Hillarys Landbased report... !MUST READ!
OK today i set out to Hillarys Platform at 12:30...
i caught one snook at 33cm, ideal bait for mullaway. but using it for rays.
Leemo (liam) came a bit later at about 2pm and we set up the big rods.
with no success we were getting doubtful wen my rod get a take at at about 3:30 but did not hookup. i was reeling in and checked my bait out, A HUGE BITE right in the middle of the snook. Liam and i were seeing what the chances could be but we didnt get our hopes up at all.
so 5 minutes after i cast again. this time mucking it up as it whent about 15m out and ended in a HUGE over-wind. so there was me undoing a huge over-wind and about 5mins later success no more over-wind so as i was reeling in slack and rig i felt the rig moving... i was like WTF? is this the current or is it a fish? then i knew what it was as there was about a 5sec run. Gimbal belt was on and i was PUMPED.
We were all trying to suss out what type of fish it was??? as it had head-shakes but rarely so we called it a ray but then another head shake so we called it a snapper or Sandbar whaler shark. but then i noticed it kept going left and right along the rocks and then i called it as a mulluway. about 20mins into the fight, it broke the surface and we all stared and stared...... it was a MULLA! 5 minutes after Liam gaffed it and we all yelled our heads off in triumph!
Pulling the mulla onto the platform form the rocks was hard!
but once on the platform it was huge! i was in agony!!!! MY WHOLE BODY HURT!
after photos etc. we measured it at 123cm and estimated between 18-19 KGs!!!
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Thing is it was my first Mullaway and it was the first fish on the new O/H setup
WHAT A WAY TO CHRISTEN IT!
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I called it a day after that and kindly gave the fish to Liam as i do not eat fish, i catch and release.
Thanks you Liam for assisting me throughout the whole fight!!!
Thank you brody for the Rig Advice!!!
Thank you Colin for telling me the ideal Mulla bait!!!
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well done mate you've done
well done mate
you've done very well there considering
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
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now that's more like
now that's more like it.
well done.
no need to target bloody rays when there's fish like that to be caught ;)
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nice fish you should get the
nice fish you should get the jewels out of its head
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you bet ya! and the jaw
you bet ya!
and the jaw aswell :D
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Good one mate, nice metro
Good one mate, nice metro mulla, a great first for you.
Snook make very good bait for mulloway and that one shows
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mulloway that size don't
mulloway that size don't come along all that often, especially during the day from somewhere like Hillary's so it's a great capture. Must be stoked, good to see Brody's rig came through with the goods.
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Great size mulloway, beats
Great size mulloway, beats rays any day!
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well done
That's a fantastic catch mate ...... what a way to catch your first , getting a over wind / crow's nest and catching a mulla ! U probably would have cast the bait over the fish the whole day as well , great catch again !
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great fish mate top stuff
great fish mate top stuff
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Great Mulla.
Especially from a heavily fished area.Pinnacle of l/b fishing for sure...
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Is it possible for it to be
Is it possible for it to be nominated into the Photo of the Month COmpetition ??
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excellent Eric
All that reading and asking questions has paid off Eric, well done mate!! Thats a catch many people would be jealous of, me included! If you submit the bottom photo by itself I will consider it for the POTM comp.
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Just thinking the same
thing Adam when I was looking at the photos, excellent catch
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Congratulations DieHard
A top fish off the stones particularly during the day. I'm sure you are stoked.
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You have just set the bar
You have just set the bar abit higher for your self now. Fantastic capture!
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Nice way to open the
Nice way to open the account! That one looks like he's only just come out of the rive too.
Just a little formula for you:
Weight to length equation for Mulloway - Weight (grams) = 0.011355 x Length (cm) to the power of 2.94
Been pretty handy formula.
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very well done mate,
very well done mate, congrats!!
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well done i wish dere were
well done i wish dere were sum of them at woodies
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me to
ahah anthony me to ay :(
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Top effort!
Well done on a great land based catch!
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Well Done
A great catch from hillaries mate!!
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Absolute fantastic effort
Absolute fantastic effort mate,
well done. That'll keep you on a fishing high for a long time aye.
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Excellent diahard
you most definately have set the bar for the oldies hahahahah. What are they like to eat?
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great effort.thats a good
great effort.thats a good size mulla as well . there are a lot of fisho's chasing them and can only dream of getting one that size. no more ray hunting for you now you have had a taste of what else can be caught. well done
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Excellent work Eric. Your
Excellent work Eric. Your persistence payed off buddy.
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Well done!
What a great result for someone who's always on here, asking questions, doing everything he can to improve his fishing...and always giving it a go. You're a great example of what hard work and perserverance can achieve!
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tip top effort mate good fish
tip top effort mate good fish
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Top fish from the platform.
