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Thread: Near 1 metre tilapia from Samsonvale

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    Near 1 metre tilapia from Samsonvale

    Not quite..............

    Tried the English coarse fishing tactics today..............swimfeeder, 6lb line, size 4 hook baited with shrimp. This bugger took me 50 minutes to land. Total tally for 6 hrs was 6 spangles, 1 silver, 2 eeltail catties and a saratoga as well as this lungy just short of a metre. Lost a beaut of a saratoga that threw the hook whilst tailwalking


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    Re: Near 1 metre tilapia from Samsonvale

    A rare catch- did you walk him before release?


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    Re: Near 1 metre tilapia from Samsonvale

    Carried him to the water with every intent, but he took off........................the size of those pectoral fins, there was no slowing him down

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    Re: Near 1 metre tilapia from Samsonvale

    so they fight all right then.not bad for 6 hrs fishing as that took 50 min to land.

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    Re: Near 1 metre tilapia from Samsonvale

    Nice catch but personally I'd up the line to 12lbs.

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    Re: Near 1 metre tilapia from Samsonvale

    Quote Originally Posted by Luc View Post
    Nice catch but personally I'd up the line to 12lbs.
    The rod's only rated 3

    I'd rather drop the hook length to 2lbs rather than go through that again

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    Re: Near 1 metre tilapia from Samsonvale

    nice fish ,stupid headline why

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    Re: Near 1 metre tilapia from Samsonvale

    Quote Originally Posted by warrior View Post
    nice fish ,stupid headline why
    Isn't it what is called a "joke"?...I thought it was funny, and frankly didn't expect to find a story about a metre long Talapia!

    Thank god it was a fishing report of some kind..we need more of them on this forum IMO.

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    Re: Near 1 metre tilapia from Samsonvale

    Im more concerned that after all this time away from the forums, Kingtin is still chasing vermin
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    Re: Near 1 metre tilapia from Samsonvale

    Quote Originally Posted by warrior View Post
    nice fish ,stupid headline why
    Because I'd mentioned in anotther post that I was going after tilapia with light coarse gear...............and this is what I came up with.................it's called humour

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    Re: Near 1 metre tilapia from Samsonvale

    Quote Originally Posted by Lovey80 View Post
    Im more concerned that after all this time away from the forums, Kingtin is still chasing vermin
    Just tryin' to do my bit to rid our world of noxious species................strangely enough................I didn't catch one tilapia....................I must be slippin'

    The Verminator

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    Re: Near 1 metre tilapia from Samsonvale

    Kingtin

    That juvenile lungfish you caught is a protected species and highly endangered. Did you keep it or was it too knacked to return to water?

    Big fine if you get caught by Fisheries or Rangers with one

    Here is the link to Qld DPI Freshwater Fisheries

    http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/28_14857.htm

    No-take species

    Fresh waters

    The taking and possessing of the following is prohibited. If accidentally caught, these species must be immediately and carefully returned to the water.

    Queensland lungfish


    Here is a link to the Sweetwater fishing website that shows a Tilapia caught at Wivenhoe dam, which Somerst feeds into.

    Photo of Tilapia taken by Dave Downie

    http://www.sweetwaterfishing.com.au/tilapia.htm

    Bondy
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    Re: Near 1 metre tilapia from Samsonvale

    Give me a break Bondy. Did you read the whole thread? ..................But thanks for telling me something that I'm well versed in. As for Juvenile................that size it's around 70yr old

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    Re: Near 1 metre tilapia from Samsonvale

    Beautiful fish mate, they have incredible scales, something out of the last prehistoric period.

    Glad to hear you returned it with care,, I never caught one though I am led to believe they are fairly tough.

    Did you know they only have one lung..?

    One thing though I find funny and a releif is that SEQ seems to be free of "Monster Carp",,, I remember as kid fishing out West NSW we would haul in carps that would be over 20lb all the time.

    One of those would give you a run for yr money..

    Cheers

    Dan

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    Re: Near 1 metre tilapia from Samsonvale

    Kingtin,

    Yeah I read the whole piece, might have been better to place that in your first post instead instead of second post, i.e. post number 3

    Kingtin, How did you work out the lungfish you caught is 70 years old and not a juvenile?

    Cheers, Bondy

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