Noosa River Quick Session 15/05/09

**Pistol_P** · 13-05-2009, 07:36 PM

Had a quick throw around in the river this afternoon.
Hits nearly every cast with very very small GT's being the culprits.
Landed numerous little GT's before landing a very welcome little diamond trevally.
My mate Nick (abbott_86) also managed a very nice 50cm Golden trevally.
Not bad for an hour session.

Cheers,
Pete

**chewy01** · 13-05-2009, 07:48 PM

Love the diamond mate, still only ever got me one..Sweet session..keep it coming

**ActiveAngler** · 13-05-2009, 07:56 PM

Gday Pete,

Great session mate and nothing like a productive shore bash - I LOVE iT! Uncomplicated / hassle free and can be still very productive.

Nice fish those Diamond Trevally mate and I managed to get this bugger when in Noosa als0 - around from Dog Beach.....(from memory)....

**chewy01** · 13-05-2009, 08:00 PM

They arent very common up here,fished all my life to get just one,took a mate that can hardly fish n he gets a cracker...thats the beauty of fishing i guess..its a great equaliser..

**Pistol_P** · 13-05-2009, 08:01 PM

Very nice Ben,

They are beautifull fish,the diamonds.

Although quite a few show up every year here I still regard them as 'not a real common capture' ..... Normally its big eye trevally and GT's that make up the bulk of captures.

Pete

**chewy01** · 13-05-2009, 08:12 PM

Yea i just got word that the little queenies n bigeyes have made an appearance in the local river,so may have a fly assault this weekend,even with the small tides..all great fun..

**ActiveAngler** · 13-05-2009, 09:23 PM

Gday Pete / Chewy,

When fishing around this area this was the last thing i expected to catch....wasnt even on my 'what if' or 'possible' captures. It was only a small one but first time I have ever seen this species of fish in real.

I wonder why it has such long 'tenticles' features coming from its dorsal fin....I wonder what benefit it plays for this fish? Anyone know...

The thing is - just before I caught this fish, I lost a big flathead that would of gone around 55cm around 2 metres from me after a big head shake - spewin'!!!!

Cheers - Benno

**Pistol_P** · 13-05-2009, 09:52 PM

Originally Posted by ActiveAngler

Gday Pete / Chewy,

When fishing around this area this was the last thing i expected to catch....wasnt even on my 'what if' or 'possible' captures. It was only a small one but first time I have ever seen this species of fish in real.

I wonder why it has such long 'tenticles' features coming from its dorsal fin....I wonder what benefit it plays for this fish? Anyone know...

The thing is - just before I caught this fish, I lost a big flathead that would of gone around 55cm around 2 metres from me after a big head shake - spewin'!!!!

Cheers - Benno

They most probably use the long 'tenticles' to hunt.
They would make themselves look bigger with all these flared out and trailing them.....(probably like a sailfish uses its sail).
Just a guess but it makes sense.
When the diamonds get big they lose the tenticles.

Pete

**ActiveAngler** · 14-05-2009, 07:02 AM

Hi Pete,

Good point and I was thinking (scary) I wonder if it plays a part in attracting small baitfish?

So many theories...but I am agreeing with yours....seems logical.

Cheers - Benno

**blue_mako** · 14-05-2009, 11:15 AM

Nice goin' Pete. Those Diamonds have a pretty good weight to fight ratio. They get on their side and can be hard to get moving. More so then Big Eye's and the more common ones anyway.

Troy

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