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Well Wal outfished me again in the freshwater with more and bigger fish using his own lures. But here are photos of a jungle perch on a Fugly Trutta Butter
 

And a sooty grunter and a jungle perch on one of Roy Durre's - CRAFT surface fizzer / popper



And Wal caught a 'silver grunter", apparently a rare catch. These grow to about 30 cm and there mouth is very "sweetlip" like - a very stunning fish. Held the right way there are 3 very faint bands running horizontal along the body. The fins are more red then what the photo shows and the body very silvery, so much so that Wal first thought he had hooked a bream.

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Thanks for making the effort ducks...I was hoping surface would be the go...cheers mate and no ducks knuckle in the pic either! Very pressed :)


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Some cool fish there Thumbs Up and worth twice as much off the surface!

The Silver Grunter is one I havn't seen before, one to add to the bucket list Wink
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nice fish there Martin,check the big paddle tail on that sootyShocked.the silver grunter is a pretty fish looks a lot like a non banded banded grunterLOL
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Cam Cupitt and I had a plan to fish Koombooloomba Dam near Ravenshoe with a few others. When I arrived at Cam's we found out that the road in was closed for repair (overdue to open) so we fished a few local areas over 3 days. Some severe rain storms limited our activities though.Best fish was a 33 cm jungle perch by one of Cam's friends.

A sooty on a B.O.B.s, lost this lure after a few fish.
  


This little lure of Mark Andrews' (Mark A Lures) caught me a lot of fish (again) but I had to show this little sooty grunter - only about 10 cm long.
  


One of the mud cod I caught on Cam's lures (Headland Lures). These are a pretty fish and I don't tire looking at them - very aggressive as well.



Some various scenery shots. One place took us 2 hours on a jungle track that was pretty well non existent and the leeches were horrendous (talking about 50 removed during and after the trek).
    
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We have to call you bear horrorhead , 50 bloody leeches you can have them Never saw a mud cod before and how big do they grow Martin?

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what gorgeous country and worth the leechesLOL,good stuff MartinThumbs Up
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that second last pic looks amazing country ,great pic
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caught a couple of fiesty little Bass on a P.J Banana.sorry about the pics my gopro does'nt work well in low light conditionsEmbarrassed


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Originally posted by MadDogLures MadDogLures wrote:

We have to call you bear horrorhead , 50 bloody leeches you can have them Never saw a mud cod before and how big do they grow Martin?

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The mud cod are the second largest gudgeon at about 35cm max. They are exceeded by the sleepy cod as the largest gudgeon and I have seen photos of a 60 cm plus specimen (very nice eating, very white flesh).
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Originally posted by al49 al49 wrote:

that second last pic looks amazing country ,great pic

It is beautiful country, that last pic is part of the track going in.
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Originally posted by puglee62 puglee62 wrote:

caught a couple of fiesty little Bass on a P.J Banana.sorry about the pics my gopro does'nt work well in low light conditionsEmbarrassed



Well done Chris and PerClapClapClap, a couple of good bass.
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WOW Martin you are walking some great looking spots there mate. Thanks fore the great reports Smile

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Thanks very much fore using my Banana Lure chris Thumbs Up
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Bit different to the usual here but Chris also tied me up a couple of Fugly bucktail jigs to take to Brazil.
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Great Clip Ducks, choice of music worked well, thanks for sharing
Still looks like a lot of work even in the best of places.
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Originally posted by horrorhead horrorhead wrote:

Well Wal outfished me again in the freshwater with more and bigger fish using his own lures. But here are photos of a jungle perch on a Fugly Trutta Butter
 

And a sooty grunter and a jungle perch on one of Roy Durre's - CRAFT surface fizzer / popper



And Wal caught a 'silver grunter", apparently a rare catch. These grow to about 30 cm and there mouth is very "sweetlip" like - a very stunning fish. Held the right way there are 3 very faint bands running horizontal along the body. The fins are more red then what the photo shows and the body very silvery, so much so that Wal first thought he had hooked a bream.

