keith_kmr Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 Hay fella raiders Decided to head out to 12mile to see if there was any marlin in close at the moment. I left Roseville boat ramp at 630 and had I nice run up middle harbour. I was greeted with birds hitting bait just of middle head, I through some soft plastics around but couldn’t get any takers. As the conditions were so nice I motored straight out to 12 mile and set the spread. I was on my own so the plan was to just troll around 12 mile but after an hour and not 1 fish in site I decided to troll out to the shelf. Once I reached the shelf the sea had started to pick up so as I decided to turn and head home. Just as I started to turn zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz I was on…. I grabbed the road and started bring the other lines in (which was rather challenging on my own) then the water exploded and out comes a nice striped marlin….. just as I started to reel like mad I realised it was all over it had thrown the hook (all over in less then 30 secs followed by ½ an hour of cursing) that’s fish thou… I set the spread again and within 15min again the long corner goes off… after 10 min on 15kg gear I though I had a small yellowfin but once it got near the boat I realised that it was my first Wahoo. Not a bad fight with 3 big runs but after that it was easy reel to the boat. The fish went 12.8kgs and made plenty of steaks and fillets to feed family and friends. Not a bad day on the water with water temps ranging form 23c at 12 mile to 24.5c on the edge of the shelf. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flattieman Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 to the site, Keith. Shame that you lost the marlin, but that wahoo looks great! Well done! Flattieman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 Too bad re the dropped marlin mate Nice Wahoo though. penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnno Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 (edited) to Fishraider after a slow start it turned good always good when you bring fish home for a feed Nice boat also Keith need a deckie Edited February 24, 2007 by johnno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishingmik Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 nice fish there keith shame about the marlin mik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netic Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 Mate, Very well done oh the Wahoo, Shame you dropped the marlin but theres always next time Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mik Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 Well done Keith, Nice boat, nice trip & nice feed. I love the way you said you were heading in, then got hit with a Marlin, then all of a sudden your setting lines again. LOL That's all it takes for us to stay another few hours isn't it, one decent thrill & we're suddenly thinkin' "Just one more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith_kmr Posted February 24, 2007 Author Share Posted February 24, 2007 to Fishraider after a slow start it turned good always good when you bring fish home for a feed Nice boat also Keith need a deckie Thanks guys Droping the marlin was defently a pain but thats fishing... johnno PM me your details and ill give you a call next time i need someone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomahawk1999 Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 Sorry bout the marlin but you'll be glad to hear that wahoo are one of the finest tasting fish you could hope to eat. YUMMMMMM!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Well done on the wahoo and bad luck on the marlin. At least you got 30 sec of heart pumping fun before he spat. Cheers Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james1990 Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Welcome to the site mate, nice wahoo, shame about the marlin, better luck next time. cheers james Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mako1 Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Keith. All three of my marlin encounters have ended pretty quickly too,but that big rush we get when were hooked up is what makes us come back for more.At least you ended up with a nice wahoo. Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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