Poor old big blue
Submitted by Jack Dawson on Mon, 2009-12-14 18:25.
Hi fella's. I have been getting heaps of these lately, with the best session producing up to 10 solid fish, the vast majority are released, in-fact I think in the last two months I have landed over 40 and kept 4, usually only keep the small ones but this poor guy got washed by a big wave into a barnacle crack so he was in no shape for release...I would like to make it clear that I do not like killing the larger ones and would much prefer to see them swimming around, dodging spearo's than on the dinner plate! On the up side the spot I was fishing was very remote and I saw a couple of other fish that were similar size so this capture hopefully won't put a dent in that population! Hope you like the piccy...Jack
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great fish mate,pity he
great fish mate,pity he wouldnt have been able to go back.
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Great fish Jack
Good to hear that you have been successfull with other releases.
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Top fish Jack
Southern Stones fishing at its best.
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nice effort
bloody nice one ur spoilt to catch that many was it on crab or ab keep that spot to ur self not quite jelous
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cracker
Looks like its going to be a fair fight off between this one and Jay's spaniard for the Dec photo of the month. Hopefully theres another cracking fish to throw into the mix over the coming weeks.
Thats an absolute beauty Jack!
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chrisp
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Crikey!
You are living the dream down there Jack.Would love to tangle with a big blue.
Good Work!
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good work mate
looks like a ripper spot youve found there
Gooooone Fishin!
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Solid bluie there mate well
Solid bluie there mate well done! making us jealous being stuck here in perth while you're playing in paradise!
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Pic of month contender for sure
Awesome fish and great to hear that most of them go back. Never feel bad about taking home a feed, especially when you are only keeping one in ten.
Three days without it and I get a little jumpy.
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Top stuff Jack ,you are sure
Top stuff Jack ,you are sure into the good stuff down there ,look forward to 2010 should be a good year for the pics.
Pops the sailor man!! - Congrats from the FW crew mate
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Bloody hell dude, you are
Bloody hell dude, you are the man!
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great fish there mate
great fish there mate especially from the rocks
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Farrk
Awesome capture
Does a one legged duck swim in an eliptic circle !!!!!
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Awesome Blue! What did he
Awesome Blue! What did he end up weighing?
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Great
Great fish mate! Sounds like you have it well and truely sussed catching those big buggers.
mmm something smells fishy!
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40 blue groper in 2 months,
40 blue groper in 2 months, thats awsome.
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mad fish!
great shot, great fish brother.
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What a cracking big blue.
What a cracking big blue. Pity he couldn't swim another day but I think your C&R record is pretty good Jack. Good on you!
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cracking fish matew, well
cracking fish matew, well done.
Ive seen only one of these beauty's swimming freely in about 3m of water down your way.. Awesome fish!
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awsome blue m8, congrats
awsome blue m8, congrats
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yep, another top LB fish
yep, another top LB fish mate congrats!
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Great fish there Jack.
I'm sure you respect the rocks as rock fishing is the most dangerous sport in this country be careful buddy and enjoy.
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It looks superimposed it is
It looks superimposed it is that blue and HUGE! Well played.
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thast huge!, great work,
thast huge!, great work, well done
looking for that 40cm+ bream................
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great fish jack! awsem
great fish jack! awsem colour got to be proud of that one!
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faaaaaaark!!
faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaark!!
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wow!
great to hear there are so many to be found! cracking fish! tough to land from the rocks ay?