Got him when we doing abit of recon out wide. Had a couple good fish on board so went looking reeeaaaallllyyy deep and on one of the lllllloooooonnnnggg retieve's (550++) it hit at about the 280m mark. He didn't put up any fight though till he was 60m from the surface, thought we had tangled our lines as the rod wasn't bent at all. But when he started he went right off, got a video of the most of the fight at one stage it came out the water shaking it head 30m from the boat then walked towards the boat only to swim into the outboard and then dive back down. Eventually got him onboard. Not sure how much it weighed but it did feed about 8 family's, not bad on the tooth they are super oily. Very unexpected to catch one at all but really enjoyed doing so !!!
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Must be a story to go with that pic?
Come on fill us in.
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big john
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Awesome
Got any details regarding its capture Den?
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Faulkner Family
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looks like it would have
looks like it would have gone well taking line, awsome capture
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Tim
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Awesome Capture
Is this the one that hit a bait while being retrieved on an electric reel?
Mick
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Daytime Broadie. Mmmmmm
Daytime Broadie. Mmmmmm
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Den
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Got him when we doing abit
Got him when we doing abit of recon out wide. Had a couple good fish on board so went looking reeeaaaallllyyy deep and on one of the lllllloooooonnnnggg retieve's (550++) it hit at about the 280m mark. He didn't put up any fight though till he was 60m from the surface, thought we had tangled our lines as the rod wasn't bent at all. But when he started he went right off, got a video of the most of the fight at one stage it came out the water shaking it head 30m from the boat then walked towards the boat only to swim into the outboard and then dive back down. Eventually got him onboard. Not sure how much it weighed but it did feed about 8 family's, not bad on the tooth they are super oily. Very unexpected to catch one at all but really enjoyed doing so !!!
deepwater
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hi den
was that a day light catch mate ??
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Den
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Yeah Tim thats the one. Got
Yeah Tim thats the one.
Got him at about 11:00 am in broad day light or is that Broadie day light MMMMMick
Mick
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Bloody good capture
Bloody good capture especially in the middle of the day. Top work fella
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kane
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Great catch, well done mate
Great catch, well done mate
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mako magic
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good solid broady there,
good solid broady there, certainly an unusual catch and prob one of a lifetime there, good to see it didnt go to waste either
Adam Gallash
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awesome
Thats bloody awesome, well done Den, don't hear of that happening in the metro too often!
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Rick
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More deep water captures
Makes you wonder if they are more common out there than what we may think
With a lot more people pushing further offshore who know we may see another one or 2
Great fish,well done
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schecky
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nice catch den! the step mum
nice catch den!
the step mum said she helped your wife today with the baby...told me to check out ur swordy
good stufff
mitch
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unreal .yes i dare say a few
unreal .yes i dare say a few more of those babys might be targeted over the coming warmer months