Cod Damn

Cod Damn

After numerous bite offs and dropped fish today Mako finally got his Cod on the last drift of the day. (Was getting a bit worried he might miss out).

Only problem was he didnt get all of it. One of the friendly biteys decided to take a chunk out of it. Lucky it wasnt any of the good bits and it just gutted it for us.


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What did it weigh ...

Mon, 2008-09-29 16:26

What did it weigh ... gutted?

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Didnt

Mon, 2008-09-29 16:28

Didnt weigh it Till.

Was just under 1m long and they normally go about 17-20Kg at this length.

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top fish

Mon, 2008-09-29 16:29

hey mate great fish nice and slimey huh congrats

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deep?

Mon, 2008-09-29 16:30

what depth mate...

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Deep

Mon, 2008-09-29 16:33

Out in the 200's Harro.

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well done Matt thats one big

Mon, 2008-09-29 16:48

well done Matt thats one big fish.

how lumpy was the water? 

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Smile says it all

Mon, 2008-09-29 17:03

top fish matt congrats

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Nice fish mate. So many

Mon, 2008-09-29 17:05

Nice fish mate.

So many fishing spots. Not enough sickies!!!!!!!

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Welcome to the Cod Club

Mon, 2008-09-29 17:51

Welcome to the Cod Club MathewSmile

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Fantastic stuff Matt

Mon, 2008-09-29 18:16

How lucky to have a man in a grey coat to gut your fish for you.
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Well done Matt

Mon, 2008-09-29 19:02

How did the new sounder perform Tim?


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Not Yet

Mon, 2008-09-29 19:11

Havent set it up yet Andy.

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What new sounder you get

Mon, 2008-09-29 19:12

What new sounder you get tim?

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He's trialling one for me

Mon, 2008-09-29 19:28

before I bite the bullet and go colour.Surprised


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yep

Mon, 2008-09-29 19:31

No sense in going half way if I do change to colour.Wink


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watch out dhuies! Andy is

Mon, 2008-09-29 19:53

watch out dhuies! Andy is coming

dont know how you do so well with your black and white andy.

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No secret Dean

Mon, 2008-09-29 20:02

Just read the sounder book and read it again and again then take trips over the three mile and the sand patches and broken ground and pretty soon you know what reef/rock/sand/weed/limestone etc look like. Even on a black and white sounder you can pick a fair bit out, its just a lot harder to read flat coral. I also crank it up in manual mode so it shows what I am looking for.
Since I fish inside the bank in no more than 45m or so, a broadband unit should deliver the best definition I can get for the type of fishing I am doing.
Have the funds allocated and the OK from the minister for finance so its just a matter of time. Its been hard to justify when we do pretty well without it but now that the bans are in I want something that I can find flat coral with and also find some deep water (30m plus) KG country.



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Also

Mon, 2008-09-29 20:03

wil be finally getting a chart plotter too, so I will be in heaven when it all happens.



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Tim, What are you going to

Mon, 2008-09-29 20:26

Tim,

What are you going to do with the Furuno?

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thanks guys was a great

Mon, 2008-09-29 20:38

thanks guys was a great fish, tomorrow i will post some pics up of the free gutting i had done with the fish

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Both

Mon, 2008-09-29 20:41

Plan to run both Darryl. Will use the lowrance as a combo unit when out deep and the Furuno up to 150m.

That is if it all works as its meant to

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Nice work Matt

Tue, 2008-09-30 08:24

Crackin cod mate, well done! Cool

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Top fish

Tue, 2008-09-30 10:06

How exciting!! Well done Matt, sounds like you had a great day out.

Did you get any Tim, or did you stick to skippering??

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Yeah

Tue, 2008-09-30 12:33

Got cod too. Just didnt bother getting pics this time.

Was more interested in getting the deckie onto fish. Left his run till the last moment and nearly missed out after dropping some good fish earlier.

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Nice one

Tue, 2008-09-30 10:13

Hats off to that one.

We all have to be students of the Deep cause of the laws now.

I hope we get lots of posts up to make it easyer for the rest of us.

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Nice

Tue, 2008-09-30 13:06

Nice Matty, Nice.

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having some for dinner

Tue, 2008-09-30 14:11

having some for dinner tonight so looking forward to it as well, yes i know i waiting till late, but we saved the best to lastWink

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Well done Matt thats a

Tue, 2008-09-30 20:31

Well done Matt thats a corker of a cod bet your still smiling

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you wont regret

Tue, 2008-09-30 22:37

best tasting fish i have had (next to red emp and ranken)down here in perth

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