pike Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 We put the boat in yesterday with fish head breno with a plan to head out for dollie's, put it in the hacking got some livies and headed out around 7:00am. The seas were flat so we got to the southern fad in about half an hour, as we pulled up we could see lots of litte fish around and one big one sitting right on the buoy. Casted a livie about 4 meters off the buoy and the big one ran out and smashed the bait and ran straight around the other side of the fad. Breno quickly reversed the boat around the fad after it, then I could set the hook. The fish ran away from the fad thank god because I was only using a diwa 4000 with about 120 meters of 30 pound braid with 18kg leader not much stopping power for this fish. It did a few jumps but spent most of the fight about 40 meters below the boat. Eventully coming up so we could grab the leader and gaff it, the fight took about an hour, very happy the circle was in the corner of the jaw and we managed to land it. After we got home we weighed the fish and it weighed in at 25kg and the length was 160cm over all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 That is a great fish !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AI fella Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 thats a horse mate!!! good skills, that would be fun on my yak…. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vo2c88 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 What a Beast. Well done :-) Regards Vo2c88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmaniac Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Nice fish on light gear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishheadbreno Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Still can't believe how lucky we were to land that beast on such light gear, dodgy knot, small rusty hook and your pathetic angling skills ha ha. Should enter it for catch of the month. I also see it a fishraider record. We'll done mate. Hope we have more days like that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefisherman6784 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 WOW thats a monster i couldnt beleive my eyes when i saw the pic great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornets Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 That is fish of a life time. I always worry that same thing when fishing so light what if a monster gets on . I was out monday and only fish with 2000 diawa with 8lb and 16lb leader . You deserve the record for patience when they can get down that deep they are hard to get up . Top job . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilledFisho Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 wow wow wow. can i come next time haha nice job dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VBCB Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Monster ! Amazing fish good on you man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockfisherman Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Nice fish bud, the fight would have loads of fun... Daiwa 4000 reel (depending on model of course) would generally have some good grunt, 10kg or so.... I'm guessing you had it on a lighter stick ? If it's to good to be true, it usually is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filthmonger Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 wow thats all i can say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonywardle Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 nice work I can't wait to get my outboard sorted so I can go out for a look! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harbour Hauler Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Thats the biggest ive seen this year. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomBillfish Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 That is one hell of a dollie mate, well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyS Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 What a cracker. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tasksta Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Bloody hell thats a stonker! You got the one ive been targeting all season, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Stalker Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 That is a cracker! Would have been a monster of a fight. Well done on a new record also. Well deserved and I daresay it will be a record held for quite a while. Luc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookerbruce Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Now I know why the big one wasn't at the FAD when I got there yesterday, You caught him on wed. Good fish. Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefisherman6784 Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Now I know why the big one wasn't at the FAD when I got there yesterday, You caught him on wed. Good fish. Bruce Good excuse mate Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matblack Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Very Nice Great looking fish ,the old drag would of been screaming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpasqualie Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 That is a cracker! Would have been a monster of a fight. Well done on a new record also. Well deserved and I daresay it will be a record held for quite a while. Luc. The matador got the bull well done mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 That's a beaut! A work colleague went out the other day off Sydney & caught heaps of them but none were legal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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