First time for everything - Take 2
After last year finally managing the first legal Pinkie, Australia Day yielded our first legal Dhufish after eons of trying. Left from Ocean Reef at 6ish, pleasantly suprised by the few numbers in the car park. Trolled around and up and down for ~2.5 hours in the hope of first metro Mack, but with no luck. Decided to head out a little to a spot we had some sambo fun on a couple of years ago, and marked an interesting tiny peak on the way out. Hit that spot on the way back in. First drop and up popped a double of 2 little Dhuies, 1 at 48cm, and the other about half that...they went swimming back down with no problems...a couple of drifts later and my wife was on to something good. She has a back injury unfortunately for her, so it was up to me to lift, and she wound. The result was this 82 cm model, in very good nick due to the slow retrieve....so we decided to send it back on a release weight to be sure, and it swam down. I'm calling it half each!
Goatch
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Great fish
and an awesome release , Good on ya !!
Just one more cast , honest !!!
tot
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Date Joined: 31/01/10
the whole family
congrats on the release! i would have struggled to do so.
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meglodon
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thanks for sharing the experiance
thank you for sharing your experiance with us, well done on the release there is nothing like the feeling of seeing a great fish returning to live another day
grayzeee
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Date Joined: 09/07/09
Well done on the release of a
Well done on the release of a crackin fish.
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
dkonig82
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Date Joined: 06/07/10
great fish - must have been
great fish - must have been tough to release your first keeper though!
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
Greg Jones
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Date Joined: 31/12/08
Thanks for the comments
Thanks for the comments folks.....it was a sensational fish, and the release decision wasn't too easy, but a great feeling seeing it go for sure....we had to have lamb for dinner but....:(
Pilbra Dave
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Date Joined: 30/09/11
Nice fish and a great choice
Nice fish and a great choice of Boat, Got to love the Bar Crushers!
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bayliner
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Date Joined: 14/08/12
Congratulations greg and
Congratulations greg and missus!!!!!!!!!!! great fish, and well done for returning it..........