Well then...

This is my mate who i went with on saturday night who decided he wanted to go agian on another little trip down the beach. To the same spot.

Yesterday the 18th of Jan was another windy arvo when this friend of mine decided it was time for a walk down the beach with the wife and kid. He grabbed his gear (12 ft beach rod with a penn gti reel loaded with 80lb braid), 2 mullet and headed for the beach. It was just getting late when he got there and cut a fillet off his first mullet and off went the first cast. He felt that he may not have casted into the correct position so after about 2 minutes of waiting he reeled it back in. Out went the second cast a little further and he felt he had nailed it this time, as the bait hit the bottom he went to flick over the bail arm, but the line was coming off at an alarming rate already. WTF !!! he said quietly to himself so with a swift drop of the rod and the bail arm engaged he was on to something big. The blistering run seemed to last a lifetime and due to the size of the reel in comparison to the braid on the reel he was llosing line fast. As the drag got a little tighter he managed to stop the fish and begin to get some back to which the fish replied , ''I AINT DONE YET'' off it goes again with even more speed than the first. He was lucky enough that the drag was set just right to be able to stop the fish and begin the task of bringing it back to the shore.

After approximately 100 years or what felt like an eternity the fish was near the shore and he was not expecting anything other than a stingray (we always think positive) when once again the red eyes show up in the surf.

OH MY F%*&ING GOD!!! he screams LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT !!!

Passed the rod to the mrs as he went to the waters edge to grab it and drag it out of the water.

With a grin from ear to ear he said HOW the F*^&K am i going to get this home, so, leaving the mrs down the beach he runs home to grab the ute to load up the prized catch.

Then when he gets home he sends me a msg '' mine is bigger than yours ''

Jerk

Marvel at this beast

No length measurement but it went 24kgs on the scales

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