another few mulloway
Got a few more mulloway over the last couple of weeks. both where caught on 6-8kg rod and a little saltist 30.
first one went 14kg and was caught north metro, was going to release it but had swallowed the hooks and was bleeding bad so he was kept. Ate a fresh tailor fillet. i was fishing on my own so landing it was again difficult but still managed.
next one was caught at E sheds last night and was around 16kg, wasnt weighed or measured as i wanted to release it as fast as possible, took a live scalie.
for those who where wondering i gaffed it in the bottom jaw and lifted it up, took a few photos and climbed down a ladder with him and swam him for a few minutes before he was right to go
nothing better than seeing such a big fish swim free after all the hours put in.
letting this fish go raised a lot of eyebrows and i hope a lot more people realise how important these fish are and that releasing big ones will keep plenty of these fish around for us to enjoy for years to come.
cheers chris..
always looking for a new challenge!!
championruby
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Hey mate nice fish on the
Hey mate nice fish on the light rod, congrats on the release at the mole. Big effort. Any pics of that one?
Chris fish
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think the photo is working
think the photo is working now?
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championruby
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Yeah nice work mate, how many
Yeah nice work mate, how many is that in the past year. Your doing alright son!
Jas04
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Quality mate I was there
Quality mate I was there when u let it go and it was good to see well done mate
kirky79
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Nice catch mate! Kudos for
Nice catch mate! Kudos for releasing it too. They don't always release to well, but sounds like it went away well
Dicey
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Good Catch! What line are
Good Catch! What line are you using and Most importantly sinker size and rig.\
Cheers
Jeffree
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nah mate, the first one
nah mate, the first one looks 8kg, and the second one looks about 6kg. stop exaggerating the weights!
not all asians keep undersize fish.
Chris fish
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Hahahaha come on Jeff don't
Hahahaha come on Jeff don't be like that, you sure you not asleep in the back corner of a boat dreaming of mulloway???
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Jeffree
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hahah nah man im wide awake.
hahah nah man im wide awake. but u look kinda sleepy in ur second pic :P.
Ooooo snap, jeffery wins again :)
not all asians keep undersize fish.
metroLBfisher
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haha jeff i can vouche for
haha jeff i can vouche for chris :) heavy buggers!
Good things come to those who bait
Jeffree
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ahah i know mate. im only
ahah i know mate. im only stirring chris. i actually like the bloke.
not all asians keep undersize fish.
Chris fish
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This fish swam away very
This fish swam away very strong and there is no doubt in my mind that he is completely fine, letting him go is defiantly the highlight of my years fishing, that reel is spooled with 20lb mono with a 40lb leader with just a running sinker and about 1m down to a set of snelled 2/0 hooks.
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bunyiphunter
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2/0
catchin the big boys on bream hooks chris. Good stuff mate
Faulkner Family
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that first pic is a great
that first pic is a great one.. well done yet again on the nice fish. great to see someone spending the time to release a fish like that. one can only eat so much.
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joe amato
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what size sinker in freo harbour ?
what size sinker in freo harbour?
Chris fish
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Just a big enough sinker to
Just a big enough sinker to hold the bottom and stop the livey from moving around, cause I'm only using 20lb mainline and a light rod I have no chance of straightening such small hooks and the small hooks sit so much better in a small livey.
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alexangler
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was the first mulla at
was the first mulla at quinns
nice fish anyway for a couple of weeks
cheers alex
bitten
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How many fish over 7 or 8 kg
How many fish over 7 or 8 kg you reakon you have caught chris
Chris fish
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A fair few but what's always
A fair few but what's always interested me is I've never caught one between 50cm to 1m, either get tiny ones fishing for whiting or tailor or big ones over 12kg and I've heard of very few in that size range caught metro as well. This was the first river fish I've caught all my others where ocean fish and there is big difference between river, reef and surf mulloway.
always looking for a new challenge!!
bitten
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do you fish the surf much i
do you fish the surf much i notice most f the fish you post seem to have come from a rock groyne
Chris fish
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Most do come from Rockwalls
Most do come from Rockwalls as its easier to fish, reliably larger fish ect ect but only caught one true surf one that was a glowing blue colour ( the one in my display pic, when it was landed the colour was unreal until it faded after death) but have seen a few of these blue fish caught. Not all of the photos with rocks are Rockwalls, small groynes at beaches are the backgrounds of a few.
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Mitchisdatwitch
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Eshed
Is that at eshed?
scottland
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Hahaha dam you
" another couple mulloway " sounds like no biggy for you
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Chris fish
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Second one is E shed yes,
Second one is E shed yes, first time I even fished there lol. It's taken ages to get results like this, a few years ago I was just like everyone else wanting to catch my first and getting jelous of every1 putting up photos, I still get jelous when people put up photos of some of the new targets I have in mind but it's good gives me hope that one day I can get one to...
always looking for a new challenge!!