greg123 Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 (edited) Went out with some experienced game fishos in a tournament on saturday. We trolled along the shelf all day and about 4 hours in I was on to a mid sized striped marlin (my first !!) The fight lasted about 40mins and apparently included a big jump at the start (which I missed because I was so focussed on getting my harness fixed up). The fish was estimated at about 2m in length but was tagged an released fairly quickly after a few pics so cant be too sure on the exact measurements. All in all was a great day out and learnt a lot of tips that I'm sure will improve my fishing. (I won't name names as they're not raider members as far as I know). Edited April 11, 2011 by greg123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickman Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 well done greg it seams there were a few about on the weekend how good do we have it, marlin off sydney it do'nt get much better cheers gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg123 Posted April 11, 2011 Author Share Posted April 11, 2011 Cheers Gary, Yeah its great fishing at the moment. A lot more fish were landed that I was expecting. A couple of yellow fin came in as well, along with a mako and tiger. My next challenge is having one landed on my boat sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james7 Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Congratulations! Great catch! 40 minute fight! (I would have died well before then! ) Marlin, mako, yellowfin and a tiger - that's a busy day. Must have been great! Cheers Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg123 Posted April 11, 2011 Author Share Posted April 11, 2011 Sorry I meant throughout the comp on sat not on our boat alone haha but I wish! Yeah it was pretty tiring! Still... I can't wait to do it again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Hooker Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Great catch greg! Im still tryin to chase my first marlin ever!! Can i ask what lure and colour did the beast take?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg123 Posted April 11, 2011 Author Share Posted April 11, 2011 Great catch greg! Im still tryin to chase my first marlin ever!! Can i ask what lure and colour did the beast take?? It took a medium/large sized green lumo mate but I know of others that hooked up on other colours within a couple of miles of us. A deckie on our boat got a very nice blue the day before with a completely different colour in the same spot so It seems a variety in the spread is the key but I'm sure more experienced raiders can comment on lure selection more accurately for you. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Hooker Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Greg, Cheers for the info! Im happy to say i have a 10" lumo in my spread and a few more other colours that i hope will raise one up from the deep. Well done on your catch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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