I was diving at Cape Paterson last week. I focus mainly on snapper, but lots of things come in to investigate the berley. This time I saw a group of bloody big scad. The largest fish was about 60cm in length. At first I thought it was a kingfish, but then I got a look at its head.

It was bigger than koheru I have seen in NZ. It was a lot bigger than any scad I have ever seen before.

The fish came in close enough for me to line it up. I didn't want to spook any possible snapper, so I didn't take the shot.

Anybody know what the record is for scad?

Ric

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Ric Fallu started spearfishing in Pt Phillip in the early 1960s, and never really stopped

Hi Ric,

Common Name(s): YELLOWTAIL SCAD
Scientific Name: Trachurus novaezelandiae
Weight (KG): 0.450
Record Holder: R. RICHARDS
Club: Bulldogs
Location: Pyramid Rock
Date of Capture: Oct-81

peace.

PS. Loved those professional photos of the NZ trip Marek shared with us at the meeting. Amazing.

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Thanks for info

The scad I saw would have been much, much larger than 450 grams.

Ric

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Ric Fallu started spearfishing in Pt Phillip in the early 1960s, and never really stopped

You'd be surprised Ric, I shot one that I was sure had it beat but it was 30gms shy. They weigh real light!

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Like a farken underwater ninja!

The fish were blinded by overexposure to his pure awesomeness!