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.
Been some really good tailor fishing here lately but damn, they have been choosy.
Mostly only hitting a very specific surface lure presented in a very specific way.
You can imagine feeling a tug on the line then again and then again and thinking WTF is going on ?
freeride76 wrote:Been some really good tailor fishing here lately but damn, they have been choosy.
Mostly only hitting a very specific surface lure presented in a very specific way.
Please elaborate Steve. Slow walked stick bait?
I posted this photo a few years ago , these blue fin were speared in South Africa . I knew they used buoys but have never seen it done . On penida they are getting dogtooth in the 70-80 kg range , these tuna are way bigger and this clip gives a better idea of how it’s done . 
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^^ wowza, big fish in a spear. Having a separate line is the only way that makes sense, imagine trying to hold onto one of those big boys with a line attached to your gun.
Those things are frigging horses.
Hope all that meat was used- I'm sure it was.
Sorry Tiges-Bassday 30gm Bungee Cast, skipped over the surface.
A tuna just sold for 1.3 million dollars , crazy what people will pay in japan for sushi . https://www.dw.com/en/japan-tuna-as-fat-as-a-cow-sells-for-13-million/a-...
When I was a kid one of the school dads used to do trips to go after monster tuna, brought one to show the school that looked like a small truck to me! Don't have a pic of it, but there's this:
https://www.marlinmag.com/bluefin-tuna-record-revisiting-history/
Holy monster carp! The shadow knows what monsters lurk in European streams and ditches...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/07/eight-foot-catfish-caught-by...
velocityjohnno wrote:Holy monster carp! The shadow knows what monsters lurk in European streams and ditches...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/07/eight-foot-catfish-caught-by...
Just saw this, what a cracker! Glad they threw it back so someone else can break the world record in another few years. The scary thing is the current record is for a wild caught fish.
armchair/workchair travel..
fishing from land - handline, dry fly, lure
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BERMUDA groper (Watch Hill Park by my reckoning):
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ICELAND arctic char (Tungnaá Waterfall)
Arctic Char is worth a google, coldest freshwater fish, big in sea, hybrid, etc.
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JAPAN flounder (south of @zen, north of Tokyo, methinks..)
some frickin deft stiff-steel filleting and engawa retrieval from 16:00
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.