Dolphinfish - NSW & Australian pending Small Fry record

[REEF MAGIC CHARTERS]

As the fishing continues to improve I would just like to share a fantastic catch by a great mate of ours Paul from Newcastle aboard his boat EagleVI. Paul is a regular with us aboard a Reef Magic & we have had some great days fishing together.

Recently he took his two sons out on a boys day hoping to catch a few dollies or a marlin. Max aged 9 & Isaac 12 have been fishing with Paul for years & love going out with him.

They decided to pull some lures with good reports of marlin about & soon they had a reel screaming.. Of course it was the 10kg outfit & Max got ready for the battle of his life. Soon Paul realized they had a good dolphinfish on & Max angled like a champion coached by Paul from the fly bridge. Max finally got the fish up and Paul got it aboard. A dolphinfish weighing 15.38kg for a small fry on 10kg line... a new pending NSW & Australian record.

Max with his record catch

The day wasn't over with them raising a marlin before another reel screemed off and Isaac grabbed the rod as a nice black marlin took off across the transom. He settled in for the fight of his life with dad talking him all the way. After an hour Isaac got an approximate 140kg black at the boat but unfortunately the leader broke & the fish swam off to fight another day. But what a great effort by a 12 year old & I'm sure he will have plenty more opportunities with a mad fishing father & welcome aboard with us anytime .

Cheers

Damo

Edited December 17, 2014 by Reef Magic Charters

[manhands]

Well done great effort

[andysinmexico]

Awesome effort, great to see kids getting out there, these are the kinds of experiences that set a kid up for life

[scaffsta]

Awesome stuff.

Happy boys & a proud dad.

Well done ;-)