Grey Band
Friday 16-01-09
"Deepsea Dazza" made the call and it was "goin wide"...Morning started off pretty breezy as we headed out from Peron. Luckilly the howling ENE helped push us wide...real wide. With a forecast top of 42Deg things were gunna be burnin' up.
Reached the spot about a fair steam out there and amazingly the further West we went the wind got lighter, and lighter, until it was almost glass. Hit the first drop and reached bottom after what seemed an eternity. I swear it takes about 3-4minutes of freespoolin before touchdown - bottom. Not too much finesse in it from there on in as these things hit like a train and the next thing you know the rod is doubled over. Being gusseted up in a backbrace was kinda overwhelming - but I soon found out how essential these are.
Phil was fist cab off the rank, with what turned out to be a nice 20(ish)kg Grey Band. Took him about 15mins to retreive the line back onto the spool and then we were greeted with the "bug eyed monster" from the deep. Decompression can do terrible things from this depth..
Following that the two blow-ins from the "internet" hooked up. Results are as pictured, miniscule offereings compared to Phil's fish but very welcome all the same. From here on in things got interesting.
Plenty of green eyed monsters of the deep, some knifejaws, and something I thought was REALLY REALLY going to take that smile of Phil's face. Pity that 20min later all it turned out to be was a 6ft Bronzie. Damn and released to fight (or should that be bite?) another day. But - I tell you what I was absoluted rooted after that effort. Given the max temperature recorded was 42Deg i'm blaming that in combination with my gargantuan battle wth the bronzie, and too much water too quick for what occurred next....A power chuck of water over the gunwhales (Sorry Daz and Phil) - consider it pressure cleaning??
This was met with "u want something to eat mate"? as Phil tucked into his left over bbq snags and steaks. Yeah, thanks Phil...
After purging the demons I immediately felt waay better and we headed around for more drifts. More knifejaws, more sharks, and more people happy and willing to sit out the next drift !! This stuff is killer and I can understand why ther references the boyz made to "electric reels" earlier in the day was NOT a JOKE - but reality. If you were doing this regularly - that would have to be the way to go.
Things went a little quiet out wide so we moved in, same thing, quiet, so we moved on back in and the day was getting away from us. Chilled out had a few coldies, listenend to the cricket score, the Kings Park bush fire warnings, saw the plumes of smoke towards the city and made our way back to the ramp for the inevitible SMS messages and phone calls.
All n all an awesome day out and stoked to have been able to hook up with a great bunch of guys to share a very memorable day "out wide".
Thanks again Daz and Phil for lettin me tag along on your boat, and catch one of these mythical monsters of the deep...they do exist.
Cheers,
Ado (Wrassinator)
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Knifejaws
The knifejaws are no too bad served up grilled with a bit of lemon juice squeezed on
How long was the big greyband,,looks to be over a metre,if not its very close to it
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nice going guys, those grey
nice going guys, those grey bands are a top eating fish and a great reward for the effort, well done
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Great report
Yep, looks to be a grey band right close to the meter mark, just how you want them. Top report Ado, nice writeup.
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well done , after eating one
well done , after eating one you wont hesitate to go out there again for another arm burner from 200 plus, imo they are one of the top eating fish you get locally
certainly a monster of Phils
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Good stuff guys, that Cod is
Good stuff guys, that Cod is a beauty.
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fair effort, how long do the
fair effort, how long do the grey band fight before they give up comming out of that depth??
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Hi and cheers all, Carn-ite
Hi and cheers all,
Carn-ite - got about 8, 4kg+ knifejaw and threw em all back. Phil reckons they are edible but the flesh hardens and drys up when cooking?? SO - we put em all back. I didn't know any better as a "skinny water" fisho to date. Maybe it's in the cooking??? Phil's fish went high 900mm's from memory around 970mm - deffo under the 1m though.
PB - Fight for about the first 50-70m. As I said rod doubles, no real "bite" as such. Knifeys and greeneyes "peck", but the cod just inhale and your on with the circles. Basically get stuck into em for first 20m to get em off bottom, then a bit more fight to about 70 - then they are kinda just a dead weight. About 40m beneath the boat the swim bladder ruptures and all this gas comes out beating em to the surface. Kinda horrific really - sorry for the sordid detail.. That bloody bronzie though - jeesus he had me working the entire haul up with several runs. Hence the chucky.
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nice fish guys ,yes its hard
nice fish guys ,yes its hard work out there in those depths .but a few nice cod make it all worth while,well done
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Back is still aching
Back is still aching today....arms fine. Just had a fillet for tea, white, moist, flakey PERFECTION !
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yeah
the distended gut and bulging eyes mean slim chance of survival if returned I guess. Hopefully I'll get out to depths like that one day and chase some of those deep water species - just another reason to upgrade to a better boat I guess.
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Yes huggy. I hear you mate.
Yes huggy. I hear you mate. You really hope you hook a keeper out there for sure. Luckily with this trip all cod hookups were keepers. From what I saw all bycatch (greneye shark and knifejaw) released strongly and hopefully survived?? Not like the bycatch is A1 primo cmmercial/recco target spp tho. Really don't kno much about this depth of fishin so will shuddup now...maybe Dazza will enlighten us more when online next
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I'm curious
What sort of depth are these things in and what rig/bait? BTW nice fish.
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200 plus mtrs the rig would
200 plus mtrs
the rig would be your basic deep rig but maybe a bit heavier line
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bluebagger
they are in 200m plus mate.
I'm guessing a heavy line paternoster rig?
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Jess
What a long way to go :) out wide is 200m mmm at what point did it turn glasss I loved the forcast but tucked my tail in when I saw the change from perfect to average.
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Would need to be perfect
Would need to be perfect conditions for me to go out that far. Wouldn't mind giving it a go one day though.
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Yep 200m+ to ??? who knows.
Yep 200m+ to ??? who knows. Wind was bad early on, but as I said further west we went the wind dropped away to nothin. Check the pics. Apparantly back in close it blew it's ring out 20kn+ ENE all morning. We were sittin pretty out wide. Go figure eh? Surprised me, that's for sure. Dazza/Phil's boat is a weapon 6m shark cat with twn 115hp 4 stroke Yammies. Would not be goin out there in my 460 Dory that's for sure.
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Top report
That 200 m plus would be hard work but you got some nice rewards there. The conditions look pretty nice. Pity about the power chuck, but it can happen to anyone.
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Cheers Colin. Some nice
Cheers Colin. Some nice fillets and wings off those fish. I swear it was just pure exhaustion, heat, and too much water waay to quick that did me in. Was good to go again after chucky had been purged..ha ha.
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If its the same spot i
If its the same spot i fished with dazza will be 280m dropping to 330m
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Maybe...maybe not. It's not
Maybe...maybe not. It's not my spot, so i'm not givin too much info away here. I like my right nut just where it is thanks ;-)
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lol
lmao its a big ocean and theres lots of fish out there and lots of ground, we only spent one day looking around out there before we found fish its not hard and only to happy to give advice to anybody who needs a little help.
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Onya Dazza, the stakes are
Onya Dazza, the stakes are high that wide. I can see your point, but was not about to blow yr spots. Thanks again for a top day, maybe I will b lucky enough to get another crack some day. All the best,
Ado