Biggest Fish ..........&..........where .?????

[Black_Rat]

All,

Where is the Biggest one (species) you've caught in any area. ??? don't need the exact GPS points yet just PM me ;D ;D?
For me it is ....?
Flathead............... the 'PIN'
Bream.................... the Clareance River 'Iluka"
Whiting.................. the Noosa River
Eastury Cod............the 'PIN'
Snapper..............Shallow Temptest
Perl Perch .............Coloundra Wide
Jew Fish ..................the 'PIN'
Catfish.....................Brisbane River :P

Where have you caught your biggest ??? 8)
Damo

[jeffo]

blue marlin (130kg).... of the cape
black marlin (50kg)..... 10 mile m'ba
sailfish (40kg)......18 mile m'ba
yellowfin tuna (15.5kg)... currimundi reef
spanish mackeral (18kg).. currimundi reef
snapper (8kg)... inner gneerings
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[bundymal]

black marlin (82kg) port macquarie
yellowfin tuna (33kg)port macquarie
cobia (23kg) port macquarie
jewfish (21kg)port macquarie
spanish mackeral(16kg)bargara
king salmon (11kg) burnett bundaberg

these are my favorite's ;D

[bugman]

Cobia (34kg's) Moreton Bay
Longtail Tuna (26kgs) Moreton Bay
Spaniard (14kgs) Mlba blinker
Snapper (6kgs) Fraser
Bream (44cms) Pin
Flathead (68cms) Pin
Whiting (41cms) Nth Straddie
Pearlie (4kgs) Pt Lk Wide
Sweetlip-spangled (5kgs) Fraser
Crayfish (2.8kgs) West Coast Tassie

[Zeeke]

15cm Bream, Mooloolaba ::)

[mini696]

All my bests have come from the Gladstone region.

Most of them from the Boyne River, Calliope River and Wild Cattle Creek. All my best reef fish (Parrot and Stripy only, plus a couple of pests) have come from the structures out from the harbour.

Mickk

PS I'm hoping to beat some of my PB's at the M&G in Agnes next year. Or even before then down here on the Sunshine Coast.

Still waiting for my first Jew, and pretty much everyreef and palagic fish out there.

[Rowdy_2002]

Bream 42 cms Mud Island
Whiting 36 cms Pottsville
Mangrove Jack 40 cms Pottsville
Flathead 50 cms Pin Bar

[Sergio_kutz]

Catfish (1.2m) Up in the island around Dampier in WA
Whiting (41cm) Currumbin
Falthead(43cm) Currumbin
Bream(38cm) Nerang
Spangled Emperor (42cm) Up in the island around Dampier in WA

[bigal]

flathead- kingy creek
jew- tweed river
trevaley- tweed river
jack tweed river
tarpon- kakadu lake
most others in the tweed river but some spanish mackrel (lost mostly mack tuna lbg'ing)

[CHRIS_aka_GWH]

toadfish - Hervey Bay

has anyone else every caught a big toadie there - they have to be the biggest on the planet at over a foot long.

Tailor - dune rocks north straddie
jew - pin
whiting - coombabah crk
bream - pimpama river
flathead - moored boats around tipplers
spanish - north west is
spotted - currumundi reef
cobia - moreton is coffee rock reefs
yellowtail king - point lookout north straddie
yellowfin tuna - currrumundi reef
coral trout - north west
trevally - hinchinbrook is
jack - g/coast canals
yellowtail king - point lookout north straddie
jobfish - middle reef straddie
pearlie - wide cathedrals north straddie
parrot - north west is

+ sundries

[Sportfish_5]

Where's Kev's list ??? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[dfox]

Red- innisfail
Snapper-Barwon Banks
rest-who cares ;D

[flattymattyb]

Geez some of you guys have a species list to drool over.

