Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Well done Shearer, fresh trevs are bloody good eating. Dusted in flour and fried in butter.

Go the micro jigs

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Nice one Shearer. I've been getting a few from the rocks with ultralight lure fishing gear.

Excellent.
They're great fun eh. And great eating. As @kukuwai said, very under rated fish. Some people still think of them as bait.

Yeah, fight like demons on light gear and my household is happy to see them on the dinner plate. Usually raw or cooked in lemon juice. Pan fried when fresh is good too. I would rather catch trevally than snapper!

Originally Posted by Shearer

Stopped for a quick fish on the way home today.
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Solid specimen!

Originally Posted by Shearer

Excellent.
They're great fun eh. And great eating. As @kukuwai said, very under rated fish. Some people still think of them as bait.

I love them raw, nice and firm flesh, I am guilty of using them for bait when targeting XL snapper though

Originally Posted by burtonator

Heres a bit of a video i put together, our first time chasing Bluefin tuna out the westcoast.
Was certainly a bit different than chasing snapper in Tasman bay!!
hope you enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1kGhNfJjiI&t=30s

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Priceless vid pulling V8s in.Those fish sure have some power,well done lads.

@MB How light are you talking? What rod/braid/leader strains are you fishing?

Originally Posted by Pixie Z

@MB How light are you talking? What rod/braid/leader strains are you fishing?

Rod 2-4kg
Reel 1000
Braid 6lb
Leader 6 - 10lb

Started off as a sort of combined agi and trout setup, then attempted to catch flounder with it. Failed at that, but picked up other species such as parore, kahawai and spotties on lures! Lots of fun. Getting a few trevally now. Big enough to keep. It's hit and miss whether you can land them, but you won't get anywhere near as many bites with heavier gear.

Originally Posted by MB

Rod 2-4kg
Reel 1000
Braid 6lb
Leader 6 - 10lb.

That's a feather light, I would snap the rod, line and stuff reel on the 1st strike

Originally Posted by MB

Rod 2-4kg
Reel 1000
Braid 6lb
Leader 6 - 10lb

Started off as a sort of combined agi and trout setup, then attempted to catch flounder with it. Failed at that, but picked up other species such as parore, kahawai and spotties on lures! Lots of fun. Getting a few trevally now. Big enough to keep. It's hit and miss whether you can land them, but you won't get anywhere near as many bites with heavier gear.

Nice to hear someone else has landed a Parore on rod and reel. I cheated though and used bait (sea lettuce).

Originally Posted by Shearer

Nice to hear someone else has landed a Parore on rod and reel. I cheated though and used bait (sea lettuce).

Catching a few now. Started off by accident. Turns out they are not vegetarian, but they are not fish-eaters either. They like eating crustaceans and will hit small "creature" softbaits. Just in case you didn't know, fishing for them in Aussie is a big thing. They call them luderick or blackfish.

And here, black snapper, the flesh is not dissimilar to Snapper.

The only proviso I'd add, is to not eat them from near a sewerage outlet, as they'll be eating the greeblies that live there.

Otherwise an excellent table fish.

That's interesting. I tried one once. Speared in open ocean. Breaded and fired. Wife and son ate it, I couldn't!

Originally Posted by MarkN

And here, black snapper, the flesh is not dissimilar to Snapper.

The only proviso I'd add, is to not eat them from near a sewerage outlet, as they'll be eating the greeblies that live there.

Otherwise an excellent table fish.

possibly why they have that "other name" shit fish...lol