Sneaky Sunday Blackfish Session with Blackbeard

Luderick (aka Blackfish or Niggers), are extremely underrated, both as a sport fish and on the table.

I have a soft spot for the old Blackfish, stemming from the old days when I was a young grommet around the age of 10 or 11.  My good buddy Scott "Dong" Stapo and I would go missing for a whole day to climb up and down cliff faces by ropes and rock hop big obscure boulders, all in order to get to our favourite Blackfish spots. We worried our parents sick to say the least! We would also spend hours after school or of a weekend making our own floats, which we made from kebab skewers and cork bottles that we scavenged from our neighbours bins. When Scott's old man left the house, we would sneak down to the back work shed and use his sanding lathe to shape the cork. We would occasionally throw sinkers at it while it was spinning and cover our eyes and wish our lucky treasures haharrgh!! We wouldn't stop until someone got hit......rrrr the good ole days!!...yeeeeew!!!

Luderick pull hard, especially when fishing with lite 4lb leader material. There is definitely an art to catching these little herbivores, and they'll put all your angling skills to the test. Once mastered, they are extremely addictive. Not only are they a great sport fish, but when eaten fresh (providing they've been bled & cleaned correctly), I consider the Blackfish to be one of my top 5 eating species. Although, I must admit they don't freeze very well.

I woke up at the sparrows fart Sunday morning for a sneaky session down at my favourite Nigger spot. After catching and releasing about 20 fish, I was back before my fiance had even noticed I had gone. With a high tide at 6am and a nice wash....I couldn't resist.

See pics below...

Tasty little Critters!!

Smile!!!

I miss this guy. Dong with a nice Kilo plus Nigger from a few years back....arrrgh!