My Biggest GT to date
Submitted by Mattyb34 on Thu, 2013-01-03 11:17
Beat my previous record by a heap. Had scales that went to 22kg and it topped out at that. One happy camper :-)
He was released healthy to fight another day!
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Karratha
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till
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Nice fish! best not to hang
Nice fish!
best not to hang them by the neck if you plan to release them though.
opsrey
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Top job, but where is a photo of your lure :)
Looks like you needed new and higher reading scales from Santa. Perhaps a tripod and chain block to lift the next one. Thanks for sharing, not sure beating this one will happen quickly.
maybe beer can with trebles?
Noxious
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Great fish mate, well done.
Great fish mate, well done.
I agree with Till, not the best handling technique if your planning on releasing a fish.
Happy fishing! :)
Mattyb34
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Yeah I totally forgot about
Yeah I totally forgot about not hanging them in the excitement. Did get a few sit down shots though so was only up real quick and he swam away well after a minute of swimming him.
Just the normal red head lure, thought I had hooked the ground for a while !
Karratha
Noxious
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Fair call.. excitement will
Fair call.. excitement will do that to a man!
soupster51
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Congrats
Congrats on the PB. Very solid fish.
The best reason for doing what's right today is tomorrow.
dkonig82
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Nice fish mate, would have
Nice fish mate, would have gone bloody hard. Where was it taken?
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.
Mattyb34
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In Dampier. Around the top of
In Dampier. Around the top of the islands
Karratha
pricey10
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Nice G man! Was that takin
Nice G man! Was that takin on a troll was it?
Karratha. WA
Mattyb34
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funny story actually
funny story actually Pricey10
we were just flicking bait over some real shallow water about 2m and decided to go for a troll, Just started to let my lure out the back and the bloody thing bird nested and I figured I had snagged the ground. Sat there and pulled all the line out still thinking I had snagged it then started realing in and off she took. Bloody lucky more than anything, the lure would have been almost just sitting there!!! I will still take it however they come :-)
Karratha