I think I need to post this because I caught it. And it was not the biggest. This is the only photo of my fantastic fishing trip to Tapley Shoal. As a Victorian, I married a South Australian, and I have to point out that I out fished the South Australians, much to thier disgust. I need to point that out because there is a thing between us and them. Sort of like the yankees and confederates. I had a ball and caught fish that I could not have imagined being caught in Victoria. The biggest did not fit in the Esky. The esky was a metre esky, and a metre long snapper is a life time fish. All on 15lb braid with a 20lb leader.
I have to, admit that I did not keep any of the fish, could not because of my circumstance, but I have had emails from the people who had fantastic new years feasts of big snapper. I drooled at some of the pictures.
This is one more off my bucket list, the list completed to date is:
Coral Trout, Spanish Mackerel, Gummy Shark, 2kg + Black Bream, Barramundi, Brown Trout and Rainbow Trout(not farmed), Red Bass, large mouthed nannygui, 10lb + dusky flathead, accidental bloody huge mullet that must have weighed 8lb, 6lb + australian salmon, 12kg stinking rotten european carp on 4lb line while trying to catch trout.
Next catch, never caught tommy ruff, love the smoked version, next catch is tommy ruff.
give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day , teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a life time,
or something like that..
I only catch colds or floaty things in the water, or myself most of the time!!
milo said
02:40 PM Jan 8, 2013
neilnruth wrote:
Milo don't you ever go to bed? I just noticed the time of your post!!!
whats bed?? and thats early for me !!
-- Edited by milo on Tuesday 8th of January 2013 02:41:32 PM
neilnruth said
06:17 PM Jan 8, 2013
Milo don't you ever go to bed? I just noticed the time of your post!!!
beachball57 said
06:31 PM Jan 8, 2013
milo wrote:
cool pic , whats the old saying
give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day , teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a life time,
or something like that..
I only catch colds or floaty things in the water, or myself most of the time!!
no it's give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day ,, teach a man to fish and you get rid of him on weekends
ballast2 said
08:45 PM Jan 8, 2013
Bloody skite. (oops sorry that was just my jealousy clutching in.) a nice fish to be proud of. at the top of my list is one of those thumping big whiting that happen down that way. one day it will happen. Jack
-- Edited by ballast2 on Tuesday 8th of January 2013 08:46:56 PM
milo said
10:40 PM Jan 8, 2013
beachball57 wrote:
milo wrote:
cool pic , whats the old saying
give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day , teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a life time,
or something like that..
I only catch colds or floaty things in the water, or myself most of the time!!
no it's give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day ,, teach a man to fish and you get rid of him on weekends
lol
the rocket said
04:46 PM Jan 9, 2013
my goodness. that is amazing. cheers.
jimricho said
02:25 AM Jan 10, 2013
Hope your chickens turn into emus and kick your chookhouse down!.... see I'm not the jealous type am I? no, not 'alf!!!
Boothie said
03:07 AM Jan 10, 2013
Thanks for all the praise and signs of jealousy, I must say I appreciate it. It helps when my Vic team loses against one of those SA sides!
May I give a plug for the charter company that did all the work getting me out there? They were great and at $250 for a nine hour charter, it is, believe it not, great value. The skipper of the boat even thanked me for making the charter look so good!
Can I give the name here or is it against the rules?
jimricho said
04:09 AM Jan 10, 2013
I can't see your being sent to the naughty corner for mentioning the name as your connection with them is only as a very satisfied customer. However I am but a humble member and have no more say in these matters than any other member.
I know our webmaster (Cindy) puts her foot down on those who come here merely to promote their own business interests for free.
Beth54 said
04:44 AM Jan 11, 2013
What a beauty! I'm not a fisher-person but I love eating fish, particularly snapper!
My son is camping on Stradbroke Island at the moment and trying to catch fish. So far only a couple of very small whiting and ...forget what the other one was...hopeless. Way too small anyway.
I think I need to post this because I caught it. And it was not the biggest. This is the only photo of my fantastic fishing trip to Tapley Shoal. As a Victorian, I married a South Australian, and I have to point out that I out fished the South Australians, much to thier disgust. I need to point that out because there is a thing between us and them. Sort of like the yankees and confederates. I had a ball and caught fish that I could not have imagined being caught in Victoria. The biggest did not fit in the Esky. The esky was a metre esky, and a metre long snapper is a life time fish. All on 15lb braid with a 20lb leader.
I have to, admit that I did not keep any of the fish, could not because of my circumstance, but I have had emails from the people who had fantastic new years feasts of big snapper. I drooled at some of the pictures.
This is one more off my bucket list, the list completed to date is:
Coral Trout, Spanish Mackerel, Gummy Shark, 2kg + Black Bream, Barramundi, Brown Trout and Rainbow Trout(not farmed), Red Bass, large mouthed nannygui, 10lb + dusky flathead, accidental bloody huge mullet that must have weighed 8lb, 6lb + australian salmon, 12kg stinking rotten european carp on 4lb line while trying to catch trout.
Next catch, never caught tommy ruff, love the smoked version, next catch is tommy ruff.
give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day ,
teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a life time,
or something like that..
I only catch colds or floaty things in the water, or myself most of the time!!
whats bed?? and thats early for me !!
-- Edited by milo on Tuesday 8th of January 2013 02:41:32 PM
no it's give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day ,, teach a man to fish and you get rid of him on weekends
Bloody skite. (oops sorry that was just my jealousy clutching in.) a nice fish to be proud of. at the top of my list is one of those thumping big whiting that happen down that way. one day it will happen. Jack
-- Edited by ballast2 on Tuesday 8th of January 2013 08:46:56 PM
lol
my goodness. that is amazing. cheers.
Hope your chickens turn into emus and kick your chookhouse down!
.... see I'm not the jealous type am I? no, not 'alf!!!
May I give a plug for the charter company that did all the work getting me out there? They were great and at $250 for a nine hour charter, it is, believe it not, great value. The skipper of the boat even thanked me for making the charter look so good!
Can I give the name here or is it against the rules?
I know our webmaster (Cindy) puts her foot down on those who come here merely to promote their own business interests for free.
What a beauty! I'm not a fisher-person but I love eating fish, particularly snapper!
My son is camping on Stradbroke Island at the moment and trying to catch fish. So far only a couple of very small whiting and ...forget what the other one was...hopeless.
Way too small anyway. 
Well done Boothie!