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dfox
14-04-2006, 09:12 PM
I was fortunate enough to have most of this week off and with such great weather ive been fishing the banks and the hards for the last three days. I came back into mooloolaba only long enough to change crew members, in this time i managed a number of nice fish, i'll do a full report after i get some sleep. Heres a pic of the 10.6kg jack we got for those ausfishers that i spoke too out there...
full report soon ...foxy

Big_unit
14-04-2006, 09:23 PM
Thats Gold ;) ;) :)

Great fish.

Cheers
James

longtail
14-04-2006, 09:24 PM
:o :o :o

holy sh*t i've never seen a jack that big :o

awesome foxy great work

cheers
jason

fisho
14-04-2006, 09:35 PM
Does that fish have a deep pit at the front of it's eye? :-? Know where I'm heading? RB?

backhoe
14-04-2006, 09:37 PM
Just can't pick it up clearly in the pic but is that a pit in front of its eye i.e. is it a red bass and not a jack? Willing to be corrected

TIM-DONSELAAR
15-04-2006, 12:58 AM
i would say that is a RED BASS (Lutjanus bohar)

DESCRIPTION
Dark red-brown upper body paling to reddish on sides and belly. Fins dark red with almost black outer edges. Different from mangrove jack in having a deep pit on snout between eye and nostril.

Large red bass is not usually eaten because it has a reputation for causing ciguatera poisoning

cheers tim #:)


here is a picture of a RED BASS #:)

wak69
15-04-2006, 06:05 AM
Hi, What would the eating quality a fish that size. cheers sam

dfox
15-04-2006, 07:20 AM
Im afraid fellas your wrong, having caught over the years if not hundreds and possiably thousands of red bass and numerous reef jacks im quite confident at distingishing between the two species. Wait for the full report and photos and youll soon see that this is 100% jack ...foxy

Lucky_Phill
15-04-2006, 07:30 AM
3 dyas on the banks Dave...................those fish out there will be shaking in their boots. ;D ;D

Yep, That's about the biggest Jack I have seen. many 5-8kg's coming from the deep water off the Fraser Coast area, but that's a " honker ".

Look forward to the report, and in particular something more on the jack, in relation to bait, rig and tackle.

Haven't seen you put your hand up for the Oct 1770 M & G ? ;)

Cheers Phill

620sf
15-04-2006, 07:34 AM
What a week to have off with the weather we had. Biggest jack I've ever seen. Look forward to the full report.

Luke

vanurose
15-04-2006, 08:05 AM
I have read only recently that the way to distinguish Red bass from Mangrove Jack' s is that Red Bass are much harder to remove the scales from than a Jack. #But here is a photo of the Jack we just caught in a creek in Cairns and the scales were nearly impossible to remove, #even with a scaler. #It was 40cm and fought like a steam train. #Luckily I had a wire trace and hard bodied lure.
Cheers
Rose

aussiefool
15-04-2006, 09:00 AM
Man I thought my jack was good

DICER
15-04-2006, 09:18 AM
OMG - spectacular jack there

FOOCKCHUCKER
15-04-2006, 09:46 AM
what an absalute beast. looks like jack lives on your mark to me foxy.

searaider
15-04-2006, 10:49 AM
Geday Foxy ,
Horse of a Reef Jack . [smiley=2thumbsup.gif]
They know how to pull , I got a couple of smaller ones of Fraser a couple of years ago .

Jack or Red Bass -
Guys we also got some Red Bass on the same trip .
When you see them togeather its easy to tell them apart .

As some have already stated .
Red Bass are different from mangrove jack in having a deep pit on snout between eye and nostril.

The key point here is the DEEP PIT on the Red Bass .
The Jacks still have a mark in the same place .

Peter
Searaider 2

roz
15-04-2006, 11:18 AM
Fish of a life time there Dave.

You put in the hours so you deserve the rewards.

congratulations & well done mate.

roz

roz
15-04-2006, 11:23 AM
One more thing Dave.

