30 odd kilograms of GT : Northern Reef & Pelagic Fishing

pagey · Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:28 pm Post subject: 30 odd kilograms of GT

hi all

Caught this beauty near Thursday Island around May this year. took 20mins or so to capture with 24kg outfit. Both fish and fisher were quite exhausted afterwards. Previously we had caught a 27kg GT and i thought that it was a fish of a life time then we managed a double hook up but this blokes twin succeded in outsmarting my fellow fisherman and escaped at the boat. :banghead:

no thanks to the rudder post though as the line became caught around it. My old favorite halco laser pro, although looking worse for wear still remains at the top of my tackle box and first choice to use. Most of those teeth marks are from macks and big dogtooth tuna.
cheers
Pagey

Boonda · Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:34 pm Post subject:

Hey cracker of a fish i think i was over there about the same time as yourself but only managed a barracuda smelly thing thats a good photo who took it ??: good catch well done that lure looks absolutly demolished

Razor · Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:57 pm Post subject:

Awesome GT !
I really am spoiling for a Fight with a good sized GT, I am strickly the Catch...Photograph and release type fisherman these days though....myself and the missus will be in Darwin from Christmas to New Years.

Anybody got advice on where to encounter GTS in the Territory based from Darwin...fishing guides Charters etc.

Any info appreciated....

Cheers

back-cast · Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:10 pm Post subject:

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max · Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:29 pm Post subject:

Razor you dont have to look any further than this site if its good guides you want,certainly not me but.

2rods · Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:32 pm Post subject:

If you want a good guide we have a few on this site...

www.Barrabase.com would be my choice but I must admit I am bias
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harmsey · Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:45 pm Post subject:

love it when lures look like that :mrgreen:

Faulksy · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 12:50 pm Post subject: .

Thats one awesome fish. :applause:

Out Blue · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:41 am Post subject:

Care of the Australian tax payer by the looks of the vessel!!!!

Night Stalker · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:25 am Post subject:

Nice Gt. We dont get em that big around Darwin but there is plenty around the 12kg mark.

mac10 · Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:09 am Post subject:

Hey Pagey, nice fish. I feel your pain, we managed a a couple around that size off a particular shoal very close to where you are. Funnily enough we seem to have similar fishing clothes too. I landed mine on 15kg mono. I hooked mine on a brand spanker Rapala Xrap Red head.

We didn't have the scales but had a guess at 35kg. It's good to see yours and the actual weight so i can a better estimate mine, what are everyone's thoughts? I was in a hurry to get mine back in the water for a release. Unfortunately the photo's don't do justice to the thickness and i think only someone with experience with these fish could estimate it closely.

Well done again Pagey

Matt Flynn · Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 12:02 pm Post subject:

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We dont get em that big around Darwin

I have seen pictures of a couple of VW-sized GTs that came off Vernon Island reefs years ago. I think fishing pressure prevents the fish getting that big close to population centres. Can't imagine why anyone would kill the big ones tho.

You would think there would still be some monsters on those reefs between Leaders Creek and Melville Island - there is a lot of country out there.

Night Stalker · Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 12:15 pm Post subject:

Your probably right Matt but I cant catch one bigger than 25lb out in the Vernons so far and ever single one I catch goes back in the water.

Andy Grey · Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 8:12 pm Post subject:

Big ones hang around talc head and woods inlet.

Night Stalker · Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:05 pm Post subject:

Andy Grey wrote:

Big ones hang around talc head and woods inlet.

How big? Any pictures?

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