This is my first yellow belly!

[fishyfillets69]

I caught this out at Tinnaroo the other day!

[fishyfillets69]

It was caught on a jackal and wieghed 13kg!

[fartfish]

tinaroo? where is that? near sydney somewhere?

[fishyfillets69]

Up in QLD, It's one of the big barra dams there near Cairns. We were fishing for Barra but caught the Yella next to the big snag behind in the pic.

My mate sux at taking pics and cut me head off the dik!

[fartfish]

wow good catch m8!

is a jackall some sort of bait?

[fishyfillets69]

It's a lure dude. One of those Jap bass lures but usually the Barra like them to, but not this time, the yella got to it first. Never heard of a Yalla going that big before!

[fartfish]

mate neither have i top effort that must be a world record or something?

[Canoedle]

;D

[TinarooTriumph]

:o Your name, and details of where in Tinaroo it was caught - then I might just beleive you ;D . Never the less, thats a cracker of a Golden.

TT 8-)

[Toppy]

;DI'll take a stab in the dark & say maybe thats Sth Africa & not Nth Qld.

[chicken]

That's one fat fish :o

[Graham_N_Roberts]

;D ;D ;D ;D Caught in Tinnaroo? That ain't no golden perch.

Looks like a carp, but still not likely if caught in Tinnaroo. A bit tropical up there for goldens or carp.

Cheers
Graham

[The_Walrus]

Have to agree with you cq freshie. Saved and enlarged the photo, looks suspiciously like a barbell on either side of the mouth. ::)

Plus the shape seems all wrong for a golden perch even a big fat sassy one.

I'd want to see better closeups to make a final decision.

Luc

[bdowdy]

;) ;D ;D ;D ;Dfunny ha ha thats one hell of a carp and id say its from england as ive only ever seen them that big from there ,they have prized lakes full of them and are released .great try ;D ;D cheers bdowdy

[fartfish]

I was speaking to him on the phone last night as I wanted to ask him some questions about catching those goldens. his name is Harry Watson he said he is a famous fisho? never heard of him myself!

[woolybugger]

Looks like what the Pommes call a Mirror Carp, I have caught bucket loads of them over there over the 20lb mark and they go a hell of a lot bigger, especially over in Europe. They actually use whole potatoes as bait.

Great catch though, well done!!!

[TinarooTriumph]

Wasnt really looking at the fish as such, more or less the scenary in the picture, and I know of no place around the dam that looks like that. But yes it does look like a Carp now that I look at it.

They did release GP into Tinaroo awile back as a another test trial, which once again failed like most of the others they have tried.

TT 8-)

[scott_b]

I think farty and fishy have a lot of similarities . Been around for same length of time. :-[
wamjam

[Canoedle]

::)

[AngiG]

Spot on Wooly Bugger its a Mirror Carp.

http://www.brisbaneriverclassic.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=81&Itemid=77

[griz066]

That aint no Yellaguts ya w@nker, I have noticed by your lack of response to the thread that you have been cayght out with your bullsh!t story.
Fancy trying to pass that of as a Yella [smiley=hammer.gif] [smiley=rifle.gif] [smiley=stupid.gif] [smiley=wut.gif] [smiley=hammer.gif] [smiley=hammer.gif] [smiley=hanged.gif] [smiley=hanged.gif] [smiley=wut.gif] [smiley=wut.gif]

[Truck]

No way thats a Yellobelly, Damn carp have ruined a lot of the inland streams and rivers.... I hope you chucked it up the bank after you caught it!!!

I'm surprised of the amount of people on here that were tricked into thinkling it was a Yellobelly!!!

[Graham_N_Roberts]

;D Yeah Truck, I counted one that believed him .... er .... I suspect the fillets and fluffer may be the one and the same. :-/ :D

[scott_b]

Thanks Truck! for clearing that up for us , I was sure it was a yella.



NOT !!!

wamjam

[Brenno]

yep it a carp, and if you head out west to some of the less fished rivers you will find them everywhere, and in some cases, find them on the surface of the river in there 100's taking in mouth fulls of air. they can also grow much bigger then that.

my grandfathers pigs used to love it when we throw them over the fence for them to eat.

[Graham_N_Roberts]

Yeah Brenno, another example of European knowitall attitude stuffin' up this environment. >:(

Virtually everything that has been introduced into this land, from another country, has had a negative effect. Why we smart, inteligent super race people can't make use of what is here is beyond me. Native flora and faune is of excelent life sustaining quality.

We introduced fish in the belief that the existing fish are of poor quality, introduced cattle because there were no animals with red meat, introduced farming methods that had no relationship with the weather patterns....... oh crikey, now I sound like a greenie. :-[ :-[ :-/ :'(

[T-roy]

Hey mate
Nice fish, that would have been fun around the snags

T-roy

[woolybugger]

Alot of people under estimate the carps fighting power, I used to catch quite alot of carp in the lakes and rivers when spotting for trout and Bass. And I tell you what, they go like a freight train and don't give in easily.

We used to catch them on fly gear #4 or 5 wt rods and mainly on brown woolybuggers or nymphs.

Apart from that they are a huge pain in the you know where, I have personally seen the devistation that they make to our waterways.

[kingfisho]

One mighty fish , great pic
Cheers

[suzy81]

gotta be some weired ass carp!maby albert/logan... the corn eatn variety.?? ;D

[woolybugger]

I thought that this subject needed some sort of clarification or ceasure, so attached are two photos of Mirror Carps from my archives. So you be the judge...

[woolybugger]

another

[kevin1987316]

glass carp, definitely
usually in uk and italy

[blue-mako]

Haha. Caught out! Eat Carp! I hope you get banned! ;D

Troy

[Haji-Baba]

That is not a Yellowbelly. A carp for sure, look at the tail and the gill structure.

We should all know our fish if we are to put back the good ones and
burn the ferals.

As for carp coming to the surface to feed or breathe they make good targets for a .22.

Have fun Haji-Baba.

[BlitzBaga]

Looks like a carp mate

[caught-ya]

;) ;D ;D ;D ;Dfunny ha ha thats one hell of a carp and id say its from england as ive only ever seen them that big from there
here this one was caught in sydney it was 7kg

[flyfisho]

My first Barra, I caught it in Tasmania while I was on holidays (seemed just as ridiculous thought I'd join in ;) this is fun)

[Canoedle]

Nice Barra mate, they get real big down that way. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[nabs12]

Nice Barra mate, they get real big down that way. #;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

LOL Thats what i heared ;D

[HAZY]

Did any of you stop to think that maybe it was just a mistaken identity of the fish,just because we are members of this site does not necesarily mean that we all know our exact fish species could have beenj forgiven for makin such a mistake dont you think?

innocent until proven guilty

Hazy

[flyfisho]

sorry Dad ;D

[Bronson]

yeah

so not a yellowbelly

so a carp


bronson

[adznapper]

Its a Carp
did u eat it