THE ONE THAT DIDNT GET AWAY

[LandyAndy]

Aussie requested a thread to post brag pics in.
Feel free to post pics of the one that didnt get away.
Looking forward to some nice fish pics.
ENJOY
Andrew

[Aussie]

Heres a few assorted pics from the Book of Aus.

[Aussie]

A few more

[Chenz]

.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/05/679.jpghttps://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/05/680.jpghttps://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/05/681.jpg

[Chenz]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/05/677.jpghttps://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/05/678.jpg

[LandyAndy]

A nice Queen Snapper my Boy caught off Michealmous Island,Albany,Australia Day weekend.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/05/674.jpg

Deb caught this Harlequin Fish on the next drift:cool::cool::cool:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/05/675.jpg

I got a just legal Blackarse(Breaksea Island Cod)(LOVERLY EATING FISH) on the final drift,Deb and Lindsay asked to return to dry land as they were seasick,we left the fish biting well.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/05/676.jpg
Andrew

[CJT]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/05/652.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/05/653.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/05/654.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/05/655.jpg

[cal415]

The only fish i caught at fraser island in march.... need to learn how to fish i think haha.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/05/488.jpg

[incisor]

on his first ever cast...

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/05/91.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/7283917686/)
first-fish-first-cast (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/7283917686/) by NiknoDave (http://www.flickr.com/people/niknodave/), on Flickr


out fished me all day to top it off...

[UNDEROVER]

Caught earlier this year fishing plastics on my bream gear. Pure dumb luck I didn't get smoked, but it stripped about 70m of line in the first run!

[Gerokent]

Broome time

[LandyAndy]

Onya mate.
I have 2 good mates that have recently shifted to Geraldton/Northhampton.
Looking forward to getting up there to visit them and have a fish,hopefully with my boat.
Andrew

[two up]

A couple of fish caught by my friends son. 1 is an aus and world record, 1 is an aus recotd

[Tombie]

A couple of fish caught by my friends son. 1 is an aus and world record, 1 is an aus recotd

Thats some serious fish!!!!

Well done!

[LandyAndy]

Awesome Catch,well done.
Andrew

[Aussie]

Lake Eildon 6 Pnder

[Judo]

A few weeks ago I took a full day lesson in fly fishing on the Goulburn river. Fly fishing was all the fun I expected it to be! I bought a rod that weekend, so I'm ready to go next camping trip on a river. :)

The guy teaching me has been semi-professionally doing it 20+ years - he travels the world fishing and running lessons for beginners to experts honing a particular technique. He said on average 1 in 50 catch a fish on their first day. I caught 2 brown trout on my first day!!! haha :D:D

Also ran into a guy who'd been fly fishing for a year and still hasn't caught anything... :o He was very displeased with my first day. :wasntme:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

[Aussie]

All the rivers are fishing well at the moment, I've been wanting to try fly fishing for a long time now I'm hoping santa brings me a fly rod and reel this year. Last summer I tried some 2pnd line on a bait caster with a greased leader with a bubble float using crickets and maggots, that was quite successful on the Lake :)

[Judo]

All the rivers are fishing well at the moment, I've been wanting to try fly fishing for a long time now I'm hoping santa brings me a fly rod and reel this year. Last summer I tried some 2pnd line on a bait caster with a greased leader with a bubble float using crickets and maggots, that was quite successful on the Lake :)
Price maybe a concern, however I would definitely recommend the place I had my lesson/tour/guide.

Goulburn Valley Fly Fishing Centre - Thornton, Australia (http://goulburnvlyflyfishing.com.au/)

If you want to go for a weekend away, they also have a cottage on the property and ponds filled with trout for practicing and the property backs onto the goulburn river. So no matter what skill level you're at there is plenty of options!

