Cracker amber today

Cracker amber today

 Amberjack from out the back of rotto today. Just on 1.5 m long around 40+kg on 15kg gear.


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NICE

Sun, 2013-06-30 21:11

FW record right there!!!

awesome fish

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 Cheers, pulled like a

Sun, 2013-06-30 21:13

 Cheers, pulled like a freight train. Was a pleasant surprise considering we were chasing pinks

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 monster

Sun, 2013-06-30 21:19

 monster

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Rare, was Steve and the crew

Sun, 2013-06-30 21:27

Rare, was Steve and the crew with ya, would be good to see on The Water. Stonka fish, musta smoked the pinky gear

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 Steve was there but no

Mon, 2013-07-01 07:19

 Steve was there but no cameras. Always the way though 

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very, very nice

Sun, 2013-06-30 22:37

must have been happy with that

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Great fish!!!!!!

Mon, 2013-07-01 07:22

Great fish!!!!!!

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 That's a huge amber! Great

Mon, 2013-07-01 07:35

 That's a huge amber! Great effort on that gear too!

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 Cheers I was pretty stoked,

Mon, 2013-07-01 07:40

 Cheers I was pretty stoked, went much harder than a sambo I think

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Top effort big fella ! That's

Mon, 2013-07-01 15:22

Top effort big fella ! That's a cracka !

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Great Effort on 15kg gear

Mon, 2013-07-01 18:58

Monster fish, well done..

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Nice

Mon, 2013-07-01 19:02

Nice fish Paul. Would have been a bit of a handful 

did you get much else? 

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 Hey Tim it was pretty quiet

Tue, 2013-07-02 07:26

 Hey Tim it was pretty quiet out there to be honest

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Well done

Mon, 2013-07-01 19:51

 Would love to catch one like that 

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solid amber

Tue, 2013-07-02 19:20

 brings back memories of one we got from 200 meters. angry battle all the way. Top fish paul.

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 Bloody amberjacks .well done

Tue, 2013-07-02 19:53

 Bloody amberjacks .well done  Paul .Jody loves pulling them big boys up NOT

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Wow - that's a solid fish!

Wed, 2013-07-03 08:57

Wow - that's a solid fish!

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solid

Wed, 2013-07-03 22:44

that a nice fish mate

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Horse

Thu, 2013-07-04 07:53

Awesome fish. Wouldn't have taken too long to work out it wasn't a pinky ;)

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Thanks guys. Yes it was a

Thu, 2013-07-04 08:12

Thanks guys. Yes it was a battle all the way to the top. It never gave up. lucky it was only in 120 metres not 200....