Poodroo and I decided to check out a spot away from the usual high traffic areas like Wello and Mud. We left Raby BAy and headed north, and it wasn't too long till the sounder was showing some very broken bottom from 5 Mtrs to 13 Mtrs.
Out go the Placcies, and we waited, keeping our eyes glued to the sounder. I gotta say, this sounder does not tell lies, because as soon as we saw a massive amount of something, was about the time the birds started diving for bait all around the boat. We could see larger fish shapes chopping through the bait school, but had no ideas what they were..... Until A fish decided to dance on top of the water like a hooked barra, but straight toward the boat!! It disappeared again, and for a few seconds we both had blank faces, what was that??? Then Poodroo's line started peeling off, ZZZZZzzzzzzzZZZZ but we knew the fight wasn't something either of us were prepared to call what fish he was hooked on to. Then it became obvious that the fish which had danced on top of the water a few moments ago, was the fish that Poodroo was now fighting to get to the boat. And what a fight!! A few times we thought he was going to lose it.
Have a look at the photo and someone please tell us what it is, and if it actually can be put on the dinner plate?? Poodroo will load his photo on site of the fish caught later, when he gets a chance to load it. But suffice to say, I caught one that was a little bigger, and if I was fishing alone, I was a goner for sure! Poodroo always warns me not to fish two rods at the same time, and I don't understand why??? This thing had gone under the boat, around the leg of the motor which could only be corrected by trimming the motor up. And we still got it in!!
What is this? I am just about to fillet it, the body looks quite fleshy.
Scalem