East Coast Bills
Myself and a mate wrer lucky enough to get on a boat - 37 Riv and fish the NSW Game Fish Interclub Tournament out of Port Stephens. The whole crew including the skipper were all rookies having never caught a billfish of any description so we were all pumped to get into some fish.
Final result Day 1 Tag & Rlease of a Shortbilled Spearfish taken on trolled skirt purple on 8 KG line class est.weight 25- 30 KG
Day 2 Tag & Release of a Blue Marlin taken on skip bait slimy mackeral on 15 KG lineclass est.weight 150KG
Day 3 Cancelled Bad Weather
Day 4 Tag & Release of another Shortbilled Spearfish taken on trolled skirt purple on 8 KG lineclass est weight 25-30 KG
If we had killed either of the Spearfish and weighed them would likely have been a record as the record is 26.5 on 8KG
Although other boats in the fleet of 176 boats caught more fish and some less we were all stoked about catching our first bills and watching them swim away again !
Good luck to all you guys chasing those West Coast Bills over the coming weeks
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dodgy
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That's a great result for a
That's a great result for a bunch of Billie virgins! Even better to get them all on light gear. How do te Spearfish go? I did hear they had a really big year on them on the east coast this year.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
FlyingFisherman
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Thanks dodgy
And yeh and must b e a good year for them, I heard of at least 2 others caght over the 2 weekends much smaller than ours , still a pretty rare catch , the 2 we caught went hard on the 8KG stayed down deep, didn't do the arials like the Marlin. Do you get the Speafish over there and how big do they get ?
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Goodz
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Great work Ian getting a few
Great work Ian getting a few fish to the boat! Must have been the Flying Fisherman gear that did it
Faulkner Family
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gotta be happy with those
gotta be happy with those results first time out. never even heard of a spearfish before. learn something new each day
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
FlyingFisherman
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Flying Fisherman Gear
Your right Goodz, Must have been the Flying Fisherman gear the whole crew were wearing, seams like if you want catch some great fish get yourself some Flying Fisherman gear !
Anyone know if you get the Shortbilled Spearfish over there in the west and if so how big do they get ?
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212 Brooklyn Rd, Brooklyn NSW 2083
Ph: +61 2 9985 8272 • 0416 231 324
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