Serious Malabar Cod?
Submitted by SQUIDDLY on Fri, 2014-01-24 14:55
I've been stalking this awesome site for some time now after my best mate put me onto it.
Love the content and photos so thought I better join proper and make a post.
This little bloke was boated in my Quintrex 20nm off Coral Bay in 80m of water.
Once in a lifetime fish.....maybe.
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LBS=KGS and never actually weigh your fish.
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crasny1
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30kg??? .Now thats an awesome
30kg???
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Now thats an awesome fish. How did she go down. The big cod I caught in Karratha took some time to "recover"
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Lastchance
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At least 30kg's that one! Did
At least 30kg's that one! Did you have an engine block for a release weight handy?!
Nice fish.
sea-kem
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Yep, be interested to hear
Yep, be interested to hear how it was released. You would deffinitely need some serious weight.
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SQUIDDLY
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Hee Hee 30kg!
Sad story on release I'm afraid, after air release and a long time towing around it was evident life had left the beast. 80m of water had taken its toll. Even though as you would imagine on 50LB gear, the pump to the surface was a super slow one.
Remember, in Bunbury;
LBS=KGS and never actually weigh your fish.
Just guess away!!!!
crasny1
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And that shits me
Because it is >1m you have to let it float away. Despite some efforts I recall 2 floaters I HAD to leave behind. Must have spent 30minutes swimming one in an attempt to revive. The other was dead on the surface.
And then you have to "release" them. After a while up there you knew what it was on the end off the line. If the water was deeper than 20m I cut the line rather than risk a beautiful fish floating away to be sharked latter.
Dont know how you would overcome the problem though.
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Lastchance
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Love your avatar comments.
Love your avatar comments. Bit like the Dampier boys!
pale ale
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Those big bastards hurt hey!
Those big bastards hurt hey! I landed 2 consecutively off Barrow Island. Put me out of action for about an hour.
Narcosis
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Small dinghy
I remember when you got it to the surface, thought you had brought up a small tinny when it finally floated!!!
sea-kem
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Now I'm curious. That size
Now I'm curious. That size they are protected over a metre ? Please correct me if I'm wrong . So what did you do with it? Or what are you meant to do if you inadvertantly catch a big fella like this and it dies? There's enough there to feed an army.
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SQUIDDLY
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Cod Realease
Quite correct all, over 1m they must be released, and even my anchor was no help to pull it below so as you said, yes.............let it float away and try not to cry.
Remember, in Bunbury;
LBS=KGS and never actually weigh your fish.
Just guess away!!!!
tangles
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arm stretcher
that's an arm stretcher squiddly!! bit of lactic acid burn after bringing that puppy up! yeah there has to be some common sense to the rules by the powers that be. big bottom dwellers like this just don't stand a chance when they come up at any retrieval rate! good to see you tried to get the big brute back down mate! swallow a goat that one!!
dkonig82
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That thing is ridiculous!
That thing is ridiculous! Monster of a thing
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
MandurahMatt
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Top catch mate. Crying shame
Top catch mate. Crying shame it didnt release to well.
Bewdey Fellaz
uncle
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Ha ha I'll bite
He said he said popcorn anyone
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little johnny
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Pmsl
Wow I hope you haven't got kids . Try justify killing a beautiful big creature like that. See how it goes. Who said you haven't got a funny bone. Lol nice fish
uncle
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its not easy to release these big boys
we caught one several years ago while trolling at Exmouth on a rapala deep diver, we tried for ages to revive it to release but it was to no avail, it was huge, even the ones that go back on a huge release weight,do they survive?
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little johnny
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Uncle
Only taking piss. All good. Some people can't let go. Good entertainment. Some of the best runs I have ever seen. Few good ones landed also:):):):). I love fish bans. Come on 16 th counting down