Only in Exmouth
On monday we finnaly had a calm day where i was not working so i thought i would try to get a marlin ,i have been trying for a while on my boat but with no success .My self and Jason headed out early and we were in the water by 7.30am and set lures by 8am we had our first marlin look at our gear but no luck at 8.15 we had our second look and we were on .This is Jasons first malin and i have only tld 25 with 15kgs on them so i didnt know what was going to happen ,20min later we relesed and we were both very happy first for jason, first for the boat.
Twenty minutes later we had our second on and soon to the boat ,we landed two more in the 2 hours, so we were 4 hook ups 3 landed ,by noon we had raised 13 in total and landed 4 we should have had two more but we had gear fail but with the working out they were getting i expected as much.
I was running two tld25s with 15kg line and 1 tld15 with 30 pound braid ,the tld 15 landed one marlin should of had two but the leader snaped.
I know this is not the best marlin set up but it is all that i have ,so i cant complain all marlin were 40 to 70 kgs the two that snaped gear one was over a 100kgs and we were unlucky as i was putting the line into the outrigger as the marlin hit the line wrapped my glove and the marlin jumped nearly pulling me over the side the line snapped and the marlin jumped away with my lure.
We were coming in to get a mackie to take home when we came accross a whale shark it came to the boat and hung around .We stopped and a second came up and stayed near the motor had a pat and left .
ONLY IN EXMOUTH
Feral
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Date Joined: 01/11/06
you bastards :) ive only
you bastards :)
ive only hooked 1 marlin and i didnt have it for long ...
oh well maybe next year :)
top effort by the way
Faulkner Family
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Date Joined: 11/03/08
sounds like what dreams are
sounds like what dreams are made of. well done to Jason for getting his first and well done to you for getting in amongst the action. the whale shark would have just topped the day off nicely. not fair but. your out there fishing while most of us are stuck at work
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Adam Gallash
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Date Joined: 29/11/05
sheesh
The surface must have been going off this week with how many we hit on Tuesday as well. Nice work mate, I take it you are taking that contract extension then. :))
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till
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Looks like a great day out,
Looks like a great day out, nice work on the bills!
Pete D
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Date Joined: 07/06/07
Will take along time to
Will take along time to forget that day. Congrats.
Cheers Pete
matttld25
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Date Joined: 01/05/08
Have asked for an extention
Have asked for an extention got another 3 months ,here until december.
will be giong hard on the fishing until then.
Webby
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Date Joined: 24/09/08
magic, absolute magic. I
magic, absolute magic. I love days when the bllfish are on. one of the most fun forms of fishing, especialy when the weather is good. well done boys. P.S. I like the pvc out rigger base or is it a rod holder?
I live with fear every day... sometimes she lets me go fishing.
till
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Date Joined: 21/02/08
Like? Gives me the heebie
Like? Gives me the heebie jeebies! I've snapped the plastic thru-gunwale ones trolling, pvc isn't any stronger.
Webby
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Date Joined: 24/09/08
i said i liked it, not that
i said i liked it, not that id use it.
I live with fear every day... sometimes she lets me go fishing.
mako magic
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Date Joined: 03/08/05
Sounds like a great session
Sounds like a great session there, and good that you got onto a patch of bigger fish, nice to hear a 100kg plus fish, pity you missed it though
soupster51
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Date Joined: 29/11/06
Loving it
Another great day on the water in Exxy. Fantastic day to remember for a long time.
The best reason for doing what's right today is tomorrow.
just dhu it
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Date Joined: 14/05/09
Well done Matt
Great storey Matt and Adam , some fine photos there and storey line of another good time in Exy, Well done guys
Gully
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Date Joined: 04/10/05
Far out - can not complain
Far out - can not complain with a day out like that.
Great stuff
deepwater
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Date Joined: 09/05/07
Matt well done on the great
Matt well done on the great day out ,jas would have been over the moon ,the shark would have topped the bay off well mate good work mat
jeff
Xtreme Coolers
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Brilliant
Sounds like a great day Matt. That will be hard to beat. You have just experienced my next goal. Great stuff.
Dave
Goatch
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Date Joined: 03/07/07
Top stuff
Gotta get over there next week I think , what sort of water temps and water colour did you find or didn't it seem to matter ?
Just one more cast , honest !!!