boy with squid
Helby Bank continues to produce this year with yet another customer
reporting the catch and release of two marlin. The two fish were estimated
to be 60kg and 100kg. Amazingly they were caught accidently on a Rapala
CD14 and a Halco Laser Pro 190. Steve Good and young Steven Bailey were the
lucky anglers and they also caught two dolphin fish, which were taken home
for a fresh feed for dinner.
The reports this week from customers tell us that there are Chinamon fish in
big schools around the grounds west of the Muiron Islands. Red emperor have
been hard to find this week, but thankfully the sharks haven’t been so bad.
The running sinker rig in depths up to 40m has been working well when the
current and wind is not too strong. Squid has been the preferred bait.
The whales are showing up all over the place and the odd Mata Ray has been
sited by anglers in boats as well.
The queenfish have been found at the Muiron Islands and we strongly suggest
using barbless hooks on lures forthese fish…..just ask young Aiden Lerch…
he found out the hard way and ended up with a hook in his leg, with the other
hook on the lure in the fish! These fish can jump wildly and when there are
plenty in schools, you can catch them easily. They are not the best of
eating, so if you are to let them go, try and release them in the water with
pliers, rather than taking them out of the water to flip around on the deck.
Their gill plates come right up to their lower jaw, so using a single barbless
hook on the back of a chrome twisty gives you a good hook up, with minimal
damage to the fish. It also makes it easy to release them.
