the big one of the trip(Exmouth 2009)

the big one of the trip(Exmouth 2009)

caught on day 3, estimated 90-95kg caught on 15kg line out from tantabiddi, what a way to christen the new boat


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awesome effort

Tue, 2009-05-12 18:20

how much did huggy pay you to put his up first...ha ha

i'd be cracking a keg

judging by the number of coke cans on the floor it took some time to land...ha ha

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nah mate i held this off for

Tue, 2009-05-12 18:37

nah mate i held this off for last, also the coke cans/jim beam cans are part of one of my teasersWink

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lol he was drinking the shower while

Tue, 2009-05-12 19:25

he was drinking the shower while fighting this marlin because he grnoursly left the drinks behind for me and doug :P

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just did the math

Tue, 2009-05-12 19:29

and went out to measure the boat my guess is 100 to 120kg still a good effort on 15 kg.How did the tub go ?Any more on the name or still under wraps?

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the new tub went tops mate,

Tue, 2009-05-12 19:33

the new tub went tops mate, coupleof little issues that i will sort out with andrew soon, apart from that i went pretty concervative on the weight may have gone a bit more, but was a top fish on 15kg thats for sure.

 

as for the new name still undecided might have to get off my butt and sort it out soon

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a 2 and a half meter fish

Tue, 2009-05-12 19:39

from the lower jaw to the fork of the tail would be estimated at 150.If yours was a bit fuller in the stomach it would have gone close to 140 ish well done.Give me a pm with your probs and i will let you know if i have the same things.

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Awesome way to christen the boat!

Tue, 2009-05-12 20:04

Goooooone Fishin!

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Nice Matty!!

Tue, 2009-05-12 20:07

Very nice indeed, especially on 15kg!!

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I think the catch is trying to tell you something...

Tue, 2009-05-12 20:12

The eyes of the fish tell it all...F*%$kin get the poser thing done and let me go back to the bar OK?

 

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congrats mako magic

Tue, 2009-05-12 20:13

what a magnificent catch.  well done.

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nice

Tue, 2009-05-12 22:11

Great fish. I'm envious.
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well done

Wed, 2009-05-13 05:58

well done great fish mako

tight lines

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thanks guys, i think this

Wed, 2009-05-13 07:43

thanks guys, i think this fish blew huggy b's mind away when we hooked it, and he done a great job driving the boat around on this fish, a huge learning curve for him and a credit to him helping land the fish

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good stuff

Wed, 2009-05-13 07:53
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Great Capture Boys

Wed, 2009-05-13 09:18

Doesn't get much better aye. Top Fish

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That Richter Lure

Wed, 2009-05-13 09:20

colour was the standout for Gamex ,

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funny we heard it was the

Wed, 2009-05-13 10:01

funny we heard it was the pink, but for us the standout was the lumo soft oscar

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my pink/white soft oscar has

Wed, 2009-05-13 10:38

my pink/white soft oscar has been cleaning up for me lately, however I've usually had a lumo Pazula in the spread which has had it's fair share of hits, usually on a long corner or shotgun. I should get a lumo soft oscar and tow at the same time to compare.

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blue brekky

Wed, 2009-05-13 10:42

Dont give up on the blue brekky mate, that will be the one that gets triple figures for your boat, gauranteed. ;)  Nice fish Matt, but dont think that breaks the 100's, after seeing the 114kg fish weighed at gamex, thats still got a little bit to go.

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blue brekky is still drying

Wed, 2009-05-13 10:55

blue brekky is still drying out from a very long swim yesterday, and it did raise me the sail even though the fish ate the pink in the end. I've got 2 more new ones to try, one is a black/ orange skirt and looks hot. I'm practising stitching up some baits today for your return, bring on triple figures.

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yeah ive got a fair few fish

Wed, 2009-05-13 11:02

yeah ive got a fair few fish around this size before adam thats why i called it for 90-95, dont think it was going to crack the 100, however it was a fairly healthy fish for sure.

 

and another note, strangly this year we raised practically nothing on the richter 502/506 black, the one we raised all our fish on last year. Not sure why

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I started off getting fish

Wed, 2009-05-13 11:29

I started off getting fish on the 502/506 in Zulu and Soft Oscar but it's lost some of it's charm lately. Mind you it's not going to catch fish sitting in the boat either. Might be time to run it again.
My spread now is usually soft oscar 46/46 (pink/ white), blue breakfast (12" blue and silver) and a 3rd spot (shotgun) is changed between lumo Zulu or soft grassy, pink soft grassy, or a Oscar Jnr 605/922 (fire colours).

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interesting

Wed, 2009-05-13 11:24

Interesting you mention that Matt, Tim and I were discussing the change in colours for this year and the movement away from the black.  Mind you, Tim's hooked a few fish on the black this year and I think taking it out of the spread is still too risky as it does go off from time to time.  Certainly seems to be the year of the pink and white grassy or oscar. 

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the wahoo I won the comp

Wed, 2009-05-13 11:32

the wahoo I won the comp with was on the Zulu black but I think it came out of the spread after that.

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yeah i always kept 1 black

Wed, 2009-05-13 11:29

yeah i always kept 1 black one in the spread, i think its one colour you always need, was running 2 pinks at the start which then turned to one pink 2 lumos and a black towards the end of the trip

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Nice fish Mako

Wed, 2009-05-13 19:37

Great way to christen the boat.

Not sure on others thoughts on this but it must have been near the upper size limit of safely bringing into the boat from a crew perspective as well as the fishes wellbeing.

Having been caught on 15kg, did you have to swim him for long to revive him?

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yes agree there

Wed, 2009-05-13 19:44

yes agree there john,definately on the upper limit of bringing onto the boat, we swam it for around 20-30mins or so swam off fairly ok, but with all billfish you never know

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Got mine on a black/orange

Wed, 2009-05-13 22:47

Got mine on a black/orange skirt. Black Bart plunger style

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sweet as

Thu, 2009-05-14 08:03

great fish mako, your making me wanna go back just to catch one of those. we only trolled for two hours for marlin the whole trip. we got one. i just prefer bottom bouncing. but when looking at your pic i get motovated to do more trolling, well done im very jealous.

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Excellent Matt That's a great fish Maybe you should should call

Thu, 2009-05-14 08:06

your new boat Marlin Magic.

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Great photo and a great fish

Thu, 2009-05-14 15:42

Great photo and a great fish mate.  WEll done!!

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