Reef fish stocks - some graphs
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Re: Reef fish stocks - some graphs
Both harbours have been easy pickings with goldies lately all in less than two meters of water with plastics.
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Re: Reef fish stocks - some graphs
Cuddles wrote "Snapper are usualyy around out there at this time of year Doug. its just that we normally have a poop load of rain and wind around now that prevent people from getting out to chase them. im not convinced the spawning has changed at all but access to the grounds is still possible. normally it would be impossible to launch at Dundee now so you dont hear much about it."
Having lived at Dundee and fished the area for the last 10 years I am with Doug. In a usual wet season pattern Goldies are on the chew Oct/Nov in close around Dundee. The best fishing is on the last release of Coral Sperm on the Spring tides. I have always noted that catch rates of Goldies drop off once the storms get active in Dec. Dundee hasn't had 250mm of rain yet so the fish are still in close. In Jan/Feb when the run off is underway Fog Bay is fresh water 7km from the Finniss mouth with not a Goldie in sight.
Having lived at Dundee and fished the area for the last 10 years I am with Doug. In a usual wet season pattern Goldies are on the chew Oct/Nov in close around Dundee. The best fishing is on the last release of Coral Sperm on the Spring tides. I have always noted that catch rates of Goldies drop off once the storms get active in Dec. Dundee hasn't had 250mm of rain yet so the fish are still in close. In Jan/Feb when the run off is underway Fog Bay is fresh water 7km from the Finniss mouth with not a Goldie in sight.
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Re: Reef fish stocks - some graphs
More referring to the lack of goldies around a couple of months ago when people where struggling to get onto them in close now they are in close and thick!!cuddlescooper wrote:Snapper are usualyy around out there at this time of year Doug. its just that we normally have a poop load of rain and wind around now that prevent people from getting out to chase them. im not convinced the spawning has changed at all but access to the grounds is still possible. normally it would be impossible to launch at Dundee now so you dont hear much about it.
But don't tell the wogs nah they allready know a mate sent me a pic with there kill shot bagged out on stonkas off blaze too !
My best goldy sessions have been oct/nov around ford and Scott and Dundee areas
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Re: Reef fish stocks - some graphs
Ill agree to disagree. Its still a matter of oppinion.Dundee Hombre wrote:Cuddles wrote "Snapper are usualyy around out there at this time of year Doug. its just that we normally have a poop load of rain and wind around now that prevent people from getting out to chase them. im not convinced the spawning has changed at all but access to the grounds is still possible. normally it would be impossible to launch at Dundee now so you dont hear much about it."
Having lived at Dundee and fished the area for the last 10 years I am with Doug. In a usual wet season pattern Goldies are on the chew Oct/Nov in close around Dundee. The best fishing is on the last release of Coral Sperm on the Spring tides. I have always noted that catch rates of Goldies drop off once the storms get active in Dec. Dundee hasn't had 250mm of rain yet so the fish are still in close. In Jan/Feb when the run off is underway Fog Bay is fresh water 7km from the Finniss mouth with not a Goldie in sight.
In my veiw Dundee fishing grounds is a lot wider then 7km off shore. We still got plenty of snapper with the fresh pumping out. Maybe just different methods and locations that we have found the snapper on at this time of year.
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Re: Reef fish stocks - some graphs
True Cuddles, I agree if your fishing wide of Dundee. Goldies are in breeding mode at present in close and easy targets, they aren't available in close once you get good rain. Last year we fished north of Channel Point 1km off shore and bagged out and threw back all Goldies under 450mm. Around Dundee at present Goldies are in close. There is a spot close to shore that I could throw a rock at, where Goldies are. Goldies school up to breed and thus become easy targets.
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