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Peter Lowe:
Hi All

Does anybody down Sydney town way fish around Kingscliff, I just came across this pic on SeaBreeze, my bible for weather activity, It says that the location was Kingscliff, which may not the the catch location but if it is then - WOW.

2 hours 10 min on 15 lb - RESPECT - need to teach him the joys of CNR though.

Angus Hulme:
it wouldn't be Kingscliff on the Tweed Coast, would it? Do GT's get caught around there?

You're right about the joys of C & R.......blood streaming down the fishes side isn't the best look, is it? :-\ Especially with a species of fish known to be poor eating at large sizes. It's interesting, I reckon, how we become conditioned to certain practices over a relatively short period of time. 20 years ago, this sort of activity would have been admired and possibly even encouraged, now it's more frowned upon.

Great capture nonetheless.

Peter Lowe:
Hi Angus

Its says in the little profile window Kingscliff Sydney - which is what amazed / excited me. Land based popping for the southern crew  - now I am sure that would be welcomed amount the NSW GT warriors.

Yes the C&R thing - some agree some dont, personally, I now release pretty much everything - even though I have pics of myself at the age of 12 with a foam surfboard covered in dead 1-2 kg Bream my brother and I would catch in Brisbane waters each weekend. Makes me very sad to look at those pics now, at the time we were cool....... oh how things do change......  :'(

Aaron Concord:
Peter,
Looking at the image, it's Cudgen Creek at Kingscliff in N/NSW.
That fella looks like he's standing on the south wall, where a good cast will see a jig or popper hit the inside edge of Kingscliff Reef.
Been there enough years ago to know the spot.
And YES, big G's (bigger than this) live around there..AKA Fido's, 9 Mile...et al..

Ditto for the 'times have changed'...a magazine (unless its a kill/grill one) would NEVER publish a bloodied up fish like that.
We all know they can do it if hooked in the gills, though PETA and other extreme groups live for this stuff as a campaign against our sport being cruel and inhumane. This bloke is livin in the late 70's!!!

Aaron.

Duncan O'Connell:
Ditto - definitely Cudgen Creek - lived in Kingscliff for a while - caught plenty of small ones around there but never any that big!

Cheers,

Duncan

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