My biggest Samson Fish
Submitted by Daniel Westerduin on Thu, 2015-03-26 07:33
I've just recent moved down to Albany to live. Anyway been out only a few times in the boat mostly more exploring than fishing but a little amount of fishing each time. Already found lots of new good ground but not much demersal fish landed yet, though lost a Dhu already at the side of boat. Had a few unstopables. Found a few Swallowtail and Breaksea Cods. Got a few Sambos in the 80cm-120cm range. Then I got the biggest hardest longest fight with a Sambo I'd ever had. I'll let the pic do most of the talking. I didn't have anything long enough to measure it proper but nearly as big as me and that heavy I couldn't lift it off the ground.
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Absolutely huge .. done well
Absolutely huge .. done well stopping that freight train , how’s the back holding up? geez mine's hurting looking at it .. great pic as well
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Daniel Westerduin
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I already have back and
I already have back and shoulder problems, so yeah sorta still recovering, but worth it aye.
Daniel Westerduin
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This capture was a complete
This capture was a complete solo effort, to land it I tail roped it then sort of dunked it down in the water then hauled it up and over the side. To take the pic I slid the fish half into position focused on the back seat section. The camera/phone was held in a rag as a cradle on the front seat, then used a 10 second timer.
Hutch
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Crazy, that thing's a
Crazy, that thing's a monster! Top solo effort bud
johno
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Awesome fish :) well done
Awesome fish :) well done
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JohnF
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bloody hell!
bloody hell!
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Thats huuuuuge.Well done
Thats huuuuuge.Well done solo as well double points.
gav1970
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That is an absolute fecking
That is an absolute fecking horse mate. Awesome!!
What gear did you get him on?
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Daniel Westerduin
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I was using a Stella 20000
I was using a Stella 20000 with 60lb braid and a Terez 40-100lb rod. Using a whole herring for bait.
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Lol. Probably a good thing.
Lol. Probably a good thing.
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grantarctic1
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My back hurts
Mt back hurts just looking at that monster, well done Daniel
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Well done Dan! Don't hear
Well done Dan! Don't hear many reports from you on here these days, but when we do they are a big fish from a small boat with a great story, well done again!
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I didnt think they got that big great catch!
Gotta put that in for POTM - got my vote already.
Plug
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looks like a morwong with
looks like a morwong with the big lips
i need cheaper hobbies
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POTM!
Hands down. Already won.
Adam Gallash
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jeez
Jeez Danny you have had some monsters over the years but thats pretty bloody epic and solo too.
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Daniel Westerduin
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Cheers for the comment
Cheers for the comment fisho's was stoked with this capture. The only down side I thought was it died before I could try and put it back. Taking the pic solo took a bit of time. Anyway I got it home covered in wet towels and ice so it kept okay. No one else was home and I really struggled to get it back out of the boat. I had to half slide it up against the side, then tail rope it again then jump out and haul it out using my full body weight. Surprisingly when cleaning it I found the meat to be quite firm and white mostly. There was a mall section around the stomach that didn't look as good so kept that for berley. I froze quite a few packs and tried some two days later. It was really good seriously, I had been told before that southern Sambos tasted better/good but didn't really believe it until now. I definitely will keep more down here in the future.
Boydy
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Amazing solo effort, that is
Amazing solo effort, that is a monster.
Good to hear it was ok on the plate and all of it didn't just go in the burley bucket.
Nice one.
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your foot lokked like an
your foot lokked like an extended lip
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