1400lb Black

Pope · 11-01-2006, 09:14 PM

Here's is one for you j.g. This fish was caught yesterday off the Great Barrier Reef. Someone I know's dad caught it after a battle lasting over 2 1/2 hours. He has caught 3 marlin over 1,000lbs the past two days. Look at this monster!

jedi243 · 11-01-2006, 09:28 PM

Wow, I assume they greased it with the flyer in the front of the pick. That has got to be close to an australia record. Let us know if you hear on the exact weight.

MrBill · 11-01-2006, 09:30 PM

Nice fish. Oct is prime time down under. Fishing off lizard island and a mothership has gotten very expensive. You also have to wait two years to get a spot. I almost went last year when a spot came open at the last minute because of an illness. I should have gone. They caught 3 granders in five days of fishing.

mozambik · 11-01-2006, 09:36 PM

*** damm it this marlin is huge

any idea on the bait?

tunie? mackerel?

do you got any pix of the marlin outside the water/

Pope · 11-01-2006, 09:54 PM

No pics outside of the water. He sent me a pic of a est. 1,100lb marlin with it's head out of the water. This one really showed size. I guessed they probably killed it too with the gaff. He just said 1,400lbs. BTW, the pic of the 1,100lber had a mangled bait hanging out of its mouth. Some sort of BIG bait. My guess was a tuna.

Minnow · 11-01-2006, 10:12 PM

that fish will swallow a 100# tuna and have room to spare

mozambik · 11-02-2006, 12:12 AM

after seing so much releases it hurts to see a fish like this getting killed

wonder how much more he would weight next year

Pope · 11-02-2006, 06:04 AM

I wonder how many eggs a fish that big could drop. Then again I bet mortality is high for a fish that old.

Bret · 11-02-2006, 06:22 AM

Wow, that thing looks bigger than my first boat.

j.g. · 11-02-2006, 07:53 AM

Wow what a Fish!!! I have been surfing the web about Australia marlin fishing and i think i am going to try for next fall. Of course there is a certian amount of appeal to hooking up one in the gulf. What is the largest marlin boated in the gulf ?? I've heard of 500lber's but nothing real big like that bruiser in the pic.

11-01-2006, 09:36 PM	#4 (permalink)
mozambik Junior member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 22	*** damm it this marlin is huge any idea on the bait? tunie? mackerel? do you got any pix of the marlin outside the water/ Last edited by Ragman : 11-02-2006 at 07:40 AM.

11-01-2006, 09:54 PM	#5 (permalink)
Pope Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 663	No pics outside of the water. He sent me a pic of a est. 1,100lb marlin with it's head out of the water. This one really showed size. I guessed they probably killed it too with the gaff. He just said 1,400lbs. BTW, the pic of the 1,100lber had a mangled bait hanging out of its mouth. Some sort of BIG bait. My guess was a tuna. __________________ Pope...translates to "nightmare" in Tunenglish

11-02-2006, 06:04 AM	#8 (permalink)
Pope Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 663	I wonder how many eggs a fish that big could drop. Then again I bet mortality is high for a fish that old. __________________ Pope...translates to "nightmare" in Tunenglish

11-02-2006, 07:53 AM	#10 (permalink)
j.g. Junior member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: oklahoma city, oklahoma Posts: 16	1400 lb Marlin Wow what a Fish!!! I have been surfing the web about Australia marlin fishing and i think i am going to try for next fall. Of course there is a certian amount of appeal to hooking up one in the gulf. What is the largest marlin boated in the gulf ?? I've heard of 500lber's but nothing real big like that bruiser in the pic. __________________ The Two Rules of Combat Fishing: Rule 1. You get it in the boat you get to eat it ! Rule 2. It gets you out of the boat it gets to eat you!

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11-01-2006, 09:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
jedi243 Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 33	Wow, I assume they greased it with the flyer in the front of the pick. That has got to be close to an australia record. Let us know if you hear on the exact weight.

11-01-2006, 09:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
MrBill Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 976	Nice fish. Oct is prime time down under. Fishing off lizard island and a mothership has gotten very expensive. You also have to wait two years to get a spot. I almost went last year when a spot came open at the last minute because of an illness. I should have gone. They caught 3 granders in five days of fishing.

11-01-2006, 10:12 PM	#6 (permalink)
Minnow Administrator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Richardson Posts: 1,069	that fish will swallow a 100# tuna and have room to spare

11-02-2006, 12:12 AM	#7 (permalink)
mozambik Junior member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 22	after seing so much releases it hurts to see a fish like this getting killed wonder how much more he would weight next year

11-02-2006, 06:22 AM	#9 (permalink)
Bret Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: DFW Posts: 1,019	Wow, that thing looks bigger than my first boat.

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