My Pohnpei Blue
I headed out yesterday afternoon for a quick fish and within 30 minutes we hooked up what was estimated to be a 180-200kg Pacific Blue. Unfortunately we lost it a little while later. We were broken-hearted and headed straight home to get inside the reef before dark. With the marlin on my mind I lost some sleep but got to to head out again this morning for another crack. It took a little longer today, about 40 minutes..... Once the lines were cleared I fought it stand-up all the way to the boat, the black magic equalizer helping me out. About half an hour later it was boat side. The best feeling ever for me as I have lost a few since getting over here and this is the first one I've managed to get to the boat. I had never trolled before coming here and I am happy to say that I've reached the pinacle of fishing in the pacific, a blue marlin. I've got wahoo, dolphinfish, yellowfin and dogtooth tuna but this is the best of them all. Now I just have to get a 'larger' pinacle but for now I'm happy.
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Sammy the Salmon
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Good work!Muchos Jealous!
Good work!
Muchos Jealous!
kirky79
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Nice one mate! Estimated
Nice one mate! Estimated weight??
soupster51
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Weight
160lb weighed.
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terboz123
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Nice fish! was it realeased
Nice fish! was it realeased or one for the wall? always good to pop your cherry, i remember my first blue off hawaii like it was yesterday..... CONGRATULATIONS!
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Kept it
Cheers. Yep a day to remember for sure. I kept this one. The bill is drying as I type this. Nothing goes to waste here and 160lbs of marlin goes a long way to feeding the masses of people here that earn less than the average wage of $1.40 an hour. A really great day for me.
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terboz123
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nothing wrong with killing a
nothing wrong with killing a fish as long as it doesnt go to waste mate! My first marlin died boatside, due to us livebaiting it. WE brought it home was delicious and then gave away the rest. I tried to bring its bill home, and sydney customs didnt want a bar of it. well done , hope theres many more to come!
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gees soupy, get a
gees soupy, get a room.
nice fish there mate. gotta be stoked getting the blue. your next target could be a big black. well done
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prefere the 1000lb blue!
prefere the 1000lb blue!
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Yeah I was guessing at around
Yeah I was guessing at around the 80 kg mark, nice one
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Congrats mate. Always great
Congrats mate. Always great to achieve one of your fishing goals.
anypuddle
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fantastic , there harder
fantastic , there harder than u think to get to the boat, ive lost 2 after long fights sob sob. will get one someday
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Blue!
Well done mate...........you deserve that fish indeed and can fully understand keeping that fish due to poverty conditions for the locals!
Look forwand to catching up like old times.........c u soon!
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Cheers
Cheers Mate. As you know I'll only make any mistake once when it comes to fishing, unfortunately with marlin fishing it only takes one mistake and it's quite often all over. I reckon I've made most of the mistakes a man can make now and hopefully I'll see a few more coming in for a photo. Very excited with this one - my dream has come true.
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nice fish soupy, always good
nice fish soupy, always good to get that monkey off your back and start upgrading!
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Was looking forward to the
Was looking forward to the write up following the 'teaser' pic! Awesome stuff Soupy well done
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Awesome fish
Well done Soupy, you are certainly living the dream over there.
What's next on the "I have to catch" menu? I reackon this last year or so you have crossed off quite a few of them.
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Jigs
There's always a bigger fish in every species Andy, but for me any billfish is a great one. Once the weather settles (about June) I'll be having a good crack at ruby snapper and dog tooth tuna on jig. None of the boats have sounders though so it is a little hit and a lot miss when jigging here. Big GTs on popper will be on the list aswell.
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Dan
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Nice blue mate !- just don't
Nice blue mate !
- just don't get hooked on the fermented hibiscus juice and kava !! :)
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Cheers
Cheers Dan. They call it Sakau here. I've tried it (a few times) but it will never replace beer in my fridge, that's for sure.
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just saw this
Don't know how I missed this, great catch Soupy, well done mate!
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Cheers
Cheers. I have my favourite photo (not posted) as my screen saver, printed off and up at work, on the fridge at home. It was a special fish for me......
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Nice fish! Been to Pohnpei
Nice fish! Been to Pohnpei heaps of times for work but didn't get a chance to wet a line. Caught a blue about the same size a couple of years ago in Vanuatu and I still brag about it! Well done!
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Gotta be stoked with that,
Gotta be stoked with that, congrats !
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good onya soupster! Living
good onya soupster! Living the dream mate living the dream. Congrats mate
kill it??? eat it!!!!