Today's 110cm 22kg Dhu.
Out from Woodies today at 5:30am, solo mind you...
Into the 80+m for snapper.. Well after the sun came up it was like a carpark out there, complete with pingers and guys just simply driving over your drift line within coo-ee. Morning went like this.
Shark
Shark
Sambo
Dropped Sambo
Shark.
Not cool so ventured into the 40's.
Came upon a likely lump (I have no spots out there)
Bait - Dropped fish
Bait - Sambo with a shark following it up. Fed up, head for home early.
On the way - cruise over a lump. Couldn't be bothered stopping as I was low on bait. Ah well, still early so a u-turn and had a drop.
Dropped fish. Spewing. Went to look at the sounder and thought to myself - if it still looks good, I'll drop a jig. Over the shoulder - It's like Christmas lights all over the 587. Get the jig rod from the launcer and feed the Haoili down
On the drop BANG. Loaded up and I had a shitfight on my hands.
Thought it was the mother of all Sambos... Peeling line from the 8000 Sized Stradic with 65lb on the spool.. But it had weight....
Gain line, lose line. Repeat..
After a battle I see colour - and there's colour a-plenty!!
Up bobs this monster Dhu.. Well beyond a PB...
He goes 109cm on the mat and a touch under 22kg on the bathroom scales!!!!!
Back at Woodman Point by 11:45am..
Horse.. Will try and get a photo up holding the beast tomorrow.. It's just massive!! Deep, long and fat.. Eyes like dinner plates :-)
Dale
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awesome!! Well done for persevering.
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Mr Wolf
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awesome stuff
awesome stuff
rocklobster
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Cracker Dhu! Fillets galore!
Cracker Dhu! Fillets galore! Good stuff
little johnny
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Nice
Big boy
Rick
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Beast
Beast of a fish, well done mate
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uncle
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very very nice
Gotta keep trying
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
Tim
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Top
Top fish. Will be hard to beat that one
ChrisG
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Stonker
stonker
well done mate
quadfisher
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Barefoot solo 22kg dhu on jig
um um , speechless, now thats old school WA fishn at its best!
quadfisher
meglodon
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What a horse
Well done that's one prime fish.
lefty1975
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well done
that will take some beating .
sea-kem
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ahhh the bigger one's taste
ahhh the bigger one's taste like shit
Nah awesome catch mate
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dw72
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stoinker!
good one mate!
beeroclock
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Awesome awesome report and catch congrats
my pb is 18kg yearsa ago before perth started gettin fished out great fish and well done mate!
Messiah
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Cheers boys. He's a stonker!
Cheers boys. He's a stonker! Still pumped..only downer was jumping round the boat on my own shouting yee hah, with no bastard around to capture the grin. Lol.. sent the obligatory pic to all those that declined the deckie spot
Adam Gallash
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killed it
Thats a fish of a lifetime, congrats!!!
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Jaggo
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That's awesome! What type of
That's awesome! What type of sharks were bothering you?
Deckie
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Nice
A +20Kg Dhui would have to bring a smile a mile wide to your face. Cracker catch & well done.
cheers & be safe
Cheers & Stay safe
randall df223
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Great fish persistence
Great fish
persistence pays!
Fish! HARD!
Ush
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no way! Adrenalin chase,
no way! Adrenalin chase, ecstasy fix, lunch and dinner for the next month sorted!
Got keen?
Madmerv
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In the club
Cracking the 20Kg club. Top fish there.
Now you will surley be releasing anything around that 20Kg mark so us jeleous bastards can get a shot??
Love it..
Sometimes when the water is quiet, you can hear the fish laughing at you !
Bluetonic
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I can tell by having your
I can tell by having your feet in the picture that that is a very big Dhu! And caught doing a solo, Fantastic catch!
Blue Sky, Blue Water, Bluetonic!
king chief
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great fish
great fish
Live hard fish harder
Notorious
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Awesome fish
Awesome fish
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tim-o
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Big Buck
Damn, a fish like that is sure to cure a case of solo sulkin, and to get it on jig! Mark that spot, his missus is prolly still lurkin around and will be lookin for comfort food. Top work, wlda gone hard
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Fisheagle
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Most will only dream of a fish like this
Congrats - looking forward to your upgrade!
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Messiah
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Well I had a beer with the
Well I had a beer with the big boy while I processed him today, after keeping him to set in the saltwater slurry overnight. Now I'm not usually a fan of keeping big fish and I paid him the respect he deserved. 3hrs to carefully remove the fillets, wings and drop the head from the frame (cheeks out) - trim up and get into manageable portions... Cryo into overtime!
Was gojng to send the frame into research, but I couldn't bare to let anything go to waste. Earmarked for the bbq tomorrow with some lemon pepper and fresh bread. Head will end up as stock or soup (will need a bloody big pot!)
Vowed to not keep such a big beast again, they're just too old and deserve to keep swimming. I could french cut his ribs the bones are that think.
Tim-o - Spot is marked on 3 devices, written down on paper - in the safe and saved to the cloud!!. And yeah he went hard. The power of the runs! Zero respect for 11 kilos of drag!!! Just had me thinking "what the hell have I got?!"
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that's what it's all
that's what it's all about.
If you don't feel something once you've killed after the hunt then something is not quite right.
respect to you aswell.
leighroy
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What a fish!
great stuff
soupster51
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Awesome
Dhuuuuu Bangerrrrrr. Great fish.
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dkonig82
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Amazing capture mate -
Amazing capture mate - should've been dropping those jigs to begin with ;-)
A beast of a thing
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Boydy
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Big blimp. Great to see you
Big blimp.
Great to see you got him a jig.
That PB will take some beating!
Nice one.
azza1
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What a cracker. Dream fish
What a cracker. Dream fish for sure
crasny1
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Im still dreaming
Your Not!!!
Well done on a 20k plus banger.
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Damage82
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Nice!
I love to get one like that!
Brock O
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Congrats
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BarraSlayer
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Awesome mate
Awesome mate
Cheers
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