Tinker 1,645 Posted July 27, 2013 Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 What is your favourite species of fish to catch and why??Freshwater or saltwater, and also what is your preferred method of catching them, bait or lures?I will start it off with bream. I like catching them on bait, and I love the power to weight ratio. They are one of the best looking fish around in my opinion.I also love catching redfin on lure, because redfin fight just like a bream.Cheers,Steve FilGors37 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CallopHunter 1 Posted July 27, 2013 Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 AUSSIE SALMON, on the metals off the beach, casting into a school and hooking up is the BEST feeling going around, especially on light gear!! Tinker and Dylbaa 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gilbert 0 Posted July 27, 2013 Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 bream.either bait or lures.good fighters, and very cunning.anything else is a bonus. salmon trout just annoy me, but they are good when nothing else is around. Tinker 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Liam1396235567 0 Posted July 27, 2013 Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 Aussie salmon :woohoo: Get the big ones on bream gear and you'll have a hoot Or casting to tuna with lures Tinker and dylzzz69 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smokeykebab 175 Posted July 27, 2013 Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 the jew fish coz they take skill and patience to catch and the stingrays coz they brake your back reelin and Tinker 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ugly4Life 41 Posted July 27, 2013 Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 Flathead on lures/soft plastics. Nothing better than wading in knee deep water on a nice warm day flicking a minnow and suddenly feeling that hit as you skip it across the bottom. reelin, netman21 and Tinker 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Damo67 6 Posted July 27, 2013 Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 wading the shallows for YFW on worms with light tackle Tinker 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
King prawn 9 Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Have to agree Damo YFW I love catching n eating them . I prefer them over kgw Tinker and Damo67 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
grego 0 Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Big snapper on light gear. :)Then bream. And then again there's nothing better then coming in with squid ink all over you after a good sesh on them. Tinker 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
M.Hittler 0 Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 I like to catch Dogsharks and skates on light tackle. Tinker and SmashNCarp 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fished out 0 Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Aussie Salmon. So many ways o fish for them, so many different fights they can give.You can make the fishing as frantic or as laid back as you like. High speed poppers, Metals, Soft Plastics and Baits all work. Tinker and dylzzz69 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
samboman 319 Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Snapper on plastics but that will change soon hopefully Sambo Tinker 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baitwaster 202 Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 lol hey ill take doggies for a bit of fun on a slow day,snapper for me.fair bit or figuring out and not bad to eat, make a great pic to.still love me sharks and rays for a challenge though.bluefinwill probly beat the lot if they turn up again local this year Tinker 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimbojames 285 Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Mulloway in the salt , coz you never know how big it will be but even the little one's are fun .Murry Cod in the fresh , same reason . reelin and Tinker 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackblack86 5 Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 Eagle rays. Pretty amazing and exciting watching them go side to side and launching out of the water a few feet. But salmon on light gear is also fun! Actully I like catching them all Tinker 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piratepom 3,197 Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 Actully I like catching them all I tend to agree with that' date=' any fish is a good fish! Preferred fishing method is land based with soft plastics. Favourite target is probably Bream, but always good to mix it up.A few photos of land based soft plastic caught fish, all local metro except the Snook. Bream from the Port[img']http://imageshack.us/a/img502/9424/109tv.jpg[/img]First Flattie on a SPOldie but still my PB metro SalmonFirst LB SP SnapperPB Snook from CoffinsYet to crack a Mulloway on a SP :silly: Chief, Jack., Poppa Snake and 3 others 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brenton 637 Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 Anything with fins....except for that scuba diver i hooked at hughes jetty.He was pretty unreasonable and wanted to punch my head in. cheers brentonP.S if your reading this mate you scream like a girl Tinker, Poppa Snake, Rat and 6 others 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tinker 1,645 Posted July 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 Really appreciating the feedback on this thread. Different strokes, different folks.Cheers for your input, every fish you guys have mentioned gets me thinking. Each fish is fun in its own way.Murray Cod will be my next challenge over the next few months. I have been studying up on them intensely, coz its a fish I have only caught once before, and I don't know why, but I really like them.I just hope one day I can list it as my favourite fish to catch.Cheers,Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chief 706 Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Callop Because they are the tastiest legal fish to catch in my areaand I love eating them.36 to 40cm Prime EatingWish we could eat Catties again. Cheers Tinker 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fridge 6 Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 puffers on size 1 hooks especially after shredding my softys Tinker 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Piranha 76 Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Large estury perch on lures for me, aggressive predator that requires some skill to extract from their snaggy homes and put the humble bream to shame with their fight, pound for pound the hardest fighting fish I have encounted salt or freshwater in Aus :)lovem Tinker and Chief 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ben m 0 Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Only caught one but Bluefin tuna on 8-10kg threadline gear for me. Tinker 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bent87 0 Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 I love tangling with rat kings from the planks, but it's hard to go past the satisfaction of a grey ghost. Tinker 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AliKat 0 Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 for fun kingiesfor looks snapperfor the plate flattiesfor the smoker tommiesfor lure fun salmonfor brownie points crabs. Tinker 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dylzzz69 95 Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 Mine has to be surf fishing for salmon. OOOHHHHH so much fun when they jump out of the water trying to shake the hooks and using the waves to their advantage trying to get away.Followed closely by flathead on soft plastics. Nothing better than walking around in the water exploring the sand holes and getting slammed by a nice lizard! Tinker 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rosco1955 0 Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 mine would have to be salmon on light bream gear off the beach then anything that eats a soft plastic Tinker, NickD and vears210 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vears210 0 Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 any fish that i can catch is my favourite Tinker 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
whyallabrad 0 Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 I LOVE it when a school of half decent whiting goes nuts below the boat!and like a couple of others I really enjoy wading around in late spring flicking lures for flatties and flounder. Both HB and SP. Tinker 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jack. 10 Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 I love fishing for Mulloway - very challenging past time - but every now and then you get one and it keeps you hooked. Tinker and piratepom 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dylbaa 174 Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 In the boat you cant beat the headshakes of a big red thrashing around IMO!!Land based salmon on metals is so much fun! but then again mulloway and the challenge they pose! such a good feeling landing one of the chrome beasts! Tinker 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
river man 0 Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 :f :f CATFISH !!!Just as seen in my vid. http://youtube.com/watch?v=K1AadWlMgd4here is one of the catch Tinker 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tinker 1,645 Posted August 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 Crikey, that's a nice big fat cat!!They have been making a bit of a comeback of late.Cheers for sharing that mate river man 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Girth 1 Posted August 5, 2013 Report Share Posted August 5, 2013 Nice Video River man, you were giving it a fair bit of s :c t to bring her in. Good job. Miket 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
river man 0 Posted August 5, 2013 Report Share Posted August 5, 2013 thank you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
river man 0 Posted August 5, 2013 Report Share Posted August 5, 2013 LOL thank you anyway Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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