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Big Red's, Pinkies, Pagrus auratus, Melbourne Snapper, the Crimson Tide

15 kg

Yay
5
29%
Nay
12
71%
 
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Re: Come across this

Post by DougieK » Sat Sep 21, 2019 3:54 pm

meppstas wrote:
Sat Sep 21, 2019 3:07 pm
Always hard to judge the size of a fish in a photo, here's a couple I caught back in my Snapper fishing day in 1973.

My ol' mate Billy (may he RIP) is holding them.. the one on the left went 13.7 kgs & the one on the right went 12.3 kgs..

Oh, they weren't taken on whiting gear either, snapper rods & overhead reels were the go in my boat fishing days when fishing for snapper..

There have been quite a few snapper taken on whiting gear for years, a lot of whiting fisho's in Sth Aust will use 12-15lb line or heavier for that very reason..

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Re: Come across this

Post by meppstas » Sat Sep 21, 2019 7:26 pm

DougieK wrote:
Sat Sep 21, 2019 3:54 pm
meppstas wrote:
Sat Sep 21, 2019 3:07 pm
Always hard to judge the size of a fish in a photo, here's a couple I caught back in my Snapper fishing day in 1973.

My ol' mate Billy (may he RIP) is holding them.. the one on the left went 13.7 kgs & the one on the right went 12.3 kgs..

Oh, they weren't taken on whiting gear either, snapper rods & overhead reels were the go in my boat fishing days when fishing for snapper..

There have been quite a few snapper taken on whiting gear for years, a lot of whiting fisho's in Sth Aust will use 12-15lb line or heavier for that very reason..

cheers
Adrian

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Re: Come across this

Post by Kimtown » Sun Sep 22, 2019 6:03 am

Not a ******* hope in the world that's 15kg

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