Going above / "below" and beyond the call of duty
Submitted by Andy Mac on Mon, 2011-04-18 14:11
Big shout out to Gully for going beyond the call of duty in getting a big cod back down to the depths whilst fishing up at Exmouth last week.
After a massive fight Gully pulled a huge metre plus cod up from about 40m and when the release weight wasn't enough for hit he jumped in the water and swam it down three times, the last time we added three dive weights to the release weight and together with the several metre dive by gully had the fish released back to its home.
Great to see an angler going to such great lengths to look after the fish. Maybe they should talk about that on 60 minutes.
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Andy Mac (Fishwrecked Reeltime Editor & Forum Moderator)
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inoz
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above and beyond.
well done gully, you are a true sportsman.
Mitch300491
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Great news guys, true effort
Great news guys, true effort and great too see
Ryan C
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well done
you crazy bastard!!!
fishnut
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nice one Gully - brilliant
nice one Gully - brilliant effort.
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well done Gully. goes to
well done Gully. goes to show we fisho's arent all about the killing of fish. send the report to the fremantle paper and see if that story gets published. great size cod
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Great to see there guysWell
Great to see there guys
Well done!
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abeldog
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Well Done Gully
After the week that was, you wouldn't get me in that water.
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legend
the man is a legend! no fear and deadly with a spear! fantastic to see someone go to those extremes to release such a fish - wonder how many have just watched similar fish float off with a "oh well never mind" attitude.
andy next time you gotta get longer arms tho mate , the in / out of water video was pretty funny!
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Classic
Go go gadget arms would have been good.
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dhuking
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good bloody effort
good on ya ,im sure every ozzy fisho would luv to c tha fish live.now thats (madkeen!)
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great effort mate, I love
great effort mate, I love your dedication to a special creature that deserved to keep living.
Oracle
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Well done
I am impressed that someone would do this! Can't say it would have been first thing on my mind!
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good effort
well done Gully , certainly good to hear when soemone puts in the extra effort to revieve a fish especially in deep water in Exy and a struggling fish
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Great effort mate!!
Great effort mate!!
cudbfishn
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Thats bloody awesome. Well
Thats bloody awesome. Well done dude!!!
JohnF
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top stuff mate!!!!
top stuff mate!!!!
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Good on ya Gully, you hero!
Good on ya Gully, you hero! Great to meet you up there too!
Pete D
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Top effort Gully.Once you
Top effort Gully.
Once you dive with these big puppy dogs, you'll understand why this dedication is warranted. They are a great fish.
Cheers Pete
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Well done gully!
Well done gully!
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Awesome mate
Wish I still had the guts to jump overboard and swim a potential shark meal down in shark infested water.
And I agree, show this to the Greenies and Pew etc.
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