We had some fun on the ponds with spinners too. Just catch and release as much as you want. Although it doesn't compare to a catch from the river... ;)

[slug_burner]

A few weeks ago I took a full day lesson in fly fishing on the Goulburn river. Fly fishing was all the fun I expected it to be! I bought a rod that weekend, so I'm ready to go next camping trip on a river. :)

The guy teaching me has been semi-professionally doing it 20+ years - he travels the world fishing and running lessons for beginners to experts honing a particular technique. He said on average 1 in 50 catch a fish on their first day. I caught 2 brown trout on my first day!!! haha :D:D

Also ran into a guy who'd been fly fishing for a year and still hasn't caught anything... :o He was very displeased with my first day. :wasntme:

http://imageshack.us/a/img202/1787/browntroutcloseupsmall.png

http://imageshack.us/a/img402/8474/mewithbrowntroutsmall.png

That looks like Geoff, he taught me to fly fish a few years ago. I just don't get out enough. I am going to have to look for some photos now.

[Judo]

That looks like Geoff, he taught me to fly fish a few years ago. I just don't get out enough. I am going to have to look for some photos now.

It is indeed Geoff in the background. :)

[Kevo]

Fishing at Gnaraloo a couple of months ago. Next two trips already booked

[LandyAndy]

Fishing at Gnaraloo a couple of months ago. Next two trips already booked

Kevo.
What size boat did you guys take up???
What are launching facilities like up there???
ONEDAY I would love to head up there myself.
Cheers
Andrew

[Chops]

Great shots there,, awesome to see the whale up close and personnal I'll bet.

[Kevo]

We had 4 boats and 13 blokes. 3 x 6.5m ali and my 5.6m Noosa Cat. Pics of the launch facilities... a bit of wire mesh off the beach! You can do it if you know what you are doing and have a little luck. This year the beach was very soft so a few recoveries but we moored the boats in the bay which saved a lot of time. Whales were unbelievable this year.

[LandyAndy]

We had 4 boats and 13 blokes. 3 x 6.5m ali and my 5.6m Noosa Cat. Pics of the launch facilities... a bit of wire mesh off the beach! You can do it if you know what you are doing and have a little luck. This year the beach was very soft so a few recoveries but we moored the boats in the bay which saved a lot of time. Whales were unbelievable this year.

So I should be OK beach launching my 5.25 Stacer????
Would modify the trailer with extended drawbar and 3rd wheel.
Andrew

[Kevo]

Launching and retrieving your Stacer will be no problem. We have an extended drawbar but no third wheel. Gnaraloo bay has a nice little drop off that you can use even at low tide so with the extended bar and using the mesh you can get far enough in to drive the boat on to the trailer and then pull her out.

Golden rules are to pick the hardest spot on the beach and use mesh under the rear wheels of the car and the trailer. These are on the beach for all users. I've attached a picture of us recovering Gnarly Cat. Unfortunately we lost a lock pin on the trailer hitch so the biggest guys are being used as ballast! The road in and out to Gnaraloo and the bay eats trailers for breakfast so reinforce as much as you can and when you think it is strong, double it. regards Kevo

[LandyAndy]

Back from a week at Albany.
Fishing was very quiet,weather blew its guts out most days so it meant staying in close.The mrs got the best 2 fish,a 44cm King George as fat as a beer can,which in her excitment lead to the rod not going in the rod holder and to the bottom of the sea.She backed the KG up with another at 41cm and just as fat a few days later.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/01/1037.jpg

Now where did I put that darn rod.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/01/1038.jpg
She got it back from 6.5m:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:

If only all the days wernt as smooth as this;););););)
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/01/592.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/01/593.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/01/1039.jpg

My first fish on the trip,second drop,Harlequin Fish,just over legal,returned it hoping for older siblings,they are loverley eating;);););)
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/01/1040.jpg

Cant wait to get out again.
Andrew

[Tombie]

Nice pics...

Bad day fishing still better than working:cool:

[Chops]

Hehe,, out fished by the Mrs ehh,, gotta love that,, :D

We had no luck with the wheather either over our way, the best I did was a very undersized, but healthy bream. Didn't get a pic but :(
Always nice to get away from the rat race though.

[LandyAndy]

Hehe,, out fished by the Mrs ehh,, gotta love that,, :D

We had no luck with the wheather either over our way, the best I did was a very undersized, but healthy bream. Didn't get a pic but :(
Always nice to get away from the rat race though.

