Name five things on your fishing bucket list
Submitted by randall df223 on Wed, 2012-09-26 19:51
My five 'fishing bucket list' things are:
1. Dhufish (keeper) on jig or plastic (hopefully won't wait too long to cross that off)
2. Cobia
3. Bag limit of squid (never got close to bagging out!)
4. Dollie at the FADS
5. My first real fishing trip with my (now) 17 yr old son and (now) 8 yr old son to Steep Point. An all boys week of remote camping and fishing. The 17 yr old is ready to go now. Just waiting for the young'un to develop his fishing passion!
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aalfred
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1- Billfish of any sort2- GW
1- Billfish of any sort
2- GW but not killing it!!!!
3- GT
4- Massive Tuna 100kg+
5- 20kg+ Spanish Mack
randall df223
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Nothing the same! Well
Nothing the same! Well done. I reckon if everyone puts down something different we'll all potentially have bucket lists of about 300 things by the time this thread is finished!
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scottland
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mine
1. 20 kg dhu jig or bait i dont care
2. 40 kg sambo
3. lb mulla
4.lb snapper
5. a long range live aboard charter even the abrohlos
i support two teams eagles and whoever is playing the dockers
randall df223
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the charter sounds nice
the charter sounds nice
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Rig
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Bucket
LB 1 metre tailor on popper
LB 20kg mulloway on lure
Boat 20kg dhu
Boat find a reliable kg spot
More exploring the beaches north of kalbarrirandall df223
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if you find that kgw spot,
if you find that kgw spot, let me know ;)
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Yewiefish85
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1.Fish Christmas Island,
1.Fish Christmas Island, Indian Ocean (both parents born there)
2. Fish PNG (Mrs born there)
3. Dogtooth Tuna
4. Atlantic Halibut
5.Tigerfish
Not sure if i will ever cross these off but I can always dream!
after seeing more deep drop fish from Ryan will add super deep fish at number 6
meglodon
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bucket
1. catch a good size flathead in the mandurah estuary
2. catch a whiting on lure in the mandurah estuary
3. catch a dhui bigger than 12kg out from mandurah
4 see a gw along side the boat
5. catch a mackie out from the cut
randall df223
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three and four definitely!
three and four definitely!
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randall df223
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the first and second are both
the first and second are both pretty close and with close family ties, you can always disguise the real reason for the visit! "Honey, we should vist your homeland sometime! I'd like to see it"...
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Yewiefish85
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Haha, she already knows how
Haha, she already knows how much i want to fish there!, could cross off number 3 there too!
sea-kem
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Same as Scottland1.20kg +
Same as Scottland
1.20kg + Dhuie jig or bait
2.20kg+ Spaniard
3. Big Coral Trout
4. Huge Sambo or Trevor on my jigging outfit
5. 6 week fishing trip somewhere tropical. Don't care where just hardcore fishing.
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randall df223
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"Trevor" = trevally ???
"Trevor" = trevally ???
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sea-kem
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Yeah mate GT. I've caught
Yeah mate GT. I've caught them at the Mackeral islands around the 5kg mark and they belt so a huge one is the go.
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randall df223
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My missus got a 9kg (1.2m)
My missus got a 9kg (1.2m) golden trevally on a handline off monkey mia a year or two ago.... really made her fingers bleed!
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sea-kem
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I've seen a youtube video
I've seen a youtube video where they have a competition to catch them off a jetty on handline. Talk about go hard.
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Buz
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Mine isnt so much about
Mine isnt so much about getting particular fish or size of fish, more about wanting to fish certain destinations, for whatever may be there.
1. Fishing the N.T for a +120cm Barra
2. Fish for Salmon in Alaska
3. Fish the Coral Sea(if it isnt completely locked up soon!)
4. Fish for Giant Taiman in Mongolia
5. Fish the Amazon, for anything that can be caught :)
Will be hitting the NT again for the runoff next year for Barra, and also doing S.America, so might be able to cross two of them off my list :)
randall df223
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There are fish in Mongolia?
There are fish in Mongolia?
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Buz
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Ohhhh Yeah there is. The
Ohhhh Yeah there is. The Giant Taiman from Mongolia are widley regarded as the biggest of the Trout/Salmon species. Though reports are lake Trout in N.America get just as big too. Though you get these Mongolian Taiman in shallow Trout looking stream and rivers. Not in big ass lakes like the Lake Trout in N.America.
e.g http://fishmongolia.com/
Do a google search, and be blown away by whats on offer in a landlocked country :)
JohnF
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1. 60 cm blue devil on
1. 60 cm blue devil on jig........
Haha
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
randall df223
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Blue devil ??
Blue devil ??
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Bruce
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1) 40cm + bream2) 1.5kg + KG
1) 40cm + bream
2) 1.5kg + KG Whiting
3) 50cm Swan River tailor
4) Experience a Great white next to the boat (not too close though haha)
5) 4 week fishing trip up north- Exmouth, Broome etc. Fishing all day and all night
randall df223
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Number two and number four
Number two and number four would also be on my list
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Carry
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bucket list
the deep drop boys have me green with envy 500m plus would be interesting to see what ooglies you would catch.
as previously mentioned the halibut (barn doors)would be good
Fishing the arctic regions would also be awesome wicked scenery as well for what i dont know
oh and also a great white using a politician as bait haha
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opsrey
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My list ......
1 - need to camp on beach near Tandabidy with a tinny, rods, scotch. Must be two weeks, but think I would like four weeks.
