Toughest Fish
Submitted by seansurfy on Wed, 2006-09-06 17:43
What is the toughest fish to tame pound for pound in OZ waters? Have you ever been awestruck by the fighting capabilities of your quarry?
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Toughest Fish
Submitted by seansurfy on Wed, 2006-09-06 17:43
What is the toughest fish to tame pound for pound in OZ waters? Have you ever been awestruck by the fighting capabilities of your quarry? |
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seansurfy
Posts: 475
Date Joined: 09/08/06
top 5
Only going off fish I've caught, here is my top 5
1. Yellowfin Tuna
2. Black Marlin
3. Tarpon
4. GT
5. Giant Herring
The first 2 and no.4 are there for the sheer physical pain they put me through, while 3 and 5 just perform beyond expectations and left me with lasting memories of their p o w e r....
jonya masel
Posts: 133
Date Joined: 25/08/06
yeh totaly agree bout black
yeh totaly agree bout black marlin they just hurt to fight
fish i have caught order pound for pound (not inc bill fish):
1.Gt
2.Chinaman cod
3.mangrove jack
4.thread fin
5.yellowfin tuna
jonya
Adam Gallash
Posts: 15661
Date Joined: 29/11/05
mmmm
Got me having trouble deciding on this one.
1. Marlin
2. Sharks
3. Samsonfish
4. Chinaman
5. Big Trevs/Tuna
Could almost shuffle them in any order, each one brings pain in varying levels. This is just based on what I've caught that is freshest in my mind.
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SHizz
Posts: 1556
Date Joined: 07/08/05
Marlin - never caught one
Marlin - never caught one but the few ive seen hooked up behind rotto , i dont think much could stop them.
Sambos, well not much else i need to say, but they are damn fun where ever ya go. Small or big they always put up a great fight.
Never caught a big GT to comment on. I will comment on chinamen tho, ive only got a small one before but brenz's fish from exxy last year was a thumper and came up alot quicker than the Golden trevvas we were getting.
seansurfy
Posts: 475
Date Joined: 09/08/06
Broadbill Swordfish
A guy I met in The Bay of Islands who chases broadbill swordfish says they are the toughest.....369kg fish on 37kg tackle took 14hrs 20mins....ouch
Aussie record is 175kg...but a pretty rare capture
bouttime
Posts: 703
Date Joined: 27/07/06
Striped marlin
Striped marlin, 115kg, 1hr on 24kg tackle, took 500mtrs line on first run.
42 kg samson fish 1hr on 8kg tackle
12kg albacore 20 min on 10kg tackle
Also yellow fin fight hard.
Yet to catch a GT or broadbill but that will come later.
Alos mako sharks fight hard and dirty as do yellowtail kingfish.
Hard to pick the toughest as it comes down to location. Have heard of 500kg marlin tagged and boated in under an hour on 37kg tackle yet heard of a bloke who fought a marlin about the same size on 37kg for nearly eight hours only to loose it at the boat.
big john
Posts: 8769
Date Joined: 20/07/06
Tough Hombres in no particular order
1. yellowfin tuna
2. bronze whaler
3. xos long nose emperor
4. samson fish
5. cobia or golden trevally (can't split them).
All go hard, especially on eggbeaters.
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jay_burgess
Posts: 4648
Date Joined: 18/08/05
my top 5
Just going off fish that I've caught...
1. Mangrove Jack
2. Golden Trevally
3. Threadfin Salmon
4. Sharks
5. Cobia
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h0ju
Posts: 564
Date Joined: 05/08/06
bream?
wat about a decent size bream...like 1.5 - 2kg size they always give me a decent fight :P
seansurfy
Posts: 475
Date Joined: 09/08/06
bream
over a short sprint they have some go....but a 2kg tarpon or giant herring would tow a similar sized bream backwards
streetfighter80
Posts: 1079
Date Joined: 12/02/06
top 5
1 sambo's
2 southern blue fin
3 shallow water baldies
4 bronze whalers
5 salmon
Kasey L.
Posts: 1390
Date Joined: 02/03/06
1. Amberjack 2. BIG trevs
1. Amberjack
2. BIG trevs (all big ones yet to land, keep getting Owned).
3. Big sharks (as in OWNAGE big, can't stop them) but its hard to judge, as their freakin huge, 3m+. Adrenalin rush though! Again, never landed, but you know what it is, as soon as you see the bow-wave rush away... and if its a mako, some aerial displays ;)
4. Samsonfish
5. um.... I dunno nothing comes to mind. NOT flathead?
