Fishing tips
Used to be a massive one under the Bribie jetty.
Just found out a bloke landed a black Marlin off one of my rock fishing spots on the weekend.
Never seen or heard of that before.
fitzroy-21 wrote:Pretty common on all jetty's across northern Australia.
That one is actually pretty small. Places like Cooktown (and many others) have them the size of VW beetles.
Yes I remember 2 huge ones lived under the wharf in Cooktown , what an awesome fishing destination that is , crocs & all .
Spot on SF. They were two resident ones. Massive. On clear water days they would sit out just off the wharf in the incoming tide and it was a sight to behold.
@FR, good effort to hook and land a juvenile BM landbased. It is actualy getting more common (through social media). We used to get them landbased at the creek mouth in my area on livies at certain times of the year. Getting common all the way down the coast down to Jervis Bay NSW area.
fitzroy-21 wrote:Pretty common on all jetty's across northern Australia.
That one is actually pretty small. Places like Cooktown (and many others) have them the size of VW beetles.
Fitzroy-21. Hi mate. Hope ya well.
For decades, Broome jetty which is long, has always had one or two lurking below.
I remember in 1984, our fried out surf mobiles rolled into town, bit cash strapped,on the Bob Hawke Surf Team, headed to the pier to catch a feed.
We all jump in for a dip first, a wharfie looks down at us and said, are you guys mad , you are about to feed to groper, didn’t quite understand what he meant.
Upon us climbing back up top he said there is a resident 600kg beast that lives underneath and it would suck any one of your limbs off like a bit of spaghetti.
We never swam there again, just fished. AW
AlfredWallace wrote:We all jump in for a dip first, a wharfie looks down at us and said, are you guys mad , you are about to feed to groper, didn’t quite understand what he meant.
Upon us climbing back up top he said there is a resident 600kg beast that lives underneath and it would suck any one of your limbs off like a bit of spaghetti.
We never swam there again, just fished. AW
At twice the size of this memorable brissy river bycatch, I'd imagine it would be best avoided..
basesix wrote:AlfredWallace wrote:We all jump in for a dip first, a wharfie looks down at us and said, are you guys mad , you are about to feed to groper, didn’t quite understand what he meant.
Upon us climbing back up top he said there is a resident 600kg beast that lives underneath and it would suck any one of your limbs off like a bit of spaghetti.
We never swam there again, just fished. AWAt twice the size of this memorable brissy river bycatch, I'd imagine it would be best avoided..
More like 4-5 times the size of that. That's 250lb, about 120kg......
stoked we've got some prehistoric river monsters in my local swimming pool..
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-16/lamprey-sighting-limestone-coast-...
Wow b6. They are freaky!!
Yup, stay away from the front end!
Anyone seen this device in a tackle shop before ?
Rodeo fishing
Hahaha that marlin be like WTF
poor thing was exhausted and disoriented.. the in-water camera's a give-away, just released after a long fight, and rodeo-ride was spliced together with chopper jump..
If it was in oz he’d be fined for sure.
Yeah , pretty easy to tell it was staged with all the cameras . I didn’t pick that it was probably hooked before hand though .
Hard to imagine what it would be like to wrestle a green one.
That'd be fun to watch.
OK, so I want to try my hand at fishing. I have a couple of rods and reels, and an assortment of stuff in a shiny tackle box (Chrissy present from a few years back). I've got salt water and fresh water options close at hand (Narrabeen). But, I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing.
Can anyone offer me some pointers? I'd really like to impress the missus.