2 - sail of any size
3 - a big GT
4 - a Dhuie bigger than 10kg, have seen a 25kg one landed but need my own.
5 - be there to see my son catch his first marlin
Ive had a good life so far and enjoyed fishing through it. If I get items on the list completed I know I will add other items to the list, that's the beauty of fishing for me.
randall df223
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i hope number five comes
i hope number five comes first for you. that sounds like a wonderful experience!
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Goodz
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1 - Blue Eye Trevalla2 - Big
1 - Blue Eye Trevalla
2 - Big Yellowtail King on jig
3 - Harpuka on jig
4 - Mackeral on stickbait or jig
5 - Kimberlys liveaboard charter
Hopefully tick the first 4 off within the next year... the kimberlys might be a bit of a wait tho!
CCC
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I've been lucky with my
I've been lucky with my list. Only one left that i really want to nail.
110cm+ saltwater barra
fair way off as i have not cracked the metery yet
CCC
rocket73
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Bucket List
sea-kem
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Nautical mile club??
Nautical mile club??
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rocket73
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yep
had more luck in a plane
sea-kem
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Ah thought so. It's never
Ah thought so. It's never even crossed my mind come to think of it.
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meglodon
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nautical mile club
solution join RAN join submarine branch get on boat that also has ladies onboard the rest is upto you ..don't know if they go a mile deep though
randall df223
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i think i joined the nautical
i think i joined the nautical mile club t about age 15.... we were floating in a boat and about a mile from somewhere!
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Leemo
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that ever elusive mully on
that ever elusive mully on artificial.
bludgin' since 94'
cobia15
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bucket list
1. win 30 mil tomorow night.
2. buy 7.2mt razorline
3. buy house on the canals with a jetty to park the razorline.
4. quit job
5. go fishing
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sea-kem
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Slap
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Robson Green
I'd love to become Robson Green's successor and explore the world chasing weird stuff, using weird techniques.
Stopping and Smelling the Flowers.
aalfred
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deepwater
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1= catch a queenfish big
1= catch a queenfish big than my son Alex 6kg
2= catch a blue marlin off exxy over 200kg
3= catch a fish to go IGFA record
4= getting off my bum and visiting my mate s more
5= watch mu 2 sons catch there fish salmon down south ,they are 5 and 8
thanks mate jeff
sunshine
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Date Joined: 03/03/09
Not being cocky or boastful
But have ticked off many many of those above but at 62 and having been an avid fisherman since I was 5 by now I should have ticked most off or I never will. Have been fortunate that the job I fell into has taken me around the world and paid me well enough to actually cross most of my wish list off - and I still enjoy it after 40+ years
I still want to catch a dolphinfish - never even hooked one despite fishing tropical waters all over the world
Go back to Alaska for a second time to catch and release a King (next year I hope)
Catch a large grayling on fly in the sub-arctic
ABOVE ALL - keep the good health that I currently enjoy
Good thread and really thought provoking - I sincerely hope that all of the posters get to tick off most of their lists
Carry
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clubs
Joined the nautical mile club check
joined the mile long club (train driver) check
ahhh the elusive mile high club yet to do ,put it on the list
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Paj man
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1. Billfish of any sort2. 1m+
1. Billfish of any sort
2. 1m+ barra
3. 25kg+ LB Mulloway
4. Jig a big Sambo
5. Pop/Stick bait a big tailor
I have alot of work to do!
aka Nick
Paul H
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FishMarlinBig dogtoothBig
Fish
Marlin
Big dogtooth
Big GT
Huge Kingie
Huge Sampson
(And maybe a decent Mully at number 6)
Locations
Coral sea - (either with Nomad or by yacht - see below)
Chrissy Island
Fiji
Vanuatu
and anywhere along the top of Australia (just waiting for the old man to finish building his 70ft yacht and I'm taking extended leave - about 1-2 years left from 18 years of building)
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1. Grander black marlin2.
1. Grander black marlin
2. 50kg + GT
3. Daytime sword
4. 2 weeks out with Nomad
5. Getting my young bloke onto his first billfish
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Andy_b
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1. catch a 100cm blue manna
1. catch a 100cm blue manna out of the swan ( biggest was 93cm so far)
2. get a dhuie in my dingy
3. take the misses out and show her that i can shoot ink harder than a squid :)
4. 40cm squid
5. enjoy every second of time being on the water
crezz
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to mutch to list!
1: go to canada and catch a stergon
2: catch a billfish (sailfish)
3: get a exxy bone on fly
4: catch a swan river giant herring in the yak
5: LB mulloway 6ft long!
Paul H
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Yeh forgot a bonefish on my
Yeh forgot a bonefish on my whiting rod would be great too :-)
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spanishmackeral
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1 billfish2 fishing on a
1 billfish
2 fishing on a liveaboard charter around fiji/vanuatu
3 decent demersal on jig
4 Something bigger then me (67kg) sharks dont count
5 cage dive with a GW and freedive with a whale shark
Torzar
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Date Joined: 24/04/12
1- Bonefish on fly2- 40cm+
1- Bonefish on fly
2- 40cm+ black bream
3- Land based GT
4- 20kg mulloway
5- Giant Herring on fly
Dale
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1. Black Bass2. Dogtooth3.
1. Black Bass
2. Dogtooth
3. 50cm K/G
4. 1M Barra
5. Bonefish
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Fossil
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1. Having my fishing mad son
1. Having my fishing mad son with me for all of the below
2. Mulloway 25kg+
3. Trout 10lb+
4. Mako Shark anything over 100kg is good for me
5. GT 25kg+ on popper