Just what I've hooked up to.
Yet to hook onto marlin, the only YFT and southern blues I've hooked onto were tiddlers, but I'm sure bigger ones deserve a mention, Yellowtail kingfish, Dogtooth tuna, and f'in huge cod.
Not many of them available locally =(
I guess you could say, if a fish owns me or spools me on 80lb, its up there ;)
h0ju
Posts: 564
Date Joined: 05/08/06
hahahaha
looks like im gonna have to get sum giant herring or tarpon then :D
jangles
Posts: 826
Date Joined: 26/05/07
Brute Power!
1- Australian Salmon
2- Skippy
3- Bonito
4- Tailor
5- Herring
All on 2kg Bream Gear!
My reels screaming zzzzzzz.... awwww damn it, its another boat!
All the best for the future fishing trips.
Cheers.... Jangles
Bill
Posts: 437
Date Joined: 24/03/07
Swan river Goble guts
Cockburn sound Yellowtail…….. 60 lb braid 4hrs 5mins
jangles
Posts: 826
Date Joined: 26/05/07
Ohhh Bill!
My reels screaming zzzzzzz.... awwww damn it, its another boat!
All the best for the future fishing trips.
Cheers.... Jangles
Dean
Posts: 1943
Date Joined: 23/02/07
from what i have seen
from what i have seen dogtooth tuna go hard
Pete D
Posts: 1681
Date Joined: 07/06/07
Potato Cod at Exy
Cheers Pete
ody
Posts: 581
Date Joined: 30/12/06
Hi Ya,I'm still dreaming
Hi Ya,
I'm still dreaming about catching most of those. But I do resemble Bills list. LOL
Cheers.
SPESS
Posts: 3356
Date Joined: 29/12/06
Ummmmm hard
Ummmmm hard list!
1.GT
2.sambos
3.YF tuna
4.mangrove jack
5.queenies
But theres heaps more, these are mine on the lighter line classes.
Keep it tight, reeeeeeel tight!
mitch
Posts: 1285
Date Joined: 14/08/05
pound for
pound for pound
jacks,,,,,,the stealth of a leopard and just as strong.lightning fast
bluebone.,,,,,pit bulls of their bommie
chinamen,,,.bulldozers
cobia,,,,,stubborn as a mother inlaw
g.ts,,,,,,steroid abusers
always in it just the depth that varies
Maverick
Posts: 1261
Date Joined: 06/06/06
Ambo's over Sambo's
Ambo's over Sambo's for me
GT's go hard
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jay_burgess
Posts: 4648
Date Joined: 18/08/05
After my session with Brad
After my session with Brad last weekend I would have to say that pound for pound Bluebone are the toughest fish I have encountered. They beat the crap out of any equivalent sized GT.
Here's my new list..
1. Bluebone (black spot tusk fish)
2. Mangrove Jack
3. GT's
After that it's really hard to pick... there are a number of species that are tough but the above 3 stand out the most. Black Jew deserve a mention too.
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Andy Mac
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Date Joined: 03/02/06
Hmmmm
My answer is ....
Anything landed from the dropzone using less than 80lb. Extra points if you use a doubleflex rod combo.
Maybe just to be different:
1. Blue Groper (maybe that's what is lurking at the dropzone????)
2. YFT
3. Salmon (stamina)
4. GT
5. Humble Sea Sweep (pound for pound you always think there is something bigger on)
Cheers
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tailor marc
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Date Joined: 27/09/06
Man this took me 3 hours to
Man this took me 3 hours to land! Good bang for buck :)
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ody
Posts: 581
Date Joined: 30/12/06
Ha, ha
Hi Ya,
That brings back memories. LOL I haven't seen one of those since I was a kid in Bunbury. Used to get a lot of them in the estuary across the road from home.
Cheers.
jangles
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Date Joined: 26/05/07
HAHAHA Marc!
My reels screaming zzzzzzz.... awwww damn it, its another boat!
All the best for the future fishing trips.
Cheers.... Jangles
tailor marc
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HAHA Good ole gobbleguts
HAHA Good ole gobbleguts lol!
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