My friend Marcus' 12kg Kalbarri YFT 251108

My friend Marcus' 12kg Kalbarri YFT 251108

Marcus' first ever fish! Wrecked for life!


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top first fish

Sat, 2008-11-29 18:41

looks like its his new g/f though the way hes hugging it lol

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Hah, thats spoilt. He should

Sat, 2008-11-29 18:44

Hah, thats spoilt. He should quit now =)

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yeah i reckon! took him out

Sat, 2008-11-29 20:11

yeah i reckon! took him out bream fishing on the murchison the next day and kept complaining about how small the fish were and how little they were fighting!! all i had to say was "this is what normal fishing is like"!

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Good fish

Sat, 2008-11-29 20:16

Nice tuna mate, but thats not a Yellowfin...

Northern Bluefin Tuna

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Sam

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yeah was thinking the same,

Sat, 2008-11-29 20:17

yeah was thinking the same, sam, didnt look like a yellowfin to me

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haha yeah thats what i

Sun, 2008-11-30 11:08

haha yeah thats what i thought initially too! apparently cos its still quite a young fish, its fins are not fully developed yet..

but if u check out this latest pic i uploaded u can quite clearly see the yellow near the tail..

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Very easily mistaken for a

Sun, 2008-11-30 11:27

Very easily mistaken for a Yellowfin..

But it's not, yellowfin are thicker through the shoulders and when they are young they will have distinct vertical lines down the body..

That tuna is a mature sized northern bluefin...

Cheers,
Sam

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cool cheers sam...you

Sun, 2008-11-30 11:42

cool cheers sam...you probably know alot more than i do so ill take your word for it!

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No worries Buddy

Sun, 2008-11-30 11:47

Im sure it went like a train...

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Sam

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Sam

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jus heres a pic of a

Sun, 2008-11-30 12:50

jus heres a pic of a yellowfin tuna of similar size,this will definately show you the difference mate 

 

 

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cheers for that mako, i can

Sun, 2008-11-30 13:25

cheers for that mako, i can see the difference more clearly now!

ive caught an (actual!) YFT about 12kgs or so before from kalbarri a few years back, which is why i was also initially questioning whether it was a YFT or not.

looks like im gonna have to go back up there to catch one again to see for my self :P

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Yep

Mon, 2008-12-01 16:12

Yep, nice fish Jus, but the boys are definately spot on with their identification.  Not quite as good sashimi as yellowfin as they're a bit stringy, still cook up alright though.

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