The President Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 (edited) Reading all the recent marlin action, decided to fish the 12 mile around the tide change at 7.45am. Out of Botany Bay heads at 6am, when about 2 mile from the 12 mile started to set the lures. A mixture of 8,10 & 12 inch skirts. Whilst in the process of setting the second outrigger (long corner), we had only been trawling for about 15 miutes when the long rigger started making that sweet sound. A stripey starts dancing on top taking 37kg line, then goes down and before we know it is under the boat with the line around the propeller. Handline the fish, cut the line, tie a double uni knot, continue the fight and land the fish. Water temp was 22.2, lure was 8 inch lumo sprocket, 37kg stand up, boat Barcrusher 6.4HT, angler 'Butch' fish released, estimate 85kg stripe marlin. Conditions were beautiful out there this morning, trolled till 12pm then fished the bottom at 12 mile for 6 leather jackets and one kingfish. Listened to all the radio talk with the comp, only a few fish raised and landed. Edited January 7, 2012 by The President Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew399 Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 top fish mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen801 Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Excellent job on the emergency repairs mid fight to your tackle. Cool hand and heads needed in those situations. Not sure how I would have pulled that one off. Gotta love marlin at 12 mile. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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butch Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 (edited) Well done to the crew for helping me land this fine stripey. Cool heads to the President and the Dog. Edited January 7, 2012 by butch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickman Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 well done boys don't think i could have pulled that one off top effort cheers gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Nice Stripey, well deserved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little marlin Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Nice marlin there fellas well done on handlining the fish 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captin Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Good report, nice catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finin Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Nice job and well done . Mystified as to how it came up under the boat? Can only be inexperience? Angler should.. Keep tight on the fish at all times, a priority. Slack line usually means only one or two things fish is off the line or the fish is swimming towards the boat. Angler should now be reeling in line as fast as possible and not looking for the marlin or looking around. His sole concentration is.. laying the line back onto the reel, so as not to cause a mountain of line on the reel (which in future will cause you to lose a fish). Already the skipper should have gunned the boat forward maintaining a posi in front of the fish, where it can now be fished safely for out of under the boat. Up to the angler and decky to communicate to the skipper at all times. If you have a good skipper and in tune crew , things like this wont happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hawkesbass Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 top effort boys well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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