Spear fishing
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Spear fishing
So here is a couple of pictures from this weeks spearing sessions. I have recently began this as new hobby from New Years and I must say, I am thoroughly enjoying it!
Couple of morwongs and leather jackets (please correct me if that is not a morwong). The pics may look the same but they are actually two different days. Just dumb luck I got the same two fish each day hahhaa
Couple of morwongs and leather jackets (please correct me if that is not a morwong). The pics may look the same but they are actually two different days. Just dumb luck I got the same two fish each day hahhaa
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Re: Spear fishing
How would you rate the butterfish eating quality?
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Looks like a sea carp or whatever, absolutely horrible if it is that, but to each their own.Joker91 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 4:35 pmSo here is a couple of pictures from this weeks spearing sessions. I have recently began this as new hobby from New Years and I must say, I am thoroughly enjoying it!
Couple of morwongs and leather jackets (please correct me if that is not a morwong). The pics may look the same but they are actually two different days. Just dumb luck I got the same two fish each day hahhaa
I got into spear fishing the last 2 or 3 years. I quickly realised how bad Victoria is for this hobby so now I’ve gone back to angling. I found it really hard to get the bread and butter species (whiting, snapper, flathead, gummy’s etc) and found nothing but junk (wrasse, banjos, sea carp, sweep, leathers etc etc.). Did find a little honey hole of boar fish which was nice but other than that, SFA.
Pretty much gave up on taking the spear and just dive for lobster and abalone but haven’t had much luck on the lobster. Plenty of abs though.
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Re: Spear fishing
Yep. It's a sea carp, marbled kelpfish, kelpie, a million other names, Aplodactylus arctidens. Crap eating not worth feeding to a catKimtown wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:39 amLooks like a sea carp or whatever, absolutely horrible if it is that, but to each their own.Joker91 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 4:35 pmSo here is a couple of pictures from this weeks spearing sessions. I have recently began this as new hobby from New Years and I must say, I am thoroughly enjoying it!
Couple of morwongs and leather jackets (please correct me if that is not a morwong). The pics may look the same but they are actually two different days. Just dumb luck I got the same two fish each day hahhaa
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Yeah, I reckon it all seasonable and so location dependent - I used to go out quite a bit off Clifton Springs, all along the Curlewis bank 2-3m and the amount of flathead and squid you'd see in spring/summer would blow you away. Whiting you'd have cruise by, but since it's so shallow they'd spook way easy.Kimtown wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:39 amLooks like a sea carp or whatever, absolutely horrible if it is that, but to each their own.Joker91 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 4:35 pmSo here is a couple of pictures from this weeks spearing sessions. I have recently began this as new hobby from New Years and I must say, I am thoroughly enjoying it!
Couple of morwongs and leather jackets (please correct me if that is not a morwong). The pics may look the same but they are actually two different days. Just dumb luck I got the same two fish each day hahhaa
I got into spear fishing the last 2 or 3 years. I quickly realised how bad Victoria is for this hobby so now I’ve gone back to angling. I found it really hard to get the bread and butter species (whiting, snapper, flathead, gummy’s etc) and found nothing but junk (wrasse, banjos, sea carp, sweep, leathers etc etc.). Did find a little honey hole of boar fish which was nice but other than that, SFA.
Pretty much gave up on taking the spear and just dive for lobster and abalone but haven’t had much luck on the lobster. Plenty of abs though.
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Re: Spear fishing
Haven’t tried it yet, but I will definitely let you know once I do. Seeing some of the posts here, doesn’t seem like I will be in for a treat.
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Sea carp = morwong ? Or are they two completely different fishes?cobby wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 10:08 amYep. It's a sea carp, marbled kelpfish, kelpie, a million other names, Aplodactylus arctidens. Crap eating not worth feeding to a catKimtown wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:39 amLooks like a sea carp or whatever, absolutely horrible if it is that, but to each their own.Joker91 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 4:35 pmSo here is a couple of pictures from this weeks spearing sessions. I have recently began this as new hobby from New Years and I must say, I am thoroughly enjoying it!
Couple of morwongs and leather jackets (please correct me if that is not a morwong). The pics may look the same but they are actually two different days. Just dumb luck I got the same two fish each day hahhaa
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It’s more for the warmer days. I get bored when we are at the beach all day and I am doing nothing. As I enjoy being in the water snorkelling it’s just something to piggyback off and maybe get a couple of things to eat.Kimtown wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:39 amLooks like a sea carp or whatever, absolutely horrible if it is that, but to each their own.Joker91 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 4:35 pmSo here is a couple of pictures from this weeks spearing sessions. I have recently began this as new hobby from New Years and I must say, I am thoroughly enjoying it!
Couple of morwongs and leather jackets (please correct me if that is not a morwong). The pics may look the same but they are actually two different days. Just dumb luck I got the same two fish each day hahhaa
I got into spear fishing the last 2 or 3 years. I quickly realised how bad Victoria is for this hobby so now I’ve gone back to angling. I found it really hard to get the bread and butter species (whiting, snapper, flathead, gummy’s etc) and found nothing but junk (wrasse, banjos, sea carp, sweep, leathers etc etc.). Did find a little honey hole of boar fish which was nice but other than that, SFA.
Pretty much gave up on taking the spear and just dive for lobster and abalone but haven’t had much luck on the lobster. Plenty of abs though.
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I still haven’t seen any squid (besides this one in WA).Andrews wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 10:34 amYeah, I reckon it all seasonable and so location dependent - I used to go out quite a bit off Clifton Springs, all along the Curlewis bank 2-3m and the amount of flathead and squid you'd see in spring/summer would blow you away. Whiting you'd have cruise by, but since it's so shallow they'd spook way easy.Kimtown wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:39 amLooks like a sea carp or whatever, absolutely horrible if it is that, but to each their own.Joker91 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 4:35 pmSo here is a couple of pictures from this weeks spearing sessions. I have recently began this as new hobby from New Years and I must say, I am thoroughly enjoying it!
Couple of morwongs and leather jackets (please correct me if that is not a morwong). The pics may look the same but they are actually two different days. Just dumb luck I got the same two fish each day hahhaa
I got into spear fishing the last 2 or 3 years. I quickly realised how bad Victoria is for this hobby so now I’ve gone back to angling. I found it really hard to get the bread and butter species (whiting, snapper, flathead, gummy’s etc) and found nothing but junk (wrasse, banjos, sea carp, sweep, leathers etc etc.). Did find a little honey hole of boar fish which was nice but other than that, SFA.
Pretty much gave up on taking the spear and just dive for lobster and abalone but haven’t had much luck on the lobster. Plenty of abs though.
I am having that exact same issue with the whiting. Seen a couple of good size one but struggling to get them on.
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Different. And sea carp is much, much worse. And Dusky’s are pretty damn bad to begin with lolJoker91 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 11:00 amSea carp = morwong ? Or are they two completely different fishes?cobby wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 10:08 amYep. It's a sea carp, marbled kelpfish, kelpie, a million other names, Aplodactylus arctidens. Crap eating not worth feeding to a catKimtown wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:39 amLooks like a sea carp or whatever, absolutely horrible if it is that, but to each their own.Joker91 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 4:35 pmSo here is a couple of pictures from this weeks spearing sessions. I have recently began this as new hobby from New Years and I must say, I am thoroughly enjoying it!
Couple of morwongs and leather jackets (please correct me if that is not a morwong). The pics may look the same but they are actually two different days. Just dumb luck I got the same two fish each day hahhaa