First Marlin + Vid

First Marlin + Vid

 First Marlin landed in Exmouth at the FW comp. Thanks to dodgy for putting me onto the fish and the great boat skills needed to land this one! 

Video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFzY0D4EO4s

 

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FROM A TINNY, Hats off to

Tue, 2011-04-12 19:47

FROM A TINNY, Hats off to you, What did it take?

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MBT Tulip in 8 inch.

Tue, 2011-04-12 22:23

MBT Tulip in 8 inch.

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Excellent

Tue, 2011-04-12 19:50

Top work guys, always nice to pop a cherry.

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great fish and vid only

Tue, 2011-04-12 19:58

great fish and vid only ruined by Dodgy's coin slot at the end.

Top stuff Goodz.

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nice way to open the account

Tue, 2011-04-12 20:06

nice way to open the account well done mate and a great pic to go with it. those conditionsare great to looks like you got the complete package in one nice work.

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 haha  awesome stuff, well

Tue, 2011-04-12 20:09

 haha  awesome stuff, well done.  Looks pretty nice out there.

 

You now know all you'll want now is more, its very addictive

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well done ben.good to see you

Tue, 2011-04-12 20:21

well done ben.

good to see you guys got the good weather after i left,

i was cursing everyone as the plane took off and swung around to see  the water  $*&#@----^$@!*&^%S

and nice of you to send it while im in the bus on the way to the airport.........thanks for that mate!!!!!!!!

well done again boys!

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Healthy looking beaky Ben,

Tue, 2011-04-12 21:03

Healthy looking beaky Ben, congrats!

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Congratulations

Tue, 2011-04-12 21:14

Brilliant looking fish, check out the width on that tail span. Still to land on myself. Great work boys, very envious.

Dave

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Great fish and video!

Tue, 2011-04-12 22:28

Great fish and video!

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 well done Goodz. great way

Tue, 2011-04-12 23:05

 well done Goodz. great way to pop the cherry witha decent one first up. great driving by the skip too. 

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Nice one boys

Wed, 2011-04-13 00:47

He was going off !!!

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Just one more cast , honest !!!  

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 Nice one Ben. Great pic as

Wed, 2011-04-13 05:45

 Nice one Ben. Great pic as well.

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great pic mate and the vid

Wed, 2011-04-13 06:00

great pic mate and the vid was excellent well done on the first billy

 

 

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Top Stuff Goodz

Wed, 2011-04-13 07:14

nice little show he put on there, nearly joined ya's in the boat.

Some skillful work from the skipper at the end there, well done

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congrats Ben

Wed, 2011-04-13 07:22

good teamwork

sure was a flighty one

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well done guys, great catch

Wed, 2011-04-13 07:50

well done guys, great catch from a small boat as well,

 

 

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Congrats

Wed, 2011-04-13 08:06

Great way to get into the books. Congrats.

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Well done Ben that would have

Wed, 2011-04-13 08:17

Well done Ben that would have made the trip and good to see the weather got better wasn't much chop while I was up there.

Good to catch up with you guys on sat night too.

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Well done mate

Wed, 2011-04-13 08:45

Now wipe that grin off your face and get another stickface!!!!

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Well done mate

Wed, 2011-04-13 08:46

Now wipe that grin off your face and get another stickface!!!!

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Sorry

Wed, 2011-04-13 08:46

Double post for some reason!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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He dropped a Sail as we were

Wed, 2011-04-13 09:27

He dropped a Sail as we were resetting the spread. Could of been 2 species landed if things worked out differently.
We also raised 2 more marlin and dropped another larger Black that day.

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Yes.... if only that sail had

Wed, 2011-04-13 13:50

Yes.... if only that sail had stayed stuck! Could have been 2 billies in 2 minutes!

 

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Nice job

Wed, 2011-04-13 11:31

Nice job with the vid guy's, some good boat skills there as well when it goes in front of the boat.

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Great video and great fish...

Wed, 2011-04-13 11:55

Great video and great fish... well done mate!!

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Excellent vid

Wed, 2011-04-13 12:16

Nice work all round, fighting, driving and filming.

Last bit almost saw me reaching for my credit card dodgy. :)

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Onya Ben

Wed, 2011-04-13 14:07

Great fish mate. Congrats on the capture and the share of the prizemoney.

 

Its all been said before , great vid despite the close up of Dodgy's plumber's crack at the end.

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awsome fish mate 

Wed, 2011-04-13 14:08

awsome fish mate

 

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Nice work Ben, maybe now you

Wed, 2011-04-13 14:32

Nice work Ben, maybe now you might rather chase them than Sambo's when the chance arises.lol

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Top stuff

Wed, 2011-04-13 15:32

Couldn't be there, but the vid made me feel like I was there ! Well done guys,great filming,great driving and great angling !oh and great product placement !

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 What a bloke!

Sun, 2017-05-21 13:44

 What a bloke!

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Dredged the one up Dodgy.

Sun, 2017-05-21 16:39

Dredged the one up Dodgy.

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 Popped up on random images

Sun, 2017-05-21 19:21

 Popped up on random images so figured it was worth a comment. Miss the little 17r haines sometimes. Great little boat.

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