queensland Black Marlin

[kamarshark]

Went out yesterday looking for Tuna with my good mate Simon on his 16ft tinnie in the Gold Coast Sea Way.

we got to our first spot about 7am and rigged up for the Tuna, i rigged a pilly on a 3 gang with wire trace and dropped the bait. as i turned to rig my other rod Simon said "you just got hit" so turned and grabbed the rod and set the hook. i started winding as the fish started coming up and then turned towards the boat, at this point i said i think this might be a big Tuna. the line started peeling and then a Black Marlin jumped about 20 mts away from the boat and danced on top of the water. we both just started laughing and said we will fight it till it snaps off as we were not rigged for this. After a 2 hour battle and following it a further 2km out sea i managed to get it beside the boat.Simon lent over the side and grabbed the bill when the line wrapped aroung the bill and snapped. we managed to get some great footage on the phone and one pic of her jumping. We guessed her to be 6ft-6.5 ft in length, with the length to weight chart it is guessed to be around the 64 kg mark. I would like to thank Simon for his effort and guiding me in catching this Black Marlin. Angus has added a pic of the Marlin down the page.

[Angus]

Well done mate!

Any chance of getting the picture up?

Cheers.

Angus

[kamarshark]

i tried but said the pic was too big

[Angus]

Youll need to resize it. I can do it for you.

PM sent.

Angus

[wolfr]

Thats sooooo cool... well done.

[kriso]

nice one !!!! cant wait for the pic!

[Angus]

Not bad for a mobile.

Man that would have been a good fight. Well done. [img size=433]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/Black_Marlin_30_December__2.jpg

[RatKing]

Well Done Stevie! its a pitty we couldn't get it up for a great pic!

Cheers Simon

[yoyo]

Awesome..

I've heard the Marlin are running off the gold AND sunny coasts at the moment.........

[kamarshark]

Here is a short video of the Marlin from a phone camera

/>http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=KlZqUk1tjq8

[kamarshark]

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=0wQ-trceLpE

[kamarshark]

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=we5QI9px9x8

[Jordan]

omfg! on a pilly!! how cool is that!

[Smiderman]

totally awesome . pilly???????

[kamarshark]

Basstracker, this will make you laugh. This is from about 2 years ago

[BassTracker]

Hahaha, holy crap.. Im reading along ... yeah thats sond right, out of the seaway.. keep reading.. A THREE GANG WITH A PILLY!!!! hahaha bloody awesome!

[RyanG45]

mate congrats a ripper of a fish and what a way to get him on a pilly on gangs

cheers ryan