pulled my arms off!
First Amberjack - "wow" - by-far hardest fight I've ever had;
Caught lots of sambos and YTKs and none had anything on this (albeit I've never caught either over 20kg - so a bigger YTK might be a diff story....I know other people like to debate the best fighter out there, but I can only comment on personal experience and this is it for me (so far)).
Came in just a touch under 34kg.
Pulled up from about 100 metres, south passage tantabiddi.
(Initially thought I'd hooked up on the bottom as we were on a fast drift on some snaggy ground, but then started ripping off line in the opposite direction to our drift).
I know not a prised eater, but kept it for the BBQ as it was buggered by the time we got to the boat.....tasted a like Mackie to me.
75lb fish on 50lb gear - pretty happy with it :)
sorry about the crappy pics - couldn't transfer from phone too well
.thumbnail.jpg "Exmouth Bull!")
big john
Posts: 8756
Date Joined: 20/07/06
Cracker
Excellent fish Chris.
WA based manufacturer and supplier of premium leadhead jigs, fligs, bucktail jigs, 'bulletproof' soft plastic jig heads and XOS bullet jig heads.
Jigs available online in my web store!
Auslobster
Posts: 1901
Date Joined: 03/05/08
34kg...
...without bothering to do they conversion, I'd call it 80 lbs! Well done!
uncle
Posts: 9487
Date Joined: 10/02/07
thats a hooter
would have been a good fight
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
Callum24
Posts: 1015
Date Joined: 24/06/12
thumping amber mate never
thumping amber mate never eaten one that big but nothing wrong with the smaller ones on the chew love em
Qualified carpet layer available for jobs big and small
Chris fish
Posts: 847
Date Joined: 23/02/11
They go bloody hard!! The
They go bloody hard!! The 30kg one I speared dragged me 500m from where I shot it and tried to reef me to throw the spear about 20 times!! Powerful fish that's for sure and much more stubborn than sambos but still have to say a big YTK makes anything I've ever fought look silly!!
always looking for a new challenge!!
Justin M
Posts: 1207
Date Joined: 14/01/13
farkin horse that one!
farkin horse that one!