Some thready tagging

[danners]

Did a session earlier in the week after work one night. managed a tiny little guy on a deepthroater and my mate pulled one around 1m on a threadybuster
Was pretty quiet after that with no more fish caught so we packed it in. The larger thready was released on a dropline to the bottom and the little guy came from very shallow water and obviously wasnt able to defy the 30lb gear and run himself deep :grin:

have got a fair few tags in the threadys so far will be good to see some return catches and build up the knowledge database.

a quick tip, if you do catch a tagged fish and want to release it please be very quick in taking measurements (fork length, total length) and recording the tag number, don't stress too mcuh about getting all the phone # details off the tag just send me a pm and i'll steer you in the right direction. time out of water is a bad thing for the big girls especially and at the end of the day a successul release is worth more than getting the measurements spot on imo

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cheers
Dan

[marty+jojo]

Nice work Dan. Do you not run a hook on the rear of the lures?
Marty.

[danners]

when i'm chasing squire, flathead other smaller species I do mate, but when the expectation is for big fish which inhale a lure i run either a large treble (up to size 1) or a single as pictured on the front tow point. i miss a few smaller bycatch this way but a single oversize hook pins them real good normally and allows me to push them a bit harder to stop them running to the deep, and keeping the number of hookpoints down reduces the chances of them getting injured in the gills etc.

Cheers
Dan

[brisbane_boy]

marty thats my lure and its working well for me reason im liking the single on the front is a few trips back with stotty what happen was a small treble on the back would often pin the fish somewhere thin and its rip out while trying to land them, whereas when they grab the lure with a single that hangs about midway they often engulf it giving a much more solid hookup, depends how heavy you fish but im not mucking around 30 lb braid so solid hook like that is the shot.

[bennykenny]

Nice one Dan, everytime i pull one up now in looking for a tag in it, im sure with the amount youve be tagging it wont be long. how many have you put a tag in now??? cheers BK

[LostNearBribie]

You are on fire Dan, great work with the tagging.

[danners]

Thanks guys. total tagged is 13 now, a mate has tagged a few as well not sure how many. Have tagged a good variety of sizes from that little guy at 45 fork/53 total (smallest tagged) to an 85 fork/104 total (largest tagged)