Giant Groper

Post by **davek** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 5:04 pm

Big fish,

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Cheers davo

barra mick · Post by **barra mick** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 8:20 pm

I landed a few of these my last trip..nothing the size of that one but I had a few big ones on that were two big to land and they just snapped me off

cheers bm

Post by **deathray** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 8:55 pm

Wow they fought a protected species for two hours- somehow I don't find it that impressive.

barra mick · Post by **barra mick** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 9:24 pm

deathray wrote:Wow they fought a protected species for two hours- somehow I don't find it that impressive.

in the waters up there you never no what your going to catch

as long as you release them then its very impressive!!!

bm

Post by **deathray** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 9:44 pm

I know exactly what your saying BM particularly in open water. However they can practically become pets around piers (where this was taken from) and I mean no disrespect to your captures.

barra mick · Post by **barra mick** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 11:17 pm

All good deathray...yes they do become pets around the piers and catching a pier pet fish is not fair game.

Cheers bm

Post by **davek** » Fri Aug 01, 2014 4:57 am

barra mick wrote:I landed a few of these my last trip..nothing the size of that one but I had a few big ones on that were two big to land and they just snapped me off

cheers bm

I thought you may have run into a couple BM, considering some of the great places you fish, nice pics, cheers davo

toxicbob · Post by **toxicbob** » Fri Aug 01, 2014 7:12 am

hi everyone,
i have been on here for a while but this is my first post.
i used to live in hervey bay and the pier was the best land based fishing until, they took the last 2 - 300 mt off the end (for saftey reasons).
there used to be 2 groper living at the end of the pier that had been there for a lot of years.
i only ever fished at the head of the pier (very deep water).
we used to catch tuna up to 70kg (average 20kg)
black king fish cant remember the weights but the biggest was 8ft.
silver trevelly average 18kg.
flathead biggest was 5ft long and weighed 13kg.
and a huge variety of other species.
the pier was a port for the sugar industry as well as coal and timber.

Post by **deathray** » Fri Aug 01, 2014 6:17 pm

Cool 1st post toxicbob. I'd happily walk a kilometer long pier if it meant the chance of 8 foot cobia!

Post by **DougieK** » Fri Aug 01, 2014 6:53 pm

Great fish guys!

Learned to fish with my two uncles and Oma in hervey bay back in the late 80's.

Been up more recently with some heavier gear and got smashed a couple of times.

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