Nice to see you getting some results on that little green number! I believe that's the first JP I've heard of on that lure. Handshake
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Wow you guys are in fantastic surrounds and living the dream
Can`t get tired of reviewing your posts
I am retired and always said I would do the same but always seems to be something that has to be done first.
Great stuff keep it up
Martin It would seem that you made the right decision when you moved
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Originally posted by Kimo Kimo wrote:

Wow you guys are in fantastic surrounds and living the dream
Can`t get tired of reviewing your posts
I am retired and always said I would do the same but always seems to be something that has to be done first.
Great stuff keep it up
Martin It would seem that you made the right decision when you moved
Cheers Kimo

Cheers Kimo, it was a decision not taken lightly as I left an area I had lived in for 43 years - but yes, much better for me.

Roy, that little fizzer is a ripper, fizzes well, it pops and can be walked - very versatile. 
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Another trip to the reef today mainly chasing trevally, mackeral and tuna - except somebody forgot to invite the mackeral and tunaUnhappy.

I manged this little golden trevally on one of Richard Lee's poppers. I also got hit another 2 times by big giant trevally but one stretched the split ring on another maker's popper (I'll contact him to let him know) and the one that hit a Cam Cupitt's Headland Lure rubbed it off on the reef.

We also got a few teeth marks in other lures, but without us knowing until we inspected the lures. How does a fish leave denture marks in lures without us even registering a hit?
 
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How does a fish leave denture marks in lures without us even registering a hit?
VERY CLEVERLY
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I've got a Kuttafurra with teeth marks all over the back end which are mostly from hits I didn't I feel. The cheeky buggers.
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Martin those Richard Lee's popper looks the goods and very intelligent those fish leaving tooth marks without you feeling a biteConfused

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Yesterday's fishing eventful but I caught very little. Hooked onto a 4 foot long cobia on one of Ray Murphy's deep diving mackeral lure but the hooks pulled - I later lost thjat lure to something that took me around the chain on a marker bouy.

Today was better for me. A queenfish on a Ollie Hardt Stingray popper   

And a gold spot cod on a Lee's Lure Big Mack Trap.


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Once again great to see, Thanks for sharing.
Any reason for running a single hook on the tail of that purple popper and a trebel on the belly ??
Usually see the single on the belly to reduce hook rash
Do you find it reduces hook ups ??
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Originally posted by Kimo Kimo wrote:

Once again great to see, Thanks for sharing.
Any reason for running a single hook on the tail of that purple popper and a trebel on the belly ??
Usually see the single on the belly to reduce hook rash
Do you find it reduces hook ups ??
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Hi Kimo

Being a popper it isn't exposed to much hook rash. But I used this lure beach casting for mackeral and queenies at Mapoon a few times and found that into the wind I was getting a lot of hook up with the line on the rear treble (using an 11 foot rod and really punching into a stiff wind). The single hook reduced this to nothing. I haven't found any noticeable difference in hook up rate with the big predatory pelagics, I have plans on using this on barra but if they are biting shyly then maybe it will impact on them. 
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Still waiting for you to cast a Seaweed Lure, Martin? I need another species other than barra, threadfin, sooties. Regards, Seaweed.
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Thanks Martin
All makes a lot of science when explained, Wish I didn`t get much rash on my poppers, but I May give it a try
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Martin, Next time fishing with Wal, secrete a banana on his person. Your catch rate will increaseWinkWinkWink. Cheers Richard.
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Secrete his banana..oh dear please dont encourage him
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Originally posted by Seaweed Seaweed wrote:

Still waiting for you to cast a Seaweed Lure, Martin? I need another species other than barra, threadfin, sooties. Regards, Seaweed.
(PS looks like you're having a miserable time lol.)

Still waiting for the right area / conditions to use it. But I intend on using some weird stuff on the reefs soonLOL
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Secrete his banana..oh dear please dont encourage him

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Well Ollie's popper did it again. Wal and I hit the rocks at Archer Point for an afternoon flick session. Wal got down into the water with the swell reaching over his knees to gill this 20 kilo plus giant trevally for me. Line was 10 kg mono and as can be seen in the photos - released and swam away immediately.


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Thanks for the reports Martin, some awesome fishing there Clap

It looks like life up there is treating you well, really great to see! Cool

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