Top fish from the platform. Anybody would be stoked with that catch. Only problem is you let everyone know where you got it so you can expect a bit of company in the coming weeks:)
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Well done Eric!!
Good to see you rewarded for the effort you put in!! Ripper fish!
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Cracking fish Eric
awesome capture from metro waters.
Very jealous.. I wish I could catch a mulla that big. You put in the hours and you get the rewards, well done mate.
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Well done Die Hard and some great pics to to top it off
Great to see someone land a nice mulloway down at Hillarys. NIce work on the gaffing too Liam.
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Top effort mate, you dont
Top effort mate, you dont see that everyday
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Guys, that is a great catch.
Guys, that is a great catch. Mid-afternoon off the Hillarys disabled platform... absolutely awsome.
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well done young fella!!! a
well done young fella!!!
a lot of decent fish coming from hillarys lately... just not from me
what's that little metal tripod looking thing tied on your rig?
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ITs a Grapnel that has done
ITs a Grapnel that has done its job.
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nice fish mate. i should
nice fish mate.
i should take up going for rays if i will get a mulloway that big.
cheers danno
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Lets just say that mulloway
Lets just say that mulloway was a By-Catch :P
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Cleaning of the fish
great catch from Hillarys. Have not heard of too many mullas coming from that platform.
Did you clean the fish on the platform. I went down this morning to have a look and the platform was covered in large scales. If you did clean it there please ensure you clean up after for futures fishers. Did not look good.
There were a couple fishing and they had 5 rod out between them. Not sure if that is legal?????
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Hhhhhmmm.... is there a
Hhhhhmmm.... is there a legal limit to the number of rods you can fish? What about on boats? I know alot of guys that bring heaps of gear, onboard everytime they go out.
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Yeah there is, I have a
Yeah there is,
I have a feeling that is is no more than 2 rods each at any one time but would need to check up on that one
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yeah, it is 2 rods maximum
yeah, it is 2 rods maximum in use at all times, must be attended. Iceman, did clean it on the platform, but by the time we had finished, we had to go and i didnt get the time to get rid of the scales. i understand what you mean bout the mess, and i apologize.
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Oh i forget to mention
Oh i forget to mention attended :O
lol
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Scales
Congrats on a top fish, always gives you a buzz when you first get a look at it in the water.
Tip, if you are going to fillet a fish that size it pays not to scale it.Leaving the scales on strengthens the skin making it easier to slice the skin off. But if its going to be cut into cutlets by all means get them off.
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Nice one!
Nice one!
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Well done!! Definatly one
Well done!! Definatly one you will never forget!
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Effort
Top reward for the effort. Good to see a few photos with a good write up. Well done.
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top effort dude..i would
top effort dude..i would expect you favorite spot to bit a bit more crowded over the next few weeks!! did you get it on the same snook that had the big bite out of it??
what time of day did you get it, if you dont mind my asking ofcoure...full respect.
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Yer mate same snook. time
Yer mate same snook.
time was around 4:00
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nice fish buddy,i was in the
nice fish buddy,i was in the same spot at 7 this morning not targeting the bigger ones but maybe i should have been:) good work...
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HAHAH YERRRRRR nice fish son
HAHAH YERRRRRR nice fish son
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Awesome catch there diehard,
Awesome catch there diehard, an absolute fantastic effort! its amazing what hard work and perseverance can accomplish! I guess we all know where you will be spending the school holidays coming up! Might see ya down there mate, you have inspired me to get out there and give the mullas another crack!
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Nice fish diehard, you'll
Nice fish diehard, you'll have to put it back next time, get a much better rush releasing a fish of that size, than giving it to a mate! JMO! good luck on the next one champ.
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Mate can say this now that
Mate can say this now that the fish had no chance at all.
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most big mulloway like this
most big mulloway like this are females and are usually spent by the end of the fight! juat ask anyone who consistantly catches them! even if we wanted to release this one, we wouldnt have been able to because of this. if we get another these holidays, i will attempt to release it, but they usually swim off and die.
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Spend the time releasing the
Spend the time releasing the fish and they will swim off and survive ........ my mates studied marine biology and i helped them out for years doing there tagging program.
Got all the information back on recaptures for all the fish we tagged and there were hundreds of mulla's that made it to fight another day !
Big mulla - 40kg plus can be difficult to revive , depending on the tackle used and fight duration - they often have a heart attack due to stress . most fish up to 30kg normally survive the release ....... these results are based on land based captures .
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mullas do release!! and well
mullas do release!! and well to
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OK Brenz we get the message.
OK Brenz we get the message. that is a form of harrasment.
we chose to keep it, is that illegal?
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The research shows 9m is the
The research shows 9m is the cut off. Deeper than that and the baroutrauma is too much for them.
