Happy days.... RECORD 18.064kg snapper (edited)
Submitted by BunburyYakfisha on Sat, 2013-05-18 19:36
Hi all..
So happy today gonna keep it short and sweet,
caught this stonka 16.1kg snapper ((weighed with scales)) today off bunbury, on the stella 5k ....
THIS IS NOW THE WA RECORD DUE TO INCORRECT SCALES, AND WEIGHED IN AT 18.064KG
http://www.aaawa.iinet.net.au/WAFishRecordListScientificNameOrder.pdf
enjoy this pics
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jng
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That's a big boy!
That's a big boy!
Adam Gallash
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jeebus
fair horse that!!
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lawndered
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Damn
Rockin fish
BunburyYakfisha
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thanks guys...only 2.4kg more
thanks guys...
only 2.4kg more and it would of been a australian record
CityFlicker
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SOLID, congrats.
SOLID, congrats.
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As Brian Taylor would
As Brian Taylor would say...'OH BOY WOWEE!!'
That is a horse!
Spitfire56
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What a great catch
Would be a great fish to get mounted?
BunburyYakfisha
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haha too late for that...
haha too late for that... all sliced up
petermac
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oh man
I am so jealous I just want 1 legal pink snapper and duhie before I die
jack93
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pm
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Spitfire56
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Shame
They look good on the wall, suppose a photo is just as good these days- congratulations
BunburyYakfisha
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yeahshould taste just as
yeah
should taste just as good tho... im pretty happy with a photo..
bod
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yep
with you yakfisha, look better on a plate. Great catch.
Torzar
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Man thats a snapper and a
Man thats a snapper and a half!! What a sweet fish, well done!!
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Monster
That's a fish of a lifetime. Well done!
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Thats madness, well done.
Thats madness, well done.
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Wota dinosaur, woulda pulled
Wota dinosaur, woulda pulled some string
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Handi 1
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Give the frame , if you stil
Give the frame , if you stil have it , to fisheries . I have the number if you want it . By the way , sick pink !
Dhui on river to sea jig a few years back , 16 kg ! PB for me .
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Ball tearer! That woulda
Ball tearer! That woulda gone hard even on heavy gear. Well done!
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Bluetonic
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Well done! You can get some
Well done! You can get some Huge Pink Snapper off Bunbury at this time of year.
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Mammoth .. I didn't realise
Mammoth .. I didn't realise they got that big , great catch .
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that is a great catch
bait catch??
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BunburyYakfisha
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thanks guys..its sure was a
thanks guys..
its sure was a fish of a life time, i gave the frame of the fish to a mate, i think he's gonna cook it
The snapper did go pretty hard, awsome fish on the stella 5k tho, and the snapper was caught on squid.
Cardinal
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wot a bloody fish!! donkey
wot a bloody fish!! donkey alright. congrats
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holy shit that is a massize
holy shit that is a massize pinkie!! Wht depth off water you in for that one??
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thanks..got him pretty
thanks..
got him pretty shallow, in 23m
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That's a hooter of a pinky,
That's a hooter of a pinky, probably one of the biggest I've seen. I remeber when I was a kid back in the early 70's my dad and my uncle found a pinky head somewhere in the sound that was 20lb on it's own. That would have been a massive fish intact.
Cheers
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Very happy days indeed,
Very happy days indeed, great catch
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damn! that woulda gone hard
damn! that woulda gone hard
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BunburyYakfisha
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did some research and found
did some research and found the WA state record for snapper is 16.15kg
soooooooooo close 50grams haha
unhurry
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Nice!
Congrats BunburyYakfisha on a VERY impressive amount of pink!
If you had let him swallow your squid bait you may have had a new WA state record then!
Initially thought you pulled this in from your kayak ( from your name) but the broad - smiled photo puts that thought to rest.
What rod you using, if I amy ask?
cheers
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haha thanksyeah i should of
haha thanks
yeah i should of let him swallow it, i would of love to catch him from the kayak but its just as good off the boat.
The rod im using is the Shimano jegrex rated at 30lb which is a perfic match for my stella 5k.
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Stonka
Fish of the month.
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thanksnot sure how to enter
thanks
not sure how to enter that fish of the mounth thing.
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F of the M
No such animal I'm afraid. It's the photo of the month but it's normally a combination of the both that takes it out. Just submit you photo in the competition category, you'll be with a shot I'd reckon.
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Wow, fish of a life time.
Wow, fish of a life time. I have been trying for a long time to get my first legal pinky and photos like your are great motivation. Thanks for sharing
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Bloody awesome mate!! I still
Bloody awesome mate!!
I still haven't landed a sized Pinky off Bunbury!
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+1 F of the M
That is double the size of my biggest pink, here i was thinking 8 kg was big..How mis-informed am I?
Pick it up, put it down....
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Absolute ripper mate! Well
Absolute ripper mate! Well done!
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congrats on the monster. fish
congrats on the monster. fish of a lifetime for sre. going to be hard to beat that pb
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Congrat's mate there are not
Congrat's mate there are not many of us that can brag that they have caught a pink over the old 30lb mark.
Well done
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Top fish
look on youtube for "arno bay 44lb snapper". It's on the wall of the Arno bay Pub now. My 20Lber looks like a sardine beside it. Your's still a bloody good fish in anyones eyes. cheers for the pic.
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Fish13
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grats bunbury yakfisha seen
grats bunbury yakfisha seen the pic in the local rag too. been some awesome catches lately off bunno. heads of big mullas and dhuies and now this snapper!!
I love this place so much then cockburn sound :P even though that artifical reef shits me to tears :(
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awesome pink! well done!
awesome pink! well done!
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Now thats something you dont
Now thats something you dont see every day! Ripper pink mate!
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
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thats a Horse!!!
thats a Horse!!!
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Congratulations on such a
Congratulations on such a prized fish. Well done!
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Great News Guys....This
Great News Guys....
This Snapper in the new Western Australian Recored.... Due to incorrect scales this snapper weighed in at 18.064kg and smashed the current recored.
The snapper was only 300 grams off the Australian recored. The recored is offcial, and was offcialized by John Curtis at AAAWA.
Here is the link to the recored for proof.
http://www.aaawa.iinet.net.au/WAFishRecordListCommonNameOrder.pdf
Cheers Jesse
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Epic
Epic fish, congrats on the record!
And how did I miss this first time round?
Well done.
BD
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Congrats mate. That a
Congrats mate. That a fabulous fish and well deserved of a record. Bad luck about the Ausr record, soooooooo close.
opsrey
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+1. ...... Very Epic.
Stae record of a Snapper is high value given its 2013. Congrats, and well done.
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Have to be super stoked with
Have to be super stoked with that one!!!!!! Awesome!!
Ill be buggered if Im going to enter anything into this months photo of the month!!!! Be a waste of a 'good' shot ;-)
BunburyYakfisha
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Thanks guys...I am truely
Thanks guys...
I am truely stoked to have the recored, was always my dream.
Cheers Jesse
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Congratulations!
Congratulations!
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Awesome capture mate well
Awesome capture mate well done!, can i ask, how much did it measure? Cheers...
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Great Fish
Well done
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