100 cm dhu on PE2 released for POTM
Submitted by JohnF on Tue, 2012-05-08 13:04
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Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
Faulkner Family
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nice dhuie there. gotta be
nice dhuie there. gotta be stoked.
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
scottland
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very very nice
great picture of it to any ideas on what something like that would weigh
i support two teams eagles and whoever is playing the dockers
kane
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magic trick
someone else holding your rod there john or is it helium filled????? hahaha nice pic mate, not a big jig but a stonker fish!
Gooooone Fishin!
cahal.dahm
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getting my vote! what size
getting my vote! what size stella is that?
Chris fish
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Great fish on jig, awesome
Great fish on jig, awesome photo to, and well done on getting him back to.
always looking for a new challenge!!
jetty rat 17
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looks photoshopped to me :/
looks photoshopped to me :/
JohnF
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Haha, photoshopped....... If
Haha, photoshopped....... If you only knew how technologically bankrupt I am....
Stella SW4000PG running PE2, fish estimated as 20 kg, though more confident of 100 cm length as accurately measured. Took quite some releasing but large deck hose in the mouth helped to bring him back to life before released.
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
till
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Lawlz, you with photoshop!
Lawlz, you with photoshop!
timvb
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Definitely no photoshop
Just a nice shot taken using my 70-200 F2.8 IS2.
Matt T
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Gold!
Why would someone photoshop a pic like that? Bloody ridiculous! Great photo and John looks stoked! Someone else must have held the rod up for the pic yeah?
SamC
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No need to photoshop your
No need to photoshop your third chin in John, two's enough :)
Nice one Johnboy, ill give you a bell in the next coupla days! Need those Ro's :)
Cheers,
Sam
JohnF
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Haha, more Chins than a hong
Haha, more Chins than a hong kong phone directory. Thanks for picking that up Sammy!!!!
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
meglodon
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great to see the effort
very glad to read the effort you put in to see that a great fish could bread again. exellent pic
Lamby
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Shopped! Wrong tree to be
Shopped! Wrong tree to be barking up there
Great pic & no go-go gadget arms, awesome!
Chris fish
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Yeah good to see a demersal
Yeah good to see a demersal not held at arms length to make it look bigger, in saying that good luck holding that big boy out....
always looking for a new challenge!!
Longcast
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John cracker of a Dhuie 1
John cracker of a Dhuie 1 meter he would be pushing the magical 20 mark.
PE 2 well that is insane big dhuies give a real good account for themselves and on that gear congrats and well angled mate.
TAPOUT
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Great fish and great photo.
Great fish and great photo. Well done
Jase123
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Brute fish
brute fish... dont think he would be able to hold that at arms length! a horse.
Jase - Exxy was awesome!!
Travisd
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that is sik!
glad he was released too> pe2 on a 4000<come out on mine anytime...good 2 c
Baron Sportsman
Just the depth that Varies
cahal.dahm
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i have looked at this photo
i have looked at this photo about 16789269 times and still amazes me every time i look at it!
again john, great fish!
Ectopic
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CB one quickzero, one of my
CB one quickzero, one of my favorites!
Awesome capture
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