Maybe you could update your personal photo?????

Can't imagine what you could replace it with ::)

dfox
15-04-2006, 02:46 PM
G-day roz, sure is a fish to remember. As for my pic, i'll just leave the same old boring photo there, lol. After all its just a nice eating size snapper ;D ;D

agnes_jack
16-04-2006, 07:43 AM
Nice one Foxy!!!
Ya up for the next M&G mate????

Regards, Tony

john_steward
16-04-2006, 09:31 AM
good greif :o

damons33
16-04-2006, 01:47 PM
what is your favorite fish for chewing dave?
top jack that- i reckon she has spawned over 20million fry. what size do they grow to?
damon

dfox
16-04-2006, 02:18 PM
Damon, my uneducated guess would be that she never spawned 20 million fry mainly because she was a he!

A_DIFF_PERSPECTIVE
16-04-2006, 03:00 PM
Nice fish, go with the "he",,,that juicy stuff drippin' and runnin' all over its fins tells enough!!
I have a friend who dives deep down either side of the Brisbane region who tells stories of the big jacks,,,like 15-18 kg on deep pinnacles in say 30 to 40m.
Last pic he sent was of two, 10 and 11kg, a bit like foxy's snodger!!!!!!!
Sensational looking fish.
Johnny.

revs57
16-04-2006, 03:18 PM
Dave that sure is one beaut Jack...Jack no longer lives here!!!

Any wonder the fish were a little lean yesterday mate if you'd been out there 3 days...next time some advanced warning would be good so we can pull up in the maroochy river playing crib and eating devonshire tea ;D ;D ;D

at least it doesn't have maggots hanging off it ;)

look forward to the full report and pics

cheers

Rhys

-Henno-
16-04-2006, 04:41 PM
That is a bloody monster jack mate, well done. Even bigger than the guy that was either on here or one of the other sites I saw that spears them in the Persian gulf. I thought his were humungus.

Where's the follow up pics? I want more!!!!

indy
16-04-2006, 05:48 PM
WOW ;) It will be hard to beat that but there is no harm in trying

MidgieFood
16-04-2006, 06:21 PM
That is huge.
I wouldnt put my fingers too close to that mouth,thats for sure.
Would have been a pretty docile hit. eh? ;D

the_baker
17-04-2006, 11:05 AM
That is bloody huge foxy!! good one how much longer are the arms

perko
17-04-2006, 01:30 PM
Top fish there Foxy. For the people doubting it being a jack I think that you are defiently doubting the wrong bloke.

wessel
17-04-2006, 02:34 PM
"I was fortunate enough to have most of this week off and with such great weather ive been fishing the banks and the hards for the last three days. I came back into mooloolaba only long enough to change crew members, "

Now that is THE way to spend your time off, just a pity the crew cant keep up with Captain Ahab.

Nice one mate, waiting to see pics of the rest.

Wessel

sempre
17-04-2006, 03:54 PM
You'll have to be more carefull next time Foxy , now everybody's going to be to embarrassed to put their Jacks on , after that monster [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

choppa
17-04-2006, 06:22 PM
OMG,,,,,,,,,can i have 1,,,,,i thought the flattie in saltwater pics was okay,,, if ya put 4 pieces of dowel in that thing foxy,,,you've got a table for 8 ;D ;D ;D

i'm bettin ya changed crew cause they were scared off that thing eating em,,,


choppa

Anne-T-Dote
18-04-2006, 08:30 PM
WOW Foxy - that's even bigger than the one you got back in Nov '04 (20lb, wasn't it). You certainly can dong 'em. Well done indeed

nonibbles
19-04-2006, 09:32 AM
Did you mount it? (not being rude) Eat it? I have found reef jack meat to get a bit rubbery when cooked (or maybe my chef friend can't cook 'em). Toss it? I'm not sure you'd be holding it up to your face if it were alive.

Top catch! [smiley=2thumbsup.gif]