Used my brains,she gets seasick out deep and it means end of the days fishing.Fish close in and she is ok.We were out for 8 hours on friday,caught heaps and returned heaps,all small fry,VERY relaxing:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:
Andrew

[klonk]

Andy
I saw Blackbetty parked at the boat ramp when I went passed to service the dozers on the woodchip pile. The secret to fishing down here is to ask a nice SA person to shut the door so the wind stops. Glad you managed to get some. I think you should give up the rods and give your wife a gidgee, she did well. A bloke at work got 6 blue manner crabs scooping at night, 1 mtr claw tip to claw tip streached out :eek:.
My poor old blueband merc 50 blew up at christmas, but I have now fitted a brownband merc 75 :), so there goes klonks budget for awhile.

Cheers Steve

[LandyAndy]

Cheers Steve.
We got out 5 days out of 6 so not too bad,last day we were out for 8 hours.MOST ENJOYABLE!!!! I need a place down there:cool::cool::cool::cool:
Andrew

[LandyAndy]

Our friend that has 2 heads has caught a ripper fish up in Broome.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/550.jpg

ONYA Robbie,great fish for a Broome first:p:p:p I would love to get up there for a fish with you oneday,reckon you could catch all those vermin in the mean time,or Broome Time?????
Enjoy Mate.
Andrew

[bblaze]

you could have put up the pic of the bloody barra I sent you andy
lol
cheers
blaze

[Aussie]

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/7528/lakeeucumbene001.jpg

[Judo]

Wow... tell me they're not brown trout?

[Chops]

They breed em nice up that way ;)

I can remember a few years ago walking along Gang Gang Creek,, so many biiiiig fish, but not allowed to touch them. But it was very cool to see :cool:

[LandyAndy]

NICE,great catch:cool::cool::cool:
Andrew

[roverrescue]

Got this sardine last saturday morning
Old man is up visiting - weather dropped for the day so we shot out to a close reef about 12nm out.

Both of us love chucking poppers at GeeTees
This old boy is my PB for the species 121cm forl length.

By the Tanzanian girth length measurements estimated weight of 35kg

Steve

[Aussie]

6.5 pnd caught on surface lures

http://imageshack.us/a/img803/4003/001aok.jpg

[LandyAndy]

Awesome fish,well done.
Andrew

[Judo]

I am immensely jealous.

[HCPU130]

The youngest cub and old man with a couple of nice fish as well as a couple of nice muddies, the big one was 2kg.

[Chops]

Nice,,, I've only had a fresh feed of muddies once,, so fresh I almost felt euphoric :D

[HCPU130]

Chops, yep you can`t beat a feed of fresh muddies. The down side of getting them fresh these days apart from the share farmers out there are the lizards are getting bigger and more common.:eek:

[Aussie]

My Fishing buddy just sent me a pic of this little fella that was caught at lake purrenbete. Oh my goodness, tips the scales at a healthy 12 pounds

[slug_burner]

My Fishing buddy just sent me a pic of this little fella that was caught at lake purrenbete. Oh my goodness, tips the scales at a healthy 12 pounds

That thing looks like it should be 30 pounds, he must have his arms out along way towards the lens to make a 12 pounder look that big. Not that I wouldn't be pleased with a 12 pounder.

[Judo]

I didn't think I even knew trout grew that big!! :o Certainly not in rivers where I go trout fishing anyway! Maybe I need to try some lakes...

[Chops]

I didn't think I even knew trout grew that big!! :o Certainly not in rivers where I go trout fishing anyway! Maybe I need to try some lakes...

I was thinking the same thing,,, think I really should get the boat going and do some fishing trips ;)
I have started by the way,, I've got my drum, just need to cut it so I can run the motor at home,, :D

[SGT.JOE]

My girl just doing her stuff :cool:




https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/10/292.jpg (http://s741.photobucket.com/user/BMWR65LS/media/1382347_10201953660260481_1029933681_n.jpg.html)




My boy hitting the Barracutta numbers hard that day.




https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/10/293.jpg (http://s741.photobucket.com/user/BMWR65LS/media/1374129_10201953660380484_640324517_n.jpg.html)

[disco man]

A couple of nice muddies from Cocoa Creek.

