Usually means you are on reasonable ground. Has anyone noticed an increase in SB catches, We have been pulling so many lately. Atleast 20 last friday and they froth on all artificials.
Yeah mate, we have noticed a lot of them around lately too. And you're right about frothing on artificials. On an average day out, i'd probably catch 10 on jigs compared to one for those using bait. A dhuie hit the last and only fillet of SB I've used. I would use a fresh fillet again in a heartbeat Thanks, wish I had known that, it was a bit light on for decent fish! That one was right next to a cray pot which is now a mark in the gps. Looked pretty hard ground.
Hard ground is good Randall, it's the cracks in the limestone you can't see on the sounder where the dhuies live. I've picked up more Dhuies from this type of ground than with structure. I have one spot where it's marked with a contour probably 30m in dia 20m deep ever so slight decrease in depth and that has produced well for me. Well worth eating, easy to take the fillets off due to small backbone vertebrae and low profile ribs.
People mention that they're boney, this is due to a second lateral line containing relatively fine pin bones. These are easy to remove, just trace out with your fingers before cutting out carefully. The flesh is a good substitute for flathead and latchet in recipes. The frames do make good soups and are well worth keeping. I would not say the flesh is at all similar to tailor. I said they were on par with tailor eating quality, in my opinion not the same flesh as tailor!
Regards Jeff. We've caught a few monster Sargeant Bakers recently. Some have even grabbed lures about 6m off the bottom. Next time we get a big one I'll try taking a couple of fillets off him and report back. Is it just me or is big Sargent baker thing only recent, can't remember catching so many, so big! Brought home a Sgt from a recent charter experience, cooked whole in foil on the BBQ with chilli, lime, ginger, garlic, coriander and roasted pine nuts.
The lower lateral bones were a bit annoying but if you have decent size fish it's easy enough to pull the flesh off. My mates dog, who has now passed, bobby the white German Shepard used to like munching on kingy heads.
I have caught and thrown back more sgt baker than i have had hot dinners, i really need to try these things for myself before listening to others. Caught a bunch of them one day, the smell was terrible when we got home despite being on ice.
Chucked them as we were only guessing they were good to eat, time to give them another shot I guess. Wait for it! And the missus liked it. So looks like I have another unwanted fish for my table next time.
DSCF [x]. You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post. Next Joe from Scotland enjoyed a day offshore, catching tuna on Australia Day.
Striped marlin off Cronulla More. Another day in the office… More. Fish of The Day…was a surprise! Hairtail in Bate Bay. This is unusual and a first for us.
Striped marlin off Cronulla January 30,
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