marlin weight....?
Submitted by Quobbarockhopper on Tue, 2012-09-11 11:57
Was out off the islands up here this weekend and landed a nice black (am assuming it was a black- pec fin didnt fold back, shortish bill etc...). Did the right thing and resisted the urge to pull him out of the water for a trophy pic and didnt get a good measure length wise... but what do you guys think it would have weighed from the pics I did get...?
Was a good session all up-only pulled pushers for about 3 hours inbetween bottom bounching and raised three of them (pretty rare for around here I think), all of them had a go at least one of the spread but only one found the hooks... but that was still enough to put a smile on my face.
anyway, and guesses at the weigh would be much appreciated
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black gen
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120
120
dodgy
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Hard to really tell without a
Hard to really tell without a length but I would guess around the 80 - 90kg mark. Nice fish.
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sea-kem
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Yeah I reckon 80kg
Yeah I reckon 80kg
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Lastchance
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454.54 kg by the looks -
454.54 kg by the looks - WA's first grander, should have weighed it.
Probably around the 80 kg mark - is a bit hard with the shots provided. Good fish and good on ya for not pulling it out of the water. They do taste ok but, so don't feel bad to keep one. Might fuck your 20kg of fillet limit though.
opsrey
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80 to 90kg
Great fish, thanks for sharing.
joffa
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Awesome fish from a tinny bro!!!
Sooo hard to tell weight from photo's but i'll go with the common theme for argument sake, wish i had that sort of interest down here - it's more like 3yrs for three fish down this way!!not three hours!!
great effort!
cheers Joffa