wahoo
Submitted by Glen.vit on Wed, 2013-01-23 17:38
Caught this hoo in exmouth on saturday. any weight guesstimations?
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chris raff
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umm ...15/16kg ...good fish
umm ...15/16kg ...good fish
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Alan James
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I've no great experience with wahoo
but my estimate would be far greater than Chris' above. 25-30kg would be my guess.
MattMiller
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Agreed
seen a few in that size range from the Ningaloo coast.
Somewhere between 25-35kg, always hard to tell from pics though.
Good fish
Thomo 85
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Edible?
Nice catch mate! Any good on the chew?
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MattMiller
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Very good,
if treated correctly they taste better than Spanish Mack.
terboz123
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they are far better then
they are far better then macks!
a hard days fishing still beats work
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the top of the eski is 900mm
the top of the eski is 900mm on the top if that helps. hey thomo gotta let you know in 4 weeks dam work.
Thomo 85
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not a worry
Bloody work I'm here now
.. Heard they have cigutera* (spelling) so was just curious if people keep em or not
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Bakerc
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I ate plenty of them in
I ate plenty of them in Christmas Island and they are absolutely amazing eating (IMO). Ciguatera is only found in reef dwelling species in far North Queensland and up in the tropical countries,Fiji etc. as far as I know there hasn't been many, if any cases in WA. Also it wouldn't effect Pelagics such as wahoo as they don't eat the corals which is where I think it comes from, only in fish such as coral trout, red bass etc. anyone feel free to correct if I am wrong.
dodgy
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Beautiful to eat. Better than
Beautiful to eat. Better than Mack. Quite similar to little Black Marlin.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Lastchance
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Little Marlin, yum yum.
Little Marlin, yum yum.
groper down below
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Ciguatera builds up in
Ciguatera builds up in species from small to big , ie the bigger the fish the more little fish they have eaten i havnt heard of it in wahoo but macks and baracoota definatley and mainly on the east coast and coral seas but i have heard of one case north of broome,
as for the hoo i reckon 26kg
pricey10
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Least 20kg I reckon
Least 20kg I reckon depending on how tall you are
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trymyluck
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At least 20kg ...big Wahoo !
At least 20kg ...big Wahoo !
chris raff
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Ok , so after a few
Ok , so after a few mathamatical equations on my goldfish ...I've now revised my guess to 22.5kg.. lol
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Vinesh87
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Nice fish. 26kgs
Nice fish. 26kgs
Matt_020
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Good Eating
Yeah we got a couple up in Exxy a couple of weeks back and cooked it up last night and I my opinion was pretty good.
Ours were a little smalller than urs and we guessed them at maybe just over 15kg so would say urs would easy be over the 20kg mark, close to 25
Did you get it on a diver or a skirt? Both ours hit green marlin skirts
Tight lines skipper!!!
Glen.vit
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i got it on the new rapala,
i got it on the new rapala, deep diver think 8m. in 27m of water.
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28.5kg. great hoo. very fat
28.5kg. great hoo. very fat for its length!
Rig
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25
25kg nice hoo
beau
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What size stella you get him
What size stella you get him on Glen? I bet it woulda been zinginggg! Need to catch up for a fish man, been way to long
Glen.vit
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10000 yep its first run was
10000 yep its first run was big, and once it seen the boat, ripped 30 metres easy.
yer mate gotta tee something up on the skis, salmon is creeping closer
beau
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Haha sound sik. I imagine
Haha sound sik. I imagine you're at work still next week? I'll be on the giant herring and ytk hunt, forecast and weather pattern are looking sweet.
br3nno
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20-25kg
20-25kg
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WSHN4FSHN
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Great fish!!
Awesome catch would have been a good fight for sure!! I reckon 24kg though my experience in Pelagics is far less than I would like it to be.
Burley it and they will come.
Notorious
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17-22kg
17-22kg
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flangies
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23kg~ The photos are
23kg~ The photos are deceiving but they are a bloody thick and round fish, not like a mackie
Thomo 85
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True
Ah righto well there ya have it! Cheers for all the info on Ciguatera
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Old school . . . . 50lb -
Old school . . . . 50lb - Nice fish.