Been years since me last southern mulloway. I kept my first 2 then always put them back.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
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A top result ,thats sure a
A top result ,thats sure a good fish in anyones standards.and a good storie to good with it .Well done.
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i released my first ever
i released my first ever mulloway, was around the same size as diehard's and i thought it was history myself, got it back into the water and spent maybe 10-15 mins with it and it was fine, swam off real strong
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Fished here tues night.
Fished here tues night. Caught 5 good whiting and through one out as a livie but no luck :(
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Oh welll just like me but in
Oh welll just like me but in the end i was rewarded.
going on saturday might cya there!
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LOL
lol youve been getting a bit of s**t for that mulla catch Diehard!!
good to see you take it on the chinn and get on with it mate
Awsome mulla btw
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Done well
He's done well the lad. First ever big fish and he kept it, so what. It didn't get wasted or fed to the dogs so its all good I reckon.
IMO plenty of fisherman have kept their first big fish, and rightly so. That what's rules and regulations are for, and Diehard didn't break any.
A lot of blokes talk the talk on this site, but I doubt they've always walked the walk themselves.;)
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Pfftt On the contrary
I don't think he has got any s#@t over the catch, and it was a good catch.
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open your eyes mate!
harrasment WTF? i just corrected leemo when he stated that mulloway dont release well . i beleive i congratulated you on the catch and in no way did my comment suggest you should have released it go back and learn to read a comment properly mate. i have better things to do than to harass little kids on a fishing forum!
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Spot on Brenz
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Debate
I think the releasing well thing is up for debate to Brenz.
Shorebased probably ok but a lot of those mulloway caught and and released in blackwall reach and mossies often seem to swim off ok but then sink and die and end up being washed ashore downriver.
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Debate? Science shows 9m is
Debate? Science shows 9m is the cutoff.
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i understand that john but i
i understand that john but i was never debating that this fish should have been released infact i congratulated the boys . and i beleive that the comment i posted never even slightly they should have released it i just stated that mulloway do release fairly well.
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Sorry about that Brenz.
Sorry about that Brenz.
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Pumped
The kids pumped and rightly so. I just get the shits when people try to rain on people's first ever parade, especially when they've put in a lot of effort to have one.
Lots of crew have congratulated him, but some have dropped in comments that aren't warranted in a MUST READ thread. :)
But hey, that's JMO, and who's to say its the right one anyway.
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Couldn't agree more BJ
A great first big fish for a keen young angler.
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agree
Yep, I'm with you on this one as well BJ. If you wanted to debate the merits of mulloway release, start your own thread. Then again, the result of doing so on someone elses to steal their limelight just makes you look like the tool to the wider community - so it sort of balances out in the long run.
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Im a c&r fisherman and keep
Im a c&r fisherman and keep the occasional fish , not related to this thread but i think that aslong as its legal then i personally see no reason for anyone to say anything. The only people to get upset about is fisherys who make the law.
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must of missed this one from
must of missed this one from a few weeks ago .top effort Die Hard .whats next on the list mate??? Big knobby head snapper maybee....
good job liam ya got him.geeze the pressure on the gaff man not to stuff it can bring even the biggest boys to there knees well done
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no doubt about the pressure
no doubt about the pressure there mitch...leemo would have been expecting a ray as that was the "target" and i recon when that thing popped its head up the situation would have got a bit more serious!! gaffing a good fish is so bloody nerve racking esspecially when its ya first good mulla!!!
once again good stuff fellas
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your right guys! i had put
your right guys! i had put money on a small school shark or whaler until this guys head popped up under the water! can tell you, i messed up my first gaff shot, almost slicing the line on the rock :S. the leader was about to give out too, so verrrry lucky!
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hahah :D well great gaffing
hahah :D
well great gaffing mate!
Ready to do it again tomorrow?
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whoahhh!
mate tht is a fish of a lifetime!! well done! and to be caught at hillarys in the day lol, that is good work .
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Diehard not sure
didn't see the photo in the Sunday Times, old fart read it out and he was impressed as he's never caught one in nearly 50yrs of fishing in the boat and land based, was that your magnificient first ever mullo,
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Diehard not sure
didn't see the photo in the Sunday Times, old fart read it out and he was impressed as he's never caught one in nearly 50yrs of fishing in the boat and land based, was that your magnificient first ever mullo,
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Yeah was in the Sunday times
Yeah was in the Sunday times in the Fishing Section?
or was that the west australian?
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sunday times i saw ya mate
sunday times i saw ya mate lol good job
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thanks
thanks
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I cant believe i missed this
I cant believe i missed this post, dont worry about what any one else saays young fella! top catch and you deserve to be able to keep it if you choose, very nice fish!
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Brad...
Doesn't the Sunday Times make it to your part of the world?