Shanemills Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 (edited) Went out today off Sydney and caught a 120kg striped marlin. Was also my first marlin. Also went to browns for a few blue eye. What a day looks like its a seafood Christmas. The water was beautiful this morning Saw 2 sunfish and only 1 other boat at browns. Edited December 23, 2012 by Shanemills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Awwww good onya Shane, nothing like that first marlin How long were you on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanemills Posted December 23, 2012 Author Share Posted December 23, 2012 About 40 minutes. Had it to the boat in 10 but then it saw the boat and shot off and it put on a very areal show. Going to be smiling for a week I'd say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.e.p.d Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 (edited) Great work mate... That's a great first striped. What did you get it on? Was it a scent blazer ? Edited December 23, 2012 by mr.e.d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishy Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Yeeha! Bring on the beakie's! Top work mate. Random strike or working bait? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickman Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 congrats mate first marlin for fish raider this summer well done and being your first you will be smiling for a month cheers gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanemills Posted December 23, 2012 Author Share Posted December 23, 2012 Great work mate... That's a great first striped. What did you get it on? Was it a scent blazer ? Unfortunately it wasn't a scent blazer would have liked to put up a good report about them, I did have a couple out but my mate said he's lures are hard to beat. The scent blazer lures have a great action in the water you can really see them working. I would probably say it was all about the colour lure. Scent blazer was dolfin fish and it was a purple coloured lure that went off. As they say its all about what there feeding on at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Well done, nice Stripey and nice Blue eyes as well cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongrass18ft Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Congratulations on your first marlin capture. +++++ Topping the day with some great blue eye. What a way to finish the year mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanemills Posted December 24, 2012 Author Share Posted December 24, 2012 (edited) Great effort mate ... A good sign for Sydney and once u catch one they can become addictive!!! Already looking forward to the next time. I think of everyone could hook up on one we wouldn't have any need for people to be addicted to drugs. Everyone would be addicted to catching marlin. What a rush especially when there jumping all over the place. My arms are sore today. Edited December 24, 2012 by Shanemills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.e.p.d Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 Already looking forward to the next time. I think of everyone could hook up on one we wouldn't have any need for people to be addicted to drugs. Everyone would be addicted to catching marlin. What a rush especially when there jumping all over the place. My arms are sore today. haha your tummy will be sore tomorrow from all the fish have a great xmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John C Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 Awesome stuff mate! I can't wait for my first Capture even just being on a boat landing one would be satisfying enough!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbdshroom Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 Congratulations on that whopper! Never mind going to the gym, sounds like you got a decent whole body and abs workout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1987k Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 Great effort mate can't wait to get out there during the week Nick Barcrusher 610î‡ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little marlin Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 Awesome striped marlin you caught there. No shortage of quality fish for you this xmas well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REEF MAGIC CHARTERS Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 Well done Shane on your first capture! It's always a great site to see someone catch their first marlin. You will now look forward to each day with more anticipation & will be keeping an extra eye on your lures & sounder. If you get a chance see if you can get some of the marlin smoked. Good luck next time out Cheers Damo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotbite Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 Great fish mate, well done!!! I'm with Damo....get some smoked!! Hot or cold...Both are cracker on the chew!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plankton Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 That's a huge Striped - well done! My first Marlin came from a $12 Williamson lure. Ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpet Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Merry christmas santa did come to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erroll Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Top result there mate. Well done. What depth were you in? Cheers Erroll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanemills Posted December 28, 2012 Author Share Posted December 28, 2012 Top result there mate. Well done. What depth were you in? Cheers Erroll On the shelf mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erroll Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 On the shelf mate Thanks mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnopaparoulas Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Nice work mate, how far out of Sydney did u hook it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpinta Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Was the Marlin weighed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanemills Posted January 10, 2013 Author Share Posted January 10, 2013 (edited) No estimated by some pretty experienced boys and was almost 2.6m from fork to end of bottom beak. And was around half way on the shelf off botany mate. Edited January 10, 2013 by Shanemills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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