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My big snapper, one more off my bucket list


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I think I need to post this because I caught it.  And it was not the biggest.  This is the only photo of my fantastic fishing trip to Tapley Shoal.  As a Victorian, I married a South Australian, and I have to point out that I out fished the South Australians, much to thier disgust.  I need to point that out because there is a thing between us and them.  Sort of like the yankees and confederates.  I had a ball and caught fish that I could not have imagined being caught in Victoria.  The biggest did not fit in the Esky.  The esky was a metre esky, and a metre long snapper is a life time fish.  All on 15lb braid with a 20lb leader.

I have to,  admit that I did not keep any of the fish, could not because of my circumstance, but I have had emails from the people who had fantastic new years feasts of big snapper.  I drooled at some of the pictures.

This is one more off my bucket list, the list completed to date is:

Coral Trout, Spanish Mackerel, Gummy Shark, 2kg + Black Bream, Barramundi, Brown Trout and Rainbow Trout(not farmed), Red Bass, large mouthed nannygui, 10lb + dusky flathead, accidental bloody huge mullet that must have weighed 8lb, 6lb + australian salmon, 12kg stinking rotten european carp on 4lb line while trying to catch trout.

Next catch, never caught tommy ruff, love the smoked version, next catch is tommy ruff.

 

 



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cool pic , whats the old saying

give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day ,
teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a life time,


or something like that..

I only catch colds or floaty things in the water, or myself most of the time!!

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neilnruth wrote:

Milo don't you ever go to bed? I just noticed the time of your post!!!


 whats bed?? and thats early for me !! 



-- Edited by milo on Tuesday 8th of January 2013 02:41:32 PM

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Milo don't you ever go to bed? I just noticed the time of your post!!!

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milo wrote:

cool pic , whats the old saying

give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day ,
teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a life time,


or something like that..

I only catch colds or floaty things in the water, or myself most of the time!!


 no it's give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day ,, teach a man to fish and you get rid of him on weekendsbiggrin



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Bloody skite. (oops sorry that was just my jealousy clutching in.) a nice fish to be proud of. at the top of my list is one of those thumping big whiting  that happen down that way. one day it will happen. Jack



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beachball57 wrote:
milo wrote:

cool pic , whats the old saying

give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day ,
teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a life time,


or something like that..

I only catch colds or floaty things in the water, or myself most of the time!!


 no it's give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day ,, teach a man to fish and you get rid of him on weekendsbiggrin


lol



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my goodness. that is amazing. cheers.



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Hope your chickens turn into emus and kick your chookhouse down!disbelief.... see I'm not the jealous type am I? no, not 'alf!!!winkbiggrin



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smileThanks for all the praise and signs of jealousy, I must say I appreciate it.  It helps when my Vic team loses against one of those SA sides!

May I give a plug for the charter company that did all the work getting me out there?  They were great and at $250 for a nine hour charter, it is, believe it not, great value.  The skipper of the boat even thanked me for making the charter look so good!

Can I give the name here or is it against the rules? 



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I can't see your being sent to the naughty corner for mentioning the name as your connection with them is only as a very satisfied customer. However I am but a humble member and have no more say in these matters than any other member.

I know our webmaster (Cindy) puts her foot down on those who come here merely to promote their own business interests for free.

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What a beauty! I'm not a fisher-person but I love eating fish, particularly snapper!

My son is camping on Stradbroke Island at the moment and trying to catch fish. So far only a couple of very small whiting and ...forget what the other one was...hopeless. confuseWay too small anyway.

Well done Boothie!



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