Abrolhos Amber

Abrolhos Amber

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.


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nice fish mate. would of

Wed, 2009-09-30 09:51

nice fish mate. would of pulled like a train

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Pretty old sambo by all the scars

Wed, 2009-09-30 09:52

Neels

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Great catch. Gotta love the

Wed, 2009-09-30 10:01

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?

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charter

Wed, 2009-09-30 10:15

very nice fish what charter did you go on mate

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That thought of it being an

Wed, 2009-09-30 10:21

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

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Great pic and fish madfisher

Wed, 2009-09-30 10:38

As crasny said it looks to be a very older fish.

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Fish ID?

Wed, 2009-09-30 10:49

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

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no way thats a king

Wed, 2009-09-30 11:02

but it does look like a old amberjack! Monster!!

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Definately not a Yellowtail

Wed, 2009-09-30 11:02

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 Surprised).

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definetly not a yellowtail

Wed, 2009-09-30 16:30

definetly not a yellowtail king. i have seen a fair few sambos with those yellow stripes but it looks like an amber to me

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nice fish. i love the

Wed, 2009-09-30 17:22

nice fish. i love the islands the only problem is i'm not there enough

 

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If i recall correctly, an

Wed, 2009-09-30 21:14

If i recall correctly, an article in Modern Fishing(I think), sambos/ytk/ambers are able to cross breed? Similar to some Trevs.

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yer looks like an amberjack

Wed, 2009-09-30 22:19

amber jack or sambo........"definately not a spotted cat shark"........lol

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great fish mate, i would

Wed, 2009-09-30 22:32

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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What a fantastic fish, would

Wed, 2009-09-30 22:36

What a fantastic fish, would sure like to have one like that at the end on my line!

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That is a cracking fish,

Thu, 2009-10-01 07:41

That is a cracking fish, nice one mate!

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that is one mad looking

Thu, 2009-10-01 11:56

that is one mad looking fish, looks old too and very heavy super effort madnessssssssssssssssssssss

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bloody good pic, sambo

Thu, 2009-10-01 12:15

bloody good pic, sambo fishos might just pull the POTM two months in a row, good stuff!

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Cheers

Thu, 2009-10-01 13:32

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.

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Farkin Hell

Thu, 2009-10-01 14:31

Looks like a bloody monster rainbow trout!!!!!

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awesome fish fella well

Thu, 2009-10-01 15:05

awesome fish fella well done!!

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a "yellowtail sambojack".

Sat, 2009-10-03 00:38

a "yellowtail sambojack". had the same conversation in another thread a while back about it

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