the french name of that fish is "sabre argenté", i translated it in english by sword fish but i realise it's a mistake. We are jigging "sabre argenté" between 200 and 600 feet deep, weight up to 10 or 12 pounds, and the teeth are really sharp (they easily cut 128 mm fluorocarbon)
FREDO
you're right gully, it's a hairtail...found a translation of 'sabre argente' on a french canadian site and this description from Fishing Cairns.
Hairtail
The hairtail derives its name from their appearance, by the sudden tapering of their bodies to a thin hair like ending about 6 inches long. The rest of their long, thin, eel-like body is all shiny chrome, no scales and topped off with a sinister head full of long curved teeth.
They swim upright, shimmering along like some weird monster worm or snake like creature.
Considered a delicacy by some southern Queensland and New South Wales anglers, a whole winter fishery exists to target these fish in the Hawkesbury River (NSW) during their winter run. According to the scientists they are not suppose to be up this way but I can assure you they are and are very common captures from the deep holes in our estuary during the winter months. They prefer clean water and only appear to enter our estuary system during the slow moving tides and the better weather conditions.
Fish of over 1 metre long are quite common. They will readily take live or peeled prawn baits, as well as sardine and strip fish fillets. A simple dropper rig or running sinker rig is OK (fished on the bottom is best) while some fish have been known to hit the bait on the drop. Hook up rate is poor due to their mouth structure and large teeth, many live baits are destroyed without actually hooking up.
The fish should be bled immediately and can be gutted and just cut into pieces. The shiny "skin" removed by scraping with a hard hessian cloth or similar.
Hey Fredo, you have some interesting captures posted recently, would love to catch something as exotic as those specimens.
Your boat looks awesome. A Striper 2600 walkaround. Do you have any more photo's you could share of your boat. I haven't heard of a striper before are they a local outfit or American imports?
Hey Andy Mac,
My striper 2600 is an import from usa, it's a good boat and i cruised from Nice to corsica island (120 miles) 3 times already.
We catch different fishes but i have the same feeling than you, i'd love to catch fishes i see on your photos that we can't find in the mediterranean sea.
(i'll send you photos soon)
Cheers
FREDO
Like the look of them from the back, would love to see a full side view to get an appreciation for the quality. Looks like a serious sports fishing boat to me. Might have to go and drool over one in Mandurah next time I'm down there. Thanks Andy.
Checked them out at the last boat show, very impressive craft from the outside and looking over them.. Was actually thinking of using something like their marlin logo for fishwrecked, until I realised nearly every fishing place in the world uses one - may as well be a little different.
The file with stripper photos is ready to be sent but i've been trying ten times and i can't get through.. Give me an e-mail adress or i'll mail it to Adam... let me know
FREDO
when working in newcastle over east last year we used to catch a lot of these while live baiting for mulloway in the hunter river , they certainly do have a nasty set of chompers and go quite nuts when pulled onboard from the shallows.
They have a very white flesh and are really quite nice to eat,
While sitting back early one morning after night shift waiting for the rods to scream we observed sum pro fisherman pulling these things up one after the other ended up having a yarn to them and they rekn all the use for bait at night and early morning is a flashing glow stick fixed to the hook?
bruiser
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french sword fish...
Fredo, have a look on google at what an australian sword fish looks like....very different from these.
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the french name of that fish
the french name of that fish is "sabre argenté", i translated it in english by sword fish but i realise it's a mistake. We are jigging "sabre argenté" between 200 and 600 feet deep, weight up to 10 or 12 pounds, and the teeth are really sharp (they easily cut 128 mm fluorocarbon)
FREDO
scuttlebutt
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Gotta admit, these fish do
Gotta admit, these fish do look like a sword!
cheers,
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Fly
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Sort of a
Look a bit like a long tom only without teeth!
Cheers!
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Hairtail
Looks kind of like whta we call hairtail over here. Pretty cool interesting fish
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Fight Well?
