estimated 70kg bass grouper off Jurien

just had a read of this - pretty impressive pulling up with a handline (well some of the way at least after the reel failed)
Few fillets there... !

https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/perth-angler-catches-massive-grouper-that-turns-out-to-be-too-big-for-the-scales-ng-b88475744z


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 Once in a lifetime capture ,

Mon, 2017-05-15 17:33

 Once in a lifetime capture , but surely at that size it'll be like fish jerky??

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That's insane

Mon, 2017-05-15 18:11

 Huge

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Fark

Mon, 2017-05-15 19:54

 Massive fish

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Same bloke was in the news a

Mon, 2017-05-15 20:23

Same bloke was in the news a few weeks ago for another big oogly out of jurien, hes certainly found jurassic park out there

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Deep water only 17nm out

Tue, 2017-05-16 06:46

From Escape Island, hence easy to target deep water species, there are regularly huge snapper schools along the edge of the drop off where it goes from 100 to well in excess of 400 in less than a mile 

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 Lol how are some of the

Tue, 2017-05-16 11:09

 Lol how are some of the lefty pc comments about it. I particularly like the classic " you should have let it swim away" . Tossa's.Well done by the way great catch.

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 I've just dedicated a thread

Tue, 2017-05-16 12:12

 I've just dedicated a thread to that Willo ;) 

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 Yeah saw that mate , wish i

Tue, 2017-05-16 13:47

 Yeah saw that mate , wish i was Aunty Jack so i could reach through the internet and rip their bloody arms off 

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Unreal catch.

Wed, 2017-05-17 07:08

Unreal to see fish of that size come out of the depths. Been lucky enough to catch 2 smaller versions of 8 bar cod.
We were told they ate well !! Each to their own. I believe the Trevalla's eat well ? Is that so ?