queensland 1.1 meter threadfin on a kayak

[Big_Bream]

I was determined to finally crack the meter Threadfin after months of sub 90cm fish. Bought Troy's kayak off him today to give the Pipeline a good floggin' since the average size of fish is well over a meter.

After 45 minutes of constant casting I felt a sharp tap on the drop and struck twice. The fish went ballistic and ran straight away from kayak then after a 15 meter run it turned around and ran straight back at me. I cranked as fast as I could to keep up with it. It went straight under kayak towards the mouth running up current.

My 70 meters of 20lb line disappeared fast and I was down to backing. Tightened the drag up and manged to gain a few meters of braid back onto the spool. The fish ran around the anchor rope which wasn't making it easier. Fought it out for another 15 minutes before the fish was lying spent next to the kayak. Some other fishoes saw me fighting the fish and came to help for a photo. After a few pics the fish was released.

Matt

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[Travis]

good stuff mate, woulda got the yak movin!!! :woohoo: looks like the good ol pipeline

[brisbanebound]

Well done, amazin fish.

Good to see the bigger ones being released as well.

[Jason1978]

:ohmy: great job

[shortie]

uv gotta be k-iii-ding

[tugger]

hard won fish there matt well done

[dan25]

awesome catch mate, well done!

[Angus]

Good fish Matt. I was wondering if Troy would ever use that Yak again

[Enjoyfish1]

unbelievable effort. Well done. PUtting up with boat and ship traffic as well!!!! :woohoo:

[natang]

Hey mate that is an amazing catch whilst on a YAK!!! Great to see the big ones are being released too!

[Big_Bream]

cheers guys

[wrenchman]

Jeeeeeeezus :ohmy: That is some achievement ,,, your a dead set LEGEND Matt .

[Brian D]

nice catch - good fishing skills too,well done.

[Davo_Dinkum]

nice .

u got to be ripped about it .

bet u got a grin for ear to ear for a month.

[pinkey]

your insane

[Biggles]

Congratulations and welcome to kayak "Metre Plus Club".

Regards

Al

[chris_stewart14]

Top fish mate... God these Threadies are FIRING in the river at the moment. Great to see such fish in numbers caught.

How in the world did you get it onto the yak? Too big to net. You must've had to be one patient man.

[novrain]

great catch! had a friend who was on the water yesterday and got busted as well.

been on the lookout for a yak too but can only pay in installments

so if anyone is looking at letting one go, give me a bell

[JackBarrett13]

what a catch!!!

which lure??

[51MPL]

good work mate! would it be ridiculous to ask whereabouts the pipeline is? i've heard of it but no idea wher?

[Keen-as-fisho]

Great fish mate. I was out all day yesterday and only got a few small nudges, no hook ups.

[Big_Bream]

Angus wrote:

Good fish Matt. I was wondering if Troy would ever use that Yak again

Thanks Angus, Yeah Troy didn't use it for a while so I asked him if i could buy it. Very happy with it,

shortie wrote:

uv gotta be k-iii-ding

Nah im not...

Brian D wrote:

nice catch - good fishing skills too,well done.

Thanks mate, much appreciated

Davo_Dinkum wrote:

nice .

u got to be ripped about it .

bet u got a grin for ear to ear for a month.

Thanks dude, very happy.

Biggles wrote:

Congratulations and welcome to kayak "Metre Plus Club".

Regards

Al

Never knew there was a club, very nice. My first kayak fish and it was a meter. :)

Thanks Matt

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[ellicat]

51MPL wrote:

good work mate! would it be ridiculous to ask whereabouts the pipeline is? i've heard of it but no idea wher?

Mouth of Boggy Creek.