Finally something to post! Quiet morning Mulla!

Headed to Quinns Rocks (usually ok for tailor or 2) at about 6 this morning second ones on the beach, water was flat hour past barely a nibble. Approx 715am line went tight and started taking drag off my 13' Daiwa Sensor Surf/Saragosa 18000F combo, quickly called it for a Eagle ray, tightened the drag up and started gaining line, after about 6 or 7 mins saw a flapping on the surface which me and my mate Ali found not to resemble and Eagle ray, this spot is reknown for eagle rays but usually on the first or second run they jump no such acrobatics from this fish. I backed off the drag as i wanted to make sure what it was, eventually the beast surfaced about 10m out with large golden flanks glowing in the morning sunlight over our shoulders. MULLA!!! loosened the drag off a touch more and got it to the breakers and first wave beached my first horse mulloway suprised by the size of the thing on the quietest fishing morning ive ever had. Nothing else caught by us or anyone else on the beach.

Went approx 120cm and at a guess between 18-20kgs. BTW im 6'4"

 

Ali

 

 


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nice one. I got one a few

Mon, 2013-04-01 11:12

nice one. I got one a few years back that was 122cm and 17.1kg on cert scales.

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im just guestimating, not

Mon, 2013-04-01 11:17

im just guestimating, not trying to put forward for any records!

 my mate in this photo caught one in the river slightly shorter and 17.5kgs and he said this was definately bigger

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Awsome

Mon, 2013-04-01 11:26

Awsome catch mate. I used to fish along there all the time and ony saw a few mulla's ever landed. You must be stoked with a beast like that .

Cheers Grant .

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 Oh nice fish mate, well

Mon, 2013-04-01 13:04

 Oh nice fish mate, well done

 

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great fish

Mon, 2013-04-01 13:22

well done some good meals coming up no doubt

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Great fish mate. A moment to

Mon, 2013-04-01 13:27

Great fish mate. A moment to remember for sure!

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Great fish and fantastic

Mon, 2013-04-01 14:37

Great fish and fantastic weather.  The ocean looks very inviting!

 

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Great fish been trying to

Mon, 2013-04-01 16:25

Great fish been trying to catch one but no luck what bait was it on?

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Mulie on your regulation

Tue, 2013-04-02 17:03

Mulie on your regulation Paternoster style setup 4/0 gangs

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Fantastic! Nice fish!

Mon, 2013-04-01 17:53

Fantastic! Nice fish!

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Good result mate. Well done!

Mon, 2013-04-01 18:05

Good result mate. Well done!

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great mulla

Mon, 2013-04-01 18:07

mate thats awesome from a spot like that. looks like a smimming hole not a mulla hang out. well done buddy, mabey my turn tonight!

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nice

Mon, 2013-04-01 18:22

that's a nice catch, all I ever get there is herring and whiting. did see a huge ray in the shallows on good Friday.

the kid in the backround looks like he is having a tantrum.... he wants the mulla!

congrats again mate

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Whens its a bit rough you can

Tue, 2013-04-02 17:07

Whens its a bit rough you can count on a few tailor showing up, but in these conditions you can count on herring and whiting as the sun comes up the rays normally start to patrol which i thought this was.

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Thats a great catch

Mon, 2013-04-01 18:25

Thats a great catch mate...suitably jealous. Going to have to try that beach again one day.

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 Awesome catch on such a

Mon, 2013-04-01 19:25

 Awesome catch on such a perfect morning weatherwise!! Nice work, id be smiling for days after that mullaz :D

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great catch, one to remember

Tue, 2013-04-02 01:14

great catch, one to remember for sure

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Awesome

Tue, 2013-04-02 08:16

Awesome capture for that time of day and that location.

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 Unreal catch mate some only

Tue, 2013-04-02 08:43

 Unreal catch mate some only ever dream of fish like that.

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And that was me until

Tue, 2013-04-02 17:16

And that was me until yesterday!

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very nice mate and looks like

Tue, 2013-04-02 09:38

very nice mate and looks like a beaut day on the beach!!

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 Very jealous! Awesome fish,

Tue, 2013-04-02 10:40

 Very jealous! Awesome fish, haven't heard of many Mullas gettting caught in the mornings.

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thanx for the kind words

Tue, 2013-04-02 17:05

thanx for the kind words fellas a complete jag on my behalf.

dont mind sayin where as its very unlikely to happen again or me even fish that spot in near future.

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Mulla

Wed, 2013-04-03 22:42

 Excellent work, lots of mulla around this year, put in the time and you get rewarded

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Metro

Thu, 2013-04-04 07:30

 Awesome fish even more so from metro.. Well done mate

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 so you caught it next to

Thu, 2013-04-04 08:46

 so you caught it next to where boats anchor in a bay somewhere? 

haha

i cant believe the water is that flat and something like that jumps on! i reckon if that mulla was quite a bit shorter, say 8-9kg, then you might have caught a few more from a school cruising past

at that size they seem to cruise solo!

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 well.done mate they are an

Thu, 2013-04-04 20:08

 well.done mate they are an awesome fish got one myself on the weekend and same was nearly flat calm  they are definantly a fish to remember well done mate 

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