My First Marlin
Submitted by Seaquest on Tue, 2010-04-27 21:28
Landed my first marlin today. Was caught south of south passage in 200m.
So far have spent 15 hours trolling for 6 raised fish, 3 hooked and one landed.
Also had a whale shark hang around the boat for 20 minutes. Had a quick swim with it but there was a couple of sharks below that got me out pretty quickly.
Awsome day. Not one fillet kept but our best day by far. Stoked.
damo6230
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congratulations Brendan
nice work mate
mako magic
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congratulations mate, a
congratulations mate, a capture you will never forget
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top stuff. a marlin and a
top stuff. a marlin and a swim with a whale shark on the same day. no wonder you have a huge smile on your face. thats 2 things we are yet to do.
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hlokk
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Nice work. Gotta be happy
Nice work. Gotta be happy with that. What lure did the damage and what gear did you get him on?
Seaquest
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Was caught on a black soft
Was caught on a black soft grassy using a tyrnos reel and beastmaster rod loaded with 600m of 15kg. We are running two penn inters and a tiagra but the tyrnos on the outrigger keeps getting hit.
deepwater
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well done Brendon,the first
well done Brendon,the first billie on the bored mate ,a smile that just about cut your head off mate ,i know how that feels when i got my first 1
a whale shark as well a great day all in all, look forward to seeing more pics of billies soon mate
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Gratz Brendan, nice to get
Gratz Brendan, nice to get it in the bag after a few recent near misses!
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Congrats
Nice work. Reward for the toil.
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Paul G
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Well done Brendan,great to
Well done Brendan,great to get the first of any species.but I think the marlin will always be the one I remember the most.i think mine was on the soft black great colour seems to work well.
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Just1morecast
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Yewwww good stuff Brendo!
Yewwww good stuff Brendo! well done mate, ive never been north so i don't know what to expect for when i do but looking at everyones pics is making me envy it more. Marlin are a dream fish!! Thumbs up from me!!
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Andy Mac
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Awesome feeling
One I hope to replicate myself one day.
You would be rightly stoked with a capture like that. Well done.
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Tony Halliday
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bloody fab mate, nothing
bloody fab mate, nothing like a First to make you smile.
cheers
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Great work Brendan
Great fish mate and great to see an angler really happy with his catch.
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Marky
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Top effort mate, sounds like
Top effort mate, sounds like you guys had a great day... One to remember for sure...
Rick
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Thats good
Well done mate top fish..
Good to see as we heading up there for a week next week so hopefully you left a few there.......
Well worth every minute of trolling I reckon, if the weather is the good we hope to spend a bit of time out that way
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Lucky Tim
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awsome stuff Brendan, good
awsome stuff Brendan, good to see the research and hours have finally paid off. Hopefully they come thick and fast now.
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Nice mate
Fuckin Nice mate
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Nice fish to open your account!!
Congratulations on your first billfish!!
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reality
hey , yup i was there, fortunate enough to lend a hand,
and even driving the boat around whilst you were fighting the bugger was a buzz,but now back to reality already
brendan/chrisso/haz was foookin good fun up there the 3 days i had with yas, and yesterday was deffinately a day to remember with the whale shark and marlin not to mention the laugh we had when ur head was stuck in the water whilst the whale shark and sharks below were coming straight towards you haha, gold memories, look after my red emporer mate!! lol and i,m sure the pic messages will be coming in the next few days, i,ll be thinkin of yas tomorrow,
today was equally fun swimming with the turtles and white tip reefies, good on ya bros great fun,
deepwater(jeff) was that you at the airport today, good to meet you too briefly mate,
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micktree
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great fish
great fish and top catch well done