[Dinty]

I will be there for tea LOL :p bet they go down well cheers Dennis :angel:

[Chops]

I will be there for tea LOL :p bet they go down well cheers Dennis :angel:

X2,,,, yummmm

[disco man]

X2,,,, yummmm

Get out of it ya mongrels LOL:p:):D

[Saitch]

Reviving an old thread.
I managed a nice feed from the Hastings Pt area last week.

[Chops]

Yumm,, I'll gladly take that Flatty off your hands ;)

[Saitch]

A couple of Spanish the 13 y.o. nephew pulled in while trolling around Bramble reef when I was up at Lucinda Last week.
10kg & 12kg respectively. He was starting to feel the muscles working I tell you!
Steve

[Saitch]

Same young fella, three years older, with a Jack and Barra caught yesterday. 157202157203

[Gav 110]

My nine year old came back with this trout when we were marroning Monday night at Waroona
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200115/ec1cda541ecf9db213e61b39517121da.jpg
Didn’t weigh it but was just over 500mm
Caught with a Marron snare that broke as he was running over screaming “look at what I caught”
[emoji1531][emoji1531][emoji1531]

[Saitch]

Nice trout. Any marron?

[Gav 110]

Nice trout. Any marron?

6 first night
4 the next
1 the last ( the trout made up for it )
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200116/1568f1ead1fcb2106ad92efc1768b767.jpg

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200116/b5eaf26e71dbbdd725d9f24287772e88.jpg

All over the 90mm carapace minimum
Largest about 120mm
Caught plenty between 80-89mm but all went back for next year

Not the best haul but good fun for the kids
Good time for me to relax[emoji481][emoji481][emoji481][emoji481]

[Saitch]

The young fellas have started their barra season off OK. A nice jack, too.158190
158191
158192
158193

[Saitch]

A mate got this off the Sunny Coast a day or two ago. 35kg Spanish!

160514

[ramblingboy42]

what do you do with a fish that big?

is it a trophy?

[Saitch]

None of my fishing mates, or I, 'Trophy fish'. Most are catch and release but we will keep a feed for ourselves. No freezing kilos of fish for this little black duck. Fresh is Best!

The Spanish in the photo went to a good home/homes. [thumbsupbig]...............no cig. either, from testing.

[NavyDiver]

None of my fishing mates, or I, 'Trophy fish'. Most are catch and release but we will keep a feed for ourselves. No freezing kilos of fish for this little black duck. Fresh is Best!

The Spanish in the photo went to a good home/homes. [thumbsupbig]...............no cig. either, from testing.

That would have been one hell of a good work out. They are speedsters plus. Spaniards are sweet eating. Fully agree fresh is key to great fish noting a very cool Catalyst ABC show on King fish sashimi which had my jaw dropping. Kingfish on this years must do list.

Worth watching except we cannot do this at home.
(https://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/s21-e02-how-food-works/12157118)

[Saitch]

You made me hungry!

[Saitch]

A nice, healthy specimen. I dropped a snodger, which would have been half as big again as this one. 20lb line and myself were not up to the task of handling a large flatty, a strong tidal run and a lot of rocks.
The lizzie in the pic is back in the creek too, as was over the max size limit.
168917

[Saitch]

A nice feed of Mahi Mahi two days ago. Photo is my baby brother.183055183056

[NavyDiver]

183060

183061Summer tuna an hour from home- 15-25k was the biggest. I have landed 50kg plus but not for years and they took 8 hours their and back drive and 8 plus hour boat trip over the shelf! OMG life is good!

Going out again Thursday

[Saitch]

183060

183061Summer tuna an hour from home- 15-25k was the biggest. I have landed 50kg plus but not for years and they took 8 hours their and back drive and 8 plus hour boat trip over the shelf! OMG life is good!

Going out again Thursday

That board makes me salivate.

[NavyDiver]

That board makes me salivate.

I will try to add my favorite sashimi to the plater next trip- King Fish is just as amazing when super fresh [thumbsupbig] An add pickled Nori for some greenery