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Post by slippery on Dec 13, 2006 18:50:39 GMT
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Post by Pete B on Dec 13, 2006 20:20:11 GMT
[quote author=slippery all caught western oz by myself, off of two different beaches smallest 12lb biggest 39lb good fun on standard beach rods!![/quote]
I bet, can only imagine, really impressive pics
Pete
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Post by darenw on Dec 13, 2006 20:34:18 GMT
Ditto. See why you like em nick , a bit like bass dont yer think.What family of fish do they come from?
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Post by slippery on Dec 13, 2006 20:45:27 GMT
Ditto. See why you like em nick , a bit like bass dont yer think.What family of fish do they come from? Thats what i liked about them ,the bass look, smallish bites then screaming runs that gradually slow, a good fighter , on the tackle I was on it was touch n go!! have not a clue to which family they are from. |
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Post by darenw on Dec 13, 2006 21:04:38 GMT
Just looked em up mate they're a type of croaker? saw a rig for em too a " 3" hook pennell. It says they hit a bait them come back and fumble with it before moving off and a slack line improves hook ups, hmmmm rings a bell or two:)
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Post by slippery on Dec 13, 2006 22:41:16 GMT
yea the rig is 3 hooks ganged ,you open the hook eye a bit push another hook through it close it with pliers repeat it ,then push a pilchard on to it, but i did not get them this way single hook livebait most of em!! a bit more sporting.... taste really good as well but the shark was the best by miles, snapper a close 3rd.
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Post by darenw on Dec 13, 2006 23:17:42 GMT
When I was in mexico my guide turned up at 6.45am one morning with a plastic bag full of mashed baby hammerhead boiled by his lovely( if a little short) wife the night before. (There way of saying thanks for the england shirt I gave him)The whole fish goes in a metal bucket and gets boiled then mashed up. He also brought along some "red water" in another bag for a dip. I kid you not it was the hottest stuff on earth. He showed me , you grab a handful dip it in the sauce and eat it. Try doing that with a hangover. I will never eat shark again.  Snapper on the other hand is bloody lovely. |
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Post by slippery on Dec 13, 2006 23:56:33 GMT
When I was in mexico my guide turned up at 6.45am one morning with a plastic bag full of mashed baby hammerhead boiled by his lovely( if a little short) wife the night before. (There way of saying thanks for the england shirt I gave him)The whole fish goes in a metal bucket and gets boiled then mashed up. He also brought along some "red water" in another bag for a dip. I kid you not it was the hottest stuff on earth. He showed me , you grab a handful dip it in the sauce and eat it. Try doing that with a hangover. I will never eat shark again. Snapper on the other hand is bloody lovely. Did you get to fish out there? I would love to do some beach fishing out there........ |
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Post by darenw on Dec 14, 2006 16:31:18 GMT
Yea mate I did fish, practically every day for two weeks but only with a light spinning outfit.I went woefully unprepared and had to buy what I could out there which wasnt a lot . I did manage to get a line out most mornings. Had cubera snapper, stacks of catfish ,small cuda ,various brightly colored reef fish ,ladyfish,king mackerel, rays shaped like a figure 8 and hooked 2 big rays (possibly eagle rays) which showed up my gear for what it was. We were renting a nice house nr celestun which is opposite florida on the gulf of Mexico. Stunning mate not a soul for miles ,clear water dolphins jumping my own pier , loved it. We are going to go back in the next year or so it was that good and Ill go prepared next time. |
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Post by slippery on Dec 14, 2006 17:51:44 GMT
Yea mate I did fish, practically every day for two weeks but only with a light spinning outfit.I went woefully unprepared and had to buy what I could out there which wasnt a lot . I did manage to get a line out most mornings. Had cubera snapper, stacks of catfish ,small cuda ,various brightly colored reef fish ,ladyfish,king mackerel, rays shaped like a figure 8 and hooked 2 big rays (possibly eagle rays) which showed up my gear for what it was. We were renting a nice house nr celestun which is opposite florida on the gulf of Mexico. Stunning mate not a soul for miles ,clear water dolphins jumping my own pier , loved it. We are going to go back in the next year or so it was that good and Ill go prepared next time. That sounds good, I had the same trouble with oz I so wished I picked up my lever drag n loaded it with 80lb braid, kicked myself all holiday!!! rods were cheap enough but too skint to get a good reel and cheap rods are better than cheap reels!! how much did that holiday set ya back ? |
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Post by darenw on Dec 14, 2006 20:57:21 GMT
About 5k, but we hadnt been away for a couple of years prior to this one. Took the father-in-law and the two boys as well for that. Got some nice pictures (my mrs took them) but no fish ones . Biggest fish landed was about 8lb (snapper).The "casa" we had was a 3 bedder and you were on the beach.Ill dig a couple of pics out and bore you with them but the pictures say more about the place than I acn .Dream holiday-yes:)  |
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Post by slippery on Dec 14, 2006 21:29:17 GMT
SOLD!
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all caught western oz by myself, off of two different beaches smallest 12lb biggest 39lb good fun on standard beach rods!!
Snapper on the other hand is bloody lovely.