Big Blue
Submitted by Belly Fish on Thu, 2018-12-27 21:23
Went exploring on the South Coast on Boxing Day and found what looked like a reasonable spot after a 1 and a half hour trek. Bit of berleying and a nice fish came up to have a look. Managed to catch this bad boy. Didn’t get a weight as we filleted it to save weight for the trip back but it was 1.24 metres long and solid. Went real hard on a SU400 and Stella 20000 with 80lb braid. First one for me landbased so pretty stoked. We also got a smaller one around 15kg that we released
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big john
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Great fish belly. What bait did the damage?
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little johnny
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That would have
Gone hard . Top fish
uncle
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Great fish
Would have gone hard
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Belly Fish
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Rock crab
Whole rock crab John. Basically sight fished for it.
big john
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Awesome
Awesome.
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Rick
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Good fish
Thats a great fish from the stones, well done mate
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JohnF
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Holy shit Belly!
Holy shit Belly!
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JohnF
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Holy shit Belly!
Holy shit Belly!
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axey45
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Well done off the rocks
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congrats. thats one fish
congrats. thats one fish worth bragging about . them things cant resist the crabs. thats the only bait my grandpop used for them down Augusta way
they are def on my bucket list to catch . even half that size i would be happy.
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axey45
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Mate, that’s a ripper. Well
Mate, that’s a ripper. Well done.
Adam Gallash
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Great blue, well done Belly.
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woody
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Awesome fish! Always worth
Awesome fish! Always worth the walk in for a fish like that. They just love burley and crabs dont they?
Simon5.7
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Awesome fish off the rocks
Awesome fish off the rocks
hezzy
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great fish belly ,, nice
great fish belly ,,
nice reward for effort mate !!!
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timboon
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I'm no expert having only
I'm no expert having only caught smaller models but you fellas on here that have caught fish this size before, someone want to put an estimate of its weight? Have to be pushing 30kegs wouldn't it if you compare to a big dhu
Jadeo
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HORSE!!!!! Top job
HORSE!!!!! Top job
swabio
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That is an epic fish!
That is an epic fish!
Browny
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That grouper really is a top
That grouper really is a top notch land based capture!
Looks real rough weather in the background!
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meglodon
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What a whopper
That is one hell of a catch from the stones well done.
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Thats a corker well done
Thats a corker well done mate.