Gamex day 1 - Huge, if not biggest ever
Reports around the place say that it wasn't the best conditions out on the west side, but 71 black marlin were tagged and released, 7 sailfish and 2 tagged fish (1 hung) or there abouts. The marlin that was hung was a state record and there was a pending junior world record for a 6.8kg golden trevally on 3kg. I left the weigh in before it was finished, but some very decent catches recorded.
Other notable was Bernie Vale from Mahi Mahi 2 putting his punters onto 7 marlin for the day after hooking 9 and seeing plenty more. I will provide some more reports as I hear them over the week.
Also young fishwrecked junior fishing comp winner, Alex Nelson, gave a quick spiel to Jenny Gates and a GWN cameraman about his unsuccessful, but fun day out on the water today.
Cheers,
Adam
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mako magic
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the state
the state record.............more info? is it male, female or junior?
wadetolley
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Gee
93kg of fish, sounds like fun to me. Looks real rough, can see all the whitecaps in the photo Adam, enjoy!
Adam Gallash
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female
Female angler Matt. Yeh, when one sides glass the other is horrid. You could see it on the anglers faces that it wasn't a pretty day on the west-side, theres going to be some horrible burnout by Wednesday when the forecast goes reeeeeeeeel bad!
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Lucky Tim
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looks like the tag and
looks like the tag and release billfish winner this year will have to tag some pretty good numbers at that rate. I think it was 9 or 10 that won it last year.
mako magic
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good to see alot of billfish
good to see alot of billfish around, hopefully there will still be heaps in 7 weeks
woody
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Jo Decker is a gun female
Jo Decker is a gun female angler...cleans up in billfish comps along with her hubby Kurt on their little centre console Saxon Raider....awesome exxie locals.
They were braving pretty rough seas/big winds in the Bonanza last October that had 10-12 metre flybridge boats parked up in the morning...they would be amongst the favs for sure
Well done!
Faulkner Family
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sounds like it was a
sounds like it was a productive day . what line class was the marlin taken on to be a possible record?. either way its a beauty
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together