It didnot appear to be a black/greenback or yellowbelly flounder or at least not like any I have caught before and I catch a few, it was quite noticeably scalely unlike most flounder and very thin and almost see threw when held up to sunlight.
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It didnot appear to be a black/greenback or yellowbelly flounder or at least not like any I have caught before and I catch a few, it was quite noticeably scalely unlike most flounder and very thin and almost see threw when held up to sunlight.
Sole, but probably not the Dover variety, unless it was very lost
Took the ol man out this morning. On the steam out to one of my favorite gurnard spots I noted some thick sign hard on the bottom. Suspicious they were spiky dogs I got dad to drop a line while we drifted and I baited up a longline. A small and a big gurnard caught I decided against my better judgement to drop the ll there them some more steaming to spot xyz.
Around a hour and a half of rod fishing saw 20 gurnard in the chilly bin and a few released, maybe ten spiky dogs all released and 3 big Barry 2 kept for bait.
Conditions and fishing were pretty good but someone had a rugby game to watch so we headed off to pick up the longline.
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The boys were only about 50m apart instead of 250 so that's always and indicator of problems.
One gurnard eaten by sharks, one bloody big Kahawai and a bloody great ball of line .
Dad's share gone.
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Went out for a fish today and caught a few blue cod. The weather was fantastic, it was a great day on the water and the blue cod went down well for dinner :drool:
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great to see you wearing your PFD. Got called to another drowning today, couldn't attend, others recovered the body. Not sure of the full details and will wait for the formal report and press release. PFD's save lives wear them.
@veitnamcam how did you go today?
Had a pretty good day out on the water today
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Obviously at the bottom f the Island
Stupid phone must have uploaded it the wrong way, defiantly not my fault :)
Oh I have been slacking on this thread.
Stephens trip a while back, hooked a donky king lost it at the start of the leader :XD:,a few snap and cod/jock stewarts.
Out this arvo for a gurnard...wanted to go further afield for a snap and king but alas had to work the AM.
Launching just before low tide I had a good hour of serenity as expected but as soon as the tide started to run it was all go[emoji106]
BIG kahawai and lots of gurnard, high at 8pm ish I had planned to fish till then but on the steam out I realised I had no headlamp or spotlight or fuck all so as dusk approched the 40hp got wound out for an extended period! Cleans the plugs ;).
Didnt bother counting out there but maybe I should have as I come in with only 2 shy of my limit of 20 fin fish and I released quite a few small gurnard.
Of course I caught a few sharks but only 4 total and only two were spiky fekers[emoji106]
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Took a mate out for a gurnard this morning. flasher rigs in the water at 8 and by 10am the chilly bin was looking pretty bloody good so I took a break to cook some fallow back steaks for breakfast. Then headed into the boulder bank to try for a cod....only 2 undersized caught.
Inspected by the mpi boat which was all good of course and back on dry land at 11 with around 15 gurnard and a couple kahawai.
We had released quite a few smaller gurnard and big Kahawai it was going off with hookups pretty much as soon as the gear hit the bottom....I even caught a panni snapper that while legal was a bit small so released also.
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Farkin slack on updating this thread :oh noes:
If anyone is keen to join me for an exploratory out of Monaco sat morning reply here and meet me at Monaco ramp 6am.
will be back well before lunch.
Most likely will only catch sharks and kahawai but have slayed the snaps there this early 2014 so will have a quick look.
Nobody missed much. Couple kahawai and a gurnard....very slow fishing this morning.
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Got a bit shit on way home .
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Anyone know what this is? Caught at Akitio rivermouth
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Pakiti
Shit fish
Feed of Terakihi this morn
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Calm here this mornin but torrential rain......probably stil would had of gone if by myself but not fair on the kids.
:wtfsmilie: stop kissing those fish:XD:
Dover sole 'jumps' down angler's throat in Bournemouth - BBC News
They are a lovely fish aresoles
Seem to be doing pretty bloody well already this year veitnamcam!
Not so much.
Went out last night after work and took a workmate,no longline no burly but got a feed of gurnard in maybe an hours fishing.
Rescued some young fellas on the way back in.
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Is that a bloody pelin?
Been bloody windy of late but managed to get a couple of hours in tonight with dad and got the boy out a few nights ago.
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Good to see the Snaps are in
The privilege......
Home from trip away all I wanted was to wet a line and with a long weekend ahead I was fizzing, checked the forecast and checked with the oldman ...weather looking pretty average ...bugger ...then out of the blue @vietnamcam texts...are you jet lagged want to go fishing?
Seeing photos of gurnard and brim I couldn't say yes please fast enough...a phone call later and I had visit to the bait shop and down to the ramp and there he is VC and a new truck even to boot.
Load the boat launch and away ...I was full of yarns about the trip away I was limited help baiting the hook line but VC was pantient and did the chores whilst I continued to chew his ear off (thanks Cam) , we set the hook line soaking ..and set ourselves to fishing with no tide we soaked baits VC binned a couple of carrots, and then bang, reeeeelllll ...a real treat of a good sized early season brim on his sons rod! Made my day to just see and smell my first of the season, what a difference a year makes last year we were sharking hardout , this year the devil fish is somewhere else where we had the pleasure of soaking baits.
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I was giving the simple of task of adding another burley spud to the pot ...down it went ..sat down and relaxed and VC quietly asks ...Joe why is our burley bomb over there floating away ?? Ahhhh crap ..what rookie ..didn't snig the the loop up tight..up lines , anchor ,burley pot off to chase our burley ..success back into the pot and back into into the tide...back to fishing..
We sat enjoying the evening sunset and the chop,eased off to a beauty of an evening, what a way to be welcomed home!!
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The night wore and I wore out ...VC was straying a single bait and got a howler of a run that didn't stick and with light fading VC took pity on me and we pulled the hook line and harvested some fat carrots and then out of the green came a thumper ...wow what a way to start the summer thanks to you Vietnamcam!! There is simply nothing better than sharing time with a fisherman that hunts fish, not simply hopes to catch but rembers the seasons past and where and what and also is willing to share his knowledge.
Snapper sure as hell worth smiling about
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The crew for th night
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