now that is unreal! hahaha 2 blokes holding him and that thing just continues to get quicker!!! haha poor fisho gettin made piss.... that 60kg bentbutt is bending thru the handle!! anyways i still got 5mins to watch hahaha
tuna should tire after a few runs, a continuous run like that is unusual. Why would you cut it off? Let the reel do its job and tire the fish, and besides that the Shimano reels generally hold 800m (roughly) of the corresponding line class - if it spools you, then so be it.
But to say he should have cut off (what would have been potentially the fish of a 1000 lifetimes and or a world record) is utter stupidity on your behalf.
yeh not sure if id just cut it off.... just listen to the skipper he hadnt ever seen one go like that before so hard and so deep.... just out of interest because it seems there fishing over NZ n Tassie way but has anyone else watched the Wanganella Banks dvd where the big stripey gets hammered by that giant squid? amazing.... not sayin this happened here but possible???? we will never know
You've got some interesting comments alright dhuboi... Makes one wonder.. I'm with you Podman, a squid or shark or something of the like, certainly seemed bigger than just a tuna. Especially for a 130w.
plus water drag on the line i would have backed off a little.It broke at the reel when he put a bit more on it.If it was a 350kg bluefin it would hardly know it was hooked for the first couple of mins.Good fight anyway you look at it.That is one of my trips before i die list.Must remember to take at least 2 130 reels and join the gym a year in advance.
surely the skipper could have done more maybe get some more angle on the fish, try and plane it up or try and get around the other side instead of just drifting there
what ever is on the other end of that rod there was no chance of him gettin that it in , no having to blokes grab u only to nearly still go in the drink . So you would rather let a fish spool you completely and waste a couple of hundred bucks if not more then a thousand , when it takes all ya line , and possibly even stuffs the reel ?
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had to watch
all 10 minutes...heard mention of a russian submarine!!
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i wouldnt wanna be him
i wouldnt wanna be him
HuggyB
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I dont know about you all
But I would have been inching that drag a little closer to sunset about halfway through the spool.
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yeah i thought the same
yeah i thought the same thing
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POWER!!
now that is unreal! hahaha 2 blokes holding him and that thing just continues to get quicker!!! haha poor fisho gettin made piss.... that 60kg bentbutt is bending thru the handle!! anyways i still got 5mins to watch hahaha
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DhuBoi
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what a dikhead i wouldt have
what a dikhead i wouldt have cut the line he knew he wasnt going to get it in !!! now there is a fish with like 3km of line hanging of it
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HuggyB
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well not exactly
tuna should tire after a few runs, a continuous run like that is unusual. Why would you cut it off? Let the reel do its job and tire the fish, and besides that the Shimano reels generally hold 800m (roughly) of the corresponding line class - if it spools you, then so be it.
But to say he should have cut off (what would have been potentially the fish of a 1000 lifetimes and or a world record) is utter stupidity on your behalf.
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poddyfish
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yeh
yeh not sure if id just cut it off.... just listen to the skipper he hadnt ever seen one go like that before so hard and so deep.... just out of interest because it seems there fishing over NZ n Tassie way but has anyone else watched the Wanganella Banks dvd where the big stripey gets hammered by that giant squid? amazing.... not sayin this happened here but possible???? we will never know
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yeh
You've got some interesting comments alright dhuboi... Makes one wonder.. I'm with you Podman, a squid or shark or something of the like, certainly seemed bigger than just a tuna. Especially for a 130w.
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HuggyB
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considering
the drag at strike would have been pulling 20kg!
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Alan James
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Drag
And double that with a half empty spool.
allrounder
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drag at 20
plus water drag on the line i would have backed off a little.It broke at the reel when he put a bit more on it.If it was a 350kg bluefin it would hardly know it was hooked for the first couple of mins.Good fight anyway you look at it.That is one of my trips before i die list.Must remember to take at least 2 130 reels and join the gym a year in advance.
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
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I honestly could say i would
I honestly could say i would have been pulled in no doubt about it,
HuggyB
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That goes without saying James
I reckon I've picked up wet rags that are heavier than you!
And dont worry, that guy had a fair bit of help or he would have ended up in the drink. whatever it was he had hooked was pulling like a steam train.
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flangies
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that was only 10 minutes of
that was only 10 minutes of potential hours too ! poor guy
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surely the skipper could
surely the skipper could have done more maybe get some more angle on the fish, try and plane it up or try and get around the other side instead of just drifting there
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what ever is on the other
what ever is on the other end of that rod there was no chance of him gettin that it in , no having to blokes grab u only to nearly still go in the drink . So you would rather let a fish spool you completely and waste a couple of hundred bucks if not more then a thousand , when it takes all ya line , and possibly even stuffs the reel ?
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