Do they fight very well Fredo? Are you using any special type of jigs to catch them?
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bruiser
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you're right gully, it's a
you're right gully, it's a hairtail...found a translation of 'sabre argente' on a french canadian site and this description from Fishing Cairns.
Hairtail
The hairtail derives its name from their appearance, by the sudden tapering of their bodies to a thin hair like ending about 6 inches long. The rest of their long, thin, eel-like body is all shiny chrome, no scales and topped off with a sinister head full of long curved teeth.
They swim upright, shimmering along like some weird monster worm or snake like creature.
Considered a delicacy by some southern Queensland and New South Wales anglers, a whole winter fishery exists to target these fish in the Hawkesbury River (NSW) during their winter run. According to the scientists they are not suppose to be up this way but I can assure you they are and are very common captures from the deep holes in our estuary during the winter months. They prefer clean water and only appear to enter our estuary system during the slow moving tides and the better weather conditions.
Fish of over 1 metre long are quite common. They will readily take live or peeled prawn baits, as well as sardine and strip fish fillets. A simple dropper rig or running sinker rig is OK (fished on the bottom is best) while some fish have been known to hit the bait on the drop. Hook up rate is poor due to their mouth structure and large teeth, many live baits are destroyed without actually hooking up.
The fish should be bled immediately and can be gutted and just cut into pieces. The shiny "skin" removed by scraping with a hard hessian cloth or similar.
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Nice Fish (pardon the pun)
Hey Fredo, you have some interesting captures posted recently, would love to catch something as exotic as those specimens.
Your boat looks awesome. A Striper 2600 walkaround. Do you have any more photo's you could share of your boat. I haven't heard of a striper before are they a local outfit or American imports?
Cheers
Andy Mac (Fishwrecked Reeltime Editor & Forum Moderator)
Youngest member of the Fishwrecked Old Farts Club
Fred2Nice
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striper seaswirl
Hey Andy Mac,
My striper 2600 is an import from usa, it's a good boat and i cruised from Nice to corsica island (120 miles) 3 times already.
We catch different fishes but i have the same feeling than you, i'd love to catch fishes i see on your photos that we can't find in the mediterranean sea.
(i'll send you photos soon)
Cheers
FREDO
Andy
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Striper boats
Pretty sure there a yankee boat. Estuary marine in mandurah are an agent for them.
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They look pretty hot!
Like the look of them from the back, would love to see a full side view to get an appreciation for the quality. Looks like a serious sports fishing boat to me. Might have to go and drool over one in Mandurah next time I'm down there. Thanks Andy.
Cheers
Andy Mac (Fishwrecked Reeltime Editor & Forum Moderator)
Youngest member of the Fishwrecked Old Farts Club
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striper boats
www.seaswirl.com
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Stripers
Checked them out at the last boat show, very impressive craft from the outside and looking over them.. Was actually thinking of using something like their marlin logo for fishwrecked, until I realised nearly every fishing place in the world uses one - may as well be a little different.
Here's Gribbo putting on a pose in front of one.
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If I caught one, I would
If I caught one, I would take a photo of it wrapped around like a belt, until it bights my nads off.
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WAYYYY TO GO...
Catching Australian fish in the Mediterranean on an American boat....
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Very "Nice"
Keep the photo's coming Fredo.
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Fred2Nice
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The file with stripper
The file with stripper photos is ready to be sent but i've been trying ten times and i can't get through.. Give me an e-mail adress or i'll mail it to Adam... let me know
FREDO
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hair tail
when working in newcastle over east last year we used to catch a lot of these while live baiting for mulloway in the hunter river , they certainly do have a nasty set of chompers and go quite nuts when pulled onboard from the shallows.
They have a very white flesh and are really quite nice to eat,
While sitting back early one morning after night shift waiting for the rods to scream we observed sum pro fisherman pulling these things up one after the other ended up having a yarn to them and they rekn all the use for bait at night and early morning is a flashing glow stick fixed to the hook?
bit diferent we thought..