Abrolhos Amber
Submitted by madfisher on Wed, 2009-09-30 09:50
The next drop after landing my Trout hooked up and after two screaming runs, chasing all around the boat and 25 minutes later this guy surfaced. We never got a weight but all onboard agreed around the 40kg mark it sure felt like it holding it up.
wicked game
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nice fish mate. would of
nice fish mate. would of pulled like a train
crasny1
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Pretty old sambo by all the scars
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hlokk
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Great catch. Gotta love the
Great catch. Gotta love the abrolhos. The speckles remind me a bit of a trout (the FW kind)
Bit odd that it has a yellow stripe though. Could be an ambo, but the head does look a bit like a sambo at that angle, Any other shots of it?
Ethan
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charter
very nice fish what charter did you go on mate
madfisher
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That thought of it being an
That thought of it being an Ambo crossed my mind too. Unfortunately that was the best photo they got. I went out with Rat Patrol they done a pretty good job
Colin Hay
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Great pic and fish madfisher
As crasny said it looks to be a very older fish.
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madfisher
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Fish ID?
Ok I just had a couple of people tell that it's not a Sambo but a Yellowtail King the yellow stripe through the eye apparently is a dead give away. Can any of you guys help me out I keen to know as if it is a King it's the first I've ever landed
chrisp
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no way thats a king
but it does look like a old amberjack! Monster!!
hlokk
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Definately not a Yellowtail
Definately not a Yellowtail King. If its not a sambo, then its an amberjack (which also sometimes have a yellow stripe) I was up at the abrolhos this year and there were more ambjerjacks than sambos (incl one 30kg one
).
wicked game
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definetly not a yellowtail
definetly not a yellowtail king. i have seen a fair few sambos with those yellow stripes but it looks like an amber to me
flagpole
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nice fish. i love the
nice fish. i love the islands the only problem is i'm not there enough
SHizz
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If i recall correctly, an
If i recall correctly, an article in Modern Fishing(I think), sambos/ytk/ambers are able to cross breed? Similar to some Trevs.
wopjrb
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yer looks like an amberjack
amber jack or sambo........"definately not a spotted cat shark"........lol
Faulkner Family
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great fish mate, i would
great fish mate, i would have said as others have and said an amberjack, definately a monster one too , well done
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alfred
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What a fantastic fish, would
What a fantastic fish, would sure like to have one like that at the end on my line!
GusG
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That is a cracking fish,
That is a cracking fish, nice one mate!
madwafisher
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that is one mad looking
that is one mad looking fish, looks old too and very heavy super effort madnessssssssssssssssssssss
PilbaraBrad
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bloody good pic, sambo
bloody good pic, sambo fishos might just pull the POTM two months in a row, good stuff!
madfisher
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Cheers
Cheers Guys for all the feedback anc comments also helping identify it. From all the info you guys have told me and what I've read up it sounds like it was an Amberjack. Still pretty pumped about landing it.
Rodrat
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Farkin Hell
Looks like a bloody monster rainbow trout!!!!!
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Roger Knife
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awesome fish fella well
awesome fish fella well done!!
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Leemo
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a "yellowtail sambojack".
a "yellowtail sambojack". had the same conversation in another thread a while back about it
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