Fishing brag pics

WOOHOO~!   Way to go @kitkatb  ..... that looks a ripper lure!!  Did you make it yourself?  I am assuming you had wire running thru the lure that the hooks were attached to - not just screwed in?  And a hook in the rear as well?  I love the natural finish too!!  Well done!!!

Cracker barra too!  Looks at least 1 metre!! xx

Love the Barra.  Bottom photo this barra was caught on a home made timber prawn makes it even more special.

Great fish and pics @arpie! I'm longing to get the line in again soon. Hope I can get a catch like that. 😁 

What beautiful photos @arpie.  Great fish too I might add.

Great pics and some awesome scenery.  :) :)

Great pics, bragging rights for sure!

Just bringing this one to the top again for some more fish pics, @kitkatb and any others who are in to their fishing!    ;)

This is a nice bass I caught late last year in a bass impindment ..... they are stocked and grow quite big. They pull hard!  Next time, I want to catch one on fly ... and dusk is the time to do it! 



And my bread and butter fish .... Bream! The big ones put up a great fight.  I release them all to grow bigger



And our beautiful waterway at sunset ..... I am often inside the leases, trying to skulldrag Bream out!



This is where I put my yak in ..... I never tire of my back yard.  

Hope to get out again tomorrow if it isn’t too windy.

Well done! The bream look very sedate in the pics compared to the way they flick spines out and have the hook barb swirling around everywhere. I lost my washer last night. It must have gotten hooked on the anchor and went to the bottom of the sea. The wind is in the North again and the ocean is quite calm this morning. No energy to get out there atm though. Last nights raging East wind seas were enough to cure my yak excursion needs for a while. I emptied about  two buckets of water from the inside of the yak. No wonder it was so heavy towing lol.

hahaha, LOVE IT, @tigerbeth  and @Sister - as a kid, I used to only ever eat Fish & Chip shop 'fish' (even tho my Dad was a good fisho & regularly brought fish home to eat.)  I just HATED bones with a passion!  (Still do!)  

Hi @Brenda5

Yes, Blackfish & Luderick are one & the same.  They fight REALLY hard & taste LOVELY but you have keep them alive & only hit them on the head/bleed them as you leave to come home.  They are my preferred fish to 'smoke' for my Smoked Fish Pie.   If they grew as big as Barramundi - they would give a bigger fight!!

I have a 'holey bag' that I loop over a rod holder, so the the fish sit in it, in the water & get fresh water going thru them all the time.  If I only end up with one fish, I usually let it go at the end of the day.

I always use a net to for the fish & have a set of Lip Grips too, specially for big flatties!  I always have a couple of towels with which to cover the fish & hold them, to prevent spiking (tho it still happens!  :(  )  I have a pair of pliers to pull the hooks out & then either release them or pop them in the bag.

If I caught a stingray or shovel nose shark on bait .... I'd probably just cut the line off at the hook!  I've been struck by a stingray & it is NO FUN AT ALL!!  I'll give you a tip - if you ever DO get hit by their barb ...... HOT WATER!   As hot as you can stand - put the 'stung bit' in it for as long as you can stand it (but not BURNING YOU!)

haha  I think I caught one of those 6" flatties up at Burrum too!  LOL

Remember what I said about the OMG fish ...... I found it today!  :)  I had a BLAST, catching bream in REALLY shallow water!!  The biggest one was just under 42cm, then a 40cm, then 2 x high 30cms & one about 30cm!!

It was SO MUCH FUN!!

@tigerbeth
Yep that's my idea of fish. Although we do have a friend from Kununurra who works out on the Cone Bay Barramundi farm. He drives from Kununurra to Derby and leaves his car with us for the 2 weeks. In return we get nice big fillets of barramundi.  My freezer is now the go to place for fish.