Big Marlin
Had my first attempt at marlin fishing yesterday. We had 2 outfits in the spread, 24 & 37 with tiagra50's, trolling around in the 200-300m mark. Didn't know what to expect & was very surprised when the outrigger went off with a bang & line started peeling off, luckily on the 37 outfit! This became apparent when we saw a huge marlin with both of us putting a weight of at least 150kg on it jump out of the water. 5mins of frantic preparing the boat & harnessing up & we set ourselves in for the long haul! With many jumps which still confirmed the size we both thought on how we were going to bring it boatside being that big & only in a 6m boat & just 2 of us on board! Unfortunately after 45mins of a gruelling battle the hook was spat but we were happy with the result & a huge learning curve. What a fish & what power.
Plenty of dollies out there but a bit finicky with only one brought on the boat & a few stipped tuna to finish off the day on light plastic gear.
What an eye opener for Metro marlin. Didn't think i would see that day for me.
Simon C
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nice work - always a lot of
nice work - always a lot of what ifs in that situation - I think that is half the appeal, if it was easy to get them to the boat we would lose interest
scotto
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Date Joined: 21/04/08
pretty exciting time ATM.
all this talk of metro beakies, mackies, and tuna, is enough to give a dog a bone!
hard luck on the hook spit, but there is always next time.
slam
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Date Joined: 09/09/09
Yeah we trolled around west end at sunrise for a mackie
but no go. Hoping for one but i think we were justly rewarded!
So much baitfish out there. We heard of 3 or 4 big YFT around the 30kg mark caught yesterday aswell!
chrisp
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Date Joined: 24/05/08
Frothing!
At all this pelagic action.It seems like theres another marlin Report every day at the moment. Need to get out for a troll urgento!
SamC
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Date Joined: 30/08/06
You need patience first
You need patience first Hotdogs!
Cheers,
Sam
slam
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Date Joined: 09/09/09
Marlin Classic
We found out in the arvo that there was the marlin classic on yesterday & we heard the reports coming in. Probably 4 marlin caught that we heard, all small blacks around the 50kg mark. I thought the one we hooked was a black & my mate thought it was a blue. I guess we will never know!!
uncle
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Date Joined: 10/02/07
must have been great
when that lure went off,better luck next time
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
allrounder
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Date Joined: 10/11/08
Good start for you slam
how do you think you would have gone if you had been trolling 10 or 15 kg line?A word of warning it will become an addiction that will cost $ when you land one
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
slam
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Date Joined: 09/09/09
15kg line
I don't think 15kg line would of got anywhere near it! We were running 80lb & had trouble. Maybe if i had 8hrs i could try it!!! Softer on the back aswell!
Definately an addiction. Just makes you realise there's more to fishing than pulling a dhuie up!