My first Rotto Marlin
Submitted by Bush.man on Mon, 2011-03-07 12:37
Hi All
Caught this IP Blue Marlin on Saturday morning just North of Rotto in 35m! It took a small tuna pusher (blue & purple colour). Est. weight 50-60kg. Great fun on 10kg rig. Swam off in good condition. Great day out with some nice SBT too.
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Aaron Santos
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well done mate, you gotta be
well done mate, you gotta be more then happy with that. congrats.
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Lucky Tim
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crazy stuff, good work mate
crazy stuff, good work mate
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Epic
This sounds like its going to be the most epic metro pelagic season ever.
Top work Bush.man!
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allrounder
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it is getting better John
but still a fair way to go to match the late 90s when some boats had 8 plus fish up in a day.It is well on its way though.I am sure a few will be annoyed that the salmon dont look like getting a look in.Me personally i prefer to see marlin,macks,dollies,wahoo and yellowfin.
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
hlokk
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Nice marlin! Especially for
Nice marlin! Especially for 35m. Seems theres a few in shallower, rather than only at the trench.
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Nice catch, that looks more
Nice catch, that looks more like a black, glad to hear it swam off to live and be caught another day, a fish like that is too good to be only caught once
allrounder
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Well done mate
another one for the year.
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
Bush.man
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Blue or Black?
You might be right fisherman, it is hard to tell when they are young. It came to the boat with a bright blue tail and some stripes similar to a Stripey. I assumed a young Blue? Blacks have a more rounded top fin?
Alan James
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I would say black
The plate of skin over the gills of a blue is about half the length of that of a black.
Well done by the way.
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Another awesome fish! well
Another awesome fish! well done man
till
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If you had to hold his dorsal
If you had to hold his dorsal up, its a blue. IIRC blacks can't lay theirs down.
Great fish either way!
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I would call it a Black too.
I would call it a Black too. Pectoral fin is the giveaway. They go well on the light tackle.
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Great Work
Bushy, Nice Marlin to add to the bucket list.
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hlokk
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Any pics of the back of the
Any pics of the back of the marlin? I was told that looking at the second dorsal and anal fin is an easy way to tell them apart (apart from the fixed dorsal).
Heres a pic from the Marine Fishes oF NW Australia:
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Two things that stuck out for me was the start of the second dorsal and anal (dorsal before on the black, after on the blue) and also the pectoral fins seem a lot lower on the black. Obviously the fixed dorsal is obvious, but not so easy in photos
SamC
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Fun size bill on 10kg, good
Fun size bill on 10kg, good stuff Bushman.
And yep Black for sure, as dodgy said the pec fin is the giveaway
Cheers,
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yep....
rigid pec fin = black, nice beaky for shallow/metro water Bush.man
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Top effort Bushman, who said
Top effort Bushman, who said you can't land Marlin on 10 kg eh,
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Fantastic - great fish. Wish
Fantastic - great fish. Wish it was like this all the time.
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Nice fish Bush. Good to see the hard work pay off
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Top effort
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black
As the others have said, its a black, but really who gives a shit, its a marlin from shallow waters at Rotto - Yewtz!
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thats awsome getting it in
thats awsome getting it in 35m, well done
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Well Done
Nice fish in shallow water thats for sure
Still be smiling I bet.............
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Bones76
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Great fish...
Great fish...
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Happy Days - great Marlin.
Happy Days - great Marlin. Congrats.
Cheers Pete
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Damn - great fish. Guess I
Damn - great fish.
Guess I know how ill be spending every bit of decent weather for the next couple of months!
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Bloody hell
35m Metro. Thats shallow for even up here!! Awesome beaky and a billie is a billie, no matter whether we get the ID right or wrong. Great catck on 10kg. Did you do it standup, gimble ??? I can see the gimble belt, but the rod hasnt got the rubber removed? Also watch the seat upholstery, them have sharp billies! LOL
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Awesome
Well done, thats a capture and a half for the metro.
What was the water temp like?
Were there any birds in the area or was this just a blind troll?
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Great effort mate. Something
Great effort mate. Something to remember. That's going to be hard to beat now.
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congrats mate, a true top
congrats mate, a true top catch and in the metro waters to boot!
Not many can claim a black marlin in Perth waters.
Well done
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