queensland shelf

[mackmauler]

after knockin off some big barra last wk it was time to get back to the shelf, ended up in 1000m of water chasing skipjacks after no action around them, moved west to the 500m line marks and the close lure got ambushed, had teh boat chasing at half throttle to avoid a spool job on the first run, teh luck was with me today. hopefully the pics work this time.

[mackmauler]

blue mln [img size=354]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/aweftr31010049.jpg

[ellicat]

Nice one MackMauler. A dream fish for many. How long was the trip ?

Looks like a well organised deck by the way:P

[Terry H]

Damn mate that's nice!

Any details about size? weight length etc?

[roobs]

can anyone say if it's a blue or black? can't tell myself... and did you release it? you shouldn't boat it if you want to let it go and it's not going to taste great...

[Feral]

How the heck did you get something that big into the boat, Its huge!

[Ash]

WOW! Whilst i am one for catch and release, i admit avery now and then there comes a catch for a trophy, and that would look awesome mounted on a wall! That is, if you have a wall long enough!

Nice job man! Just out of interest, and through my ignorance at game fishing, what sort of gear did you use to bring in the monster?

[Nastymind]

As previously asked, how the hell did you get it in the boat man? That is a beauty. Good on you. How far in nautical miles offshore were you fishing?

[mackmauler]

its a blue marlin around 120kg, caught using the trusty tld 25 and 24kg setup.

was fishn about 25mile off moreton, from teh mainland ya lookin at about a 3 hour run in a 14ft tinny, it was highly not recommended. it took a while to pull aboard one of us on each lobe of the tail, the main problem is there is nothing really to hold onto to put some muscle into it, stuff was being throwin from one end of the boat to make room .

Post edited by: mackmauler, at: 2007/04/19 10:13

[Terry H]

Very Nice. How long did it take for you to get in?

Post edited by: TerryH, at: 2007/04/19 10:48

[James W]

BEASTY! nice one mackie! nice:woohoo:

[mackmauler]

yeh terry i was on it for about an hr, at one stage it was about 100m down and it was back breaking getting it back up.

[werewolf]

absolutely smoking!!!!!

[Terry H]

Awesome. I bet it didn't seem to be an hour, and yet it would have felt like many.

[Angus]

Nice one mate.

Fillets or Steaks?

Angus

[James W]

i heard the best thing to do with big billfish is to smoke em then its like a fish pate'.....a mates dad was saying that anyway...you guys ever heard of that?