I see colour. It's Red.....

[Fixation]

We decided to go on a research mission off the sunny coast on Saturday arvo. Winds where predicted to drop off to 10/15 in the arvo so the deckie and I decided to brave it and see what it was like out there.
We left the ramp about 2:30 pm and headed out to area X. We found a couple of great shows on the sounder so we anchored up and cracked out the bait. First 3 drops for me resulted in 3 reds about 45 cm long (bummer). Then the deckie locks onto something with a little more size he called for the net so it must have been reasonable. It turned out to be a nice red. Sorry didn’t weight it so don’t know the weight and I don’t like estimating either. #The next 2 hours saw nice maori’s, snapper and heaps more undersize reds and a whole heap of unstoppables. Using floaters and dropper rigs with pillies and squid. Couldn’t get livies. Sorry I didn’t take too many photos. Was a great afternoon out there and I was just glad to be out on the water.

[Fixation]

Deckies red

[kitty_cat]

sweet catch
nrth or sth of moololaba
reds for xmas :) well done

[Fixation]

Kitty_Cat:- Yeah we were north of moololaba. They were great conditions out there. Good to see bom got it wrong again.

[Jay_S]

Great work mate :o ;D
They are very nice fish you caught ;D
Like Kitty_cat said, Reds for x_mas ;D :)

Cheers
Jay

[Jacksta]

So fixation.. wheres this spot X of yours ay ? :P Great fish, how big did the Maori's go ?

[Fixation]

Wish I could tell you :-X

[620sf]

Nice fish mate, don't tell anyone what boat your in or else everyone will be following you next trip.

Luke

[Fixation]

The maori's weren't anything to write home about but it was good to get a mixed bag. The spot mustn't have been fished much i reckon.
Yeah we were fishing in one of james bonds boats that turns invisible at the flick of a button. ;D

[markpeta]

Wish I could tell you #:-X

Your only new to the site we share everything here> ;D ;D

[baldyhead]

nice fish M8 good on yuh

[Jeno]

Great stuff Mate
What water depth did you fish in.
Thanks Stephen

[SeaSaw]

Nice to see a few legal reds amoungst the rats ... well done [smiley=2thumbsup.gif] Hold on to that spot, finding maori's in numbers often means it hasn't been fished a lot. ;)

When you remove a pectoral fin you don't leave much behind :o :o ;D lol

Cheers,

Mark

[outsiderskip]

nice cat of fish there
nice quality red and a good feed


cheers pete

[Fixation]

Thanks for the replys guys.

The Animal:- The depth was about 120ft. I don't think you'd catch em in any numbers in shallower water than that.

SeaSaw:- We use some of those chicken scissors like they use in the deli at the supermarket to cut chooks up so the fin comes off with ease. Doesn’t make for a good photo though. Usually take photos straight away after capture. Have to do the right thing these days though with the fins.

[Billo]

Thats the colour we like to see .....good work

[TheSlyDeckie]

The red put up a pretty good fight. Was lucky to get it up.

Amazing what happens when you make a little change. Was using a dropper rig and getting nothing then changed to a running sinker then did really well.

[Fixation]

Oh the slydeckie makes his appearance. :o Well all I can say is your one of the luckest fisherman around. 2 minutes before netting that one he's talking about how he's going to catch a big red. I think i had banana's on my hands or something. Thats my excuse anyway....

[TheSlyDeckie]

yeah still riding my luck for the last 3-4 years I've been fishing.

never forget that time I said "I don't care if i don't catch anything as long as i catch a coral trout". Sure enough...

[Fixation]

Lady luck can only be on your side for so long. Good catch anyway mate. ;D

[reeldreamer]

Nice red mate they look awesome pulling them up in the darkness then seeing the red!

[roz]

Those Reds would have to be one of the best looking fish in the sea, and sooooo good to eat. Yummo

Well done

regards Roz