My best
Flatty 78cm Mckenzies channel
whiting 42cm soverign Is
squire 45cm soverign Is
Jack 55cm coomera river
AJ 8 kg deep tempest
tailor 55cm soverign Is
estuary cod 45cm soverign Is
Grass sweet lip 40cm soverign Is
jew 70cm kalinga bank

[basserman]

ok mine is
Kingfish 28kg Lord Howe Island
flathead 86cm camden haven river dunbogen
bream 48cm hastings river Port Macquaire
bass 48cm macley river upper kempsey
yellowfin 30kg Lord Howe island
Sargent Baker 3.5kg Port macquaire ;D
umm apart from that just a normal list like everyone else ;D :) ;D
P.S. for dug :) ;) :D ;D >:( :( :o 8) ??? ::) :P :-[ :-X :-/ :-* :'( :)

[craysea]

yeah chriss aka
ive caught a large giant toadfish trolling a mighty mackeral mauler on hervey
bay blew me away at the first glance of the ugly beast

[Moffy]

Spanish Mackeral - 17kg - Snapper Island
Coral Trout - 6 kg Snapper Island (no joke)
Fingermark - 7.5 kg - Snapper Island
Golden Trevally - 9kg - Snapper Island
(why do i bother going to the outer reefs :o) - and they were going to Green Zone it!!! >:( - at least we had a win there.

Large Mouth Nannygai - 6kg Spot X (middle of shipping channel)
Gold Spot Cod 15kg - (same) Spot X (now green zoned)
Flathead 80+cm - Mossman River Mouth
Red Emporer - 8kg - 36nm off Cairns (middle of nowhere)
Reef Jack - 6 kg - Undine Reef & Rudder Reef
Creek Jack - 2kg - Daintree River
Freshwater Barra - 17 kg - Tinaroo
Saltwater Barra - 8kg - Nassau River (Cape York)
Threadfin Salmon - 6kg - Love River (Cape York)
Black Jew - 15kg+ - Mission River (weipa)
Sooty Grunter - 3-4kg - Tinaroo
Longtail Tuna - 7kg - Weipa (Red Cliffs)
Grunter - 3.5kg - Daintree River

[NeilD]

Jew 25lb Noosa River on a lure
Marlin 160kg Solomon Is
Yellowfin 18 kg Sunshine Reef
Snapper 8kg off Sth Passage
Spanish 20.5 Kg Flatrock
Barra 100cm Great Sandy Strait
Whiting 16 inches Noosa River

[megan]

Here's my not so flattering list:

King Salmon (3kg) Proserpine River
Blue Tusk Fish (3kg) Whitsundays
Trevally (8kg) Whitsundays
Snapper (3kg) Wollongong
Large Mouth Nannigai (1.5kg) Whitsundays
Australian Salmon (1.5kg) Wollongong
Flathead (60cm) Wollongong

;D ;D

[isaac]

Heres mine;

Spanish - 24 kg High Island
Black Marlin - 10 kg High Island
Cobia - 9 kg Russell Island
Trout - 3 kg Jackons Patches (wife's catch)
Barra - 70 cm ;D Russell River
GT - 14 kg Russell River
Queenie - 6 kg High Island
WA dhuie - 7 kg Dongara
Pink Snapper - 4 kg Dongara
Western Rock Lobster - 400mm Preston Beach
Pearl Perch - 5 kg Moreton Island
Esturay Cod - approx 20 kg released Palmers Point
Cheers, Isaac

[Mick]

Chris, the toadies in my area grow bloody huge, some colourful some plain grey. They are resposible for the odd attack on humans as well. They have tried to attack me while spearfishing but I can normaly outswim the pathetic creatures. They can't swim very fast. Last year a man had a chunk of his calf muscle ripped out by a toadie while swimming at the beach.

Biggest fish was a gold spot cod. Outweighed my scales of 30kg. I estimated about 35kg.

[philip_thomson]

hmmm lets see

catfish brissy river ;D ahhh what a spot

whiting 32.5cm noosa river
bream 27cm noosa river
flathead 1.6kg (62cm) noosa river
spotted mackeral 3kg laguna bay (noosa)
snapper 34cm chardons reef
pearl perch 35cm north reef
longtail tuna 10kg north reef
moses perch 30cm sunshine reef
parrot fish 1kg north reef
dolphinfish 1m WRB
yellowfin tuna 7kg in water

seems to be a constant small sized fish trent here for me
cheers phil

[kleiny]

OK HERE WE GO

golden trevalley 10kg Fairway Buoy
spanish mackeral 1.3 metre Sammy's
tailor 63cm Fraser Island
bream 32cm Eli Creek
Whiting 32 Fraser Island

[philip_thomson]

i forgot a couple of very important ones

spanish mackeral 1.?m ??? shute harbour
coral trout 40cm ;D cairns
long nosed emperor 2kg cairns
spangled emperor 3kg cairns

[jimbamb]

Mine reads dismal,
Fresh Water Barra 120Cm Ord River WA'
Groper 70 Lbs Harvey Bay
Yella 3kg Copeton Dam
Coral trout 4.5kg Swains
Moon Wrasse 2kg Blowholes Wa,
White Tip Reef Sharks 1m+ 80 mile beach WA
Shovel nose Ray 1m+ shark bay WA
Grinners X hundredsOff noosa
Green toads 40cm off evans heads NSW
Red throat emperer 40cm norfolk Island
And a bloody big 4wd turtle at BP Dam

[joeT]

My only notable...

