unusual catch

[Noelm]

I was putting the boat in the water last Sunday and a "tourist" type of fisherman came running up to me with his bucket and asked me what sort of fish he had, I looked in and bugger me, there was a decent sized Spangled Emperor, remember I live south of Sydney! and he caught it 5 metres from the ramp too, now we do get an odd one down here (very odd) but to get one, in the harbour, on a service station packet of black prawns, with a Kmart combo is kind of a bit of luck I would think. Kind of wished I was coming in and I could have swapped him something else for it!

[Still_Dreamin]

That will get them hooked on fishing.

[Noelm]

yep, he did tell me how it was so hard to pull in, and how it nearly pulled his rod off the jetty when it took the bait, and then asked me all the usual "how to clean it" and stuff like that.

[ozynorts]

You didn't give him the old, "mate that's a bait fish, I am going out now, I can take it off your hands for you". :)

[Shawn 66]

I was putting the boat in the water last Sunday and a "tourist" type of fisherman came running up to me with his bucket and asked me what sort of fish he had, I looked in and bugger me, there was a decent sized Spangled Emperor, remember I live south of Sydney! and he caught it 5 metres from the ramp too, now we do get an odd one down here (very odd) but to get one, in the harbour, on a service station packet of black prawns, with a Kmart combo is kind of a bit of luck I would think. Kind of wished I was coming in and I could have swapped him something else for it!
And to me that is one of the best things about our pastime . Old mate obviously did not feel the need for the Spotters sunnies , a $1000.00 combo or any of the other " must have" accessories that we are continually told hold the key to our chances of getting a feed .
Good on him .
Shawn

[MudRiverDan]

Red Emperors where never an unusual catch in Sydney, I have even caught a couple out of a dingy when I was younger.
Doubt there would be many in the harbour these days.

Not sure about spangled Emperors.

Dan

[cqfreshie]

That will get them hooked on fishing.

Yeah ... then spend all the big bickies on gear and catch nothing forever after?

[Donkeyzmilk]

And to me that is one of the best things about our pastime . Old mate obviously did not feel the need for the Spotters sunnies , a $1000.00 combo or any of the other " must have" accessories that we are continually told hold the key to our chances of getting a feed .
Good on him .
Shawn

you mean i don't need all this new shit i just bought !! damn

[Apollo]

And to me that is one of the best things about our pastime . Old mate obviously did not feel the need for the Spotters sunnies , a $1000.00 combo or any of the other " must have" accessories that we are continually told hold the key to our chances of getting a feed .
Good on him .
Shawn

Shawn, you are never to speak this type of rubbish ever again. Especially to my missus!

Steve

[Noelm]

I guess it is a sign of Global warming or something, there seems to be a lot of 'stuff" around these days that was unheard of a few years ago, we got Spottie Mackeral one year not so long ago, and there is always still a couple aught every summer now, so, who knows, maybe in a few centuries, the reef will be down here after the tropical waters warm up too much.

[ozynorts]

Global Warming,,,,,,,, latest data on climate states that at the moment the planet is in a cooling phase not a warming one. The greenies won't tell you that though. It is why the "experts" now refer to climate change rather than global warming.

[Noelm]

yeah well.... not 100% sure on any of it, but I know we are getting more warm water species now, and for some reason the tides are MUCH bigger, no idea how that works, years ago in my area, around Christmas we got big tides, around 1.8m now we get tides over 2m, how the hell does that work? the lake at the back of my place comes up to my back fence all the time now, where before it was only now and then that it even came close.

[MudRiverDan]

Seems that the area is around their southern limit, according to this.


Strange but the map seems to show a lack of them around the Moreton bay area, something funny there.

http://australianmuseum.net.au/Spangled-Emperor-Lethrinus-nebulosus

[deckie]

I guess it is a sign of Global warming or something, there seems to be a lot of 'stuff" around these days that was unheard of a few years ago, we got Spottie Mackeral one year not so long ago, and there is always still a couple aught every summer now, so, who knows, maybe in a few centuries, the reef will be down here after the tropical waters warm up too much.
Heard only one story of a Spangled caught off Long Reef. Also a Jobfish same area.
Spotties arent that uncommon when the currents are running hard...nothing new either and can pop up in the least likely places. My first one in Sydney was 20 yrs ago in amongst small bonito in a place i never would have figured...near where Cowan Creek starts off the Hawkesbury. Last damn thing i expected.
Always the odd reports of nthn species around but mostly we just cough and say "bullshit", but some seaons do produce some pretty wild surprises around Newc/Syd/Gong.

Was he sporting a kind of dumb "i'm a bit lost" look on his face ? ;D

[martib]

plenty of those fish up here...sorry ...just my 2c worth,lol
happy fishin boys

[Camhawk88]

Im betting he was looking for his lost son who had been taken by divers on the GBR and put him in an aquarium.
Was a small Blue Tang also caught? Tourist bastards killing Marlin!

[littlejim]

few years back got a Qld school mackeral near the college at JB.
wondered whether the poor b*gger got there on a warm swirl/eddy that peeled off and came down the coast.

[Noelm]

That would probably coincide with the year they were around in droves around the Illawarra area I guess, there is always the odd capture now and then of "odd" species down here, but this one was just so out of the ordinary, in the area it was caught, and the method.

[marto78]

Seems that the area is around their southern limit, according to this.


Strange but the map seems to show a lack of them around the Moreton bay area, something funny there.

http://australianmuseum.net.au/Spangled-Emperor-Lethrinus-nebulosus

Looking at that map it also says they are caught on the border of Vic, NSW and SA that is a long way inland :P

[littlejim]

tonight's episode of Catalyst explains it a bit.
Water temperatures going up and a few unusual episodes of warm water going miles south of normal.
They had an episode of whale sharks going down to the bottom of WA to stay in cool water. They normally stay right up the north.

[ozynorts]

hey ozwald, do you have an opinion? I expressed mine, that's my right. If you don't agree then fine but at least give a reason for a dislike.....