Was tossin some SP's about this morning at the Wall. Picked up a nice snap that went 50cm and shortly after, had a hard hit that took off, but once I had it turned it basically gave up and planed in across the surface.
At first I thought it was a Moses perch, then when it came on board I thought maybe a jack, but a closer look and yes, confirmed by the pits in from of the nose, it was a red bass! Never seen one of these in the Bay before, so a first for me. Unfortunately didn't have a camera and phone on the bonk, so no pics.
Be interested to hear if anyone else has ever caught one of them in the Bay?
Cheers
ML
Note to self: Don't argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience....
I haven't seen any reports of Red Bass being caught in the Bay, although with northern fish such as Barra being caught on the Gold Coast I wouldn't be surprised if there's a few Red Bass in the Bay.
Nice catch, but certainly not a table fish as they're a ciguatoxin carrier.
Tight Lines.
Yes, am aware that the are "no take" species and he went back over the side to his mates.
I know of quite a few coral trout appearing in the Bay and some years ago I caught a juvenile chinaman fish at Peel, so having these kinds of "tropical" fish in the Bay is not new, just have never seen or heard of a red bass before.
Cheers
ML
Note to self: Don't argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience....
Caught 1 at hutchies, 4 year ago
Dont you feel ripped off when you see the holes in the nose
Quote/ Unfortunately didn't have a camera and phone on the bonk, so no pics.
Plenty of time for that, camera is a priority.
we caught three, one after another at brennans shoal yesterday. . all around the 50 cm mark along with a few nice spanglies and green jobs.
I caught one around Christmas time year before last at Hutchies that went 13kilo and over a meter long wasn't far off a Australian record at the time.nice catch for inside the bay though!
I picked up a small one on a productive piece of ground in the Rainbow last year. I have also pulled a small Barramundi Cod and a Hussar from the same spot
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