Bream 45cm - Brisbane River :o (fishermans island)

[J-MAN]

This is my first post so here goes.
All my fishing has been based around Moreton Bay and these are my favourite catches.

JEW 42lbs Goat Island (Moreton Bay)
Snapper 16lbs Tangalooma (Moreton Bay)
Blue Tusk Fish 19lbs Rainbow Channel (Moreton Bay)
Flathead 77cm Logan River
Bream 42cm Peel Island (Moreton Bay)
Whiting 42cm Coochie Mudlo Island (Moreton Bay)
Gold Spot Cod 55lbs Peel Island (Moreton Bay)
Cobia 38lbs Tangalooma (Moreton Bay)
Slate Bream 8lb Myora (Moreton Bay)
Tailor 6lb Nth. Stradbroke Is.
Longtail Tuna 21lbs Amity Point (Moreton Bay)
Amberjack 33lbs 35's (Offshore Moreton Island)
Pearl Perch 11lbs Wide Point Lookout

[NeilD]

Welcome J-Man. Some nice fish out off the Bay.

Cheers Neil

[Captian_Zero]

Here are mine

School Mackerel (50cm) - William Gunn Jetty, Manly
Flathead (48cm) - Gold Coast Broadwater (near Crab Island)
Sea Mullet (32cm) - Bulimba Creek, Carindale
Bream (27cm) - Kedron Brook Floodway, Nudgee
Whiting (27cm) - Lota
Pufferfish (27cm) - Lota

Regards

Chris

[Fishinmishin]

This one too big to fit in frame caught at Lamb Island ::) ::) ::)

[the_real_fishcrazy]

Blue Marlin - 200kg+ Nambucca
Black Marlin - 90kg+ Port Stephens
Striped Marlin - 100kg+ Port Stephens
Yellowfin Tuna - 35-40kg Port Stephens and Norah Canyons
King Fish - 15kg Port Stephens
Sailfish - 35kg Norh Coast
Cobia - 36kg North Coast
Queenfish - 11kg Broome
Wahoo - 11kg North Coast
Longtail Tuna - 14kg Port Stephens

[Fishinmishin]

Just a small tuna on my dive at logan river ::) ::) ::)

[bidkev]

Where's Kev's list ??? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Common Skate 168lbs Off Orkney Isles
Conger Eel 86lbs wreck English Channel
Blue Shark 108lbs off Looe Cornwall
Atlantic Cod 42 lbs Loch Long Scotland
Saithe 27lbs Loch Long Scotland
Catfish 6 kilo Pine River
catfish 6 kilo Moreton Bay
catfish 6 kilo Brisbane River
Catfish 6 kilo Jumpinpin
Catfish 6 kilo Mooloolaba
catfish 6 kilo Currumbin

........need I go on :-)

The Verminator

[Sportfish_5]

Kev - Got a pic of that Skate ?

Sounds like a big mutha :o :o :o

[baldyhead]

A mornings session just before the closure started in a small river near Cairns

[baldyhead]

This is a nice one caught by a friend in the same river. All fish were caught on gold bombers worked vvvvery slowly thru snags

[bidkev]

Kev - Got a pic of that Skate ?

Sounds like a big mutha :o :o :o

No, unfortunately. This one caught by someone else goes 108 lbs................big buggers ain't they? :-)

cheers

kev

[bidkev]

No, unfortunately. This one caught by someone else goes 108 lbs................big buggers ain't they? :-)

cheers

kev


Forgot to mention...........I reckon that Devil ray I let go at Moreton a fortnight ago whopped the common skate easily........don't want another one of those buggers ever again.....the back's still recovering.

cheers

kev

[Borumba_Boy]

i got a 89cm tailor off the top of sandy cape(fraser) and we found this little sand island there were heaps of gt and tailor out there and they were all huge

[Holy_Mackerel]

Here's my list... it does you good to remember.

