower back scar is not a problem, healing nicely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 You did well on the Trag Yowie and will have some tasty fish for a while, not that you're often short of some fish to eat. Do you have an opinion on the whereabouts of the Flatties? Not many reports of any good catches at the usual locations at present. Cheers, bn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 (edited) 4 hours ago, big Neil said: You did well on the Trag Yowie and will have some tasty fish for a while, not that you're often short of some fish to eat. Do you have an opinion on the whereabouts of the Flatties? Not many reports of any good catches at the usual locations at present. Cheers, bn Have never pulled up that many trags in the one session. As for the blue spot flatties, only guessing that they have moved further offshore, but that is only a guess. When I drifted 200 feet (60 metres) of water, I found that the tiger flatties were there off Cronulla (though scattered about and mostly undersized). Cannot give a definite answer, other than that has happened before and the blue spots have eventually returned. Edited March 16 by Yowie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Indeed a good feed , these would have to be one of the tastiest fish around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted March 22 Author Share Posted March 22 On 3/21/2024 at 5:47 PM, Basil D said: Indeed a good feed , these would have to be one of the tastiest fish around Thanks Basil, the trags are quite good eating. Plenty of trags out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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