not a bad size at all. shame it was taken like that but after that amount of fighting my guess that it would have been spent with no chance of recovery. heard they taste great tho. congrats to the angler
I was told that the whole town turned up for the weigh in. Marlin is great tucker smoked and for most people the only time they would get to try marlin is at weigh ins. I'm pretty sure that this fish would have been divided up.
It's a whole different argument. Marlin are certainly not endangered and it was split up and consumed by the community.
As far as I'm concerned its as sustainable as keeping a 10kg red or dhu... Hardly like blokes are going to kill enough of them to put the stocks in any kind of danger.
Didnt see a blue on Friday, worked hard all day at the rigs with Bernie, dropped a 150kg black on Tuesday. :( Got told Eddie dropped a 600lb'er that ate 4 baits and still didn't hook up on Friday, its hit and miss, but plenty of hits from what I've been hearing.
I can imagine what he was feeling. Brings back memories to when I hooked into one at Gnaraloo around the 100kg mark it was virtually unstoppable. If everyone feasted on it then all the better.
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sammy85
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Big fish 7.5 hours is a long
Big fish 7.5 hours is a long time on 37kg good work boys
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snappermiles
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great effort
seen that boat on sunday go past us as we were fishing! looks like a well set up boat!! bugger fighting a fish for that long
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Sammy the Salmon
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That a big fish, and on
Thats a big fish, and on stand up gear too!
What sorta length would one of those bad boys be?
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Awesome fish, but what do you
Awesome fish, but what do you do with it at the end of it all?
Fish for thrills....
Sammy the Salmon
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Win!
^^^ Win!
meglodon
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it would be interesting
I must confess that I'm interested to know at the end of the day what happened to this fish also.
It would be a crime if it ended up on the rubbish tip such a bad ending for a magneficent fish
TheJettyRat
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Thats true, it would have
Thats true, it would have been an old fish aswell.
johno
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agreed and a good point
agreed and a good point Meglodon, might be a few fillets.. now how would that go in the total weight limit of fillets? makes me think alright ..
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dodgy
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I guess the same as every
I guess the same as every other marlin they weigh... filleted and distributed amongst the crowd. Never been a problem getting rid of it before.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Dreamtime
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noice
epic fish... the bloody tail would have to be a metre and a half high, no wonder it took so long to get in. hard enough catchin a 1.5m fish!
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not a bad size at all. shame
not a bad size at all. shame it was taken like that but after that amount of fighting my guess that it would have been spent with no chance of recovery. heard they taste great tho. congrats to the angler
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Goatch
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Awesome fish
Well done to Rowan and the boys ,after 7 1/2 hours both fish and angler would have been pretty fingered I'd imagine .
Just one more cast , honest !!!
soupster51
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Quality
That's an awesome fish. We're talking a 700lb fish on 80lb gear, that's quality fishing right there.
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Justo82
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Shame to kill it. But it
Shame to kill it. But it would have been stuffed by the end of it all. It would feed an army alright.
marble
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We had a look when they had
We had a look when they had it on the gantry. Friggin horse of a thing, solid all the way to the tail .
Great effort boys, hope it gets approved for the records.
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TheJettyRat
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What a monster, a true dream
What a monster, a true dream catch.
jettyrat
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I was told
I was told that the whole town turned up for the weigh in. Marlin is great tucker smoked and for most people the only time they would get to try marlin is at weigh ins. I'm pretty sure that this fish would have been divided up.
dodgy
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Going off there at the
Going off there at the moment. 6 blues tagged today.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
uncle
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bloody amazing
when u can't kill GWs and whales etc, but its ok to kill a beautiful fish like this, for a f........ record, WTF
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dodgy
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It's a whole different
It's a whole different argument. Marlin are certainly not endangered and it was split up and consumed by the community.
As far as I'm concerned its as sustainable as keeping a 10kg red or dhu... Hardly like blokes are going to kill enough of them to put the stocks in any kind of danger.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Lastchance
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Here here Dodgy.10kg red
Here here Dodgy.
10kg red would almost be the same age as the Blue and there are plenty of them fish around for a few to be weighed.
Adam Gallash
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quiet
Didnt see a blue on Friday, worked hard all day at the rigs with Bernie, dropped a 150kg black on Tuesday. :( Got told Eddie dropped a 600lb'er that ate 4 baits and still didn't hook up on Friday, its hit and miss, but plenty of hits from what I've been hearing.
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dodgy
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Jeez. Bernie has a quick turn
Jeez. Bernie has a quick turn around. He's at a function here in Perth today.
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Adam Gallash
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yep
Hahha, yep, when you see him, tell him thanks for leaving my rod out for me to get this morning. :)
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Record Blue!
Well done to Rohan, he's a mate of mine and seems to find himself at the right time/right place ......... jammy prick
Congrats to Matt Niikkula for skippering and the crew to assist.............a cracker blue indeed
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Later
Let's do this next year. I might have a few tricks to bring to the table now......LOL.
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sea-kem
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I can imagine what he was
I can imagine what he was feeling. Brings back memories to when I hooked into one at Gnaraloo around the 100kg mark it was virtually unstoppable. If everyone feasted on it then all the better.
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