Kingfish 30kg Lord Howe Is
Cobia 22.5kg Port Stephens off the rocks
Jew 20kg Mackay
Spanish Mackerel 30kg+ Solomon Islands
GT 33kg Tweed Heads
Longtail Tuna 22.3 Kg Port Stephens
Yellowfin Tuna 10.5 kg Tweed Heads
Black Marlin 125 kg Seal Rocks
Snapper 5 kg SWRocks
Dolphinfish 7kg Tweed Heads
Spotted Mackerel 7.4 kg Gold Coast
Flathead 3kg Dora Creek, Lake Macquarie
Tailor 2kg Southport Seaway
Bream 1kg 38cm Dora Creek, Lake Macquarie
Shovelnose Shark 58kg (in young stupid days)

But all I want for Xmas is a cobia over 30 kg and a wahoo over 30 too.

[roz]

OK in the spirit, why not. No Particular order.
Snapper - 8kg shoals off Tweed
Wahoo - 15kg 9 Mile off Tweed
Samson - 14kg 5 Mile off Tweed
Spanish Mackeral - 23kg Fidos off Tweed
Dolphin fish - 4kg 9 Mile off Tweed
Black Marlin - 30kg Local off Kingscliff
Cobia - 15kg middle rock Bustard Heads
Trevally - 18kg Round hill headland
Spotted Mackeral 4kg- Marshes shoals Coffs
Mangrove Jack - 2.6kg secret spot No. 305
Australian Bass - 1.98kg secret spot No. 57
Flathead 2.5kg Chinderah
whiting - used for mackeral bait
Sail Fish - Aprox 60-70kg TAGGED & RELEASED! Outer rock
Kingfish - 14kg Shoals off Tweed
Bream - never caught a legal sized one.
Mack Tuna - 9kg 9mile
Tailor - 1.5kg Kingscliff
Jew - 12kg Cotton Trees Tweed River
baracuda - 30kg South Bustard
coral Trout - 8kg Lizard Island.

[NQCairns]

Baldyhead, nice catch!! you guys sure are the Barra BARRONS, hey? ;D ;Dcheers nq

[damons33]

cobe-32kg
ytail king-30kg
sail-35kg+(only killed one ever and released the rest)
blk marlin-25kg(again released much bigger only really kill the small ones to eat less then 20kg)
amberjack-15kilo
striped tuna-15kg, i mention this as it was extraordinary size!
albacore 15kg
yellowfin 25kg
longtail 10kg
dolphinfish-12kg
wahoo-10kg
spotty-8kg
spangled emperor-8kg
grassy-4kg
spanish-7kg
snapper-7.5kg
brown trout-11lb
rainbow trout-7.5lb
mako shark 24kg on 6kg
bronzey 40kg on 10kg
tiger-on for 4hours on 24kg, then cut the line because it was looking like it wouldn't end! estimate the shark over 800lbs cape morton in 8m of water ,dont surf the cape ffs'
black bream 3kg
drummer 5kg
blue grouper 18kg
sand whiting 1.4kg
yellowfin mullet 2kg
slender longtom 0.200g
barra-3kg odd released, straighten the hooks on a hoo'er of a barra!

[simon]

here goes.

red emperor - north of fraser shoals
cod - same area
red throat - same area
snapper - same area
pearl perch - same area
parrot - same area
rosy jobfish - same area
green jobfish - same area
spanish mac - same area
spangled emperor - same area
samson - cape moreton
aj - cape moreton
cobia - cape moreton

cheers simon

[fishy_phil]

gday everyone
nice list of fish in most of them.

bass-4kg+, south creek
brown trout-3kg, lake oberon
snapper-3.5kg, minnie waters
macquarie perch-500gm approx, glenbrook creek
bream-1kg+ sandon beach
flathead-2.5kg clarence river
whiting-45cm narrabeen beach
big-eye trevally-500gm coffs harbour
jew...not worth mentioning... :-[
salmon-2kg-minnie waters beach
tailor-1.5 kg sandon beach
murray cod 60cm 3kg approx
eastern cod 68cm-little nymboida, immediatly released...caught in january...no spawning disruption.
trag-2 kg minnie waters
spottie mackeral-6kg minnie waters.
yellowbelly-2kg copeton dam
redfin-2kg farm dam in tasmania


thats about it for me
cheers
phil