Some duckie action

[Mouldz]

Shot down to East Pier after work,armed with some fresh pillie and chokka ,got there at a bout 6.30,water was not as cold and dirty as expected after 2 days of howling south easter.

First cast with pillie fillett had a few bumps ,while reeling in to check bait I get pulled flat,land this young duckbill,did not measure as I was alone with my wife ,but guestimate about 700mm across,lob out another pillie chokka combo,not 5 min I get smacked hard ,on dad,Im thinking steamtrain ,but after first run fish stars coming easy ,alas another baby duckie about 300mm .

Third bait out I get picked up ,loooong slow pulll,I set the hook and on dad ,fish takes some nice line but hook pulls ,Dammitt,next bait in the barbel brigade had arrived,after 3 barbels call it a night ,not bad for quick 3 hour session

 

[Mouldz]

close up

 

[kopstamp]

NIce little eagle there mouldie!!

Thanks for the report!

 

[Mouldz]

Close up

 

[Mouldz]

kopstamp wrote:

NIce little eagle there mouldie!!

Thanks for the report!

Why you call it a eagle ?I thought it was a duckbill,i am not a in.ed fisherman so correct me if I am wrong

 

[kopstamp]

you get both.

the quick way: one has little black dots on it, the other one who is generally bigger has feint blue line across its back.

look at this one to compare

 

[kopstamp]

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[Mouldz]

kopstamp wrote:

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Cool ,thanx

 

[aquadementia]

its an eagle ray, their noses are more rounded... they will take fish baits like sard whereas a duckbill has blue stripes across the back and are much fussier eaters preferring chokka, occie, and cracker baits

the eagles are lekker to catch they can come on super thick at times

 

[Cheetha FS]

Nice one Mouldie! But ja its defnantly eagle ray.

 

[Mouldz]

Ja thanx,you never too old to learn, as they say,

 

[Kenty]

Some action!!..Nice Mouldie..they look like little Stealth bombers...how's the water looking and temp?..

 

[Mouldz]

Darth Vader wrote:

Some action!!..Nice Mouldie..they look like little Stealth bombers...how's the water looking and temp?..

I sent PM,water is not as dirty and cold as I expected,actually a nice colour about 19 deg

 

[JL]

Nice Mouldie. Judging by the lettuce on the rocks, that spot would also produce some nice Bronze Bream.

 

[Kipi die kingfisher]

No worries mouldie, I see alot of people still mistake the two. Or when they see the mouth they assume it's a duckie. But great fish non the less.

 

[Mouldz]

JL wrote:

Nice Mouldie. Judging by the lettuce on the rocks, that spot would also produce some nice Bronze Bream.

Never seen bronze bream come out there,seen cracker ,steenbras ,cobbies and elf, its actually in the river about 50m from the mouth along the pier

 

[JL]

MOULDIE wrote:

JL wrote:

Nice Mouldie. Judging by the lettuce on the rocks, that spot would also produce some nice Bronze Bream.

Never seen bronze bream come out there,seen cracker ,steenbras ,cobbies and elf, its actually in the river about 50m from the mouth along the pier

Strange. Bronze Bream love that stuff and are one of the signs one look for when targeting them.

 

[Mouldz]

JL wrote:

MOULDIE wrote:

JL wrote:

Nice Mouldie. Judging by the lettuce on the rocks, that spot would also produce some nice Bronze Bream.

Never seen bronze bream come out there,seen cracker ,steenbras ,cobbies and elf, its actually in the river about 50m from the mouth along the pier

Strange. Bronze Bream love that stuff and are one of the signs one look for when targeting them.

Funny enough that green stuff only stared appearing there about a month ago ,maybe the warm water made it grow

 

[Mouldz]

JL wrote:

MOULDIE wrote:

JL wrote:

Nice Mouldie. Judging by the lettuce on the rocks, that spot would also produce some nice Bronze Bream.

Never seen bronze bream come out there,seen cracker ,steenbras ,cobbies and elf, its actually in the river about 50m from the mouth along the pier

Strange. Bronze Bream love that stuff and are one of the signs one look for when targeting them.

Funny enough that green stuff only stared appearing there about a month ago ,maybe the warm water made it grow