Oh What a night!!!

[Fish_gutz]

Nice going Duncan, you might be onto something with the size and different parts of the river, I normally only fish the mouth and surrounds and have never seen one under 90cm come from where we fish but it`s deep water 16meters so that`s not saying the smaller models are not there they might just be in shallower water. anyways some good looking threadies there and yes they do go great on the chew, one of my favorites. cheers Andrew

[chief]

This is not official but it seems as if the farther you go up stream the smaller the fish (average) are. The nursery areas are well up stream and the fish tend to move down the river as they mature . I haven't heard at what size these fish are turning to Large breeding females ( thats why Brad needs those frames) but some fish i had at 1.1 m were mature spent males. The biggest I've had was 1.4 m from the mouth but unfortunately I couldn't tell you if it was a mature breeding female. I;d say it would have been. Some of these large tagged fish have travelled over 400 klms after being released and recaptured. It would be great to know eventually if to protect these large breeding females a maximum size limit applied so w could protect this river population and it could thrive

[duncan mcwhirter]

Thanks guys. Chief , I haven't had a chance to fish that spot yet. I think I got the flu after that night of fishing have been bloody awful since that night. oh well it was worth it.

[RAT-KING]

Great stuff Duncan!!
once u scored that first one they just seem 2 come so easy now!
Great effort!