JDP Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Ok jobs all finished so time for a fish. Raining and windy meant for an evening session on the beach. Plenty of bluefish and salmon for bait, with a nice mullaway taking the first bait followed by a variety of rays. Hopefully tomorrow will back off enough to get the boat out among the marlin. Dicky, Andy135 and Geoff 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Top dangling @JDP 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Nice one Jon. And thanks for sharing a report with us!! 👍🏻 Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 you don`t half get some unusual fish down under. well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Good work. But how do we know that these aren’t just random people? You have different people in every report 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daio web Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 nice one fella great pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 4 hours ago, mick said: you don`t half get some unusual fish down under. well done And big fish from the shore too. Don't think I've ever caught anything as large as those from shore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDP Posted March 1, 2023 Author Share Posted March 1, 2023 7 hours ago, mick said: you don`t half get some unusual fish down under. well done The silver goldfish looking fish are like the holy grail of beach fishing here, often called ghosts and can reach up around 75kg. When they get over 20kg they are very strong fighters. Being a very cautious fish when it comes to baits and tackle presentation means those who do catch them have normally put in considerable effort to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 8 hours ago, JDP said: The silver goldfish looking fish are like the holy grail of beach fishing here, often called ghosts and can reach up around 75kg. When they get over 20kg they are very strong fighters. Being a very cautious fish when it comes to baits and tackle presentation means those who do catch them have normally put in considerable effort to do so. Unlike you who just got lucky? JDP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDP Posted March 2, 2023 Author Share Posted March 2, 2023 14 hours ago, Saintly Fish said: Unlike you who just got lucky? I did a fair amount of research on the species when I first moved here. Over 12 months I went to the Sydney fish markets 2hrs before I started work ( 5am ) where I collected data from commercial catches. Such things as tide, moon phase, area water temps, weather conditions, barametric pressure, water temps at capture locations etc etc. Combining these facts with their preferred bait species gives you a better chance. It took me over almost 2yrs before I could consistently target them, however where I live now these fish are even less common. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 1 hour ago, JDP said: I did a fair amount of research on the species when I first moved here. Over 12 months I went to the Sydney fish markets 2hrs before I started work ( 5am ) where I collected data from commercial catches. Such things as tide, moon phase, area water temps, weather conditions, barametric pressure, water temps at capture locations etc etc. Combining these facts with their preferred bait species gives you a better chance. It took me over almost 2yrs before I could consistently target them, however where I live now these fish are even less common. Well I guess that shuts you up @Saintly Fish 🤣 Malc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 7 hours ago, Andy135 said: Well I guess that shuts you up @Saintly Fish 🤣 Nah, it's all waffle. Nobody is mad enough to go to a fish market for two years before work, just to catch a fish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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