Mums first bill fish

Mums first bill fish

This is my mums first fish in exmouth.   she flew in on the 26th july and landed this on the 27th.  not bad for her first bill fish about 45 - 50kgs.  it took her 45min to land on a TLD25 15kg line.  mum is, lets say, just over 60.


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conditions

Tue, 2010-07-27 19:26

Been lots getting caught lately, its about time we had some good weather.  Been spewing stuck at work looking at it each day.  Solid saily mate.

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Great effort

Tue, 2010-07-27 19:27

what a beautiful fish. cheers Pete

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onya Mum

Tue, 2010-07-27 19:31

well done, great catch.  cheers

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nothing like getting the

Tue, 2010-07-27 19:39

nothing like getting the oldies onto some quality billfish.
Good onya Matt.

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lovely Tim

Tue, 2010-07-27 19:41

'the oldies'  ....

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meant in the fondest way

Tue, 2010-07-27 20:05

meant in the fondest way possible of course.

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Thats two in two weeks

Tue, 2010-07-27 19:44

only two weeks to go so i hope some are still around thenLaughingOpps good fish for your mum.Not many guys i know that have fished for years have cracked a 30 plus sail

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congrats to your mum. didnt

Tue, 2010-07-27 21:27

congrats to your mum. didnt wast any time getting a solid looking saily. Goes to show , your never too old to get a first. would have been a magic moment when that one came boatside and i bet mum will be smiling all night until the pain from the 45 min fight takes hold

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Excellent

Tue, 2010-07-27 21:54

That's a top effort all round. Well done to your mum.

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Good job

Tue, 2010-07-27 22:02

Good job on getting her on to her first sailie, bet she was chuffed with it.

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Onya Mum

Wed, 2010-07-28 21:57

my mum would be lucky to come out on the boat let alone get a fish !!!

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Go mum

Thu, 2010-07-29 08:59

A great catch and a nice pic too.

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