The Top End
Submitted by KEN_DOG on Wed, 2011-12-07 13:34
A few shots of a Black the crew and i tagged on a trip out from Darwin recently,
She went 2700 short measurement......approx 200kg.
Also had a strike from a second fish which appeared slightly smaller, but missed the hook up.
Quite a few free swimming/Jumping sails were sighted over the 2 day trip but only the big girls were on the chew.
Cheers
Ken
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Lucky Tim
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man that's a good fish for
man that's a good fish for Darwin. I've never heard of any big bills from up that way. Was this on the gutters or off Dundee?
Brucesta
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great fish there Ken Dog, i'd
great fish there Ken Dog, i'd love to tangle wioth one that big. I too thought only the rats frequent the NT coast, but i'm always happy to be corrected with a fish like that!
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Solid
Solid fish, god i cant wait to get home!
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KEN_DOG
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Tim - a bit thin in
Tim - a bit thin in comparison to exmouth and the like, but they are around......like i mentioned in the post we missed another largish fish, a fish measuring 2300 was landed that same weekend in a similar area(photos confirmed) and at last years NT Billfish Classic (although the fish numbers were low) a 100kg+ Black was tagged.
Location was North of the gutters mate.
Brucesta - definitely plenty of rats also, the black i tagged in last years comp was just shy of the metre mark, LJFL .....
Goatch
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That's a nice fish
would have thought every bit of 150kg , congrats !!!
Just one more cast , honest !!!
KEN_DOG
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Yeah, used the length to
Yeah, used the length to weight conversion chart goatch, come in at 197kg.
Spewing, we didn't think to run a girth measure whilst she was behaving boat side.