The fish of a lifetime!

[Belligero]

Hi All,

Unfortunately not my catch however a fellow fishing club member caught this 23kg Marlin last Sunday 25/01/2015 by Di Brown 66yr old retired grandmother fishing for Gosford RSL Fishing Club in the Brisbane Water combined fishing clubs comp (which she won)! She was targeting Snapper and got this instead!

Anchored at broken bay wide in 80mts of water using a light spin rod & egg beater reel with a snapper rig (patanosta). Bait was old brined full pilchards for bait. The fish grabbed the bait about 1/2 way to the bottom then the fight was on. The fight took 3/4hrs!

Cheers

[calvinching]

That is really epic!

[golf_fish]

I looked at the pic before i read the report,

And thought if you'd caught that under the Rip Bridge as well i was gonna hang up my rods and reels!!

Awesome catch all the same.....

[dynabolt]

On a light spin rod ?!?!?!?!?!? Now that is totally awesome.....

[night_rider]

That's an awesome story. Fish of a life time indeed on a snapper setup!

[Paikea]

Congratulations, a super effort.

Cheers

Paikea

[Scratchie]

Good on her! It's great seeing the ladies get involved in local fishing clubs. Although the ladies in my club are kicking my butt!

Cheers scratchie!!!

[Guest zanderman]

that is amazing!

[APEX]

How good is that! Bet she's planning a Marlin charter after all that fun!

[bessell1955]

You just never know what you might catch when you throw a line in the briny.

[gregh1]

_{Great story! I also thought "WOW" he really has caught the fish of a lifetime at the RIP!! With over 100 feet deep of water you never know what you might catch down there! Congrats to Di for the fantastic catch!!!}

[VBCB]

That is amazing stuff! Well done on that one, such a nice story that proves one more time it only happens to those who spend time on / along the water, come on people stop watching your screens and take your rods out