48kg bass grouper
Went for a deep drop off rotto a few weeks back. I had a mate follow me in his boat. Got to my first mark and it looked quiet on the sounder but we decided to have one drift as the boys wer pretty keen. Our lines had just hit the bottom and had sum complete f@$k whit burn over at about 30knts between our 2 boats so he could get our drift line and drop!!! As you could imagine I was real happy about this so I went over to ask WTF he was doing?? I got the usual bull sh@t I had this spot already an Iv been fishing it for years. If this was the case I'm sure you would have plenty of other spots you could go to if sum one was on the mark! If anyone sees a red 6.5-7m chives with a white cab I'd be moving on real quick!
So so after all that we decided to put the marlin gear out. Didn't see any bills but marked a lot of new ground! We had a drop on the best looking edge and pulled 3 bass! My mate got the biggest at 48kg!
Any one free to help me pull my drum lines tomorrow?
scotto
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faaaaarkin jeeeeeeesssus
I would hate to be your electric reel!
Youre a machine dude.
Matt K
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Holy crap!! What an effort
Holy crap!!
What an effort holding up that thing!
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kirky79
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That thing is huge!! Well
That thing is huge!! Well done. That sucks about the pinger mate, put in a lot of hours for deep drop spots, to have some pr\*k come over so blatantly is crap.
JohnF
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Rippa!
Rippa!
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RobertMc
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Wat a monster well done
Wat a monster well done
Michael Yoni
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Did the pinger catch
Did the pinger catch anything whilst he was there?
Diesel80
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Going to need a bigger esky / freezer
Top fish.
Cheers,
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Boydy
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Crakka
Don't know much about the deep drop stuff.
But that fish looks pristine apart from a bit of the old bug eye. Others you see look like they have been through the wringer a couple of times.
Is it the retrieve rate coming up from the depths, or different species are affected more than others by barotrauma causing the burst vessels in the skin?
reece
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It's more to do with trying
It's more to do with trying to get a fish like that up! We got one at 24kg that looked like it had a tyre pump up its date for 10 mins. The other was 38kg and wasn't to popped out and this one looked about as close to normal as you could could get I recon
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Boydy
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Cheers for the reply. So
Cheers for the reply.
So maybe a bit more deco time trying to get its big arse off the bottom.
Makes sense.
meglodon
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Hells bells an buckets
What a catch. Now that is one deep sea monster, did you use bait or a jig. The size of it's mouth suggests to me you could use a good size snapper for bait.
Have you ever had a look in the gut to see just what they do feed on?
dkonig82
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Fark mate you do alright
Fark mate you do alright hey.
And off a new mark! Smashing it.
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harro
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Nice one reece
good drop bud
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Colt_Striker
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Mega fish mate congrats
Mega fish mate congrats
little johnny
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wow
now thats a fish
Gaffatron
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Snodger!
Snodger!
Johnny's
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Great fish, very impressed.is
Great fish, very impressed.
is that a jim beam can on the bait board.
Cracker fish.
reece
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Nah mate! Nothing but the
Nah mate! Nothing but the best on my boat! Export!
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Veitchy
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Massive! What are they like
Massive! What are they like to eat? Could feed an army with that thing.
reece
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I rate them over 8 bar an
I rate them over 8 bar an puka!
Any one free to help me pull my drum lines tomorrow?