eyevan Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Hi Fishradiers, Been a while since i've posted. Went out wide off Sydney on Saturday with a close mate of mine, first time i've ever fished for Marlin and i managed to hook and land my first fish on my first outing. Length 2.2m - weight approx 80kg-90kg. Caught with Stella 18000 and Saltiga popping rod Kept the fish and it's getting moulded and hung in my man cave. We also caught few dollies, many were undersize but had a few keepers. All credit goes to my mate, without him i wouldn't have caught. Till next time, tight lines. Cheers, Ivan 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Awesome capture! Well done 👍 Your first marlin is definitely one for the man cave! cheers scratchie!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyboy Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Way to go mate, on a threadline to 🤘. Fist pump through the internet to you. Sounds like you had a first class captain as well. Cheers Scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Great report and Super photos, good onya. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcurrall Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Great stuff mate! mate of mine lost his first marlin after a 30 min fight weekend before last, he’s absolutely gutted, still moping around haha the poor bugger When they moulded it could you keep the meat at all? Smoked marlin is amazing 👌 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonD Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Congrats on the capture. Most of the guys who do the fish moulds would already have a mould from a previous fish of all kinds of sizes which is far cheaper than them casting a mould from your own fish. That way you get to have some great fillets rather than wasted fish and save a heap of cash at the same time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smobaby Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Congratulations must have been amazing moment tried on Sunday for all zeros weather turned foul headed home try again soon hopefully lucky as you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Great work, a very nice fish for the first marlin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61 crusher Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 (edited) Good report & photos, congrats on your first marlin, lucky for you getting one on your first trip out chasing beakies 😎 Edited March 2, 2020 by 61 crusher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 I'm impressed...well done! bn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Signing Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Is that a bottom jaw measurement bud? Only reason i ask is if i was to call that black id call it around the 60kg mark just looking at it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyevan Posted March 3, 2020 Author Share Posted March 3, 2020 Thanks for all the positive comments guys JonD - after speaking to couple guys that's what i've decided to do, meat has now been cut up and shared amongst family and friends, i had some last night it was pretty good. New Signing - Measured from tip of the bill to the middle of the tail, the bill on this fish was quite small for the size of it as my mate who was the skipper caught one a few weeks back which was a smaller fish and had a larger bill. Also, this fish was quite thick, 420mm width and 230mm thick - once again only an estimate as the one my mate caught was smaller and he had it weighed at 79kg. Cheers Ivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Signing Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 47 minutes ago, eyevan said: Thanks for all the positive comments guys JonD - after speaking to couple guys that's what i've decided to do, meat has now been cut up and shared amongst family and friends, i had some last night it was pretty good. New Signing - Measured from tip of the bill to the middle of the tail, the bill on this fish was quite small for the size of it as my mate who was the skipper caught one a few weeks back which was a smaller fish and had a larger bill. Also, this fish was quite thick, 420mm width and 230mm thick - once again only an estimate as the one my mate caught was smaller and he had it weighed at 79kg. Cheers Ivan No worries. When using the weight estimate charts the fish measurement is taken from the bottom jaw to the middle of the tail 👍 Your mates fish might have been a striped if the bill was longer and the fish skinnier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedmaster30 Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 thats awesome! Thanks for the report! top fish Definitely a bucket list catch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamstr Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Congrats on your first marlin mate! All the more sweet that you managed it on a Stella!! What were the water conditions like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Congrats 👏 on your capture it is fabbo. We enjoy catching marlin. It is so exciting!! We have a marlin on the wall too Don’t be a stranger and look forward to more great reports 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolts1 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Congrats Eyevan, nice report and nice fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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