Today's report
So after deciding to wag work headed out this morning into the mid 20's before going wider. Managed to drop the Pinky of a lifetime about 3m below the surface, this thing was not going to give up with ball tearing runs all the way up. So he gets to play another day,anyway after the dummy spit punched out to mid 40's for a little more action. Oldest pulls up a nice Bronzie about a metre long followed quickly with the good Baldy. About an hour passes with me twiddling my thumbs when my little Demon blood outfit comes to life and line starts peeling off, set the hooks and knew I had something decent. A good arm stretch and up comes uncle Buck
Another drift and all's quite when my mate comes over the radio to tell us to try his drift, so back into the 30's and as soon as the lines are in both the boys are on with their new light gear, ahhh I love watching this stuff anyway up pops two good Dhuies, biggest kept and the other released.
Next up I'm on with a double header Dhuie and size Pinky. For the next half an hour the boys have some fun catching and releasing about half a dozen good size Dhuies, that's something we've encountered before. Always get plenty of undersize but these were all in the 5kg range.
Looks like the wind's up for the next week or so so am bloody glad we took the opportunity.
Love the West!
Ashen
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Thanks for the update Andy!
Thanks for the update Andy! Good to see your boys had fun.
A fish in the hand is worth 10 in the water!
sea-kem
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That Catalina worked it arse
That Catalina worked it arse off today lol
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out wide
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Well worth the day off Andy
nice haul there
Deleted
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looks and sounds like a
looks and sounds like a cracker day, spewing about the pinky
randall df223
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Good day out! anything in
Good day out! anything in the pots?
Fish! HARD!
kirky79
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Looks like you guys had a
Looks like you guys had a cracker. They are great rod the Demon Blood eh!
mullows
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Great Bag there Andy. Well
Great Bag there Andy. Well done, fishing shits all over work hey??
Cheers
Mullows
The Older I get the better I was :-)
sea-kem
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Cheers guys and yep kirky
Cheers guys and yep kirky best rod I've ever used.
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Cruise Control
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Hey AndyIs that the Demon
Hey Andy
Is that the Demon Blood you picked up from Michael ?
cheers
sea-kem
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Ha ha yes mate, my oldest
Ha ha yes mate, my oldest gave it a hell of a work out today. I already had my own.
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Cruise Control
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Good Stuff
Good Stuff
uncle
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Sounds like a good day
By all
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
Paul_86
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Nice one seakem, looks like
Nice one seakem, looks like a great day out. Your boys look pretty stoked!
sea-kem
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Yeah they were Paul, got
Yeah they were Paul, got some some good video of them both hooked in at the same time
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sunshine
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Cracker of a day Andy
I had a similar one last Saturday out from Woodies - good dhuies everywhere and some of the largest blackarse I have ever seen. Mind you the water was nothing like depicted in your photos and at times it was a struggle just standing up but hell like you the fish were on the chew big time
sea-kem
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Yeah it was amazing Gordon,
Yeah it was amazing Gordon, Never had a drift like it before. probably never again lol.
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sunshine
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Clearly demonstrates stocks are recovering
In a big way - we caught 7 dhuies from 15 cm (absolutely tiny) up to well over 800 and dropped a really big one when both hooked up and the braids crossed - it was going to be returned in any event as the really large ones flesh gets quite grainy and I much prefer the smaller ones for eating quality and all before 9.30am - the by catch of a 61cm KGW was a bonus. Would still like to explore off Moore River and Seabird as that really is relatively untouched territory but beach launching a 6.8 without a bloody big tractor is just not on even though the trailer is teflon skidded allowing easy drive on
sea-kem
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Sure does, we've noticed it
Sure does, we've noticed it the last few years up our way. 61cm KGW is a cracker!!! Ledge would be your best bet if you want to have a crack, just need to check the beach. This time of year it can be hard depending on the tides. I've launched up there a few times with no real dramas, but most the bigger locals boats use tractors.
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sunshine
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Got a mate with a tractor there
Good idea actually Andy as heading SW ensures a relatively safe trip home if the sea breeze comes in - might give that a crack
And yes it was truly a stonker - not my biggest which came from over 55 metres out of the Cut and was foul hooked right through the scone but well up there, was as thick as my wrist and a true kidney slapper
anypuddle
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nice
didn't want to open the report,,,knew I would get jealous.
awesome feed there.
Anywhere anytime
grantarctic1
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Nice
Nice job Andy, thanks for the report .
Seaquest
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Good stuff Andy. Quality
Good stuff Andy. Quality bag.
Markie
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Good work champ definitely
Good work champ definitely worth the day off.
hezzy
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seakem glad you boys had a
seakem
glad you boys had a great day out ,and your effort was well rewarded with your bag of quality fish
I don't want to be critical , but iv got to say I disagree with this practice below no matter how well people think they release etc etc
[For the next half an hour the boys have some fun catching and releasing about half a dozen good size Dhuies, that's something we've encountered before. Always get plenty of undersize but these were all in the 5kg range.]
your young fellas are learning from you ,your every move , personally its not a practice id want to teach them as ok
far better once you have got your bag to leave the dhuies alone & move on to something else
hezzy
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sea-kem
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We were in shallower water
We were in shallower water and they were releasing very well. If it was deeper water I probably wouldn't have done it. They were coming up with their air bladders deflated so that's a good sign of easy release. But remember two points the one Gyprock makes below and one where there are guys that just go out for the sport of catch and release. I see no harm in it.
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dano83
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hezzy, while I agree with
hezzy, while I agree with your point...
What if they caught and released lots of undersized Dhu's before catching there bag limit of sized ones... is that same same but different ?
hezzy
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gyprock , we release the
gyprock , we release the undersize because we are required to , so no issues with that , & there imo , is the difference between the two
seakem , i understand the shallow water etc , just i tend to think otherwise on continuing to catch dhuies when the bag limit is full
not aimed specifically at you , as it happens a lot , just i wasnt able to not comment on this particular aspect of your post
i thought it was worth mentioning in a wider view , others may disagree
once youve got your bag limit , move off imo
despite all the good release info etc out there some things to think about below for the average rec fisher
1 dhuies are not a good catch and release species , no one in the science area backs that compared to sambos or pinkies
2 not many boats or crew are set up with the knowledge or skill to achieve the optimum release conditions for dhuies ,
although many think they are ,
3 our habits as rec fishers are observed and absorbed by the younger generation & those who fish with us , we should pass on the best we can to them in all areas
4 lots of regs /rules where changed to improve the demersal fishing , that was based on primarily reducing the catch effort on this species as well as others & to lower the mortality rate /improve the breeding biomass , is it a good thing to possibly put fish at risk of death or interrupt the breeding when you dont need to ??
5 how many fish regardless of the re catch rate of released dhuies will die ,due to this ongoing practice being normalised by us rec fishers ?
my opinion is it is up to all rec fishers to make it best practice to release undersize or the unwanted dhuies we might catch ,
but it is not best practice to normalise catch and release of this species when we drift over a good patch of ground having our limit already for fun or to test out gear etc , that should be done on sambos or something else
no offence intended , just as i see it for the strong future of this species until the science tells us more ,
hezzy
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