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Just thought I'd share some pics of a couple of blue grenadier caught in about 530mts off Portland

530m that's working for your dinner!

Not much winding some would say electric reels not fishing certainly interesting though

Now that's some ugly fish there, do they eat well?

they are very tasty

takes two hours to recuperate from winding up the sinker if you don't have an electric reel, two days if you wind up a fish

Matt Flynn wrote:they are very tasty

takes two hours to recuperate from winding up the sinker if you don't have an electric reel, two days if you wind up a fish

been in tassie too long mate. Making you soft. Its worse when you get a triple of 15kg puka or blue eye. 3 big buckets haha

Winding anything in at that depth would cause a serious case of RSI!

I fished 130-140 in Bathurst trench last year, caught three big reds and didn't want to play that game again.
Bugger over 500m without an electric, take you half an hour just to wind it in without a fish on, be p...ed if you kept getting baited hey lol

Ha ,I wont go past the 40 mtr line out here off Yamba.

Wow, deepest I've fished off Darwin is 46m. I assume you dont anchor but drift? Must have a k of line out to go down 500m!!

tikety wrote:Just thought I'd share some pics of a couple of blue grenadier caught in about 530mts off Portland

I originally thought 'geez 530m off Portland -thats close to shore'
I used to get dressed up like that for fishing as well

Blue eye, blue grenadier and pink ling all good eating.

Yep jealous as would much rather fish in shorts, thongs and tank top !!

tikety wrote:
Blue eye, blue grenadier and pink ling all good eating.

Yep jealous as would much rather fish in shorts, thongs and tank top !!

mmm trevalla. My favourite. Do u get many pesky ocean perch down there

In the shallower water 100mt lol