westg Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Green Abalone and blue garoupa from a dive in Hamelin Bay western Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzz Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Did you chuck that garoupa back, West? Looks undersized... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westg Posted January 6, 2013 Author Share Posted January 6, 2013 Ha..no Fuzz, was juuussssst on size ,well 10 mm over...lucky .. Abs were a plenty down there. Green lip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzz Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 I still remember my grandmother telling me stories of how she used to buy abalone by the bucket (20c each abalone) back in the 60's/70's because no-one knew what the heck they were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianbeaver Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 My dad has a lot of contacts in Chinese community north of Toronto. They often have lavish dinners at very high end Chinese restaurants with course after course. The women are decked out in furs and jewels like you would not believe! Although the menu is planned, ( mind you this was several years ago), you could order a plate of abalone prepared for you for hundreds of dollars. We certainly never did - too rich for our pockets. It may have even been illegal? It was fascinating! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REASON Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Look at the tail on that! Looks like a fun hook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westg Posted January 6, 2013 Author Share Posted January 6, 2013 My dad has a lot of contacts in Chinese community north of Toronto. They often have lavish dinners at very high end Chinese restaurants with course after course. The women are decked out in furs and jewels like you would not believe! Although the menu is planned, ( mind you this was several years ago), you could order a plate of abalone prepared for you for hundreds of dollars. We certainly never did - too rich for our pockets. It may have even been illegal? It was fascinating! Yep..sells for around $240 per kilo. It is seasonal here and heavily policed. We are only permitted 5 each per day. At this size more than ample..Really is good fun and soooo nice to eat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ophidion Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Did you get that monster fish while spearfishing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanceSchmerr Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 My dad has a lot of contacts in Chinese community north of Toronto. They often have lavish dinners at very high end Chinese restaurants with course after course. The women are decked out in furs and jewels like you would not believe! Although the menu is planned, ( mind you this was several years ago), you could order a plate of abalone prepared for you for hundreds of dollars. We certainly never did - too rich for our pockets. It may have even been illegal? It was fascinating! Yep..sells for around $240 per kilo. It is seasonal here and heavily policed. We are only permitted 5 each per day. At this size more than ample..Really is good fun and soooo nice to eat. Yeah, The Abalone you might find in Canadian waters is definitely illegal - overfishing off the west coast has brought it close to extinction. It's illegal to fish in Canadian Waters, as well as to sell in Canadian restaurants...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westg Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 Did you get that monster fish while spearfishing? Yes .. this is about an average size for blue garoupa..there was larger ones down at the bottom. Generally try and go for something mid range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk05 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I hope you are joking about just being over legal limit. Do you guys have miracle grow in the water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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